The Piccadilly Hunt 75th Anniversary Hound Show
Last Sunday we took hounds to The Piccadilly Hunt 75^th Anniversary Hound Show. The Piccadilly Hunt was formed in 1949, when the Labour Government introduced a Private Members Bill to outlaw Coursing & Stag Hunting. A band of hunting farmers hatched a plan to ride around London, to demonstrate the passion that the farming community had for country sports. This ride became known as ‘The Farmers Protest’, the Bill was overturned & the Piccadilly Hunt was formed. All of the funds that they have raised over the past 75 years have been donated to country sports.
 
All hunts that had a member of the original Piccadilly Hunt Ride, were invited to bring hounds to compete at the 75^th Anniversary Show. 

The VWH had a wonderful day, winning 3 of the 4 classes & taking both of the Championships. Other packs showing included the Heythrop, Cotswold, North Cotswold & Worcestershire, in total 8 packs were present. All entries had to be from the 2023 entry.
 
Results:
Single Dog Hound
1^st Damper 
 
Best Couple of Dog Hounds
1^st Soldier  & Sovereign 
 
Single Bitch Hound
3^rd Pastel 
 
Best couple of Bitch Hounds
1^st Pastel & Gadfly 
 
Soldier won the Doghound Championship & Gadfly won the Bitch Hound Championship.
 
Many thanks to our Hunt Staff for giving up their Sunday, to take part in this historic event.

Doghounds
1^st Saddler walked by Judy Hancox
2^nd Maverick walked by Amy Bell
3^rd Joiner walked by Sarah Kernon
4^th Jovial walked by Amy Bell
 
Bitches
1^st Safety walked by Judy Hancox
2^nd Mildred walked by the Waldron Family
3^rd Midnight walked by the Waldron Family
4^th Salad walked by Rachel Griffin
 
The John White Memorial Trophy for the Best Working Bitch 2023-2024 Season
Gadfly walked by Klaudia Meeres
 
The Martin Scott Challenge Trophy for the Best Working Doghound 2023-2024 Season
Fielder walked by Peter Trotter
 
The Gardner ‘95 & Daring ‘97 Awards for the Best Working Doghound & Bitch of more than one season
Farmer ‘19 walked by Mark Pearce
Fennel ‘21 walked by Susie G-S

Dog Hounds

Best couple of unentered hounds

1^st  Janitor,  Nigel Bell

       Nomad,  Susie G-S

Championship for best unentered hound

Champion,  Nomad

We had a very happy and successful time with our hounds at Peterborough, Royal Foxhound Show, on Wednesday 18 July 2018.
With our legendary hound breeder, Martin Scott, judging the bitch classes in the afternoon, we were only able to show our dog hounds in the morning. This was Martin’s eighth time judging there, which apparently gives him the record for judging appearances at Peterborough!
We started the morning strongly, with Nomad winning the Unentered Dog hound Championship and the prestigious “Horse and Hound” Cup. This is the first time that the V.W.H has ever won this much coveted trophy, which dates back to 1974.

Dog hounds

1^st Jacob, Zoe Trousdale

2^nd Nomad, Susie Goess-Saurau

3^rd Janitor, Nigel Bell

4^th Prologue, Sarah Kernon

5^th Nathan, Susie Goess-Saurau

Bitches

1^st Notion, Goess-Saurau

2^nd Namesake, Goess-Saurau

3^rd Nocturne, Fiona Symes

4^th Sybil, Sarah Bliss

5^th Daphne, Goess-Saurau

Best Working  Bitch 2017-2018 Season

Pansy’17, Ian Lewis

Best Working Doghound 2017-2018 Season

Hampton’17, Judy Hancox

Best Working Bitch of more than one Season

Nature’15, Chloe Ponting

Best Working Doghound of more than one Season

Crackshot’14, Susie Goess-Saurau

RESULTS ARDINGLY 2018

The hounds came home with 7 wins and the Perpetual Challenge Trophy for Best Overall Performance, 1^st V.W.H

Full results

We have six litters of puppies born this year (2018)

The Kennels are run by hunt staff who report to one of the Joint Masters. We have a hardworking and efficient team who all live on-site to ensure that the hounds and horses have 24 hour care and supervision.

We try to feed the hounds on the purest food possible, raw meat, with just a little biscuit for fibre. Raw meat is obtained from local farms when livestock is lost.