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Is your former racehorse thriving in a second career hunting? If so, entries are open for the Ri-Dry RoR Racing to Hunting Challenge. The Challenge is kindly supported by Ri-Dry, who will be making a generous donationin the latter stages of the challenge from a £3,500 Prize fund The winner will also be awarded the...

A fire late on Christmas Eve has caused devastation for the Maryland based Middletown Valley beagles. There were 18 couple of hounds in the kennel at the time of the fire, which has been ruled accidental. Fortunately many beagles were saved through the quick thinking and brave actions of neighbours and hunt staff. “The beagle...

Scotland’s pernicious, and politically driven, rather than animal welfare based,  fox hunting legislation has suffered another major setback after two Borders huntsmen were cleared following a five-day trial. Buccleuch Hunt members 41-year-old Timothy Allen and Shaun Anderson, who is 28, were charged but both were found not guilty at different stages of the trial for an offence...

We are delighted to be able to annouce that, thanks to the lovely  team at Quiller Publishing, we have negotiated a special price for Jamie Blacketts super new book  “Red Rag to a Bull” . As we said in our review “It is not difficult to review a work that acknowledges the efforts of people...

Promoting the versatility of the beagle hounds from scent trail to clean boot and drag hunting on horseback. The beagle is a small hound they were primarily bred for hunting hare we felt that we wanted something different that interacted well with people and didn’t get through the country to quickly Having hunted with various...

The hunt breakfast and puppy show of the Britannia Beagles took place at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Saturday. Capt, S. J. Meyrick, R.N., presided over a very large gathering. After, the toast, Meyrick said that this was the third time and, he was sorry to say, the last time he would have the pleasure...

This year the Toronto and North York Hunt celebrates 175 years of sport, longer than Canada has been a nation. To commemorate this historical event an Invitational Joint Meet was held Saturday, October 27th from the Toronto and North York Hunt kennels in Mulmur, Ontario and our fellow Canadian hunts were invited to attend. As of...

Long Run Woodford was formed as a result of the merger betwen the Long Run and the Woodford hounds.

The Society of Equine Artists held their Annual Award Ceremony at Sally Mitchell’s gallery in Tuxford Notts  on Sunday 16th September.  After some careful browsing and long discussion we were delighted to award the Baily’s Hunting Directory Best ‘Hunting Picture’ to Robin (Sir Stephen) Furness for his painting entitled ‘The Bedale Friar Ings’.  The SEA...

For 40 years E and S feeds, the people behind the highly regarded Cobbydog feeds,  have been manufacturing complete dog foods and protein pellets together with a high quality and palatable hound mix. Recently they have have looked at the health needs of older dogs (both pet and working) and now have the capability to...