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*NEW* Lynne & Cobbie’s big tour: introducing our huge challenge
Hello, and welcome to my first H&H (or actually any!) blog entry. May I introduce myself — I’m Lynne Deakin and my horse is named Lucky, but is more commonly known as Cobbie (pictured top). You...
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Simon Hart MP: Hunting is at a crossroads *H&H VIP*
Opinion Hunting is at a crossroads, one of many it has encountered in its 1,000-year history. Wars, roads, railways, wire, disease, politics and urbanisation are just a few things that have been hailed...
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Charles Frampton: Lesson time for horses and hounds *H&H VIP*
Opinion The East Kent and West Street receive the prize for the best local two couple of bitch hounds during the afternoon's judging by Charmian Green MFH and Luke Neale MFHFor me, the hound parade at...
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Daniel Cherriman: Hunting’s ‘wondrous variety’ *H&H VIP*
Opinion Stroking a hound“Wanted: Master/Huntsman for the Dartmoor Hunt” read the advertisement in a recent copy of Horse & Hound. What an opportunity for someone for the 2019/20 season. The...
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Lynne and Cobbie’s big tour: when Cobbie met Cadbury
Hello, We are back again! Cobbie and I have had an action-packed month. We have had days out hunting with the Avon Vale, the Brocklesby, the Croome & West Warwickshire, the Cury, the Dulverton West...
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Be opening meet ready with one of these great hunters…
The brand new hunting season is almost upon us, so get prepared and take a look at this selection of hunters for sale on the Horse & Hound website this week. 1. ‘Fantastic’ Height: 17.1hh Gender:...
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8 things to achieve out hunting this winter
Modern life is full of “inspirational” quotes about the importance of setting goals. Irritating, but probably effective in helping you achieve more. So, what about setting some “hunting goals” this...
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Eventer to hunter blog: the time had come to put the old girl to the test
Someone asked me the other day if my quest to get my flighty old mare hunting had been aborted due to her over-enthusiasm. Or perhaps she’d thrown me off and it wouldn’t have made for very salutary...
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12 things you absolutely must know before heading to a hunt ball
Opening meets are upon us – and that means it is now hunt ball season as well. Here are some “dos” and “don’ts” to help you get through your hunt’s biggest annual party without disgracing yourself… And...
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Andrew Sallis: Rain? What’s that? *H&H VIP*
OpinionWorlds collided when the lost tribes of the Amazon gazed skywards in awe, curiosity and fear as a mammoth jet roared overhead. The beagle puppies that our children walk for a local pack, now...
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Veteran ex-racehorse claims RoR racing to hunting crown
A 20-year-old ex-racehorse proved age is just a number by taking victory in the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) racing to hunting challenge. Kasilia was the eldest of the six horses in the final at...
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Richard Gurney: Big buttons and long points *H&H VIP*
Opinion Common sense tells me that within a decade, many packs of foxhounds will have become integrated for all sorts of different reasons and, as a result, some of us will grow in to the 21st century...
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Lynne and Cobbie’s big tour: and we’re off!
Hello once again. We are back and this time reporting on going hunting! Cobbie and I planned our first stop on ‘The Big Tour’ to visit not once, but twice. Out of the five hunts registered with the...
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8 ways to help ensure your child has a fun-filled day’s hunting
Half-term might over – or nearly over – but it will be the Christmas holidays before we know it. So here are eight ways to help ensure your children enjoy going hunting as much as you do… 1. Make sure...
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Four-star eventer Beanie Sturgis’ 11 top life-hacks for fellow equestrians
Beanie Sturgis during the Duke Of Beaufort Hunt's meet at Ivy Leaze House near Acton Turville in Gloucestershire, UK on 24 January 2015Gloucestershire-based eventer Beanie Sturgis, 44, knows a thing or...
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Lynne and Cobbie’s big tour: a Cadbury love affair is blossoming
Hello from Cobbie and I on trip number two of our big tour. We headed off back down the Fosse Way to the Avon Vale Hunt once again. This time we were not alone — Sam Austin and her horse Jake decided...
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Charles Frampton: Those rain dances are working *H&H VIP*
Opinion Stroking a houndAt last, my dancing shoes are working and the rain has arrived. It has never been a drier time for hunting, and this has made for a less-than-happy start for most of my fellow...
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7 problems we all encounter out hunting at some point…
Percy Hunt 09.02.13 TOM FAIRFAX FALLS IN MUD Percy follower Tom Fairfax scrambles back to his feet TREV'S 66TH BIRTHDAY!!!Hunting is the most democratic of pastimes. It makes fools of all of us, and is...
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Friend of rider killed in hunting fall hits back at ‘vile’ online comments
The best friend of a rider who was facing a private prosecution when she died in a hunting fall has described her as a “hero”. Jane Goring suffered fatal injuries while out with the Mid Surrey...
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Robert McCarthy: A pack is like a football team *H&H VIP*
Opinion Stroking a houndBy this point in the season, all hounds should be settled into their work. With autumn hunting finished and opening meets out of the way, the young entry should be hunting well....
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