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This year’s Cottesmore Scurry course makes the most of the famous Cottesmore Hunt Tuesday Country around the village of Braunston on the Rutland/Leicestershire border. The main race begins at 12 noon and covers approximately three miles. First past the post wins. The Foxhunter will start shortly afterwards and will cover approximately two and a half […]

The Cottesmore Scurry course makes the most of the famous Cottesmore Hunt Tuesday Country around the village of Knossington on the Rutland/Leicestershire border. The main race begins at 12 noon and covers approximately three miles. First past the post wins.The Foxhunter will start shortly afterwards and will cover approximately two miles. the nearest the the […]

The Cottesmore Hunt, founded in 1666, continued the tradition of meeting on Boxing Day in Oakham as they congregated in Cutts Close today. Despite heavy rain there was a good turn out of mounted and foot followers as well as a handful of quiet protesters. Although fox hunting was banned in 2004, exemptions include trail […]

With the harvest in full swing, the Cottesmore hounds started mounted hound exercise this morning at the crack of dawn. Being a beautifully clear and atmospheric morning I decided to join them at the kennels and find out where they were going. As soon as they set off in one direction I headed off in […]

The Cottesmore Hunt Opening Meet was held at Preston Lodge, near Braunston, a week or so earlier than usual, but still attracted an large mounted field and many foot followers who enjoyed the October sunshine. I recognised visitors from the Quorn, Belvoir, Fernie, Pytchley and Warwickshire hunts, to name but a few. This year the Cottesmore Hunt are celebrating […]

[Full Cottesmore Hunt Pony Club Eventer Trial image galleries] The forecast was right, unfortunately, and the rain barely stopped during seven hours of competition at Ranksboro' as Pony Clubbers of all ages took part in the Cottesmore Hunt's Eventer Trial. Competitors completed an untimed show jumping section before moving on to a "cross country" phase […]

Images now online: The Cottesmore at Barnsdale Lodge, 1st March.

Images of the Cottesmore Hunt's meet at Furze Hill yesterday are now online. Hunting Photography - The Cottesmore at Furze Hill  

Images of the Cottesmore Hunt's meet at Betts Barn last week. It wasn't a very pleasant day!

On a day off from more traditional mounted hunting the Cottesmore Hunt hounds enjoyed a day of hound exercise in the woods in glorious winter sunshine. Full set of images - Cottesmore Hunt Hound exercise in Owston Woods

The Cottesmore Point to Point at Garthorpe - Garthorpe Races

This year's Defender Burghley Course Preview and Media Day gave the press a chance to speak to the Event Director Martyn Johnson, Course Designer Derek Di Grazia and riders Greta Mason, Phil Brown and Andrew Hoy. Media Breakfast in The Rose Garden On arrival at Burghley House we were brought through to The Rose Garden, […]

For any aspiring equine photographer, knowing how to photograph cross country fences to get the most from them and flatter rider and horse is essential.

The Melton Hunt Club Ride 2022 is back in the Cottesmore country, and will be held in Withcote on Sunday 20th November. More details can be found on the Melton Hunt Club Ride website and Facebook page. I'm pleased to say I can also give you a Foxhunters Course Map too. Please note that the […]

The annual Belvoir Hunt Ball was held at Honington Grange where, in spite of the efforts of Storm Dennis, more than 400 guests enjoyed an evening of celebration. Guests included the Duchess of Rutland Emma Manners, daughters Lady Alice, Lady Eliza & Lady Violet, Viscountess Grimston and Lady Isabella Innes-Ker, as well as Joint Hunt […]

The Melton Hunt Club Ride sponsored by 8 Outdoor, will be held in Cottesmore country at Abbey Farm, Launde Road, Oakham LE7 9XN on Sunday 19th November 2017, starting at 12 noon. All the fence and marker numbers refer to the course plan which can be downloaded from here: Melton Hunt Club Ride, November 2017. […]

I have four different main clients this year so need to keep my wits about me. I've headed to Burghley early to give me a chance to sit down and plan my Thursday/Friday/Saturday around who I need to shoot and who, in theory, I don't. I've decided to get to Burghley and set off onto […]

