Revisiting Opening Meet
2022 Opening Meet of Mission Valley Hunt. Photo by Olivia Daniella Photography.
Kansas photographer Olivia Danielle Long attended Mission Valley Hunt’s 2022 Opening Meet at the Fin and Feather fixture in Kansas, and it brought it back memories of foxhunting as a teenager.
3 Ways Equilibrium Can Benefit Your Fox Hunter
The leaves are starting to change and the mornings are getting a little cooler, that means it’s time to pull out the stock tie and fill up your flask. Depending on where you are in America, your hunting season might have already started, either way, Equilibrium could give both you and your horse the balance you need.
Fun Without Ribbons
Blair Snivley and Blaze at the 2022 MFHA FHC Virginia Qualifier. Meredith Newman photo.
This past weekend Blair Snively and her horse Blaze, members of the Bedford County Hunt, competed at the MFHA Field Hunter Championship Qualifier hosted by Deep Run Hunt at the Pine Crest Farm in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia. Not to highlight only the competitive winners (like there were just two riders the whole day) but let us feature the rest of the riders who just want to show up and have fun on the horses that they love. Despite the long day. Despite new, now-forbidden equine romances. Despite our horses deciding, “I’m out!” Blair’s recount of the day is a great representation of why we love to compete in these Field Hunter competitions.
Perspective
Leilani Gray photo by Dana Burke.
Leilani Gray gives a hunt report of a very popular hunt that occurred early in October in southern Middle Tennessee. This is Leilani’s first season as the Huntsman for Hillsboro Hounds. Her husband Johnny Gray retired at the end of last season.
MFHA Field Hunter Championship – Celebrating That Special Horse
Photo from the 2007 MFHA Centennial Fieldhunter Championships, by Gretchen Pelham
The 2022–2023 hunting season becomes the foxhunters’ year of the horse as the Masters of Foxhounds Association (the “MFHA”) organizes a series of horse competitions across North America. The MFHA Field Hunter Championship is more than a celebration of the foxhunting horse; it’s a chance to earn regional and national field hunter titles that distinguish riders and their hunts. Additionally, it’s an opportunity for hunts to raise funds.
An Equestrian Photographer’s Advice for Better Foxhunting Images
Allison Howell, DVM, is a member of the Belle Meade Hunt in Georgia, and she is also a great photographer. She has written down some helpful hints on getting superior photos from the hunt field.
Belle Meade Hunt (GA). Photo by Allison Howell Images
Red Oak Foxhounds August 2022 Hunt Report
The Master and Huntsman for Red Oak Foxhounds gives a hunt report back in the heat of August. Her favorite hound, Red Oak Alice, didn’t disappoint.
Red Oak Foxhounds cooling off in the pond after their run. Photo by Theresa Miller
A New Way to Build a Leather Case
Sarah Martin Photo
Sarah Martin, MFH and Huntsman for Ozark Highland Hounds in southern Missouri, got inventive when she decided to have custom leatherwork made to solve her appointments issue.
The English are coming?
Photo By Gretchen Pelham
Anyone who follows foxhunting in England knows that the sport has been under assault for decades. Illegal for 17 years, its successor, trail hunting, took a big blow last year following the hacking of an online meeting of the MFHA.
Crossing the Country to Help our Huntsman Exercise Hounds
Our horses in the gooseneck,
We’re in this capsule of a truck cab
Headlights probing thick fog, hurtling through time
And space between white and double yellow lines.
Good way to hit a deer, he says. They move around
this time of morning.