The Kennel Club would like to advise all Bloodhound Working Trial enthusiasts of Regulation changes which will come into effect on 1 January 2007.  Following a very productive meeting with the Bloodhound representatives from the Working Trials Liaison Council and members of the Working Trials, Obedience and Agility Sub-Committee a new judges’ criteria has been approved as follows:

Bloodhound Judges Criteria

List D – Assistant to the Judge

MUST:

Have the support of the Society’s Committee.

Be proficient in map reading and be willing and competent to walk lines at Trials.

Have a basic knowledge of livestock and the countryside.

Demonstrate a general interest in the sport, have attended Bloodhound Trials and followed working Bloodhounds.

Initiate their Bloodhound Trial Record Book.

It would be preferable to have handled a Bloodhound at Trials

List C – Lower Stakes Judges (Novice, Junior, Intermediate)

Must comply with List D and in addition must:

Have the support of the Society’s Committee.

Have carried out Assistant appointments on at least four occasions at Kennel Club licensed Bloodhound Trials.

Have gained experience and helped in the organisation of Bloodhound Trials/Prestigious Stakes /Training Days.

Have attended the Kennel Club’s Bloodhound Regulations and Judging Procedure Seminar and passed the Regulations and Judging Procedure Examination.

List B – Prospective Senior Stake Judges

Specialist Judges

Must comply with List C and in addition must:

Have the support of the Society’s Committee.

Have judged Stakes at Bloodhound Trials on at least three occasions at Kennel Club licensed events.

Have an overall knowledge and experience in the management and organisation of Bloodhound Trials.

Foreign Judges and Non-Specialist Judges (M.Hs, Huntsmen etc.)

Must comply with List C and in addition must:

Have the support of the Society’s Committee.

Have judged Stakes at Bloodhound Trials in the UK on at least two occasions at Kennel Club licensed events.

Foreign Judges: Be able to satisfy the Kennel Club with evidence of judging experience other than with bloodhounds in the UK.

Non-specialist Judges: Be able to satisfy the Kennel Club with evidence of experience of working with hounds.

List A – Senior Stake Judges

Have the support of the Society’s Committee.

Judges who have been approved by the Kennel Club to award Working Trial Certificates at Championship Bloodhound Trials and have completed their first appointment.

Please note:- Foreign Judges / Master of Hounds etc., are invited to judge at the discretion of the society committee in all Stakes other than Senior, for which Kennel Club approval is required.

Due to the above new criteria and to bring Bloodhound Working Trial judges in line with other disciplines the following Regulations have also been amended.

Regulation I(D)7.a. – Approval of Judges

FROM:

Societies must apply to the General Committee for approval of all judges at Championship Bloodhound Trials at least 6 months before the date of the Trials.

TO:

Societies must apply to the General Committee for approval of all judges at Championship Bloodhound Trials at least 6 months before the date of the Trials.  All first time Senior Stake judges must be applied for a minimum of twelve months before the date of the Trial.

(Amendment underlined)

Regulation I(D).7.b

FROM:

A judge must have judged at least two stakes not at the same trial before being allowed to award a Kennel Club Bloodhound Working Trial Certificate.

TO:

On a person’s first appointment to award a Kennel Club Bloodhound Working Trial Certificate, the nominee must meet the following minimum conditions;

Judges resident in the UK.  A judge must have judged at least three stakes, not at the same trial, at Kennel Club licensed Bloodhound Trials.  Although a judge may include one overseas Bloodhound Trial Open Stake within the three stakes (Only appointments in Countries listed in Regulation I(D)10.a. will be considered) .  A judge must also be included on a breed club B list.

Judges resident overseas and non-specialist judges.  A judge must have judged at least three stakes, not at the same trial, at Kennel Club licensed Bloodhound Trials.  Although a judge may include one overseas Bloodhound Trial Open Stake held in the country of which they are domiciled, within the three stakes (Only appointments in Countries listed in Regulation I(D)10.a. will be considered).  A judge must also be included on a breed club B list

(Amendments underlined)

Bloodhound Working Permits

Since the Pet Passport Scheme was introduced there are now more options for competitors to travel with their hounds and for European hounds to compete in the United Kingdom.  The General Committee has therefore approved regulation amendments to allow hounds resident overseas to be issued with a restricted permit in their country of residence allowing them to compete in the UK.  To qualify for a permit, each hound will need to be assessed by an overseas judge who has judged for the Association of Bloodhound Breeders, or the Bloodhound Club, and only in a country which holds Bloodhound Trials under similar Regulations to the Kennel Club.   A stock test will still need to be undertaken in the UK.  The following Regulation amendments all become effective on 1 January 2007:

Regulation I(D)10.a.

FROM

Working Permits

Bloodhounds may only be hunted free if they hold both sections of a Working Permit issued by the Association of Bloodhound Breeders or the Bloodhound Club to certify that they are steady with farm stock.  Hounds entered on a Restricted Permit must be hunted on a leash.  To qualify for entry in the Senior Stake, hounds must hold both sections of the Working Permit.                                                           

TO:

Working Permits

To compete at Kennel Club Licensed Trials a hound, resident in the UK, must hold an Association of Bloodhound Breeders or Bloodhound Club Working Permit.  Hounds from countries nominated below must hold a Working Permit issued by their Bloodhound club and can compete in the UK stake equivalent to their qualification.                                   

(Nominated countries are: Belgium, Denmark, Holland and Sweden).

 

Europe           Equivalent UK Class

Novice            Novice

Junior             Junior

Senior             Intermediate

(amendment underlined)

Regulation I(D)10.b.

Stock Test

Bloodhounds entered on a restricted permit must be hunted on a leash; they may only be hunted free if they hold part two of a Working Permit issued by the Association of Bloodhound Breeders or the Bloodhound Club to certify they are steady with farm stock.  Hounds are required to have passed a stock test in the UK before being hunted off leash and are ineligible to compete in a Senior Stake until successfully stock tested.

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To clarify the criteria for the Novice stake, in relation to the previous amendment in relation to the stock test, the following amendment has also been approved:

Regulation I(D)11.a

FROM:

The line shall be approximately 1.6km (one mile) long and not less than half an hour cold.  For Bloodhounds holding an Association of Bloodhound Breeders or Bloodhound Club Working Permit at the close of entries.  No hound that has won Novice or gained 1^st or 2^nd place in Junior, Intermediate or Senior Stake may enter.

TO:

The line shall be approximately 1.6km (one mile) long and not less than half an hour cold.  For Bloodhounds holding a Working Permit at the close of entries.  No hound that has won Novice or gained 1^st or 2^nd place in Junior, Intermediate or Senior Stake may enter.

(delete underlined).

To reiterate that Bloodhounds cannot be entered in the Senior Stake until they have passed a stock test in the UK, the following Regulation has been amended:

Regulation I(D)11.d.

FROM:

The line shall be approximately 4.8km (3 miles) long and not less than two hours cold.  For Bloodhounds that have won an Intermediate Stake at close of entries.

TO:

The line shall be approximately 4.8km (3 miles) long and not less than two hours cold.  For Bloodhounds that have won an Intermediate Stake at close of entries.  Bloodhounds are ineligible to compete in a Senior Stake until successfully stock tested.

(amendment underlined).

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