Devonshire dumpling
Well-Known Member
Some of you will know my daughter broke her elbow badly in July following a fall from her pony, resulting in surgery, she has been out a few times on the pony since, but is very nervous, today my friend and I decide to take her out and give her a lovely Saturday morning hack, my friend on her lovely TB, me on my new mare and daughter on little Welsh pony, all going well until me walk straight into the Staghounds.
Daughter terrified and crying, but we said come on you can do it,we plodded on and kept bumping into little groups of horses, then pony decides to be a very naughty pony and not go up a track, so to give my daughter confidence we got her to get off, and friend jumps on board pony to teach her she can't get away with it, so my daughter is leading my mare, and I am leading the TB, all fab and we are heading home, meet loads of car followers who were friendly and helpful, when suddenly a car hammers around the corner, asked him to slow down and he sped past my daughter, and started revving his engine next to me and friend, no way on this earth could he get through as followers on other side of the road.
He jumps out, and starts having a go, to which we saw red and were screaming and shouting back at him, he said he has grown up with horses blah blah, and hates the hunt, I said we have a scared 12 yr old, we are doing out best to get home away from the hunt, he said well yeah it's obvious you are not with them etc etc... I said well just go you are blocking the road, he ranted about the hunt were, long story short he went on his way, we have his plate and witnesses and have reported him. I would just like to say how wonderful the hunt were, they came and found us and said sorry we got caught up with them, and do we need anything, can they help us home?
People are so fast to condemn the hunt, but they were absolutely wonderful and really looked after us out on our hack.
Daughter is secretly proud of herself as she trotted home with the field behind her and I think it may have given her some confidence
Daughter terrified and crying, but we said come on you can do it,we plodded on and kept bumping into little groups of horses, then pony decides to be a very naughty pony and not go up a track, so to give my daughter confidence we got her to get off, and friend jumps on board pony to teach her she can't get away with it, so my daughter is leading my mare, and I am leading the TB, all fab and we are heading home, meet loads of car followers who were friendly and helpful, when suddenly a car hammers around the corner, asked him to slow down and he sped past my daughter, and started revving his engine next to me and friend, no way on this earth could he get through as followers on other side of the road.
He jumps out, and starts having a go, to which we saw red and were screaming and shouting back at him, he said he has grown up with horses blah blah, and hates the hunt, I said we have a scared 12 yr old, we are doing out best to get home away from the hunt, he said well yeah it's obvious you are not with them etc etc... I said well just go you are blocking the road, he ranted about the hunt were, long story short he went on his way, we have his plate and witnesses and have reported him. I would just like to say how wonderful the hunt were, they came and found us and said sorry we got caught up with them, and do we need anything, can they help us home?
People are so fast to condemn the hunt, but they were absolutely wonderful and really looked after us out on our hack.
Daughter is secretly proud of herself as she trotted home with the field behind her and I think it may have given her some confidence
