Best of luck to all for 2011 Season !!!



Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Blackpool Drag Hunt, 25/04/2011

The Annual Blackpool Drag attaracted a large crowd of both spectators & trainers yesterday. 22 seniors got this drag underway at 4pm and us spectators were not disappointed at the finish. Two fields out and the call went up which showed the betting favourites 'Magics Choice' in 5th place and 'Not Now Man' leading the pack to the finish. In a nail biting finish, it seemed nothing could catch 'Not Now Man', but just when we thought he'd won, 'Magics Choice' denied him this win at the line where 'Magics Choice' took 1st place by a mere nose. The senior maiden finish was another cracking finish but the winner, Judys Girl, was disqualified and honours were given deservingly to Kay O Driscolls 'Chelsies Girl' of  Southern Harriers, followed by Wayward Lad of Mayfield and Big Mac of Kerry pike.

Senior Results:
1st Magics Choice, Mayfield
2nd Not Now Man, Clogheen
3rd Toffee Woman, G United
4th Hot As Hell, S Harreirse
5th Maggie May, Mayfield
6th High Maintenance, Clogheen

Snr Maiden Results:
1st Chelsies Girl, S Harriers
2nd Wayward Lad, Mayfield
3rd Mig Mac, K Pike
4th Take Me On, S Harriers
5th Quiet Bullfinch, G United
6th Quiet Lass, Clogheen

Kerry Pike Drag, 23/04/2011

Senior Results;
1st Not Now Man, Clogheen
2nd Magics Chocie, Mayfield
3rd Justice, S Harriers
4th Sheares Park Boy, S Harriers
5th Hot As Hell, S Harreirs
6th Tallyman, G United

Snr Maiden Results:
1st High Maintenance, Clogheen
2nd Mikado, Clogheen
3rd Chelsies Girl, S Harriers
4th Take Me On, S Harriers
5th Merlins Son, Clogheen
6th Quiet Lass, Clogheen

Puppy Results:
1st Midday Breeze, Douglas
2nd Paddy Whack, Douglas
3rd Sophies Chocie, Douglas
4th Mossie, Mayfield
5th Thorn Star, Douglas
6th Invictus, Douglas

Mayfield Drag 17/04/2011

Senior Results:
1st Not Now Man, Clogheen
2nd The Buffer Boy, Clogheen
3rd Toffee Woman, G United
4th Hot As Hell, S Harriers
5th Shadow, N Hunt
6th McQuad, Fairhill

Snr Maiden Results:
1st Quiet Bullfinch, G United
2nd Take Me On, S Harriers
3rd Mikado, Clogheen
4th Chelsies Girl, S Harriers
5th On Me Way, S Harriers
6th Quiet Lass, Clogheen

Puppy Results;
1st Invictus, Douglas
2nd Sophies Chocie, Douglas
3rd Mandy, N Hunt
4th Thorn Star, Douglas
5th Sportmans Lass, N Hunt
6th Garys Girl, N Hunt

Snr Re-Run Results;
1st Justice, S Harriers
2nd Not Now Man, Clogheen
3rd Hot As Hell, S Harriers
4th Sheares Park Boy, S Harriers
5th Magics Choice, Mayfield
6th The Buffer Boy, Clogheen

Snr Maiden Re-run;
1st High Maintenance, Clogheen
2nd Towlers Chocie, S Harriers
3rd Take Me On, S Harriers
4th Chelsies Girl, S Harriers
5th Big Mac, K Pike
6th Judys Girk, Mayfield

Puppy Re-run:
1st Sophies Chocie, Douglas
2nd Paddy Whack, Douglas
3rd Invictus, Douglas
4th Mossie, Mayfield
5th Midday expression, Douglas
6th Melody, N Hunt

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

IHT Drag Hunt 10/04/2011

Senior Results:
1st Midday Magic, Douglas
2nd Toffee Woman, Griffin United
3rd Foxy Jack, S Harriers
4th McQuade, Fairhill
5th Shoot The Runner, N Hunt
6th The Buffer Boy, Clogheen

