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2009 Hunter Pace Series
Standings Prizes
First Hunter Pace Sat May 16th
Branch Hill Farm, Milton Mills
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Results
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Second Hunter Pace Sun June 28th
Yorkfield Farm, Kensington
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First of the Series ...
What a great start to the 2009 Hunter Pace Series! We enjoyed perfect weather and awesome footing at Branch Hill Farm in Milton Mills. So many riders of all ages came out and had a great time. We saw some new faces and lots of familiar faces. Many thanks to all our riders and to all the hunt members who contributed to the success of the pace! Special thanks to Branch Hill Farm and Cynthia Wyatt for allowing us to enjoy such a special place! This land is protected from development through Moose Mountain Regional Greenways. Cynthia was a founding member of MMRG to conserve land and keep it open for outdoor recreation.
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Chronicle airs Wentworth Hunt on Thanksgiving ...
What a nice way to close the formal season, with an airing on Thanksgiving evening of the visit that New Hampshire’s television magazine Chronicle made to the Wentworth Hunt earlier this season! The fall colors are still bright in the segment, which was filmed at Dr. & Mrs. Andre Vanderzanden’s Prodigue Farm in early October. The Vanderzanden family, founding members of the hunt, offer a beautiful territory that encompasses fields and forests, and sports natural jumps. This is the host farm for Myhre Equine Clinic Hunt, a day when Dr. Grant Myhre and his associates joint us, and host to the New Hampshire Equestrian Academy Day, paying homage to the new charter school. Our members always thoroughly enjoy themselves at Prodigue Farm, with the after-hunt tea usually held at the impeccably restored farmhouse and yard, where Pooh Vanderzanden is seen welcoming riders to wonderul food and refreshment after their ride. Pooh is back hunting this season on her new mount Isabella. The stirrup cup has a wonderful vantage point, where the Hilltop Field is waiting with a sweeping view of the fields, watching hounds, followed by staff and first field, as they work the perimeter of the fields and then gallop up to meet them. Click here or on the photo above to connect to the streaming video.
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Wentworth’s own Lilac ...
“Each year, hounds from many of the New England Hunts gather to contest one another’s hunting ability over a 2-3 mile line. Scents used by each hunt are combined to give every hound their best opportunity to hunt well, stay on the line, and be first to the finish.” Myopia Hunt hosted this year’s hound race on Sunday 30-Nov ... it was an *interesting* day for the hounds and hunstmen, but all had fun! See Lilac pictured at right with her silver trophy tray for "fastest bitch", flanked by Ann Wicander, MFH, at left, and honorary member and dedicated ground crew leader, Krista Trefethen, at right. (Photo courtesy of Charlie Krupa.) Each hunt competes with four hounds. Wentworth sent Fable, Fanfare, Lilac and Charcoal. Thank you to members and friends who went down to watch the races and share in the end-of-season fun. See Susan Decker's pictures from the hound races here.
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New England Hunter Trials ...
Wentworth Hunt takes first place in the Team Division of the New England Hunter Trials! Ann Wicander, MFH, had to cheer from the sidelines for teammates Sue Levy, MFH, Krista Trefethen, and Cody Cramer, who took the blue ribbon for the Team Division on Sunday 16-November. Ann injured her ankle last weekend at the hunt at Tuckaway Farm.
Sue, Krista, and Cody took first place in a tough but fun team competition that included jumps in sequence and others with all three abreast. Sue also took the Blue Ribbon in the Senior Qualified Division amidst stiff competition. BRAVO SUE!! Krista Trefethen took fifth place in the large Open Division. Cindy Jenkins' granddaughter Marley competed in the new Novice Division. WAY TO GO MARLEY!!
Thank you to all Wentworth Members and Friends who came to compete, to fence judge, and to cheer on our jumpers! Fence judges included: Liz Esmiol, Walker Greenwell, Pooh Vanderzanden, and Carolyn McCollom. Thank you Julie Krupa, Terry Monks, and Linda Saba, Ann, Cindy Jenkins, plus Cody's little cheering squad Wyatt, Lydia, Clayton and dana for braving the wind & cold to root on our hunters! Some photos are posted in our
Wentworth Hunt Photo Gallery. Professional photographers Susan Decker and John Miller, from Spectrum Photography, have photos posted from the trials. Results are posted on Myopia's webpage here.
The weather was blustery and cold as the day went on, but the footing was good considering the amount of rain in the past few days. Myopia were wonderful hosts.
