The combines are rolling, trailer loads of straw can be seen moving across the country and the hounds and hunt horses are getting fitter by the day on hound exercise so it can only mean one thing…it won’t be long before autumn hunting starts!
It would seem that the summer has finally arrived and the ground is firmer than most hunting people want to be jumping on with such a long season ahead. Gateways might be the order of the day to keep up with hounds to start with, but it won’t take long for the thrusters in the field to start looking for other ways to speed up their passage across the country.
We take a look at some action from last season to get you in the mood for what lies ahead!
Emily Campbell soars over a Heythrop hedge upsides a fellow thruster
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Emily Campbell soars over a Heythrop hedge upsides a fellow thruster.
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This follower of the Clifton-on-Teme Hunt could easily have jumped the gate, not just the hunt rail
H&H hunting correspondent Carina Evans hails a cab over a Blackmore and Sparkford Vale hedge
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H&H hunting correspondent Carina Evans hails a cab over a Blackmore and Sparkford Vale hedge
Four Burrow hunt chairman Jim Pascoe neatly hops up onto a Cornish bank
Dafney Hanfan
(Image credit: Tommy Sinnott)
This lady subscriber of the Killinick Harriers crosses their country in perfect balance with her horse
Quorn Hunt 09.11.15
Peter Collins (H/Man)
(Image credit: Trevor Meeks)
Huntsman Peter Collins kicks on at a Quorn hedge
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Taking on an Irish bank from a virtual standstill is a totally different way of approaching an obstacle to those who are used to jumping at speed however this formidable bank poses no problems for a Scarteen supporter
Margaret Morris MFH flies a South Notts hedge with gusto in Locko Park near Spondon, Derbys
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)
Margaret Morris MFH flies a South Notts hedge with gusto in Locko Park near Spondon, Derbys
Blackmore and Sparkford Vale joint-master Anthony Mayo gives the field a super lead over a hedge typical of their grassland country
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Blackmore and Sparkford Vale joint-master Anthony Mayo gives the field a bold lead over a hedge typical of their grassland country
One young thruster and her cracking pony give this wall plenty of air during at day with the Duke of Buccleuch's
(Image credit: John Grossick Photography)
One young thruster and her cracking pony give this wall plenty of air during a day with the Duke of Buccleuch’s
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Polly joined the Horse & Hound team in summer 2013. A former senior master of the Bicester with Whaddon Chase, her hunting knowledge and contacts are second to none. She left Horse & Hound at the end of 2016 to join The Hunting Office.
