Hunting Etiquette and Hunting Terms
What to wear
Summer Ambles: smart casual in safe riding clothes.
Hound Exercising: cream/beige jodphurs or breeches, shirt and tie, tweed hacking jacket and brown or black boots.
Hunting: cream/beige jodphurs or breeches, stock shirt and hunting stock, black or navy jacket and brown or black boots. Ladies please wear a hair net. Hat silks black or navy.
Horse turnout
Horse should be be clean and smartly turned out for all meets. For Hound Exercising and Hunting numnahs or saddle cloths black or brown. For Hunting horses manes plaited or hogged.
Always put a red ribbon in your horses tail if it prone to kicking. It is your job to keep your horse away from others if it kicks, not other peoples job to stay way from you.
Use a green ribbon if your horse is new to hunting to let people know.
Etiquette
The Hounds always have right of way! Always allow Hounds to pass.
Always stay behind your Field Master and do as your Field Master asks, if they ask you to wait it will be for a reason.
Always wait your turn at a jump and allow yourself and others plenty of room. If you are unable to jump it please carry on. The jumping field should run smoothly behind the field master. If you are unsure of a jump you may join the optional jumping masters field for that part of the line but do not obstruct the jumpers.
If you have any questions please ask the field masters or hunt staff who will be happy to help.
Some terms you may hear in the field
When you hear these terms being shouted in the field please pass them back by shouting them on to people behind you, this helps keep everyone safe.
Hound on left or right: this means there is a hound coming and you need to move aside to let them though.
Whip on the left or right: this means you need to move aside to let the whip is trying to get through.
Wire on left or right: keep to the opposite side to avoid you or horse getting caught or injured by wire.
Hole on the left or right: keep to the opposite to avoid you or your horse getting injured.
Low branch; keep low to avoid getting hit by low branches.
Your Responsibility
All riders and follows take part at their risk and no responsibility is taken by the hunt or any member of hunt staff for any kind of accident. The horse owner is responsible for their horses actions and must have their own public liability insurance that covers themselves and their horse.