Readyfield Bloodhounds Opening Hunt Meet 2019 (GoPro HeadCam) 

Aww thankyou 🥰 that's made me smile 😊 x

Was? o u a tu sai ? Ä ogga unglish utish.

I know!!! How crazy is that?!?! 😅😅 Hah thanks 🙈🙈 Yeah, after my camera died we had about half an hour of trotting up and down hilly roads so I bet they were tired 😅 Carrie had a well needed day off today 😊

Do it do it do it 😍

Yep. There were 2 ladies riding side saddle 😊

@@Equinologee where they also jumping or not? If they did i have really much respect for them i tried it one time and i fell off several times without jumping or something 😂

@@Elanalekkerkerker one was jumping but not the hedges. The other wasn't jumping 😊

@@Equinologee oh oke thank you for your response 💕 thats brave of them!😱

Side saddle is easier to ride in than normal saddle

Catherine Taylor What about the foxes?

Bransworth Kelly In drag hunting or clean boot hunting the scent is laid down by a human and no animals are actually hunted! ❤️No hate I just wanted to answer your question

@@Lovehors4s 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what foxes?

@@Lovehors4s Bloodhounds. Why don't you google them????????????

@@tonyreez6945 why?

Haha thanks 😅🥰 I know! Hunt season is just the best 😍 nothing this weekend though 😭 stupid weather!! 🌧️ X

Thankyou 🥰

I was with the optional jumping group so who stay towards the back of the hunt. I'm normally at the front with the others but with it being my first meet of the season and the ground as bad as it was I thought to play it safe and hang back 😊

😂😂 she was desperate to go for a tank around! Lol

@@Equinologee I can see :) Looked like you both had a fab time!

A trail is laid down by a human runner who drags a scented cloth. The hounds and the ride follow this trail 😊 I have no idea tbh with you. Carrie had some Irish draft in her 😅

Equinologee Alright, thank you! 🥰

u do like all different things dont worry we dont kill animals its a cleen boothunt:))

olivia and alice wolves Really!

@@Lovehors4s yes, really. Clean boot hunts and drag hunts don't kill any foxes.

Aww your comment made me smile 😊 thankyou so so much! Carrie is my partner in crime so I have to look after her for her to look after me 🥰 haha of course I will say hi to her from you! 🐎♥️

@@Equinologee thank you!!! ❤❤ God bless you two!!

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Thanks so much!! 😊😊

It's not normally 😅 only when out hunting!

thoroughbreds have a long stride

Gail Rodgers I didn’t even know there were hunts in Pennsylvania, thank you my guy!

Ah.. So you didn't use terriers to flush the fux out of the burrow? That seems more humane.

@@curlyemmm1232 Yes, lots of hunts! My old club had to close due to the land being developed but Pennsylvania's very big and mostly rural. Great hunt country!

@@leonamay8776 No, we didn't have any terriers and once the fox went aground we took off to find the next one.

@@gailrodgers4434 ah, makes sense that you wouldn't catch anything. Healthy foxes will simply escape by going aground... There are some UK hunts (although legislation depends on where you are, which will influence practices) that illegally board up entrances to badger dens and some of the fox burrows (so the fox can't get in there) and if they still do, the terrier men release the terriers to flush them out... It's pretty nasty imo and also means that they end up killing healthy foxes (and not the old / sick ones as some claim). Cub hunting is also really disgusting imo.... Edit: I personally really want to experience "clean booth hunting".

I can't ride one because the barn is close due to pandemic

Thanks 🥰

Just practice! It's all about building confidence. Start off as small as you like and get bigger when you and your horse is ready! Counting strides helps, I do it to pretty much every jump lol. Allow the horse to figure out what to do, you can only set the horse up for the jump, it's up to the horse to jump it 😊

@@Equinologee Thank you! 🐴😊, Just out of intrest how big is carrie?

@@Poppy-ws8vm she's 16.1 😊

Thats massive! my pony is only 12.9hh

Erm... I'm afraid bullfighting is still legal in Spain, France, Portugal and a lot of the hispanic countries.

Yes lol 😅

@@Equinologee thank god 😂😂

Exciting! Boxing day is always fun! Fox hunting is aiming to find a fox or going across the country not on a set route. Drag hunting is following a trail that has been laid by a human runner dragging a scented cloth over a preset route. :)

Yes they are at the front of the ride. The lady in red is the optional jumping field master. This is the hunt masters land and anyway all farmers land we cross we get permission so they are fully aware of what fields we are crossing. If they don't want us across the middle of the field we stick to the outside. 😊

Equinologee Cool 😎 👍🏻

They are at the front of the ride. I was near the back

Bloodhounding is better as it's a set route with set stopping places. We as a hunt always have an optional jumping master. I've been in her group a couple times when Carrie was playing up, it's abit more chilled and she will let us know what jumps are coming up so we can choose if we want to jump it or not. Most of the time there are jumps are everyone, massive hedges for the crazy folk, some in between for people like me who have some self preservation lol and smaller logs etc for people non very confident jumping 😊 Regarding the gate etc most of the time we have foot followers who go ahead in advance and open everything so there is minimal waiting 😊 X

