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Legs don’t go past the saddle flaps? No problem!

Madeleine Silver

    • Having legs that don’t quite go past the saddle flap, a pony whose tummy is perilously close to the ground or even not quite having mastered walking yourself is no barrier to these pint-sized followers getting out on the hunting field this season

    Don’t miss this week’s issue of Horse & Hound magazine (4 January 2017) with 11 pages of Boxing Day photos

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    Hursley Hambledon

    Hands up if we've spotted a budding hunting star! H&H's polo reporter Aurora Eastwood's three-year-old nephew gets into the swing of things out with the Hursley Hambledon

    Image credit: Hamish Mitchell
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    Silverton

    All smiles: Jessica Saunders is smartly turned out for the Silverton's meet at Creedy Barton, Devon

    Image credit: Trevor Meeks
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    South Durham

    The fact that eight-year-old Thomas Howey isn't much taller than the South Durham hounds isn't hindering his enthusiasm...

    Image credit: Peter Nixon
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    Ludlow

    The Ludlow welcomes this pint-sized follower for its meet at Kitesnest in Cleestanton, Shropshire — we just don't envy having to get those legs grey again...

    Image credit: Peter Nixon
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    Ludlow

    Good view from up there? Edie Godden hitches a ride with Amy Broom

    Image credit: Hamish Mitchell
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    Silverton

    Para dressage rider Ed Chanin gives his daughter Grace a taste for hunting

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    Heythrop

    Do jodhpurs come any smaller? It would be hard to rival this Heythrop follower in the cute stakes

    Stars of the future? Sarah, Lizzie and Mary Pope autumn hunting with the Beaufort in September
    Image credit: sarahfarnsworth.co.uk
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    Beaufort

    Credit: Sarah Farnsworth

    Image credit: Nico Morgan
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    Belvoir

    All ages: from left to right, James Canby, Oscar Moulaert, Rory Gwyn-Jones, Louisa Gwyn-Jones and Frances Moulaert at the Belvoir's opening meet at Long Clawson in October

    Image credit: Trevor Meeks
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    Grove & Rufford

    Three generations: Annabelle Ross, six, with her mother Elizabeth and grandmother Sue Gale (right)

    Image credit: David Betteridge
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    Avon Vale

    Centre stage: Tilly Rumens leaves the Avon Vale's Boxing Day meet at Lacock

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    Image credit: Bethyn Barrass
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    Glamorgan

    Young Isabella enjoys her second Boxing Day meet with the Glamorgan

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