A good hunt today for Wally with THH. It was a real good step up for Wally as we were never on level ground and we were on a lot of very steep ground. For the day Wally had 3440 feet up and 3440 feet down over 8.3 miles. Needless to say he was a tired horse at the end.
It was a good hunt. It was a joint meet with Rappahannock Hunt and they brought hounds as well. We started the run 12 minutes in and part way up Slaughter Mountain and ran that fox up and down Slaughter and Fielding Mountain for at least 1:45. I was a lot of up and down. If you look at the altitude profile below you can see how many steep climbs and descents we had to do.
Wally was really good. I did forget his flash so there were a couple of canter/gallops where he got his head down and rolled on the forehand. But overall I was pretty happy with him. He is learning to deal with the steeper terrain of Rappahannock County and the higher speeds that forces in order to keep up with the hounds. At some point today Wally got up to 19.1 MPH.
From Beth Opitz, MFH and huntsman:
THH hosted Rappahannock Hunt yesterday. Our fixture, the beautiful Eldon Farms- Clover Hill. A 1 hour 45 min run up down and all around Fielding and Slaughter Mountains entertained all. Our first draw produced a difficult line, hounds
worked and worked towards the Southern side of Slaughter Mountain. Finally after about 20 minutes of slower work, hounds moved up on a big orange beauty, viewed by Erwin heading towards Fielding Mountain. Soon after, hounds were able to pick up speed, making
the mountains ring with the big PMD voices. Around and around until finally our big orange pilot picked up enough of a lead for scent to fizzle. Fun day for all.
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