@@Equinologee Thankyou for such a detailed reply! Definitely sounds better, after I went I spoke to a few people who all thought the intro hunt was a mistake as the pace was far too slow and stoppy for a fit mad pony, shame I didn't know that beforehand! I've only been a couple times on borrowed horses before then so I hardly know anything about it really. The times i''ve been on a borrowed pony she was steady and anti social so no trouble stopping for the few gates even if everyone else galloped off, my own pony is very forward and clingy though so he was practically jumping up and down on the spot as there weren't many foot followers so gates mostly had to be opened and closed by the riders. Probably need to give it a while and practice jumping more but sounds like I'd better find/contact the local bloodhounds and see what they think, I don't need to be flat out all day but keeping moving might make the difference! I DO jump but not very big and don't get much practice. Pony has quite a pop though and I'm sure he'd fling himself over if it meant keeping up with the big boys whether I liked it or not, so as long as going is not terrible and jumps are on the small side for hunt jumps we'd be alright, just need to make a friend who knows the rules so I don't get in trouble!

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No we are Midlands based

@@Equinologee ohh k xx

Generally stand to gallop and sit to canter

Equinologee okay my coach has a big field and id love to gallop on it but too scared :,D

Drag hunting is just for fun

What do you mean??

Yes it is

What do you mean??

Haha no it's on the weekends! 🙌

Educate yourself 👌

@@Equinologee We have all seen the videos of Foxes being killed, when the pack comes across a fox. If it's not hunting why the need to trail hunt a Fox scent, if these dogs are not here to kill Foxes? It's a nice loophole for hunters there is no point being deluded, the dogs know what a fox looks like and smells like, and know they have to kill it on sight.

@@2000guineas we don't use a fox scent at all. Also Bloodhounds and foxhounds are very different. Bloodhounds like we use are bred and trained to follow a human trail. Fox hounds are more prey driven as it were to follow a fox, and have been bred for this.

@@Equinologee The point is Fox Hunting with dogs is "so called" against the law why the need for the dogs, if you have no purpose of catching and killing a fox, that's what they are bred for they are working dogs in a pack, it cost money and time to keep them if they can't do what they were bred for why have them? You can't have a football match without a ball, this old English traditional goes way back, the dogs only ever really existed to do their job.

@@2000guineas it's tradition I guess 🤷 you'd have to ask a huntmaster about cost etc. I just go and have fun with my pony without killing any animals 😊

Eeesh I know lol 🙈

Thanks! I love the name of your channel 😅

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What is despicable about this? It's drag hunting not fox hunting! 🤡🙄

This was across the huntmasters land. When going across farmers land the hunt confirms the route with farmers anyway so we already have permission. If a farmer doesn't want us across the middle of the field we will go single file along the outside. 👍

She is looking after her horse🤦‍♀️

This is drag hunting not fox hunting.

Morgan Mckeel no need for this it’s just like hunting deer chill.

@@katscritters145 no it really isn't, the dogs totally tear up the fox, it's very inhumane, with shooting a deer it's quick and usually painless

Morgan Mckeel yes it is but they aren’t fox hunting

You know bloodhounds were bred to hunt humans right?! Not foxes....

Miss Lucy - Nail Artist, Educator & Glitter Fairy Ik i said that it was cruel

It depends which hunt you go on... Some hunts Involve real foxes or hunts like this are just for the fun of the sport so just use a scent for the dogs and horses to follow. Around me actual Fox hunting is apparently illegal although, people around me do it anyway.

In Ireland we Hunt Foxes but 9/10 we make sure the fox isn’t killed we just use the hounds to hunt them from the farmers land that’s all

This was a drag hunt where someone lays a scent with a cloth and then the hounds follow and you follow them😄

Maurice it’s drag hunting what else can we not do now? Is it offensive to the cloth they lay the sent with?

You obviously don’t know the difference between a drag hunt and a trail hunt.

It's the like of YOU that make you and your lot untrustworthy. Fine, riding around the countryside, taking in the air etc etc, fox appears and wallop. It's in your blood.

No foxes or other animals get harmed in drag hunting, drag hunting is more similar to going out on a long cantering hack so don’t you worry about the animals Maurice you can go back to Raleigh link please

@@maurice8607 Here have a read of this and stop embarrassing yourself and those of us that are against hunting with dogs but actually know what we are talking about: teamfox.org.uk/19-don-t-turn-back-the-clock/103-the-humane-sport-of-drag-hunting

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they don’t hunt animals

They are DRAG HUNTING. For fucks sake read the description or other comments. Do you actually see foxes in this video?

ManLikeH you do know in drag hunting nothing is hunted. They are also called clean boot hunts. I'm not the biggest fan of hunting either but they are different and there is no need to leave hate

@@ellenohara2770 I never meant to leave "HATE" just asking and pointing out that if hunting with dogs is banned, why would you have them over a decade later, the dogs only real purpose is to sniff out chase and kill game nothing else!

ManLikeH First of all I'm sorry for saying you were hating it just seemed like you were, secondly the dogs do seem to enjoy it and it's great exercise for them. Blood hounds were bred for this purpose and many of them don't know anything else ❤️