On alternate years the village of Ashwell in Rutland organises a village fete, organised by a small committee and hosted by Nicholas and Emma Leeming, at their lovely house, Ashwell Grange. As in previous years the Ashwell Village Fete raised money for several local causes, including the local air ambulance, one of my favourite charities. […]

The Quorn Hunt PC Tetrathlon was hosted by the Pony Club over two days this weekend. The shooting, swimming and running phases were completed at Ratcliffe College on Saturday 22nd July and the cross country riding phase took place at Aylesford Equine's course on Sunday the 23rd July, and I was there to cover this […]

The Belvoir, Cottesmore and Quorn Hunts have 'countries' that converge in the market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. They operate independently but are closely associated with Melton Hunt Club (MHC). [A full set of images can be viewed here - Melton Hunt Club and Household Cavalry Rides 2017] The first Cross Country Ride was […]

My base in Oakham gives me the perfect position to photograph some of the World's most famous fox hunts. Oakham itself is in the Cottesmore country, which is (roughly) bordered in the West by the B6047 and in the East by the North Sea. West of the Cottesmore is the Quorn country; the Belvoir hunt […]

What happened to Gems McCormick? Gems McCormick, Joint-Master of The Cottesmore Hunt, died yesterday in a tragic accident in Milton Park, Peterborough. Photos of Gems McCormick She was visiting the Fitzwilliam Hunt for their opening meet and had been riding with the owner of Milton Hall and Master of the Fitzwilliam, Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland. As […]

[Full set of galleries from the Belvoir meeting at Garthorpe] The Belvoir Hunt's point-to-point meeting took place at Garthorpe on Sunday 29th March 2015. Bad weather changed the going from good to firm to good to soft during the course of the day but there was some excellent racing throughout the card. The feature NFU […]

This year's Cottesmore Hunt Boxing Day meet in Oakham included a very public marriage proposal. Peter Chojnacki climbed off his horse and got down on one knee to ask his girlfriend Anna Munton the big question. The answer was "yes".

Joey Newton, Fieldmaster of the Belvoir Hunt and Chair of the Melton Hunt Club, is to be the new Chairman for Racing Welfare, the racing charity. From tomorrow, Joey will succeed Roger Weatherby as Chairman of the charity, which aims to help racing's people in need. Roger is to become the founding Chairman of The Racing […]

Snow has caused havoc here in the UK over the last few weeks. We don't really expect it before the New Year so to get considerable amounts in November is very rare. It does, however, present wonderful photo opportunities.

Whenever I change phones I always end up having to transfer my fox hunting horn ringtone from old to new, only to find that the format of the ringtone doesn't work on the new phone. Horse and Hound's website used to have a page from which you could download the hunting ringtone in different formats […]

Horse & Hound is Britain's premier equestrian and hunting magazine. I am regularly commissioned by them for features on showing, hunting, eventing and horse racing. Pictured below are some examples of Horse & Hound covers which feature my images. Clicking on an image will enlarge it. In addition to these,  my images are regularly featured within […]

I have provided many images to the Countryside Alliance over the last few years but most recently one of my images was selected as the cover image for the Winter edition of their Members' Magazine and another was used in their 2017 Calendar.

"LandScape magazine brings you the very best of Britain. Its evocative content means you can bring every season to life in your home." Landscape is all about your garden, good food, nature and the best of British countryside. The January 2016 issue of Landscape contains a multi-page article about how changes to the Law may […]

The Field is one of Britain's most popular rural lifestyle magazines. I am commissioned by The Field to cover different rural activities around the country, including equestrian, hunting and social events. A few examples of these shoots are shown below.

Tatler is one of the World's premier lifestyle magazines and regularly features coverage of events in rural England, including hunting events and horse racing of all forms.

Ex-jockey Sam Jones, professional huntsman of the Cottesmore Hunt. Sam joined The Cottesmore Hunt for the 2022-23 season, having previously worked for the Belvoir Hunt as First Whipper-In.

The Cambridge University Drag Hounds at Launde, Leicestershire, 8th January 2023. A female rider on a bay horse appears to jump over a faller rider while the faller's horse looks at the camera from the hedge. No rider or horse was hurt in any way in this incident which took place during the Cambridge University […]