Rand Hunt Club

Rand Hunt Club The sport of Drag Hunting is the challenge of following hounds cross country on horseback.

Love is in the air! Valentine's Day!Our Valentine's Hunt is tomorrow ❤️The second pic is shamelessly and gratefully borr...
15/02/2025

Love is in the air! Valentine's Day!

Our Valentine's Hunt is tomorrow ❤️

The second pic is shamelessly and gratefully borrowed from

Come join us tomorrow. It doesn't matter if you're lead-rein or 5-star eventer; we'll give you a really good morning out!

For more information, please check our website, www.randhunt.co.za or email Margie on [email protected]

This Sunday's Valentines Meet with the Rand Hunt Club should be a must in everyone's calendar. We are inviting all rider...
13/02/2025

This Sunday's Valentines Meet with the Rand Hunt Club should be a must in everyone's calendar.

We are inviting all riders, with their friends and family, to come and enjoy a fun filled morning out in the beautiful countryside at Inanda Country Base.

And with so much love in the air, we have some lovely prizes 🏆 available.

This event accommodates all levels of riders from lead rein to top riders, and from all disciplines. All legal tack is allowed. We have show jackets available for the day if you do not have one.

For more information, please contact us or visit www.randhunt.co.za or email Margie on [email protected]

P. S. Only three more sleeps now 💗

This Sunday's Valentines Meet with the Rand Hunt Club should be a must in everyone's calendar. We are inviting all rider...
11/02/2025

This Sunday's Valentines Meet with the Rand Hunt Club should be a must in everyone's calendar.

We are inviting all riders, with their friends and family, to come and enjoy a fun filled morning out in the beautiful countryside at Inanda Country Base.

And with so much love in the air, we have some lovely prizes 🏆 available.

This event accommodates all levels of riders from lead rein to top riders, and from all disciplines. All legal tack is allowed. We have show jackets available for the day if you do not have one.

For more information, please contact us or visit www.randhunt.co.za or email Margie on [email protected]

Always a stunning hunt 😍
10/02/2025

Always a stunning hunt 😍

Now don't forget!!! We're meeting at the Kennels on ICB tomorrow morning!Looking for to seeing you there! ...
08/02/2025

Now don't forget!!! We're meeting at the Kennels on ICB tomorrow morning!

Looking for to seeing you there!

After a lovely weekend away, we're now back home, meeting at the Kennels on ICB this coming Sunday. ...
06/02/2025

After a lovely weekend away, we're now back home, meeting at the Kennels on ICB this coming Sunday.

Good day, my name is Penny Barnes.My first hunt was Opening Meet 1981. I was encouraged to attend it by May Foxcroft. It...
04/02/2025

Good day, my name is Penny Barnes.

My first hunt was Opening Meet 1981. I was encouraged to attend it by May Foxcroft. It was disastrous! It was pouring with rain, and I was riding my horse in his usual bit, a snaffle, and couldn't hold one side of him. The next week, I went out in a pelham and had the most exhilarating time.

For years, I hunted part-time while I was competing in eventing and carriage driving. When I gave up competing, I turned to hunting full time, and that was when I learnt to appreciate the hounds. I am not as bold as I used to be, but I trust I will be around for many more seasons.

The picture is of me, hunting hounds in the rain on I Can Do It. Together, we did more than 100 hunts.

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02/02/2025

An amazing morning at Astley Manor Pecan Farm in Scheepoort was followed by a casual outride at home, on Inanda Blue Bird Farm in Hekpoort today.

A big big thank you to our Farm Manager Leon Smith for showing us the areas that he's opened up and cleared in the past few weeks, and for taking us home via a brisk trot across the water meadow ... we had SUCH fun!

Inanda Country Base Leon Smith Inanda Blue Bird Astley Manor Pecan Farms

An amazing morning at Astley Manor Pecan Farm in Scheepoort.A huge and heartfelt thank you to Alastair Jephson and his f...
01/02/2025

An amazing morning at Astley Manor Pecan Farm in Scheepoort.

A huge and heartfelt thank you to Alastair Jephson and his family for the warmest of welcomes and superb preparation of the ground.

@scarteen_hunt_kennels

An unforgettable morning hunting under the pecan trees at Astley Manor. For more details and info, please contact Margie...
31/01/2025

An unforgettable morning hunting under the pecan trees at Astley Manor.

For more details and info, please contact Margie on [email protected]

P. S. You can most certainly "enter on the day"; we hope to see you there!

An unforgettable morning hunting under the pecan trees at Astley Manor. For more details and info, please contact Margie...
29/01/2025

An unforgettable morning hunting under the pecan trees at Astley Manor.

For more details and info, please contact Margie on [email protected]

Good day! My name is Katherine Julia James, and this us a bit about me and Drag Hunting. “The hunt has always been somet...
28/01/2025

Good day! My name is Katherine Julia James, and this us a bit about me and Drag Hunting.

“The hunt has always been something on my bucket but bring a nervous rider I’ve always put it off, “no next year”.

Don’t put this off! This was one of the most exciting and fun experiences I’ve had on a horse. Everyone is so welcoming and accommodating, as well as encouraging. This is definitely not an activity I’ll just tick off once and never do again, I cannot wait for my next one.

The Hunt really is a rewarding and enjoyable experience that I feel everyone needs to try out!”

