For formal correspondence to The Bloodhound Club

please contact the Hon. Secretary:

Please note that in response to a recent BBC TV Panorama programme, in which no reference was made to bloodhounds, the Kennel Club General Committee has insisting that all breed clubs adopt the code of ethics, starting with the same first ten points, so the The Bloodhound Club Code of Ethics has been revised.
Fiona McKenzie, 3 Milton Leaze, Long Load, Nr. Langport, Somerset, TA10 9JJ (UK) Phone : GB(0) (abroad 44) 1458 241 080 secretary @ bloodhoundclub . co . uk

This page points to the next Bloodhound Club events

Celebrating 50 years of the Bloodhound Club

with the Golden Jubilee Weekend, Friday 4th June to Sunday 6th June inclusive.
A special site has been set up for the event at:

www.goldenjubilee2010.com !

Other forthcoming events:

The next events dedicated to bloodhounds are being organised by the
Association of Bloodhound Breeders (ABB):: On 28th February the ABB is holding their Marlwood Beaker Stake,; postponed from January because of snow.; In this stake lines are 24 hours cold, and is being held in the Cotswolds.; The ABB Spring Trials start on Sunday 21st March, with Senior on Thursday 25th March.; This is on land west of Tibthorpe, on the Yorkshire Wolds.; On 4th April, the ABB is holding a Veteran Stake, for hounds that have retired from Championship Working Trials for Bloodhounds
Before the Club's Championship Show, on 18th April 2010, the ABB: is holding their Open Show in Nottinghamshire.; The schedule is available to download from Arena Print; (Entries Close: 23rd March 2010).
On 28th March, Jill Harrington is judging the Bloodhound Class at the
Tunbridge Wells & District Canine Society.: The Schedule with entry form is available from Penny Pine.; (Entries close 1st March).

Ten championship shows offer champion certificates (CC) for Bloodhounds.

Entries for multiple breed championship shows generally close two months before shows,

but schedules and entry forms for these are sometimes available as PDF downloads from

the Higham Press site.

Later online entries are sometimes offered at Higham Press's Dog.Biz

eg. the first show in 2010 with CCs for bloodhounds was

Manchester Dog Show Society on Thursday 21st January,

held at Staffordshire County Showground {streetmap.co.uk}. (Entries closed on 7th December by post, 15th online).

The last show at which hounds can qualify for Crufts is the

Ladies Kennel Association Championship Show held at the NEC Birmingham.

The Kennel Club uses Fosse Data for Crufts.

The schedule and entry form for Crufts 2010 is here (Entries closed in January)

Marksbury Scribble with with Sue Emrys Jones on their BoB Lap of honour at Manchester Champ Show 2010

Recent Events:

The Spring Trials were held from 15th February at Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire.
This culminated in the award of a second Kennel Club Working Trials Certificate (KCWTC) to Sayles' Trailfinder Brave Trooper, which subject to KC approval makes him Working Trials Champion! See the Trials Page for other results.

The AGM was held at Baginton, on 7th February.: Members present suggested that the report resulting from the recently commisioned survey; into health and inbreeding of Kennel Club registered bloodhounds, should be published; on the web site.; This is available to read as a PDF, here.
The AGM was followed by the Spring Open Show, judged by
Bri Cappello, of the Austrian & Swiss Affix Nineveh.: Bri's Best in Show was Powell's Trailfinder High Flyer and her; Reserve Best in Show was the Best Puppy; Manley and Burnside's Trailfinder Kitchener.
: For other results, see the Show Page.
The first event for 2010, was the Millvery Trophy Stake, where lines are 8 hours cold.: This was held on 24th January at Loseley Park, near Guildford, Surrey.; The Stake was judged by Barry Alan, who awarded the trophy to; Robertson's WTCh. Trailfinder Endearing by Floralis (Bouquet).; (for more details see the trials page.)
The last Bloodhound Club event of 2009 was the Kelperland Trophy Stake held on Sunday 29th November, at Sutton Scotney, Hampshire.: The judge, Christine Green awarded the Kelperland Trophy to Robertson's WTCh. Trailfinder Endearing by Floralis (Bouquet).; Bouquet had also won the ABB Brough Cup Stake, but the following weekend at the 12-hour cold stake, the Bracken Cup was not awarded.
The Bloodhound Club Autumn Open Show was held on Sunday 8th November.
The show was judged by Mark Cocozza.: The bitches came out on top with:
Best in Show was Gillian Lamb's Kingwater Mrs Hippichik of Scentall,: Res BiS: Powell's Trailfinder High Flyer.; Best Dog: Lamb & Crease's Cammonstone Jupiter,; Res Dog: Borrowmans Trailfinder Gulliver and
Best Puppy Mrs P Walls' Trailfinder Kind Hearted.
The Bloodhound Club Autumn Trials were held in the Mendip Hills, Somerset.: The results are available on the trials page.
The Bloodhound Club Championship Show was held on Saturday 6th June.: at Baginton, with Ken Miller judging.
Sam Sutcliffe's Marksbury Illogical of Farlap, repeated last year's success,: by again being awarded Best in Show!; The Dog CC was awarded to Sam's Farlap Basnicky.
Also a repeat achievement from the Club's Spring Open Show:: Sherlock Capers, jointly owned by Shirley Porter & Mary Fish.; awarded Best Puppy, and this time winning the Dog Reserve CC.; The Bitch Reserve CC was awarded to Cartwright's Railside Molly at Longmynd.

The Spring Open Show was judged by Paul Letheren.
Best Dog & Best in Show was awarded to Mr & Mrs Broomes Trailfinder Judge.
Reserve Best in Show, Reserve Best Dog & Best Puppy was awarded to: Sherlock Capers, jointly owned by Shirley Porter & Mary Fish.; Best Bitch went to Helen & David Powell's Trailfinder Hopscotch; with Res Best Bitch to Shane O'Keefe's Trailfinder Guardian Angel at Darleycliffe.
Before then, the Bloodhound Club Trials for Spring 2009 were held at: Southill, Bedfordshire from 23rd to 27th February.; Results are on the trails page.