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Heythrop Grapevine 15

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GRAPEVINE has had just one litter - all bitches: Greenfinch, Grayling, Grammar and Gracious

“I put Grapevine to a home-bred dog called Galahad,” says Charles. “He was out of Gaslight, and she had fell blood through Duke of Buccleuch’s Freeman on the female line. That fell line might also play a part in the family’s longevity. Gaslight had these orangey-brown eyebrows, which Grapevine has got and which Martin Scott tells me are called quatre bras and are inherited from Kilkenny Tilter 28. Gaslight was a brilliant bitch, but she only came into season once and therefore only had one litter – by North Cotswold Gripton –

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