Senior Maiden Results:
1st Hot As Hell, S Harriers
2nd Sheares Park Lad, S Harriers
3rd Tallyman, Griffin United
4th Westgate Music, Mayfield
5th Mikado, Clogheen
6th High Maintenance, Clogheen

Puppy Results:
1st Midday Breeze, Douglas
2nd Mossie, Mayfield
3rd Sophies Choice, Douglas
4th Paddy Whack, Douglas
5th Lady Music, Kerry Pike
6th Blenchmore, N Hunt

Senior Re-run Results;
1st Midday Magic, Douglas
1st Hot As Hell, S Harriers
3rd Foxy Jack, S Harriers
4th Toffee Woman, G United
5th Shadow, N Hunt
6th The Buffer Boy, Clogheen

Snr Maiden Re-Run:
1st Mikado, Clogheen
2nd Westgate Music, Mayfield
3rd Tallyman, G United
4th Judys Girl, Mayfield
5th Quiet Bullfinch, G United
6th Wayward Lad, Mayfield

Puppy Re-run Results:
1st Sophies Choice, Douglas
2nd Paddy Whack, Douglas
3rd Midday Breeze, Douglas
4th Mossie, Mayfield
5th Dawston Diamond, N Hunt
6th Son of Magic, Mayfield

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

News ....

Lyn Harber is writing a book about hounds and is looking for hound trailers (HTA, BHTA or Irish the more the merrier!) to write a little about how they got involved in the sport, their hounds etc. If you are interested please send your piece to my e-mail address lynn.pawley566@btinternet.com along with a photo of yourself and your hounds. If you need more information please get in touch.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Southern Harriers Drag 03/04/2011

Senior Results:
1st Magics Chocie, Mayfield
2nd Toffee Woman, G United
3rd Stracken, Mayfield
4th McQuade, Fairhill
5th Not Now Man, Clogheen
6th The Buffer Boy, Clogheen

Snr Maiden results:
1st Tallyman, G United
2nd Westgate Music, Mayfield
3rd High Maintenance, Clogheen
4th Judys Girl, Mayfield
5th Big Mac, Kerry pike
6th Quiet Bullfinch, G United

Puppy Results:
1st Son of Magic, Mayfield
2nd Sophies Chocie, Douglas
3rd Midday Breeze, Douglas
4th Midday Expression, Douglas
5th Paddy Whack, Douglas
6th Lady Music, K pike

Senior Re-run results:
1st Not Now Man, Clogheen
2nd Toffee Woman, G United
3rd Magics Choice, Mayfield
4th Midday Magic, Douglas
5th Shadow, N Hunt
6th Shoot The Runner, N Hunt

Snr maiden Re-run Results:
1st Hot As Hell, S Harriers
2nd Westgate Music, Mayfield
3rd Tallyman, G United
4th Sheares PArk Lad, S Harriers
5th Big Mac, K Pike
6th Mad Max, K Pike

Puppy Re-run Results:
1st Sophies Choice, Douglas
2nd Son Of Magic, Mayfield
3rd Mossie, Mayfield
4th Midday Breeze, Douglas
5th Paddy Whack, Douglas
6th Sheares Park Son, S Harriers

Northern Hunt Drag

Senior Results:
1st Magics Choice, Mayfield
2nd Midday Magic, Douglas
3rd The Buffer Boy, Clogheen
4th Sheares Park Boy, S Harriers
5th Stracken, Mayfield
6th Paddys return, Douglas

Snr Maiden results:
1st High Maintenance, Clogheen
2nd Towlers Choice, S Harriers
3rd Hot As Hell, S Harriers
4th Tallyman, Griffin United
5th Sheares Park Lad, S Harriers
6th Justice, S Harriers

Puppy Results:
1st Midday Breeze, Douglas
2nd Sophies Choice, Douglas
3rd Son Of Magic, Mayfield
4th Paddy Whack, Douglas
5th Mossie, Mayfield
6th Justin Bieber, Griffin United

