14 tiny tots out hunting (whose legs barely go past the saddle flaps…)

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Just at that moment when you're feeling a little nervous at the meet, you catch a glimpse of someone so small you're not entirely convinced they can even walk on their own two feet, and you suddenly wonder why you're making such a fuss...

Sisters Imogen and Elsa Allan out with their father with the Crawley and Horsham
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Sisters Imogen and Elsa Allan out with their father with the Crawley and Horsham

Emma and Lucy Benson out with the Cumberland Farmers
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Emma and Lucy Benson out with the Cumberland Farmers

Lexi Morris enjoying her first season aged two. Now six, she is off the lead rein and enjoying the jumping
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Lexi Morris enjoying her first season aged two. Now six, she is off the lead rein and enjoying the jumping

Florence Ellen Price, who follows the Llangeinor Pentyrch and also the Banwen Miners
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Florence Ellen Price, who follows the Llangeinor Pentyrch and also the Banwen Miners

Fergus Lowry, five, out with the County Down (and looking pretty chuffed about it)
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Fergus Lowry, five, out with the County Down (and looking pretty chuffed about it)

Olivia Leach, two, out with the Blankney on her pony Tom
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Olivia Leach, two, out with the Blankney on her pony Tom

Henley Mills, three, and his pony Radish, regular followers of the Albrighton and Woodland
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Henley Mills, three, and his pony Radish, regular followers of the Albrighton and Woodland

Evie Lake who hunts with the Tanatside. Now aged six she is hunting solo off the lead rein for the first time…
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Evie Lake who hunts with the Tanatside. Now aged six she is hunting solo off the lead rein for the first time…

Blink and you’ll miss her: Vivien Fricker, five, with her pony Lluest Patchwork out with the SC&RMAS
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Blink and you’ll miss her: Vivien Fricker, five, with her pony Lluest Patchwork out with the SC&RMAS

Neha Walker, aged 12, on Ledgend with her friend Phoenix Hodge, aged three, on Tina out with the Mendip Farmers
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Neha Walker, aged 12, on Ledgend with her friend Phoenix Hodge, aged three, on Tina out with the Mendip Farmers

Elizabeth Carey’s grandaughter, aged two, out with the Tivyside
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Elizabeth Carey’s grandaughter, aged two, out with the Tivyside

Etta Watson (racing silks of Manor Farm Stud Rutland) aged three on her pony Titan out with the Cottesmore
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Etta Watson (racing silks of Manor Farm Stud Rutland) aged three on her pony Titan out with the Cottesmore

Bex Hart’s tiny tot who is mad on hunting (and very smartly turned out)
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Bex Hart’s tiny tot who is mad on hunting (and very smartly turned out)

Tamara Hewit, aged two, getting a taste for hunting on ex-racehorse Ocarina
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Tamara Hewit, aged two, getting a taste for hunting on ex-racehorse Ocarina

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Madeleine Silver
Madeleine Silver
Former features editor

A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.