Quite right Rob, are the dh x's the best all out rabbiting dogs? Probably not, but a lot seem to get more than satisfactory results from them.
The thing is, there are 'horses for courses', but then there's having a choice and preference for the mix of your hunting dog.
My own dog is definitely overkill for purely rabbiting and I reckon she'd take any prey that came her way if the law allowed, but she is beautiful to me and I am smitten
It is good to have a choice, or we'd all have beddy or collie whippet crosses (not there's anything wrong with them at all!) as rabbits is all we're lega