Senior Re-run Results:
1st Maggie May, Mayfield
2nd Sheares Park Boy, S Harriers
3rd Justice, S Harriers
4th Midday Magic, Douglas
5th Stracken, Mayfield
6th Magics Choice, Mayfield

Snr Maiden Re-run results:
1st Sheares Park Lad, S Harriers
2nd Hot As Hell, S Harriers
3rd High Maintenance, Clogheen
4th Tallyman, G United
5th Mikado, Clogheen
6th Ploughman, Mayfield

Puppy Re-Run Results:
1st Mossie, Mayfield
2nd Sophies Choice, Douglas
3rd Paddy Whack, Douglas
4th Son of Magic, Mayfield
5th Sheares Park Son, S Harriers
6th Midday Breeze, Douglas

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Douglas Drag 20/03/2011

Senior Results:
1st the Buffer Boy, Clogheen
2nd Not Now Dora, S harriers
3rd Shoot The Runner, N Hunt
4th Barney, fairhill
5th Dairy Tune, K Pike
6th Stracken, Mayfield

Snr Maiden Results:
1st Maggie May, Mayfield
2nd Justice, S Harriers
3rd High Maintenance, Clogheen
4th Just My Luck, S Harriers
5th Quiet Bullfinch, G United
6th Chelsies Girl, S Harriers

Puppy Results:
1st Shearespark Son, S Harriers
2nd Dawston Diamond, N Hunt
3rd Lady Music, K Pike
Of the 29 pups which had lined up, unfortunately 26 never made it around this course at Douglas. So an exceptional congratulations to these 3 who managed to complete the course in almost 18 minutes.

Senior Re-run results:
1st The Buffer Boy, Clogheen
2nd Shoot The Runner, N Hunt
3rd Paddys Return, Griffin United
4th Stracken, Mayfield
5th Barney, Fairhill
6th McQuade, Fairhill

Snr Maiden Re-run results:
1st Sheares Park Lad, S Harriers
2nd High Maintenance, Clogheen
3rd Just My Luck, S Harriers
4th Hot As Hell, S Harriers
5th Quiet Bullfinch, Griffin United
6th Towlers Choice, S Harriers

Puppy Re-run Results:
1st Sophies Choice, Douglas
2nd Paddy Whack, Douglas
3rd Midday Breeze, Douglas
4th Mossie, Mayfield
5th Son of Magic, Mayfield
6th Sheares Park Son, S Harriers
16 ran

Griffin United Drag 13/03/2011 at Whitechurch

Senior Results:
1st Magics Choice, Mayfield
2nd Shadow, N Hunt
3rd Young Blood, N Hunt
4th  Midday Magic, Douglas
5th Miss Perfect, S Harriers
6th Shoot The Runner, N Hunt

Senior Maiden Results:
1st Maggie May, Mayfield
2nd High maintenance, Clogheen
3rd Chelseas Girl, S Harriers
4th Simply Red, Mayfield
5th Justice, S Harriers
6th Mikado, Clogheen

Puppy Results:
1st Midday Breeze, Douglas
2nd Sophies Chocie, Douglas
3rd Mossie, Mayfield
4th Son Of Magic, Mayfield
5th Melody, N Hunt
6th This Is It, S Harriers
39 ran

Senior Re-run St Patricks Day
1st Not Now Man, Clogheen
2nd Magics Choice, Mayfield
3rd Shoot The Runner, N Hunt
4th Midday Magic, Douglas
5th Shadow, N Hunt
6th The Buffer Boy, Clogheen
13 ran

Snr Maiden Re-run St Patricks Day
1st Maggie May, Mayfield
2nd Mikado, Clogheen
3rd Justice, S Harriers
4th Simply red, Mayfield
5th Tallyman, G United
6th Snowy Morning, Mayfield
24 Ran 

Puppy Re-run Results:
1st Midday Breeze, Douglas
2nd Sophies Chocie, Douglas
3rd Mossie, Mayfield
4th Lady Music, K Pike
5th Springmount Boy, S Harriers
6th Houdini, S Harriers

