8 ways to avoid looking flustered on your first day autumn hunting
All eyes have been watching the harvest come in amid anticipation of the first day of the new season. Somehow though, no matter how many months there are between the last day’s hunting in the spring...
View ArticleAndrew Sallis: Why hunting and Gay Pride have common ground *H&H VIP*
Cycling through the parks of Amsterdam with our sons and their Dutch cousins en route to the zoo, we found ourselves caught up in Gay Pride. A massive party on the city’s canals in a capital without...
View ArticleFell hounds at the forefront of Rydal Hound Show *PICTURES*
Judging of the Fell houndsIt was the turn of the Fell hounds to take centre stage at Rydal Hound Show near Ambleside in Cumbria on 13 August. Often described as “having a real holiday atmosphere,” this...
View ArticleHound dies after being hit by car on A47
*Library picture*A hound and a spaniel have died after running onto a busy main road on Tuesday morning (25 August). Twelve foxhounds, belonging to the Fitzwilliam Hunt, near Peterborough, ran on to...
View Article9 things we unquestioningly do, even though, thinking about it, it’s a bit weird
Us Brits are sticklers for tradition, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the noble sport of equestrianism...
View ArticleAndrew Sallis: This shambles could have implications for us all *H&H VIP*
Setting out in the whiplash of a tropical thunderstorm for a morning’s autumn hunting in a huge expanse of near-coastal country — largely without feature above waist height — might be considered rash...
View Article12 ways hunting can help your horse
Simon Lawrance, MFH, four-star event rider and UKCC Level 3 coach shares his thoughts on how hunting can help your horse’s training. 1. Hunting is excellent for horses that have got sour in competition...
View Article7 fabulous hunting ponies for sale this week *PICTURES*
Are you looking to introduce your child to the hunting field? Or perhaps they are already hunting mad and are looking for the perfect partner to cross any country with. If so, don’t miss this selection...
View ArticleWant to try hunting? Get started during newcomers’ week
Are you looking to try hunting? The Countryside Alliance’s (CA) annual newcomers’ week gives those new to the sport a chance to try hunting for the first time. This year’s newcomers’ week runs from...
View Article9 photos that are sure to get you excited for the hunting season
The Field during one of the last draws of the meet of the Fernie at Laughton near Market Harborough in Leicestershire, UK; on 8th March 2015The leaves are turning, the nights are drawing in, the...
View ArticleTributes paid to team chase and hunting star
Tributes have been paid to a hunting star that died following a team chasing accident. Dai Harrison’s popular horse, Dutch, had been a stalwart of the Boring Gorings’ open team for the past few...
View ArticleRichard Gurney: Hunting provides the perfect getaway from life *H&H VIP*
Recently I was discussing the latest problem in our hunt with one of my joint-masters and I flippantly remarked, “Why do we do it?” With a very serious look on his face, he said: “For the children, so...
View ArticleWatch this space: 10 hunting stars of the future *PICTURES*
Those early season nerves at the meet are all too familiar… As is the moment you look across to see someone a sixth of your age and a quarter of your size, on a pony with barely-there legs merrily...
View ArticleFormer star racehorse excels in new hunting career
Finian’s Rainbow, former winner of the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham and the Melling Chase at Aintree, has found a new career in the hunting field. The 12-year-old, owned by Michael Buckley...
View Article34 things you need to know about field mastering (it’s not as easy as you may...
Rowan CopeEver wondered how a field master knows what to do or thought you could do a better job than the person you have to follow out hunting? Well it isn’t always as easy as some people manage to...
View ArticleProposals to change Hunting Act were legitimate, report finds
Proposals to vary the terms of exempt hunting within the Hunting Act 2004 were not an “unexpected use of the powers” of the Defra Secretary of State, a report has found. Suggested amendments to the act...
View ArticleHunting world in shock after death of joint-master
Horse&Hound join the Quorn Hunt for their meet at Pasture Lodge, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, on Monday 18th February 2013.The joint-master of the Cottesmore, Gems McCormick, has died due to an...
View ArticleHunting world pays tribute to joint-master killed in a fall
Horse&Hound join the Quorn Hunt for their meet at Pasture Lodge, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, on Monday 18th February 2013.Tributes have poured in for the joint-master of the Cottesmore, Gems...
View ArticleOne pint-sized rider — and 8 other photos from opening meets *PICTURES*
hello i was wondering id one of these pictures may be able to make the magazine, this is digby aged 1 years at the Wilton opening meet Saturday on his pony bubbles who is 38 years young they had a...
View ArticleJohn Holliday: ‘Jezza, the most unlikely ally’ *H&H VIP*
The failure of the present government to pass the sensible amendments to the current hunting legislation is lamentable. Once again, common sense has become a casualty of Westminster politics. Our...
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