Were you out with the Barlow Hunt or the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt when the H&H hunting correspondents paid a visit? If so, why not take a look at the gallery below to see if you were spotted by our photographers.
Meynell and South Staffordshire
The country for this three day a week pack spreads across a large part of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, incorporating Ashbourne in the north and Lichfield in the south. A testing country to cross, there is a large vale region with plenty of grass with some serious hedges and strong timber. Adjoining hunts include the Atherstone, Quorn, South Notts and the High Peak Harriers. the Meynell and South.
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Jim Clay
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Andrew Callwood makes light work of one of the many Meynell hedges
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Chloe Poyser on gate-shutting duties
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Huntsman Jamie Nicklin with the Meynell and South Staffordshire hounds
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Guido Basile, Sarah Crabtree and Louise Williams
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The Barlow hunt principally in Derbyshire but include parts of Nottingham and South Yorkshire in their country, which has contracted over the years due to the M1 motorway and expansion of Chesterfield and Sheffield conurbations. With the exception of some large estates, including Chatsworth, the country is a landscape of small, privately-owned grass farms.
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The Barlow field
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Liz Denniff crosses the country with ease
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Alison Morton
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The Tuesday fixture remains one of the Barlow’s most popular
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A former amateur whipper-in, Chris White in his third season as joint-master
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Rachel Whitlock and Ray Critchlow
Members of The Field coming to the meet at Knowles Farm, Holmesfield near Chesterfield in Derbyshire, UK; on 3rd March 2015
Don’t miss our full hunting reports featuring the Barlow Hunt and the Meynell and South Staffordshire Hunt in this week’s Horse & Hound magazine (out 19 March, 2015)
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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.
