‘who cares if you don’t know the rules?’

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

Tessa Waugh introduces her hunting husband to the “foreign” experience of an international horse trials, where a glamorous lunch party warms his initial froideur

The seasonal break gives Tessa Waugh the opportunity to see and appreciate horses from another discipline, and she is mightily impressed on a visit to a top showing yard

When there’s no hunting to be had, Tessa Waugh diverts her sporting attentions to the grass court tennis season, relishing the sights and sounds of the British summertime

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

SATURDAY 7–FRIDAY 13 JUNE 2025