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KIMBLEWICK

5 November

THE KIMBLEWICK

WITH a country that stretches an area the size of Cornwall, the Kimblewick is made up of five packs which have amalgamated over the years. The 45½ couple of hounds are mainly modern English, with Heythrop and VWH lines, augmented by a few old English brought from the Barlow by the huntsman this season. They're housed in the village that gives the hunt its name.

Masters: Chris Austin, Jane Vowles, Jackie Howard Jones, Gaby Bull, Philippa Sheppard and Frances Fowler

Huntsman: Aidan Beaney

Whipper-in: Edward Clews

Countryman: Jamie Hughes

Stud groom: Emily Garfield

Groom: Catrin Evans

Secretary: Laura Heard

Chairman: Bob Baskerville kimblewickhunt.co.uk

Kimblewick, Buckinghamshire

A SIGN of a good day as a hunting correspondent is never having time to take your notebook out. Such was a recent Saturday with the Kimblewick, when the six finalists of the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) Racing to Hunting Challenge convened from all over the country to prove that a retired racehorse can be not an

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