Spring Branch Fox Preserve had another record breaking hunt this morning! There were 118 hounds entered in the hunt with 75 puppies and 43 derby dogs. That is the largest group ever! This is the first time for the separate puppy and derby classes, and it turned out really well.

Mr. Mark Martin would like to thank all the judges and hunters for coming out to help make the hunt a success. A special thanks goes to Farmers Grain & Milling in Andrews, SC and to Bartlett Milling for helping with the dog feed.

Congratulations to everyone who placed! The puppy winners qualify for the Chase – Purina “Test of the Best” Competition. The results are:

Puppy Class

1st Place – Pup #67 – 500 points – Speedy Peedee’s Pimp Daddy (Valentine’s Guz X Speedy Peedee’s Lil Hooka) owned by Speedy Peedee Kennels, Cottageville, SC

2nd Place – Pup #31 – 370 points – Thirdday’s Duke (Thirdday’s Blister X Wright’s Majie) owned by David Roberson, St. Stephen, SC

3rd Place – Pup #7 – 370 points – Cribb’s Have Mercy (GoRocks Demon X Tanner’s Slide) owned by Ken Cribb, Pleasant Hill, SC

4th Place – Pup #65 – 365 points – Hard Running Bear (Valentine’s Guz X Speedy Peedee’s Suzanna) owned by Bubba Johnny, Cottageville, SC

5th Place – Pup #0 – 360 points – Radcliff’s Brickhouse (Ch. No Pitty Heater X Radcliff’s Cricket) owned by Grady Radcliff, Hemingway, SC

6th Place – Pup #68 – 340 points – Speedy Peedee’s Pretty Boy (Valentine’s Guz X Speedy Peedee’s Lil Hooka) owned by Speedy Peedee Kennels, Cottageville, SC

7th Place – Pup #47 – 335 points – Hutto’s Pepper (Jeff’s King X Jeff’s Elle) owned by Bubba Hutto, Reevesville, SC

8th Place – Pup #40 – 320 points – Hutto’s Conway (Jeff’s King X Jeff’s Elle) owned by Bubba Hutto, Reevesville, SC

9th Place – Pup #76 – 310 points – Walter’s Sally (Morris’ Wildman X Morris’ Tracy) owned by Boodie, David, and Hunter Walters, Andrews, SC

10th Place – Pup #77 – 300 points – Floyd’s Skinny (Morris’ Wildman X Morris’ Tracy) owned by Dalton Floyd, Andrews, SC

Derby Class

1st Place – Pup #177 – 570 points – Radcliff’s Tadpole (Ch. No Pitty Heater X Radcliff’s Crazy) owned by Grady Radcliff, Hemingway, SC

2nd Place – Pup #311 – 360 points – Macy 2 (Hemphill’s Trouble X Jeff’s Macy) owned by Jeff Lucas, Reevesville, SC

3rd Place – Pup #711 – 350 points – Breezy (Jeff’s Blackjack X Almand’s Lacy) owned by Jeff Lucas, Reevesville, SC

4th Place – Pup #911 – 325 points – Speckles (Jeff’s Blackjack X Almand’s Lacy) owned by Jeff Lucas, Reevesville, SC

5th Place – Pup #110 – 325 points – Triple F Diamond (Riding Dirty Wild Bill X H&R Sable) owned by Triple F Kennel, Lake City, SC

6th Place – Pup #114 – 325 points – No Pitty Rumor Has It (Ch. Kyle’s Remington X BB Covergirl) owned by No Pitty Kennels, Andrews, SC

7th Place – Pup #112 – 320 points – Triple F Buddy (Riding Dirty Wildbill X Riding Dirty Dixie) owned by Triple F Kennel, Lake City, SC

8th Place – Pup #115 – 320 points – Rodeo (Ch. Boone’s Jobe X Fox’s Tina) owned by Robert Just, Ravenel, SC

9th Place – Pup #121 – 280 points – Toby (Morris’ Wildman X Morris’ Dot 2) owned by Swamp Donkey Kennels, Macedonia, SC

10th Place – Pup #116 – 280 points – Not Given (NG X NG) owned by Keith Lambert, Lambertown, SC

Best Mouth – Pup #07 – CG’s Big Brown (D&S Mighty Man X CG’s Tennessee Baby) owned by CG Williamson

Classiest Pup – Pup #911 – Speckles (Jeff’s Blackjack X Almand’s Lacy) owned by Jeff Lucas

Pictures from today’s hunt are shown below.

The next Spring Branch hunt will be held on Saturday, July 27th. The July hunt will have two classes also. The puppy class will be for any pups less than one year of age on the day of the hunt. These pups will have numbers 00 – 99. The puppy class winners will qualify for the Chase – Purina “Test of the Best” competition. The second class will be for pups born between May 1 – July 26, 2012. This class will have numbers from 100 and up. The two classes will run together and be scored separately.

Please call Mr. Mark Martin at 843-520-6461 if you have any questions, need numbers, or need more information. The book is open.

Great group of judges today!



#0 – 5th place Puppy owned by Grady Radcliff
#177 – 1st place Derby owned by Grady Radcliff
#114 – 6th place Derby owned by No Pitty Kennels



#65 – 4th place Puppy owned by Bubba Johnny
#68 – 6th place Puppy owned by Speedy Peedee Kennels
#31 – 2nd place Puppy owned by David Roberson


#76 – 9th place Puppy owned by Boodie, David, and Hunter Walters
#7 – 3rd place Puppy owned by Ken Cribb
#115 – 8th place Derby owned by Robert Just


#67 – 1st place Puppy owned by Speedy Peedee Kennels
#121 – 9th place Derby owned by Swamp Donkey Kennels
#77 – 10th place Puppy owned by Dalton Floyd


#110 – 5th place Derby owned by Triple F Kennels
#112 – 7th place Derby owned by Triple F Kennels


#911 – 4th place Derby and Classiest Hound owned by Jeff Lucas
#711 – 3rd place Derby owned by Jeff Lucas
#311 – 2nd place Derby owned by Jeff Lucas


#40 – 8th place Puppy owned by Bubba Hutto
#47 – 7th place Puppy owned by Bubba Hutto