Skinner’s Pet Foods will be sponsoring the Kennel Club Hunt, Point, Retrieve Championship, being held at the Swinton Park estate, North Yorkshire, on November 15-16.

The HPR Championship will join the existing Cocker Spaniel Championship, Retriever Championship, English Springer Spaniel Championship and the Pointer and Setter Champion Stake as a pinnacle of excellence in the working gundog calendar.

Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: “We are thrilled that Skinner’s is offering its support to the HPR Championship. 

"Both Skinner’s and the Kennel Club recognise the importance of fuelling working dogs with the right foods to maximise their natural abilities and we are very excited about this new sponsorship and the event itself, which will see HPR breeds at the top of their game.”

Will Delamore, Sales and Marketing Director for Skinner’s said: “We are delighted to be involved with the 2013 HPR Championship. Skinner’s has a proud heritage of supporting clubs, tests, trials and championships.  We are looking forward to supporting this year’s HPR Championship and many more in the future.”

The HPR Championship will be judged by Kennel Club ‘A’ Panel judges, Anne Johnson and Godfrey Card.

To find out more about Kennel Club field trials, visit www.thekennelclub.org.uk/fieldtrials.