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Brightwells resurrects end of season hunter sales
Brightwells is resurrecting the traditional end of season hunter sales. The first sale of hunters and hunt horses will be held as part of the sport and riding horse sale on 23 March in Malvern. Hunts...
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Hunt allowed back on to National Trust land
The Minehead Harriers can once again follow hounds on National Trust land after the temporary suspension of the hunt’s annual licence allowing trail-hunting was lifted. Their annual licence to hunt on...
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25 signs you’re addicted to hunting
You visualise Britain as hunt countries rather than counties, dream of holidaying in Ireland and have a chronic fear of blackthorns. Sound familiar? You may well be addicted to hunting... 1. In autumn...
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Rider stresses importance of replacing hat after serious fall
Credit: Al Johnston PhotographyA rider has stressed the importance of replacing your hat after a fall, even if it appear undamaged, following a serious hunting accident. Vicky Smith was recently out...
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League Against Cruel Sports’ spending in the spotlight
Questions have been raised about the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) spending following an investigation. The Times published an investigation into the charity’s spending yesterday (March 29). It...
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Nine-year-old girl dies in hunting accident
A nine-year-old girl, Bonamie (Bonnie) Armitage, was fatally injured when she was kicked by another horse while out with a hunt. It is thought Bonnie was riding behind a bigger horse that lashed out at...
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‘Bonnie was a wonderful person who touched hearts’
Collect photo from the family of Bonnie Armitage aged 9 who died following a riding accident on Saturday 2nd April near Stroud in Gloucestershire (pony pictured is Lindsay the Shetland pony, that...
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12 elegant (and very daring) ladies hunting side-saddle
Maeve Carty cuts a dash across the Blazers country in Co GalwaySide-saddle has enjoyed a revival over recent years with more and more ladies (and the occasional man) daring to take to the hunting...
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Countryside Alliance chairman condemns trolls for online abuse after child’s...
Simon Hart, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance has spoken out against online trollsThe chairman of the Countryside Alliance has denounced the “vile abuse” posted online in response to a...
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12 things you (almost certainly) won’t miss about the hunting season
The end of season blues may be kicking in, but even for the most hardened hunting fanatic, there are some things that won’t be missed over the summer monthsWhile you’re gazing at your horses getting...
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Speed, accuracy and bravery: are you up to the challenge of an inter-hunt relay?
The hunting season may be over but for some hunt followers and their horses it brings on the start of a whole new set of challenges when the summer inter-hunt relay competitions get underway. These...
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The last hurrah! Celebrating another successful hunting season in pictures
From walls to ditches and banks to rivers, we take a look back at some of the different hunt countries covered during the H&H hunting correspondents' visits to different packs in England, Wales,...
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Strangles kills hunter who survived 10 days stuck in a thicket
A hunter that was “assumed stolen” after going missing for 10 days and sparking a nationwide search last year, has died after contracting strangles. Josh, a 17.2hh 29-year-old bay gelding who was...
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Andrew Sallis: ‘handling a biddable pack of hounds would be an easier...
Despite the constraints of the Hunting Act I believe it is important to keep the rich “language of the chase” alive. It would be shameful to lose it. Like any other lexicon, it is constantly developing...
View ArticleFirst Silver Spur Challenge hunt ride ‘a success’
Dom Gwyn-Jones won the inaugural running of the Ivan The Terrible Silver Spur Challenge on Saturday 23 April at Marston Doles, Warks. Riding the former racehorse Another Puzzle — a 12-year-old gelding...
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Police powers to unmask hunt saboteurs used just once in past three years
Police powers to unmask violent hunt saboteurs have been used just once in the past three years, according to research by the Countryside Alliance (CA). The organisation sent Freedom of Information...
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Watch VWH gallop to victory at Royal Windsor
The VWH won the WHMG inter-hunt knockout competition in a hotly contested final against last year’s winners the Bicester with Whaddon Chase at Royal Windsor Horse Show yesterday (Thursday 12 May)....
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Treasured hunting horn lost in river found after three months
A hunting horn that was lost in a river over three months ago has been found after a long search. Tom Roberts, master and huntsman of the Sinnington Hunt in Yorkshire was crossing a dyke in February...
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All you’ve ever wanted to know about puppy shows, but were too afraid to ask
Now is the season for packs of hounds to hold their annual puppy show. For those who haven’t been to one before, the name perhaps conjures up an image of cute, fluffy hound puppies being lead around a...
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Katie Price ditches the bling for a day with the bloodhounds
A pack of hounds has raised over £4,000 for charity while filming with reality TV star Katie Price. The Cheshire Bloodhounds organised a days’ hunting to be shown as part of a new series called Katie...
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