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Hunt’s foodbank donations to support those in need at Christmas
Members of the North Shropshire Hunt have made two large donations to one of their local foodbanks in the build-up to Christmas. Annie O’Donnell, wife of North Shropshire joint-master Nigel O’Donnell,...
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6 wonderful hunting tales of Christmas past...
We asked our H&H hunting writers and columnists for their best memories of hunting over Christmas. Here are our favourites...Frank Houghton Brown, former master and huntsman of the Tynedale and...
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John Holliday: A great opportunity for the countryside *H&H Plus*
The weather has remained consistent across Belvoir domains. Consistently wet, that is. Statistically, a fall is more likely to result in drowning than a broken bone. We are now beginning to refer to...
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Charles Frampton: ‘Two very special hunting days’ *H&H Plus*
Charles Frampton of the Heythrop on the importance of hunting over the Christmas period...The mere thought of Christmas scares me. This year, however, I have enjoyed it more than I normally do for many...
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‘If you’re not well, go hunting!’ Master going strong as 80th birthday...
A joint-master who is hunting twice a week on a 23-year-old grade A showjumper as he approaches his 80th birthday has no plans to hang up his boots. Derek Clackett, who marks his milestone on 17...
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Horse and rider beat illness and gruelling treatment to make Boxing Day meet
A rider had extra cause to celebrate this Christmas after both she and her horse recovered from illness to make the Boxing Day meet. Jayde Payne was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma in August and...
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Andrew Sallis: Glimpse at the yuletide diary *H&H Plus*
Eve of Christmas Eve: the tactic of trying not to visit farmers when it’s raining stair-rods has been flawed this season. I spent much of the week negotiating country for tomorrow and after two months...
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‘They’re anarchists, it’s a class war’: hunt chairman cleared of assaulting sabs
A hunt chairman who was found not guilty of attacking two saboteurs has said he will now be making a complaint against the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Immigration judge Mark Davies...
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‘A great start to married life’: hunting doctors follow church ceremony with...
A couple celebrated their wedding day in unusual style when they combined their reception with a “champagne meet” of the South Dorset hunt. Doctors Hennie Helliwell and Danno Turk had organised a...
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All in a day’s work: Style guru Martha, Lady Sitwell *H&H Plus*
Martha, Lady Sitwell, on 10 years of hunting sideways — and why you’ll never see her in a pair of stretchy breeches. As told to Flora WatkinsI had a bad belly-up at 13, hunting a young horse. I broke...
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Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: There’s always the quad bike *H&H Plus*
Tessa Waugh’s unsentimental nature is challenged as a faithful old steed looks to have reached the end of his hunting road — signalling the end of a charmed four seasonsIt never rains but it pours, so...
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Richard Guerney: Make our sport sustainable *H&H Plus*
By now, our community should have toasted the result of the general election. It was proof — and proof was needed — that this country suffers from a vocal minority but, when the chips are down,...
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Robert McCarthy: Here’s to making new memories *H&H Plus*
Best dressed Winner Robert McCarthyAs I sat at the meet at Alnwick Castle on New Year’s Day watching my almost two-year-old daughter at her first meet on her pony, it really made me think. I treasure...
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Calls for action to make aggravated trespass laws ‘fit for purpose’ *H&H Plus*
Although aggravated trespass is a criminal offence, the Countryside Alliance says ‘very few’ prosecutions are being brought against animal rights extremists ‘despite clear evidence’ being available, so...
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Goodnight: Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary — breaking an unwritten rule *H&H Plus*
Tessa Waugh considers the folly of lending her horse to her husband to hunt hounds when her charge returns late and punch-drunk — and ponders if he will cope being relegated to the field...
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Goodnight — Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: ‘Burnsed out’ *H&H Plus*
Tessa Waugh casts aside her English roots to enjoy a Burns jamboree with the hunt, to find stroked haggis, ferocious auctions and competition for a hike up Northumberland’s summitHunt fundraisers: at...
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Retrained racehorse who found his forte at Badminton retires to the hunting...
Ben Way and Galley Light at Badminton 2016.The five-star eventing stalwart Galley Light is delighting in a new third career on the hunting field. The former racehorse competed at eight CCI4*s (now...
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Goodnight — Tessa Waugh’s hunting diary: Rattling off for a short day *H&H Plus*
Tessa Waugh (H&H reporter) during the Bedale Hunts Meet at Rookwith House Farm in Rookwith near Bedale in North Yorkshire, UK on the 13th January 2018“I’ve got a million and one things to do,” was...
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Charles Frampton: It’s going to be a busy summer *H&H Plus*
For most masters of hounds, 1 February has become a very significant date in their diaries. Days hunting are mainly coordinated around shooting dates, so the end of the shooting season allows many...
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Can gumshields help reduce concussion? We ask the experts *H&H Plus*
Following recent discussions about the benefits of gumshields for riders, H&H canvassed opinions from governing bodies’ chief medical advisers, a dentist and mouthguard specialist, plus riders from...
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