How do you feel about winter?
Just love this epic winter poem from the Anonymous Foxhunter. Tell me how you feel about this winter!
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Bid early and often!
If you’re looking for great holiday gifts and want to support a good cause, check out the Old North Bridge Hounds Online Fundraiser Auction. There are plenty of horsey (and non-horsey) items and every purchase goes to support a great cause — our hounds and our trail systems. Old North Bridge Hounds is a volunteer-run […]
Read MoreAs fall hunt season winds down
In September the fall season stretches ahead and the possibilities seem infinite. Thanksgiving is a long way off and the weather is more like summer than winter. Now, as the season winds down I’ve had to break out my heavy weight Melton and brace against the winds. Saturday was the annual blessing of the hounds […]
Read MoreIs it worth it?
Some mornings the idea of hunting is daunting. Especially Tuesday mornings. Last Tuesday, I had my doubts about the hunt. We’d hunted the territory recently and I was running behind schedule. I had driven my daughter to school, stopped to feed the horses, hitched my trailer and left coffee for my husband. It was already […]
Read MoreSaturdays are for hunting
After a week of rain, clouds and raw, fall weather, Saturday was a gift: high 50s, sunny and perfect for hunting. Friday I debated which horse to hunt (nice problem!) and decided that since I hadn’t ridden Freedom since Tuesday, he would be too much of a handful. Zelda was pretty feisty too — to […]
Read MoreHedge hopping Tips
One of my dreams/nightmares is to go hunting in England or Ireland. While I feel fairly competent about navigating the territories that I hunt, hunting in the UK is an entirely different proposition. Here’s a video that was put together by Blackthorn & Brook, a company that organizes riding and foxhunting vacations in England, that […]
Read MoreAdrenaline Rush
There’s nothing like a good gallop to get the adrenaline flowing. I never thought of myself as an adrenaline junkie. I don’t even like to ride particularly fast (okay, some people may disagree). But foxhunting has brought out that side of me. Now I need to have that thrill of the chase. It’s probably due […]
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