‘real old irish hunting’

With hunting under attack in the UK, how is the sport faring in Ireland? Octavia Pollock talks to the new chairman of the Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association, Pat Hayes, to find out

Hunting can be an all-consuming passion – and lifestyle – but what about those long-suffering partners who are left behind? Tessa Waugh investigates

In the latest of his occasional series about great foxhunters he knew personally, Alastair Jackson considers Simon Clarke, from whom he took over the South Dorset hounds

While performance on the hunting field is everything, the summer prizes on the flags are also hotly contested. Andrew Sallis gets some expert insight

Our reporter doesn’t find much rest, however, as the Green Spring Valley hounds give him a proper American scorcher of a hunt behind a coyote

Sharon Thomas on the appeal of local shows, an ill-timed back flip, the joyful chaos of entertaining children – and smuggled dogs