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Wentworth Hunter Pace - June 6, 2021

After Margaret and I had such a fun time at the fall hunter pace, we opted to go again this spring! This time, while I rode Rejoice again, Margaret rode her horse Jester and had a friend ride Ladyhawke. All Kennebec Morgans!! Jester and Rejoice have the same dam and Jester and Lady share the same sire. Unfortunately instead of a lovely late spring day, we had one of the first intensely hot and humid days of the year. It was definitely a bummer, but the ride was mostly in the shade of the woods and we had a great time!  most of the fences were 3' coops but we found a small log and this hay to jump haha Until we didn't. 😑 We brought along a third friend who rode Margaret's older mare, Ladyhawke. She's a good rider but hasn't known Ladyhawke for very long and didn't realize how much of a cranky boss mare she could be at times. She kicked Jester right in the front leg just about halfway through the ride, and while the cut itself ended up not being a big deal in the

Echo Ridge Farm Fox Hunt

Dreamy and I attended Wentworth's hunt on Nov. 14, 2012 at Echo Ridge Farm, owned by fellow hunter Kelly (who leads second field!).  It was a cool crisp fall morning, perfect for hunting!  My friend Sarah was not there, so we don't have hundreds of lovely photos to look at.  But we did get a fun video!  LOL!

The hunt that day only had two fields: first field and hilltop.  This means that Dreamy and I had our first experience riding first field!  Whooo!  We stayed at the back in case we wanted to gap any fences, but we kept right up with everyone.

Sadly, the hounds jumped several deer just minutes into the hunt.  I thought it was very odd to hear them in full cry so quickly, but soon figured out what had happened.  We had a lot of waiting around while we tried to determine where the hounds went and when/if the hunt would resume.  Thankfully none of the hounds were hurt or hit by traffic, despite the fact that they split up into two groups and had to be chased down!!  Thank goodness they all wear GPS on their collars so they can easily be tracked.  Once the first group was found, we did continue the hunt.  Eventually the other group was rounded up and put into the hound truck.  So it wasn't a "perfect" hunt and the scent line got crossed numerous times, but any day on a horse where no one gets hurt is a good day in my book!  We had some great gallops through the fields and took a bunch of fences.  I was conservative with Dreamy, seeing as we had only just done the All New England Joint Meet just that previous Saturday, four days earlier.  At the end of the hunt, Kelly took a group of us back into her jump field to play around.  We jumped this fallen tree in tandem!  Well actually, I suppose it is quintuple!  Dreamy is at the far left.



And a fun video too!  :-)

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  1. I may or may not be living vicariously through your hunting season; you guys look like you're have so much fun!

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  2. What a great experience. I'm totally jealous. Fox hunting is one thing I've never done. The tandem jumping shot is awesome. Glad the dogs weren't hurt when they ran off. How scary!

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