Dunston Harriers 31.10.15 Family affair: Allister Hood (centre) on HOYS Champion Cashel Blue with sons Oliver and Ben who is kennelman and first whipper-in to the Dunston Harriers
There are not too many equestrian disciplines where those from several generations of the same family can all take part alongside each other, however hunting is an exception.
It’s not rare to see a grandfather riding with his daughter and her children on pint-size ponies all in one shot, with grandpa often being coerced into jumping fences that he might have otherwise decided not to consider.
We take a look at some hunting families seen out so far this season…
A showing dynasty: Allister Hood (centre) on Horse of the Year Show champion Our Cashel Blue, with sons Oliver and Ben who is kennelman and first whipper-in to the Dunston Harriers
Embracing the rain: Zoe Rowe hitches a ride while her children Archie and Beth enjoys a wet morning hunting with the Four Burrow Hunt in Cornwall
Point-to-point jockey Charlotte Wyatt who works for Newmarket trainer John Ferguson, hunts regularly with her mother Cherry, out with the Dunston Harriers
Dunston Harriers 31.10.15
P to P Jockey Charlotte Wyatt with her Mother Cherry (R)
(Image credit: Trevor Meeks)
Members of the Dawe family at the Dartmoor’s meet on 24 October
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Members of the Dawe family at a meet of the Dartmoor Hunt
Neill Millard MFH and his son Will (on the grey) and other young members of the Crawley & Horsham field enjoy their opening meet from Knepp Castle
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(Image credit: Sarah Farnsworth)
Paula Hendriksen with daughter Lexi at the opening meet of the Crawley & Horsham at Knepp Castle
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Grant, Freddy, Tracey and George Laing at the Crawley & Horsham’s opening meet at Knepp Castle on 31 October
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(Image credit: Sarah Farnsworth)
Father and daughter Alun and Sarah Jones at the opening meet of the Irfon & Towy foxhounds in Powys, Wales. Alun is 66 and back hunting having not been on a horse for 15 years
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(Image credit: Sarah Jones)
Don’t miss all the hunting action in Horse & Hound magazine this week — where we celebrate the start of the season, capturing opening meets from around the country PLUS we head out with the Dartmoor
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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.
