08/18/2026
“In & Around Horse Country” 2026 Fall Issue arrives in mailboxes and at newsstands this week. (Digital edition is online at https://issuu.com/horsecountrypost.)
Our feature story takes us on an amazing adventure halfway around the world. Betsy Burke Donley and several friends made the trip of a lifetime for a riding adventure in South Africa and Botswana. Betsy details the joys, thrills, and challenges of this fascinating experience. Hounds aplenty are covered in five hound show reports held up and down the East Coast and out west to the Central States. We remember the life of Dr. Marvin Beeman, a leading light for many decades in the foxhunting and equine veterinary worlds. And, on another sad note, Osmun bids us adieu as he joins the other Scotties whose voices have filled our pages with their adventures and observations over many years. But joyful life in the horse world goes on as young handlers at the hound shows, leadline cuties at Upperville, and Junior Field Hunter contestants confirm bright days are ahead. Our cherished traditions are safe in their hands. For other valued traditions, Betsy Burke Donley previews the NSA-sanctioned fall steeplechase meets. The VEA’s Darrell Wood shines the spotlight on a variety of individuals associated with Colonial Downs who have achieved major milestones in their impressive careers. Five huntsmen who have taken new positions for the coming season, including one for the first time, are highlighted (see our previous issue for four others). Jenny Young has assembled a list of classic books on hounds and hunting for your reading pleasure.
Get caught up on all the summertime happenings as we now look forward to an equally enticing agenda of autumn events coming up in horse country!
