Hunting
Events
* Sunday, Sept. 26 – Landowners’ picnic. Marriott Ranch, Hume. 6-9 p.m. Free and open to all (but please RSVP, to a master or the honsec)
* Sunday, October 24 – Hunter pace. Hunter trial field, Orlean. 9 a.m. Entry details TBA.
* Tuesday, October 26 – ODH hosts a Virginia Hunt Week hunt. Details TBA.
* Saturday, November 6 – Opening meet. High Meadow Manor Farm. 11 a.m. Breakfast following. Friends and Neighbors invited to breakfast starting at 12 noon.
* Sunday, November 28 – Kennels open house and Christmas photos with Santa and his sleigh. ODH kennels, Orlean. Details TBA.
Already thinking about 2022:
• Tree burning ceremony January 5, 2022
• Sledding ride party-location TBD February, 2022
• Chili cook-off/yard sale March, 2022
• ODH point-to-point April, 2022
• Kentucky Derby party May, 2022
****NORTH AMERICAN FIELD HUNTER CHAMPIONSHIPS: The 2021 Theodora A. Randolph Field Hunter Championship, (formerly the North American Field Hunter Championship) will be held October 4 - 9. This event features four days of hunting privileges with four local packs: Bull Run, Blue Ridge, Orange County Hounds and Old Dominion Hounds. The event benefits the INOVA Loudoun Hospital Foundation. The championship finals are at Glenwood Park in Middleburg Saturday, October 9 before the Virginia Fall Races. Entries are now open and will be accepted on a first come, first served basis – 60 total entries are being accepted.
This competition awards a total of $4,000 in prize money; $500 each to the champion and reserve champion rider, $2,000 to the hunt of the champion rider and $1,500 to reserve. An award for the highest placing thoroughbred in memory of Dr. Alexander Mackay-Smith is a new prize this year.
Entry form and more information – vafallraces.com or on the Theodora A. Randolph Field Hunter Championship Facebook page.
* Sunday, October 24 – Hunter pace. Hunter trial field, Orlean. 9 a.m. Entry details TBA.
* Tuesday, October 26 – ODH hosts a Virginia Hunt Week hunt. Details TBA.
* Saturday, November 6 – Opening meet. High Meadow Manor Farm. 11 a.m. Breakfast following. Friends and Neighbors invited to breakfast starting at 12 noon.
* Sunday, November 28 – Kennels open house and Christmas photos with Santa and his sleigh. ODH kennels, Orlean. Details TBA.
Already thinking about 2022:
• Tree burning ceremony January 5, 2022
• Sledding ride party-location TBD February, 2022
• Chili cook-off/yard sale March, 2022
• ODH point-to-point April, 2022
• Kentucky Derby party May, 2022
****NORTH AMERICAN FIELD HUNTER CHAMPIONSHIPS: The 2021 Theodora A. Randolph Field Hunter Championship, (formerly the North American Field Hunter Championship) will be held October 4 - 9. This event features four days of hunting privileges with four local packs: Bull Run, Blue Ridge, Orange County Hounds and Old Dominion Hounds. The event benefits the INOVA Loudoun Hospital Foundation. The championship finals are at Glenwood Park in Middleburg Saturday, October 9 before the Virginia Fall Races. Entries are now open and will be accepted on a first come, first served basis – 60 total entries are being accepted.
This competition awards a total of $4,000 in prize money; $500 each to the champion and reserve champion rider, $2,000 to the hunt of the champion rider and $1,500 to reserve. An award for the highest placing thoroughbred in memory of Dr. Alexander Mackay-Smith is a new prize this year.
Entry form and more information – vafallraces.com or on the Theodora A. Randolph Field Hunter Championship Facebook page.
