VictoriaEDT
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Reged: 16/06/2005
Posts: 1615
Loc: Somerset
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I want to start hunting in Somerset (south) but dont know where, possibly Cotley and not sure which horse to take.
I think I will take the horse I have had for 12 years but he is 18 now and hoping it will not be too much for him?
He is 18 going on 5 :p and ridden 4 times a week.
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LizzieJ
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Reged: 05/10/2006
Posts: 2091
Loc: somerset
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Mines 12. I had a horse who hunted weekly well into his twenties though so Charlie will be fine :) It's not mad hunting with The Cotley either :)
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LizzieJ
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/10/2006
Posts: 2091
Loc: somerset
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You not taking Ro?
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VictoriaEDT
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 16/06/2005
Posts: 1615
Loc: Somerset
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I will die if I take him!!!!
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VictoriaEDT
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 16/06/2005
Posts: 1615
Loc: Somerset
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I dont know who to hunt with! Never done it and have no idea what to expect!
Used to go hurling round the countryside on charlie (coloured) but if I stay at the back is it quieter and slower? He is so hard working that he would run all day and get so excited and I dont want him to injure his suspensory again (injured it 9 years ago and is more or less sound now)
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Starbucks
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Reged: 17/05/2007
Posts: 8551
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How is he "more or less sound" he's either sound or he isn't, especially 9 years after the injury!!
My horses are 9 and 12 but i've hunted horses in there 20's and they were fine. Although if your hunting a horse that is "more or less" sound I can't see him lasting long hunting I'm afraid.
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Druid
Reged: 06/12/2004
Posts: 17976
Loc: Ireland
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One is 14yo, one is 7 have known lots to hunt into their 20s
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Gamebird
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Reged: 26/04/2007
Posts: 1414
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7, and this is my 4th season on him! He's the oldest horse I've hunted in a while, usually have babies.
Have just been given another to hunt for a month or two but I've no idea how old it is :blush:. Usually whip/master's horse so I would guess somehwehere between 8 and 11.
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Aleka81
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Reged: 03/02/2006
Posts: 1752
Loc: Oxfordshire
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My boy is 19 and hunts, bloodhounds and Team Chases. However he is sound...
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VictoriaEDT
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Reged: 16/06/2005
Posts: 1615
Loc: Somerset
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[quote]How is he "more or less sound" he's either sound or he isn't, especially 9 years after the injury!![/quote]
Cos in my opinion no horse is 100% sound if you investigate deeply! Yes the vets say he is sound with the occassional 1/10 lameness if he has a stiff day.
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VictoriaEDT
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Reged: 16/06/2005
Posts: 1615
Loc: Somerset
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and I was only planning on taking charlie to first couple of hunts (not a whole season) so I can get an idea of what goes on before I take my big oraange monster young horse!
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LizzieJ
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Loc: somerset
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He'll be fine. You don't have to stay out all day :) Try the Cotley, they are a pretty friendly pack and not mad either :)
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VictoriaEDT
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Reged: 16/06/2005
Posts: 1615
Loc: Somerset
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going cubbing next weekend with a friend with Seavington!
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Irishcobs
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 25/08/2005
Posts: 7690
Loc: Somerset
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Mine own is 13, this is our first season.
My bosses are: two are 9, 10, 11 and his old horse was 17. The 17 yr was hunting 3 days a fortnight only missing 1 day at the end.
My friend used to work for someone that hunted a 30yr. Only on quiet, easy days but the horse lived for it.
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LizzieJ
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Reged: 05/10/2006
Posts: 2091
Loc: somerset
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There will be some Cotley meets you could hack to I'd have thought :) I've never been out with the Seavington but I think it's similar country :)
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chestnut cob
Reged: 24/11/2004
Posts: 16536
Loc: Oxfordshire
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New horse is 11 and has really only ever hunted, not a lot of anything else. My pony, now out on loan, is 13 and has hunted for the last 4 years. He's taking his loaner out this season for her first time.
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Baydale
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Reged: 03/03/2008
Posts: 1503
Loc: Lincolnshire
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My 22yo ex-advanced horse fieldmasters with my OH on. He's fine (still manages to p*** off with us all on exercise :shocked:) but we pick our days, and he likes the going "good to soft" as he's a bit creaky!
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Edited by Baydale (11/10/2008 23:24)
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palomino_pony
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Reged: 28/10/2007
Posts: 506
Loc: Staffs
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I hunted my 21 year old, but IMO, whatever you take they need to be fit and worked more than 4 days per week. Hunting is hard work and takes its toll on a horse. (Fittened up properly too not just cantered a bit more) I have seen too many suspensories/tendons go from people that thouht you could just go hunting for the day, like you would go on a fun ride or show. I used to be based at a hunt yard and helped with the fittening programme (one of the master's horses was 19) but now I am at a livery yard people don't seem to fitten up their horses quite as thoroughly. I suppose my point is...take your older horse as long as he is fittened up for hard work
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Lanim
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Reged: 11/09/2008
Posts: 107
Loc: Worcestershire, UK
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I took Nimby when he was 21, something i won't ever do again the nutter.
I'm taking Lantern this season and he's 16 and has been a hunter most his life...
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Loads of pics & vids of Nimby
Loads of pics & vids of Lantern
One horse power is all i need 
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