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HUNTER OF A LIFETIME
Unflashy and not always an easy ride, this chestnut h
Despite shying at “anything and everything”, this field master’s horse is “proper hunter” and a brilliant jumper
Will Bryer on coveting a hound’s sense of smell, novel excuses for falling off and having to accept his wife is always right
In the latest of his series about great foxhunters he knew personally, Alastair Jackson tells us about Captain Brian Fanshawe, master and huntsman of several premier league packs, including the Galway Blazers and the Cottesmore
A working hunter leaps to glory in the supreme and lands the biggest accolade of the show
A hack makes a winning return, a Dartmoor wins a bittersweet HOYS ticket and a show hunter pony secures a pass on her first attempt
From being too nervous to hold his binoculars to calling some of the greatest races, this week Derek “Tommo” Thompson retired after 60 years as a commentator