02/11/2026
What a day we had hunting yesterday with Coakham Bloodhounds 🐶
Tack malfunctions and complete failures aside, it still turned out to be one of the best days hunting. Plenty of port, lots of laughter and, thankfully, coming home not too muddy! 🍷😂
Anyone who knows me knows how much I pride myself on turnout, but yesterday clearly wasn’t my day when it came to bridles! 🙈
First run, and goodness knows how, Kash’s bit somehow came undone from the cheekpiece while we were travelling at full speed! Thankfully, our foot follower Tom came to the rescue, and we managed to get that back on and sorted.
Four hedges later, on the second run, Stella, who had the pleasure of riding the wonderful Dory, managed to lose BOTH reins from the bit! She was then spotted steadily cantering off into the distance, completely reinless, looking like something straight out of a Western! 🤠
Dory, being the absolute legend that she is, promptly slowed right down to allow Stella to dismount. We managed to bodge the reins back on and carry on with our day, with Stella having narrowly escaped what could have been a near-death experience! 😂
Meanwhile, young Charlie, ridden by my lovely friend Elisha alongside her daughter on her young novice pony, proved himself to be an absolute saint and a true gentleman. For a horse being ridden by someone he had never met before, he couldn’t have been more of a star. ❤️
All three horses were impeccably behaved and gave us all a thoroughly enjoyable day, despite their riders’ best efforts to turn it into a comedy show!
A huge thank you to Master Hollis, the hunt staff, landowners, Andrew and Nigel for the great photos 📸 and, of course, the wonderful hounds for another brilliant day out.
Already looking forward to the next one… although I might be investing in some new bridles first! 😂❤️
Full details of these wonderful horses can be found on my website
www.lynchequestrian.co.uk