This weekend, the Rand Hunt Club is off to Hekpoort to enjoy a jam-packed, fun filled weekend. On Saturday, 1st February...
27/01/2025

This weekend, the Rand Hunt Club is off to Hekpoort to enjoy a jam-packed, fun filled weekend.

On Saturday, 1st February 2025, we will be Drag Hunting through the stunning Astley Manor Pecan Nut Trees. Our hosts have been working extremely hard to prepare the lines 🌳

And on Sunday, 2nd February 2025, there will be a wonderful outride at Inanda Blue Bird.

We have fields for all levels of horse and riders, so don't be shy.

And yes, you can enter on the day

For more information, please contact Margie Marshall on [email protected], or visit www.randhunt.co.za

Our Easy-On Hunt today was fabulous. We had 20 odd horses out, including a young lady who had never ever cantered before...
26/01/2025

Our Easy-On Hunt today was fabulous.

We had 20 odd horses out, including a young lady who had never ever cantered before ... the smile on her face at the end was worth millions ... thank you for joining us.

Several new faces, and lots laughs and banter, just as it should be!!!

Astley Manor next weekend, but before then ... see you Tuesday morning at 6am at the Kennels on ICB for Hound Exercise.

Good morning!For those joining us this morning, or maybe next weekend, and struggling with the correct way to tie a stoc...
26/01/2025

Good morning!

For those joining us this morning, or maybe next weekend, and struggling with the correct way to tie a stock.

There are many ways, variations on a theme, but this is a good go-to!

Enjoy, have fun ... and dont forget to breathe 😊

Have you always wanted to try English Drag Hunting, but you are not sure how it all works?Then why not come join the Ran...
25/01/2025

Have you always wanted to try English Drag Hunting, but you are not sure how it all works?

Then why not come join the Rand Hunt Club this Sunday for a fun filled morning at the Easy-On Hunt at Inanda Country Base (Kyalami)

If you are a seasoned eventer, an avid showjumper, dressage lover, or a happy hacker; we have a field for you.

Don't let the formal dress turn you away. We have spare jackets that can be used, and all legal tack is allowed.

You can enter on the day

For more information, contact Margie on [email protected] free to message, or visit
www.randhunt.co.za

23/01/2025

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An amazing morning at Astley Manor Pecan Farm in Scheepoort was followed by a casual outride at home, on Inanda Blue Bird Farm in Hekpoort today. A big big thank you to our Farm Manager Leon Smith for showing us the areas that he's opened up and cleared in the past few weeks, and for taking us home via a brisk trot across the water meadow ... we had SUCH fun! Inanda Country Base Leon Smith Inanda Blue Bird Astley Manor Pecan Farms

Heading back to Kennels after early-morning Hound Exercise. We're out again on Friday, leaving from the Kennels on ICB at 6am and out for an hour.

Credit and thanks to @justagirlandacamera

Lovely morning out with the Rand Hunt hounds. The pack was unusually small this morning, with several bitches in season, and three hounds recovering from injuries/medical procedures. Thank you Kyly Hennings for the video.

Early-morning Hound Exercise. We've just come up from "Below the Kennels", and along the big gelding paddock, heading to the main gate into/out of ICB. Dirk was standing on the roof of the Landy. Tomorrow we get to "sleep in" as there is no Hound Exercise, but on Friday we're out again. Why don't you join us?

As of this week we are out on Hound Exercise three times during the week; on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. And ... we now meet at 6am, at the Kennels on ICB, and we're out for an hour. Hope to see you tomorrow 🤞

Julia Pullen and her Jack, a relatively new but hugely appreciated partnership in the Rand Hunt, took to the X-country course today, and acquitted themselves more than well. Julia also whips in, and we were most grateful to her this morning when our hounds decided to be a tad naughty as we were passing some competitors walking the course. Thank you and well done! Days off tomorrow and Tuesday, but we'll see you on Wednesday morning, at 6.30.

Don't forget to join us on Hound Exercise tomorrow morning at 6.30 at the Kennels on ICB. We're out for 45 minutes.

Setting off this morning ...

Another lovely winter Sunday Hound Walk. And a big thank you to Julia and Moritz for doing the mounted duty. Moritz Christoph Herrmann

Winter mornings are just so so beautiful on the Hiveld. Thank you to Janine for this video from the other Sunday; as of May 1 we are on foot again 😀 Wednesdays and Fridays are still mounted though.

Our next generation. The Terrible Ten, by North Cotswold Blister ex Rand Hunt April. Six gorgeous dog puppies, and four adorable bitch puppies.

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The Rand Hunt

It is surprise to many to discover that the equestrian sport of drag hunting has a strong following in South Africa. In fact hunting is one the oldest equestrian sports in the country. The Cape Hunt dates back to 1822 and the Rand Hunt held their first meet in 1887.

Local conditions have lead to both of the South African hunts being drag hunts. This means that the hounds hunt an artificially laid scent, and no live hunting or kill takes place. Hunting in South Africa has therefore avoided the controversy faced by hunts overseas.

What does this sport offer that makes so many dedicate themselves to it with such passion? The hunt is non-competitive and this helps to create a uniquely supportive riding environment. The hunt has a warm and strong social atmosphere that is steeped in tradition. This not only provides a little bit of pomp and ceremony but more importantly ensures smooth running and safety in the field.

Riders of all skills can enjoy the excitement of hunting. From novice to professionals, all will find just the right amount of challenge and an extraordinary amount of interaction with their horses.