‘it’s been so much fun’

H&H’s hunting editor Catherine Austen has fun at two major hound shows, and has one eye on the approaching season

Michael Farrin’s brilliance across country was key to the peerless sport he provided for the Quorn field, says Alastair Jackson in his latest piece about great hunting men he knew

Clive Banwell on starting afresh at 65, preparing winners from the field and overcoming adversity

Tessa Waugh does her best to play ball when attending the cricket with her father as a substitute for her son, relishing the juxtaposition of chats on bladder botox with military etiquette

Unflashy and not always an easy ride, this chestnut huntsman’s horse is, nevertheless, reliable, tough and adores the hounds

A Blencathra bitch is champion for the third year running, and there’s emotion round the ring when a Cumbria beagle takes the supreme