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The Roman Wall Show held on Saturday 11 June 2011 at Twice Brewed on Hadrian’s Wall Judged by Joe Townsend, Hurworth Huntsman

What a wet chilly day but with good results none the less. The group of four entered bitches, to include three sisters, Poet, walked by Mrs Annette Grey, Poetry, walked by David Willey and Ponder, walked by the Chrisp Family...

Kirkheaton Show – Saturday 18 June 2011, Judged by Sandy Wilson, Morpeth Huntsman

A last minute decision to go to the very wet, Kirkheaton Show proved to be well worthwhile. The new Whipper Inn, Robert Truscottt, showed the hounds as the Huntsman was away at a wedding. Unentered Dog - 4th Alnwick walked...

Kelso Countryside Race Day – Sunday 21st November 2010

The Percy hounds both paraded and showed at the Kelso Countryside Race Day. Despite the horrible weather it was good to see a good crowd of hunting people there. The Hound Show was kindly sponsored by Mr John Manners of...

Fallodon Dog Night held on Friday 27th August at Fallodon Hall, Alnwick

Our thanks must go to Mr & Mrs Mark Bridgeman for the use of their lovely grounds and all their hard work for our recent very popular Dog Show. Attendance was amazing considering the thunder and lightning and downpour that...

Yorkshire Show and Festival of Hunting: Showing Reports Summer 2010 by Robert McCarthy

Once again the Percy Hounds have had a busy summer showing. Up to now we have shown at five small shows winning the group class at all five, along with several other tickets. Our unentered bitch Poet, walked by Annette...

Puppy Show Saturday 31st July 2010

The Percy held its Puppy Show on Saturday 31st July. We were very lucky with the weather and it was good to see over two hundred people attending. Our judges were Lionel Salter, former huntsman to the Duke of Buccleuch's...

Scottish Hound Show – Sunday 15 August 2010

The last major hound show of the summer was the Scottish Hound Show held at Castle Holm, Langholm. We showed in the Modern and Old English Classes and had a very special day. We won all ten Old English Classes...

Falstone, Border, Bellingham and Pennymuir Hound Shows

Once again the Percy Hounds showed at the last four local hound shows of the summer. We had a good day at Falstone, winning the entered dog hound class with a hound we don't often show, Woodhill, walked by Mr...

‘Opinion’ as Published in Horse and Hound January 2019

People often ask me about a career in hunt service. In considering my response to this question, there’s no denying the fact that hunting has changed an awful lot over the last twenty years. If you’re looking to make a...

‘Opinion’ as Published in Horse & Hound November 2018

By this point in the season, all hounds should be settled into their work. With Autumn Hunting finished and Opening Meets out of the way, the young entry should be hunting well. I always compare getting a pack of hounds...