Hunt Reports

Itchen Down Farm is one of those dates on the calendar that is a “must do” for so many people each year. It offers beautiful countryside for all on foot or on horseback ,to watch hounds work in, and a cracking ride for those who like to kick on. Dick Burge is always so welcoming...

Holywell has become one of the most popular meets of the year, I suspect partly because of the beauty of the estate and partly because of the generosity of our host’s the Earl and Countess of Clarendon. Thanks to Tom ‘s team of Quarries for giving us four hunts over perfect going. Young Harry Mitchell...

Perfect weather led to a good turnout at Corhampton Lane Farm, and I am so grateful to Dick Hall for giving us access to such perfect going for both novice and experienced riders. This venue also gives great views of the hounds working both for the riders and foot followers. Kenzo was his usual Jekyll...

Many thanks to Bob and Leslie Yarbrough for allowing us to hunt at Leeds Manor Farm on Sunday.  I also want to thank Margaret Thomas and Camilla Moon for hosting the tea.  It was an OMG day hunting and the tea was wonderful!  We had many members out and we met the new owner of...

I took a 6 couple to Aldie on Thursday – not entirely the best crew but I wanted to give the good hounds a day off as well as giving the border line hounds a good chance to proof themselves. I want to thank Jean Roberts for helping out. I casted the hounds into the...

Mounted hunting in County Meath in Ireland can be traced back to Mr. Nicholson’s Hunt in 1723. Two other packs those of Mr. Pollock of Mountainstown and Mr. Gerrard of Gibbstown amalgamated in 1817 to form the Clongill Hunt, which is the basis of the present Meath Foxhounds. The hunt club is headed up by...

During a recent joint meet with the Golden Valley Hunt at Dorstone, Mjr Patrick Darling kindly invited us to Caradoc Estate to hunt. The ground on the banks of the River Wye consists of pasture, stubble, woodland and all weather gallops and boasts many hunt jumps…ideal for a days blood hounding. Caradoc sits within the...

With all the students having fled back home for this year’s Christmas holidays,  writes Henry de Fosard MH we relied on our strong base of local support and a smattering of the dedicated students at Otmoor on Boxing day. Karen Kressenberg and Judy Kirk, Master Huntsman and Hon. Secretary of the Mells Foxhounds in Tennessee...

I just want to thank Ed Gamble for allowing us to meet at Destinaire Farm on Boxing Day and for him getting back from PA in time to be able to see us off.  He told me he had only been back at the farm for 5 minutes before we came to hunt!  I also...

The Burne Bloodhounds met at Lower Drayton Farm Penkridge Staffordshire by kind permission of The Bower Family. A dry day for what turned out to be a very good day. The ground was heavy but a reasonable field turned out along with our host’s daughter Charlotte Bower who with her great enthusiasm helped entertain us...