Category: foxhunting
Zelda’s Day Out
Since I’m lucky enough to have two horses to hunt right now, I’m giving them each a turn. Last Tuesday was Zelda’s turn. I like this territory — it’s got some lovely open fields and is only about ten minutes from my barn. Zelda has been feeling frisky. I’d taken her on a hunter pace […]
Read MoreBack in the Hunt Field
Although we arrived at the hunt muddy, the trailer ride did it’s magic and Freedom was at least dry when we got to the hunt. I managed to get *most* of the dirt off of him so that we looked reasonable respectable. Freedom was very excited to be back hunting. In fact, I made a […]
Read MoreA wee bit muddy
When life gets in the way of riding
Like many equestrians, I struggle with carving out the time to ride without neglecting my family and my job. I’ve often joked that I either have a lot of time to ride and no money or not time and more money. This spring, you might have noticed that there weren’t a lot of posts about […]
Read MoreTrail Clearing
As a territory chair of a hunt club, one of my responsibilities is helping to keep the trails clear. Our hunt does a lot of trail maintenance, which is somethin g that other users of the trail system may not understand (when they complain about horse riders!). Before the first hunt on the trail system […]
Read MoreTally Ho!
Tally Ho is one of those expressions, like Dude, that I never thought would be part of my vernacular. And yet it has crept into my daily life to the point where it actually seems well, normal. I still feel a bit like I’m on Downton Abbey, but when you’re dressed in traditional hunt gear […]
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