The season’s not over yet, but a fair few of you have already marked your place in your hunt’s tumblers’ club for the 2015/2016 season.
Whether it’s being delivered a face full of mud, not quite navigating a hedge in the way that you’d envisaged or having a less-than-textbook landing, hunting certainly knows how to embarrass us. But what doesn’t break you…
(Aside from their bruised egos, none of the horses or riders in these pictures were seriously injured)
December 2015: Clifton on Teme
Library picture.
January 2016: The Berkeley
Pass the Persil? Simon Vatcher gets his fair dose of mud — and waves goodbye to all his buttons in the process at the Berkeley’s meet at The Folly
January 2016: The Berkeley
On all fours — this Berkeley follower has a dramatic landing but looks to be sitting remarkably tight
January 2016: The Berkeley
Things don’t quite go to plan for Chris Easton out with the Berkeley as he finds himself getting up close and personal with this hedge…
January 2016: The Berkeley
…before being carefully removed by a kind foot follower
January 2016: The Berkeley
January blues: this Berkeley follower takes a swift exit out the side door
January 2016: The Berkeley
Gravity takes hold: George Malpass holds on for all it’s worth
January 2016: Albrighton and Woodland
Guy Sankey has an unfortunate encouter with a hedge out with the Albrighton and Woodland, at their meet at Boddington near Stourbridge in Staffordshire — as his father Charlie Sankey MFH watches the action unfold
February 2016: Grafton
‘What are you doing down there?’ Catherine Upton’s mount waits patiently as she gets back on her feet while out with the Grafton
