COTH Episode & Learning about fox hunting!

[horsegirltv]

Hello there! I just wanted to let you guys knows that my interview with Robert Banner is on HorseGirlTV today. It will run on the main page http://www.horsegirltv.com for almost two weeks but it also has it’s own page as well at http://horsegirltv.com/episode17.php. I am very excited as it was an honor to get to even be AT “THE” Chronicle!

In regards to fox hunting, it’s a big thanks to my interview with Robert Banner at the COTH because our conversation and his passion for fox hunting and point-to-point during the episode is really what lit a fire under me to pursue this an Introduction to Fox Hunting episode for HorseGirlTV! We shot it last weekend at hunt fundraiser to stop the expansion of the powerlines and I was able to interview Joint Master of the Hunt for Old Dominion Hounds. I must say I’ve never met a nicer group of people and I’m really looking forward to trying hilltopping and learn more about this awesome sport! It seems to truly connect human and horse to the outside world and the feeling outside of an arena! Wow!

I just wanted to share! We’re doing a series of about 3 or 4 more episodes on fox hunting so I hope you guys are able to enjoy them!

Take care, Angelea

Angelea Kelly Walkup
Lead Girl, HorseGirlTV LLC
http://blog.horsegirltv.com

[gothedistance]

Congrats! I’m sure it was an outstanding interview, and thanks for the heads up on the episode and links! I’ll be sure to tune in. :yes:

[JSwan]

You sure picked a great day to video foxhunting - that field was about 106 riders - and all for a wonderful cause.

Thanks for the heads up. It’s very refreshing to see something about hunting that is actually positive (and truthful).

[x-rab]

Nameless

A certain someone who shall remain nameless should have been at that hunt since it was a joint one with Cassanova. Wateryglen and I were looking for her.

[JSwan]

The nameless someone was in her driveway, hunkered over the engine of her tow vehicle,trying to figure out why her “service engine soon” light was lit up like a Christmas tree.

It’s still on - even though I hit the engine block with a hammer at least ten times. I did manage to make it seem that somehow… it was all Mr JSwan’s fault.

However, I had quite a grand adventure this morning which made up for any excitement I missed on Saturday. I’m still thawing.

[x-rab]

Trying

As long as nameless was trying to get there. We did miss her.

[wateryglen]

Nope!

Nope…I didn’t miss her…I’d have had to share the ham biscuits and you know how much I hate to share! :lol: Mine, mine, yum, yum…
Karen Myers photography of the day was excellent. Please go to her site and looksee. I’m just outa the pictures on a coupla them:cry:…the fox was just out of camera range but we all saw him clearly. I’d have been blurry anyway…
Great day, great cause, great horses.

[scpezold]

Great job on the interview! I am still in the beginning stages of learning to foxhunt and have been taking lessons out at Mason Lampton’s farm in Midland. I knew nothing about NAPPA as well as Mr. Lampton’s affiliation. Can’t wait to research and find out more. Thanks so much!
I also did not know horsegirltv existed until now and was so excited to view your site. Great job and keep up the good work!

[SLW]

That was a very nice interview, thanks for sharing it here!

Great hunt photos too on the other site. Years ago I hunted w/ a friend who was a member of Rapahannock and it was a joint meet w/ Orange County. Wow, there were 90 in the field that day!

[horsegirltv]

Wow! I’m so excited that you guys have responded and like the episode! I’m sooooo sorry for nameless! It was my first fox hunting experience but it was grand and I’m sorry you missed it.

I’m very much looking forward to my first hilltopping experience very soon. As a dressage rider I have a top hat and a derby but not a safety helmet and I was quite happy to order my helmet yesterday. Can’t wait to go out as I’ve been missing riding since I moved out to Virginia and sold my horse.

Karen Myers sent me the link to her photo journal and she had some amazing photos!!! Everyone and I mean EVERYONE I met that day was just splendid and so lovely to speak with that I don’t see how anyone could not present the sport in a fabulous light! I’m looking forward to shooting more in this series for fox hunting and any ideas I’m open to. I’ve gotten so excited about it, I’m even considering putting together a proposal for a short film on the art of fox hunting!

Anyway, long story short, thanks for the responses and please pass it around.

Angelea

[SLW]

One of the nicest things about foxhunting is it is cross-generational. Young and old can take it to the extreme or keep it in a basic nature, there is room in all flights. A horse with a great brain can hunt- the packaging is of lesser importance but never underestimate the specific needs in a hunting horse.

