Children, christmas and calories

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

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

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

Graham Fletcher watches Nations Cup action and shares a favourite story

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

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