Thrill of the foxhunt ...
We are on the front page of the Portsmouth Herald!
Check out the photos posted with the story – great shot of our happy hounds.
Correspondent Lara Bricker came out to our recent hunt at Garrison House Farm, Durham, on Saturday 25-October, and she also spent some time visiting our hounds at the kennels, Tuckaway Farm, Lee, with huntsman Sue Levy, MFH, and kennelman Chuck Cox.
Lara has written about polo in southeast New Hampshire, as well as a host of other topics. She writes a blog about Exeter and other topics of regional interest. Her recent book is How Do You Milk a Moose Anyhow? Lara’s horses are retired, she cares for them at their place. Before journalism, she was an Equestrian Studies major at UNH, and she used to board her horse at Yorkfield Farm. Next year, we hope she’ll ride some with us!
See the Portsmouth Herald articles from Sunday 09-Nov about the Wentworth Hunt:
Wentworth Hunt hosts television news magazine New Hampshire Chronicle
We were very happy to host New Hampshire’s television news magazine NH Chronicle, joining us Wednesday 8-October for our hunt at Prodigue Farm, Rochester. Many members will remember that Sara Edwards from the Chronicle rode with the hunt at Applehurst Farm, Epping, over a decade ago.
Tuckaway Farm and Dorn Cox were featured on Chronicle recently, with a piece about biodiesel, testing fuel production from sunflowers, and revitalizing agriculture infrastructure in New Hampshire. You can see the segment here.
Also recently airing was a segment about the Fidelity Jumper Classic making its move to New Hampshire, hosted in early September at the Silver Oaks Equestrian Center, Hampton Falls. It was also featured in New Hampshire Magazine, with pictures of Lana DuFour who capped with the hunt as a junior rider and attended New Hampshire Equestrian Charter School. Some will remember hunts from Kensington’s Yorkfield Farm that passed through Silver Oaks before getting over to the Tonry Christmas Tree Farm for stirrup cup.
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The Blessing of the Hounds ...
We had a great opening meet at Yorkfield Farm, Kensington, where Rev. Sue LeSueur, from the Derry Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, performed a traditional Blessing of the Hounds. The ceremony traces its roots to St. Hubert, patron saint of hunters who was born into nobility in 7th Century French Aquitaine. As Fall is now upon us, we are enjoying the sport of the formal season. Please come out to join us, whether hunting or “chasing” the hunt on foot or by car.
Foxhunting in New England series in the Rochester Times ...
Rochester Times editor John Nolan has written a series of four articles about foxhunting in New England, its roots in his native England, traditions, and hunting right here in New Hampshire with the Wentworth Hunt.
Read about the Wentworth Hunt in the Times. John Nolan’s series began with a piece about differences between foxhunting in his native England and here in New England …
And here are a few video clips from a cold, rainy morning ...
Here's to the few, the brave ... the Wednesday hunters that braved the cold, rainy, windy weather for our meet at Fine Nest Farm, Raymond, on 22-Oct-08. Sometimes the small hunts are the best. We had a great time, the hounds were right on, wonderful voice, beautiful view of the pack working the fields at the Sullos Farm, Epping (only got video in the woods).
Fanfare for Fanfare!!
The MFHA New England Hound Show was held in early June, organized by Greg Kittredge, MFH, Guilford Hounds. See www.mfha.com/hshows.htm for more information about the MFHA hound shows. Wentworth Hunt showed great achievement at the show (our pack has come a long way!):
- Delta placed 4th in the Single Dog, English Division
- Dixie placed 3rd in the Single Bitch, English Division
- Fable placed 2nd in the Single Dog, Crossbred Division
- Fanfare placed 1st in the Single Bitch, Crossbred Division
- which qualified her for the Champion Crossbred Dog or Bitch Division which she won …
- this qualified her then for the New England Champion, Best Dog or Bitch in Show for all top-placing Champions in every category, English, American, and Crossbred winners of each division …
- which she then won! Wentworth’s own Fanfare was Best in Show, New England Champion for the MFHA Hound Show.
Well done Sue Levy, MFH, with your team of Krista Trefethen and Walker Greenwell at the New England Hound Show 2008.
Also, we are so appreciative of the hunts that helped to get our new pack started last season: Aiken Hounds, Myopia Hunt Club,
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Mountain Hounds. Our hounds and staff are the lifeblood of the Wentworth Hunt! We plan to have a page on the website with pictures of all of our hounds very soon. Come on out and meet them! |
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