[JSwan]

@horsegirltv;2940096

Wow! I’m so excited that you guys have responded and like the episode! I’m sooooo sorry for nameless! It was my first fox hunting experience but it was grand and I’m sorry you missed it.

Hee hee - monster meets are fun to watch - not so much fun to ride in sometimes!

A couple of books you might want to read are Wadsworth - Riding to Hounds in America, and a book called Foxhunting: how to watch and listen. While it is certainly great fun riding xc with a group of people - knowing what the hounds are up to greatly enhances the experience. However, you will probably just be focusing on staying on the horse for a while… so don’t be upset if you don’t understand the hound stuff immediately.

It’s all about the hounds - and you are lucky enough to be within easy driving distance of some of the best packs in the world.

Oh - get yourself a real 4 fold stock tie - don’t wear the fake ones.

There’s a famous quote about foxhunting that someone else already posted - All the fun of a cavalry charge with only half the casualties!

[horsegirltv]

Hi there! Thanks for the book info. I actually ordered that particular one on Monday!

Definitely on the stock tie! I agree with you! I have several already and can happily say I’ve never owned one of the pre-tied versions. Nothing wrong with them but just not for me. One of my big things with my showing in Dressage was proper and neat turn out so I’ll brag a bit and say I’m pretty darn good at the tie bit.

I love that quote also!

I also enjoyed the cross generational aspect of it. It was just wonderful to see such an age range!

[JSwan]

Ok - since you never went in for the frou frou stock ties I’ll allow you to hang out with me. I carry cherry brandy in my flask. Yum yum.

My niece started going out with a foot pack when she was 3. You gotta get them when they’re young!

Oh - there’s another story for you. Did you know that you live in prime foot pack country, too? Wateryglen and I are members of Ashland Bassets, a pack of hounds that chase cottontail, and there are two private beagle packs too. There’s also another Basset pack down near Charlottesville. If you want to see some real houndwork up close - and I mean really up close - you must go out with a foot pack.

What some folks do early in the season is foxhunt in the am, run home, tend to the horse, change, and then dash back out to hunt cottontail in the afternoon.

If you want to hook up sometime - just PM me. I’ll take you out and introduce you - you’ll meet a lot of other horse and hound people; most foxhunt or have foxhunted in the past.

Here’s two small pics of the basset pack, and one of my niece at the hunt kennels (foxhounds). She started cartopping when she was 3 - and comes out each summer to walk the puppies and hounds. She should start foxhunting in a year or two.

[SLW]

J Swan wrote <All the fun of a cavalry charge with only half the casualties!> On my gosh, that quote is a Windex moment for my laptop screen now that my coffee is splattered on it.

Cherry Brandy sounds good. I’m partial to Blackberry Brandy which I affectionately call “Brake Fluid”, sip enough of it while riding a great horse and you don’t worry so much about the footing, trappy things and hard holds. There is a direct relationship between my return to foxhunting this year and my flask. Early on in the season the flask would hardly be touched. Last Saturday I carried two, a small one and a larger one- small one was empty and the larger one was half gone after three hours. I did share!

[JSwan]

I already emptied the bottle of Blackberry likker. I think there was a leak in the bottle because I really haven’t been out much this season. Though yesterday we got stuck in this freak snow squall and there I was - flaskless! I about messed my shorts trying to drive home.

I didn’t make up that quote - another foxhunter posted it and it’s one of my favorites!

[Hunter_s_Rest]

Sorry late to this thread - I was one of 106 on Saturday – had a ball hanging with XRab and Mr. Xrab (she unmounted, he mounted), Wateryglen et al. A wonderful day’s hunting and they earned $28k to fight the dominion power lines (see my story online at fauquier.com, under horse and field sports.)
I saw Angelea early in the day, interviewing our joint master Gus Forbush. I met her later in the day and assured her I’ll do an in depth interview and article all about HorseGirlTV and her and all, very soon. The more the merrier.
HorseGirlTV - make sure you contact me if Gus does not take care of your horse and learning needs promptly.

[Equus34]

Angelea, what a very nice article. Its so nice when horse sports get some good publicity.:winkgrin:

www.cmmbarnbrats.com

[horsegirltv]

hey there! what article? did the COTH do an article on the episode? i’d love to see it if you could let me know what issue it is in!

[sparkiesmen]

I love that your making it a series of vidcast. Big Fan!! And I hope to learn more about this very social equine sport. Do you have plans of joining in on a hunt and doing a show about your experience?