Packs showing at the West of England hound show produced some quality hounds for the judges at Honiton on 4 August. With separate rings for the foxhounds, staghounds, beagles, harriers and minkhounds there was no shortage of classes to watch and the layout of the rings made it easy to navigate easily between them in order not to miss anything.
We take a look at some of the highlights of the show. To view further images from the day, visit www.horseandhound.co.uk/hointon-hound-show-pictures and don’t miss our full report and results in the current issue of the magazine, on sale from 12 August.
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — It’s easy to see why Chilmark and Clifton Foot Miner & Watchman claimed victory in the best couple of doghounds class in the beagle ring
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — The Taunton Vale Harriers took the doghound championship with their unentered class winner Battle
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — VWH Latimer and Folklore claimed the honours in the class for the best couple of unentered doghounds
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — There was a large number of spectators around all of the rings throughout the judging and they were often several rows deep during the championships
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — Ross Barrier & Barman take the best couple of doghounds during the judging of the harrier classes
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — Nikki Hancock — one of just a handful of female huntsmen in the country — is pictured here taking the honours with Four Burrow Husky 15 in the best local entered bitch class
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — Eton College Whatnot with Whitby and Willow land the spoils in the brood beagle bitch and progeny class
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — The Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire were one of three packs competing in the minkhound classes
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — There were some popular victories for the Dulverton West who enjoyed success throughout the day, seen here winning the two couple of bitch hounds class with Happy, Havoc, Saffron and Ariel
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West of England Hound Show 2016 Honiton — The Devon and Somerset Staghounds took the doghound championship with their entered class winner Lawyer 15
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