The Countryside Alliance, the leading British organization promoting issues relating to the countryside such as farming, rural services, small businesses and country sports, specifically including foxhunting, shooting and deer stalking, has announced they will hold two events in New York in 2015.
MIDDLEBURG, VA – The NSLM Meet the Author Series will host Chistianna Hannum Miller, filmmaker, documentarian, and grand-daughter of Nancy Penn Smith Hannum on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 from 6 to 8 pm.
Forbes Travel Guide unveiled its annual Star Rating List, naming The Restaurant at Goodstone in Middleburg, Virginia, as a new Forbes Travel Guide Recommended Restaurant.
Among the events scheduled for the Virginia Hound Show weekend is an induction ceremony for the Huntsmen’s Room at the Museum of Hounds and Hunting on Saturday May 23, 2015 at 3:30 pm at the front of the Mansion at Morven Park in Leesburg, Va. The ceremony is free and open to the public. Following the Huntsmen’s Room Induction Ceremony, the immediate family of the Inductees will be invited to tour the Room and exhibits. Attendees may join the Museum, tour the exhibits and the Huntsman’s Room at 5pm that same day during the annual museum members’ reception.
The 2015 inductees join thirty- four distinguished huntsmen who have been recognized for their immense contributions to the sport of foxhunting, from its earliest days to the present. The inductees are:
For more information on the Virginia Hound Show, please visit http://www.virginiafoxhoundclub.org
Foxhunting is an important second career discipline for off-track Thoroughbreds and the Retired Racehorse Project wants to showcase foxhunting Thoroughbreds in its Thoroughbred Makeover.The event will take place at the Kentucky Horse Park, the weekend of October 23. For the foxhunting portion of the competition, RRP is exploring the possibility of bringing hounds to the Horse Park and conducting a short drag hunt in which horses will be judged according to the guidelines of the North American Field Hunter Championships. The event might also include a handy hunter class in the arena. Total prize money available for each discipline class is determined based on the number of participants. The more foxhunters entered, the more prize money to be won!
MIDDLEBURG, VA – The National Sporting Library & Museum is pleased to announce the 2015 recipients of the John H. Daniels Fellowship.
Subscribing Membership to the MFHA is open to anyone who cares about the future of country lifestyles and wants their voice and vote to make a difference. You will also receive Covertside magazine 4x a year!
