Keswick Hunt Club 2023 Christmas Junior Day Hunt with Paul Wilson, Prof. Huntsman and Shep Turner. Still Photo from a video by Britta Cruz. So many things to say about this cracking rider, Shep Turner. He had the honor to hunt in the back pocket of Keswick’s professional huntsman, Paul Wilson. And boy did he keep up! Check out this video by Keswick member, Britta Cruz. Turn up the volume to hear the thunder of hooves ..read more

  2014 Tennessee Joint Meet with the late Albert Menefee III, MFH and Huntsman for Cedar Knobs Hounds, Susan Walker, MFH and Huntsman for Longreen Foxhounds, Ryan Johnsey, Professional Huntsman for Tennessee Valley Hunt (now MFH), and Johnny Gray, Professional Huntsman for Hillsboro Hounds (now retired). Photo by Gretchen Pelham. This amazing week of hunting in Middle Tennessee that happened nine years ago was recently on my mind after I read the hunt report from Longreen Foxhounds’ sixty-sixth Opening Meet. And I can't think of those Tennessee joint meets without thinking of the la ..read more

The Birdlands fixture for Longreen Foxhounds. Photo by Gretchen Pelham. Here are two hunt reports from Harriet McFadden, a member of the Longreen Foxhounds. The kennels are located just outside of Memphis in Tennessee, but all the fixtures are located in Mississippi. I have had the pleasure of hunting with Longreen and Susan Walker, MFH and Huntsman. Her Penn-Marydel foxhounds are some of the finest in the country. Enjoy ..read more

Photo by Gretchen Pelham. On October 3, 2023, Scotland’s “Hunting With Dogs Bill” came into effect. The Bill was passed this January to ban all trail chasing (called a drag hunt in the U.S.) and any hunting with more than two hounds without a special license. This Bill replaces the Protection of Wild Mammals Act that has been in effect in Scotland since 2002. That Act allowed the hunting of foxes to protect livestock and ground-nesting birds or to prevent the spread of disease. The new Bill will affect eight foxhunt clubs and one mink hunt club located in Scotland. Two hunt clubs in Scotland ..read more

De La Brooke Foxhounds huntsman, Kami Wolk, at Medley's Creek on the Potomac River this past November 2023. Photo by Karenan Smart.  Karenan Smart took a fun photo of the De La Brooke Foxhounds visiting the Potomac River at a recent meet this November.   ..read more

Blazers Huntsman Michael Dempsey parading The Galway Blazers Hounds at the Dublin Horse Show in 1983. Photo by Noel Mullins. Michael Dempsey MFH, a household name in hunting circles all over the world, sadly passed away last week at age 98, in the loving care of his son Tom and his wife Mairead. He hunted the Galway Blazers for 20 seasons and was Joint Master for 40 seasons. His son Tom followed as huntsman for another 20 seasons. Michael also hunted Lady Molly Cusack-Smith’s Bermingham & North Galway Hounds and the East Galway Hounds, which possibly made him the only huntsman to hunt all ..read more

Lot 85, Larry Dodd Wheeler, Crossing the Creek, Oil on canvas, Estimate: $5,000-$7,000 The Eleventh annual Sporting Art Auction at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Kentucky, will be held this year on Saturday, November 18, 2023. Bidding will begin at 12:00 noon. The event is a cooperative venture between the world’s largest Thoroughbred auction house and its Lexington, Kentucky neighbor, Cross Gate Gallery, a leading dealer in the world’s finest sporting art ..read more

 Casting in the corn at the McGuire Fixture in Easton, Kansas. Photo by Allison Howell Images. September 25-30, 2023 Imagine riding in the vast prairie lands of the Flint Hills where you can see for miles, watching hounds go flat out in full cry after a coyote. It’s an absolute adrenaline rush. Add to the prairie dry conditions, a steady breeze, a blazing sun, colorful wildflowers, migrating Monarch butterflies, and large flying grasshoppers with a few discernable landmarks to guide you. And your favorite foxhunting friends from sixteen different hunts, and you have the best week ever ..read more

Norfolk Hunt Club in Massachusetts Opening Meet 2023 with Prof. Huntsman Steve Farrin and First Whipper-In and wife Jennifer Rogers-Farrin. Photo by RuthWorks Photographer. What a gorgeous place in Sherborn, Massachusetts for the location of the Norfolk Hunt's 2023 Opening Meet.  Ruth Baltopoulos was the photographer who was there for the colors and living history on parade at the Charlescote Farm Meet.  ..read more

Huntsman Sam Clifton with his wife Shannon and son William. Photo by Alaine Papert. It began with an early wakeup call but the Juniors were eager. Ponies need to be cleaned, stock ties tied, and girths tightened. It was only a matter of time until the courtyard of Colonial Stables in Ligonier, Pennsylvania would be invaded by nearly thirty Juniors who had come to give foxhunting a try with Rolling Rock Hunt. Juniors from Rolling Rock Hunt Pony Club, Ligonier Polo Association, and surrounding lesson stables joined Rolling Rock Hunt for their annual Junior Meet. Sam Clifton, professional huntsm ..read more