Feeling a little sluggish? Get ready for a gallop - this will blow the cobwebs away
The Melton Hunt Club was formed in 1955 and has held an annual ‘ride’ each year since.
According to the Melton Hunt Club website
“The first Cross Country Ride was held in February 1956 from the late Mrs Migs Greenall’s Waltham House to Buckminster and was won by Pat Newton, who also won in 1957 when the Ride took place in thick fog from Swallow Hole to the winning post at Garthorpe. The 1958 Ride took place in the Quorn country at Nether Broughton and the first Cross Country Dinner was held at The Red Lion as a 'thank you' to the Farmers who had hosted the Ride. The Ride and Dinner have been run annually ever since with one or two exceptions due to bad weather and Foot and Mouth disease. Under Jockey Club Rules the Cross Country has to be referred to as a Ride, with prizes 'in kind' and not a Race, in order not to jeopardise the Point to Point”
The rider using the helmet cam is Richard Walker riding Royals Darling. One Richard Walker is famous as the youngest rider ever to win the Badminton Horse Trials at the age of 18 years and 247 days on his mount, Pasha in 1969 – does anyone know if it is the same Richard Walker?
