6 signs you are missing the hunting season

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The Cottesmore Hunt meet at Marefield, Rutland, and hunting between Burrough on the Hill and Owston, February 2011.
The Cottesmore Hunt meet at Marefield, Rutland, and hunting between Burrough on the Hill and Owston, February 2011.
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Are you counting down the days to autumn hunting? Dying for your horse’s holiday to come to an end? Sounds like you’re missing the hunting season…

1. You’ve made a calendar of the days left until autumn hunting starts and you eagerly cross them off each morning.

Catherine Austen
Catherine Austen
Hunting editor

A St Andrews’ graduate, Catherine joined Horse & Hound in 2002 and stayed for 11 years in a variety of roles until she went freelance in June 2013. She rejoined the team part-time in November 2016 as hunting editor. She pretty much lives on the hunting field or at the racecourse, but also loves eventing, as a journalist, press officer and competitor. She was H&H’s sole accredited journalist at the London Olympic Games and has reported from major race meetings and eventing, showjumping and dressage championships and shows round the world, and has hunted all over Britain and Ireland.