Foxhunting Trainer in the North East?

[GoForAGallop]

Does one (that’s up to the COTH standards :lol:) exist?

I’ll be dead honest: I hate riding in the winter in Massachusetts. Indoor or no indoor. I sent my young mare away last winter for training, and apart from the pain of having to get back into riding shape in the spring, it was the best thing I ever did. I got to have a social life for a bit, instead of saying “Sorry, I need to drag myself to the barn in the freezing cold, because the 5yo TB will have a complete meltdown if she isn’t worked daily.” :lol:

She went to Maryland last winter and spent three months in jump training with a well-known eventer. She came back to me and went right to work, mostly dressage-centered.

I’d love to find somewhere to send her for this winter, and I would be thrilled if she could go to someone who would foxhunt her/take her out. (Yes, I do think that she’d be a good mount, with some exposure and a knowledgable rider.) She spent all last winter jumping in an indoor, and I think that it would benefit our future eventing goals if she spent this winter outside. (For the most part.)

Any suggestions/recommendations? Due to wanting to come see her occasionally, I’d want to keep her within…six or eight hours of Western Massachusetts. So that can take her all the way down to the Maryland area or so. It would be for three or four months.

[Mango20]

As long as you don’t mind sending her to MD again, this place has packages for prepping horses for foxhunting. I’m sure they could work out a deal for you for them to hunt her instead of you. Prices seem reasonable for training+board:
http://pleasantprospectfarm.com/

They are right across the street from a huge state park where at least 2 hunts hunt some of the time.

[GoForAGallop]

[QUOTE=Mango20;7761112]
As long as you don’t mind sending her to MD again, this place has packages for prepping horses for foxhunting. I’m sure they could work out a deal for you for them to hunt her instead of you. Prices seem reasonable for training+board:
http://pleasantprospectfarm.com/

They are right across the street from a huge state park where at least 2 hunts hunt some of the time.[/QUOTE]

Interesting, thank you!

[Equibrit]

Try our very own; http://www.huntersrest.net/

[Hinderella]

Yes, try Hunter’s Rest. It might be a bit more than 8 hours, but not by a lot, and you can stay at her place and hunt your horse when you can get down for a visit.

[jawa]

Well, if we are going to tempt you with VA, Sarah Greenway with Levermont Farm would do nicely. http://www.levremont.com/_/Home.html

[LetItBe]

[QUOTE=Equibrit;7761305]
Try our very own; http://www.huntersrest.net/[/QUOTE]

I second Hunter’s Rest! Ok its really a third after Hinderella:)

LetItBe

[gumtree]

What would you expect to pay for this sort of service? It’s a lot more time consuming and involved for a trainer then a horse sent in for “ring work”. A lot more as in all day with early mornings. All for one horse. How many days a week/month would you want/expect the horse to go out?

Has the horse been out hound walking? Most horses are pretty good with most things hunting. Some a lot better then others from the get go. But there are those that just aren’t cut out for it.

[Eclectic_Horseman]

Sent you a PM.

[GoForAGallop]

[QUOTE=gumtree;7762415]
What would you expect to pay for this sort of service? It’s a lot more time consuming and involved for a trainer then a horse sent in for “ring work”. A lot more as in all day with early mornings. All for one horse. How many days a week/month would you want/expect the horse to go out?

Has the horse been out hound walking? Most horses are pretty good with most things hunting. Some a lot better then others from the get go. But there are those that just aren’t cut out for it.[/QUOTE]

Well obviously. I paid $1300/mo for “in barn” training last winter, and would expect to pay something similar PLUS event expenses on top of that. A foxhunter on Long Island who I was referred to charges $1500/mo for board and training, and then $200 per outing on top of that which I feel is pretty reasonable.

It’s less that I want her to be hunting every weekend and more that I really want her with someone who isn’t going to keep her in the ring all winter and will be training her in a manner that’s not just a “get around the ring safely” sort of way.

[OneGrayPony]

I’ll fourth Hunter’s Rest.

[Costa06]

Sent you a PM.

[Finn_sMom]

Hunter’s Rest and Pleasant Prospect are both good and reputable. Talk to both of them. They’d both give your horse a great experience, and you could go down and ride when you can.

[cheval_convert]

Another vote for Hunter’s Rest. (I keep hoping to bring my boy there and spend some time teaching him to fox hunt.)

[gumtree]

[QUOTE=GoForAGallop;7762711]
Well obviously. I paid $1300/mo for “in barn” training last winter, and would expect to pay something similar PLUS event expenses on top of that. A foxhunter on Long Island who I was referred to charges $1500/mo for board and training, and then $200 per outing on top of that which I feel is pretty reasonable.

It’s less that I want her to be hunting every weekend and more that I really want her with someone who isn’t going to keep her in the ring all winter and will be training her in a manner that’s not just a “get around the ring safely” sort of way.[/QUOTE]

Sorry didn’t mean for the question to come off sarcastic. It’s not a request that I have seen and or heard very often. We do pretty much everything across the board with Thoroughbreds I was wondering what would be fair compensation. If asked I would have to give a good think about how to price it fairly. We have over 100 acres to work with in Cheshire Hunt country. I also train a few Timber horses (steeplechase) so we have jumps all over the farm. We have about 15 acres of woods with trails and “hunt country” jumps. So we are set up for what you are looking for.

I think your idea of compensation was realistic which is nice to see. Most are not IME. Especially when it comes to breaking/starting young horses. I know two people that might be interested. Both are more then qualified and hunt with either Elkridge and or Green Spring Valley in Maryland. If you haven’t found anybody I would happy to get on to them put you together.

I would have to think about who might be interest and or does this sort of thing around here (Unionville PA). I would throw my hat in the ring but not sure who we are going to hunt with this year. Our “local” raised their dues again and it was already very expensive, that and too much drama the last couple of years has us on the bench. There are several other good hunts in the area but they require more effort and time to get to.

Hopefully this season is not a wash out, rather snow/ice out like last year. Everything was pretty much closed down from Christmas to mid March. First time in years.

[judybigredpony]

Before spending your money do take a good look at the future weather forecast .last winter was long and cold with little hunting.
It would be a better idea to maybe send her further South than PA or MD or even VA and she should have already been here and started Cubbing.

[lauca]

Eduardo Coria Training. Marshall, VA
Highly recommended. Check his website www.eduardocoriatraining.com