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  • The Festival of Hunting returns to the East of England Showground on Wednesday 20th July, with the hotly contested Inter Hunt Relay a not to be missed spectacle. In 2021, the Senior championship was secured by Bicester Hunt with the Whaddon Chase team, made up of riders Emily Taylor, Andrew Clark, Cecily Holland and Lucy

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  • ‘The Hunt Staff Benefit Society’ Young Handlers Class

    The Festival of Hunting 2022 will see the continuation of this class launched in 2019 for younghandlers from all hunts exhibiting across the board at this year’s event. The class is kindly sponsored by the Hunt Staff Benefit Society, which for 150 years have providedhunt staff, whether they work in kennels, stables or as a

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  • The AMHB schedules and entry forms for this year’s Festival of Hunting are now available on the website by clicking the button below. The judges for the Harriers and Beagles have also been announced and we are looking forward to being joined by Stud Book Harriers:The Countess Goess-Saurau, M.F.H.C. M. Shirley-Beavan, M.F.H. BeaglesDog Hounds:Cdr. A.

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  • Countryside Alliance becomes a key sponsor of the Festival of Hunting

    The Countryside Alliance is delighted to announce that it has become a key sponsor of the Festival of Hunting which returns to the East of England Showground on 20th July 2022.

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  • Hunts from up and down the UK will return to the Festival of Hunting on Wednesday 20th July 2022, with the opportunity to relax and catch up with friends at the back of the hunt horse trailer after the morning’s classes one of the highlights of the day. Whilst primarily a relaxed affair, the Hunt

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  • Festival of Hunting returns on Wednesday 20th July 2022

    28 March 2022 The Festival of Hunting returns as one of the highlights of the countryside events diary this summer, on Wednesday 20th July 2022. Last year, 25 packs of hounds and over 5,000 spectators were in attendance for this countryside spectacle, and the East of England Agricultural Society, organisers of The Festival of Hunting,

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  • Festival of Hunting – 2021 Post-Event Press Release

    Returning to the East of England Showground for the 133rd Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show, 25 packs of Modern and Old English Foxhounds and over 5,000 spectators were delighted to be back at this popular rural event on Wednesday 21st July, supported by the Countryside Alliance. Organised by the East of England Agricultural Society, the Festival

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