Friday, March 11, 2011

Clogheen Senior Re-run 09/03/2011

Senior Re-run:
1st Huntsmans Echo, Kerry Pike
2nd Shadow, N Hunt
3rd Mahonys Choice, Mayfield
4th McQuade, Fairhill
5th Midday Magic, Fairhill
6th Magics Chocie, Mayfield

Senior Maiden Re-run;
1st In Me Way, Fairhill
2nd Sheares Park Lad, S Harriers
3rd Hot As Hell, S Harriers
4th Chelseas Girl, S Harriers
5th Westgate Music, Mayfield
6th On Me Way, S Harriers

Clogheen Puppy Re-run

Puppy Re-run: 08/03/11
1st Mossey, Mayfield
2nd Sophies Choice, Douglas
3rd Midday Breeze, Douglas
4th Paddywack, Douglas
5th This Is It, S Harriers
6th Son Of Magic, Mayfield

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Clogheen Drag 06/03/2011


The 2011 draghunting season finally opened for eagerly awaiting trainers last Saturday, where Clogheen hosted the 1st puppy drag of 2011 and set a fine example for all clubs who follow. The 33 hounds set off and to be fair to these pups only 1 returned to the start, leaving the remaining 32 to fend for the first 6 tickets passed the finishing line. After 16 minutes the honours went to Bernie Ralls 'Mossie' of Mayfield, who showed great determination to hold off Darren O Callaghans 'Sophies Choice' of Douglas, taking the 2nd ticket whilst Denise & Leslie Kepples 'Son of Magic' of Mayfield crossed the line 3rd just ahead of Martina McGraths 'Dawston Dancer' of Northern Hunt who snatched the 4th ticket.

On Sunday, the seniors met at Clogheen for another outstanding clean course, leaving no room for errors at this meet. Nothing goes off without a glitch though....... as we anxiously awaited the puller (WADEY) to show at the start............after several minutes ............... and numerous smokes................. the prodigal puller returned !!!!! Elated trainers lined up their senior hounds, again, and this time they ran through the bog turning at Na Piarsaghs and onwards passed Frankies for Blarney, where after 2 road crossings would show again 5 fields out from the finishing line, att the Haunted House. The eventual placed hounds were in contention all through this course, and the fabulous clear view of the finish showed the leading hound ahead by 6 lengths setting the pace for his followers. Once the call went up, some dogs never loose their tricks. Two lengths before the line it seemed 'Mahonys Choice' had it, but, true to his title, Denise Kepples 'Magic Choice' magically leapt over the line to snatch the 1st prize from his kennel mate 'Mahonys Choice' followed tightly by Andrew O Callaghans 'Midday Magic' of Douglas, seriously, if there was half a length between these 3 , it was a lot.

The senior maidens followed with a finishing display from Pat Mahonys 'Maggie May' who, on hearing the call, left a gap of at least 15 lengths between her and her kennel mate 'Simply Red' crossing the line for 2nd. She wasn't alone as Stan O Herlihys 'In Me Way' crossed the line closely to take 3rd. So Mayfield, after winning all 3 drags, remember 'Barney's golden rule - SHARING IS CARING- so whatever ye're feeding the dogs, we want some !!!

Senior Results:
1st Magics Choice, Mayfield
2nd Mahonys Choice, Mayfield
3rd Midday Magic, Douglas
4th Shadow, N Hunt
5 Paddys return, G United
6th Dairy Tune, K Pike
Time: 26mins, 16 ran
Senior Maiden Results:
1st Maggie May, Mayfield
2nd Simply Red, Mayfield
3rd In Me Way, Fairhill
4th Chelseas Girl, S Harriers
5th Mad Max, K pike
6th Heez A Demon, Mayfield
25 mins, 24 ran
Puppy Results:
1st Mossy, Mayfield
2nd Sophies Choice, Douglas
3rd Son Of Magic, Mayfield
4th Dawston Dancer, N Hunt
5th Blacksmith, N Hunt
6th Melody, N Hunt
Time: 16 mins, 33 ran
Main Picture: Pat O Mahony of Mayfield with Senior maiden Winner 'Maggie May' & runner up 'Simply Red'.....