Virginia Hunt Week 2011! October 15 through 29 You may want to examine the VHW website from 2007 or from 2009. The schedule below is pretty well set and final. Keep in mind that last minute changes are possible. Please note! Casanova Hunt will have to cancel. We're very sorry and realize that this is a huge disappointment. Joyce and Bill Fendley have kindly arranged tickets to the International Gold Cup for the Virginia Hunt Week participants who had made reservations to hunt with Casanova. Please call Joyce Fendley about the tickets: 540-788-4116. Again, our apologies. Horse Country will be running a drawing and every registered participant will be entered. Check your packet for more information. Rappahannock Hunt will host a cocktail party at the home of Ginny and Dave Reardon in Culpeper on Sunday, October 16. You can sign up for it on the registration form and you'll get additional information in your packet. Well-known photographer Liz Callar will be at some of the meets. Check her website, www.lizcallar.com, for proofs. Sign up for the email list (just send a blank message): VirginiaHuntWeek-subscribe@yahoogroups.com There is a Google Map with most of the fixtures but many of the locations are only APPROXIMATE. Use caution!

Please support our long-time sponsor, Horse Country.

If you have questions or comments, please contact Cindy Morton (mortonc@wlu.edu).

The Masters of all participating Hunts have agreed not to allow capping on the day they host Virginia Hunt Week. This helps to support the event as a whole. If you're only able to attend two or three days of hunting, it's still well worth signing up!

What you get:

Fourteen days of hunting with fourteen different packs in the heart of Virginia! An informal tailgate breakfast will follow each meet.

What you need to bring:

Most of the meets are part of cubhunting season and traditional ratcatcher attire is appropriate. State law requires that proof of a negative Coggins test be presented at each meet for each horse present. State law requires that horses transported into Virginia from other states must have a health certificate. State law requires that participants carry a current Virginia hunting license while hunting. It is not the responsibility of each day's host hunt club to verify that participants obey the law by obtaining and carrying a hunting license but license fees support conservation and habitat preservation. Virginia Hunt Week organizers strongly encourage every foxhunter to purchase a license. If you live outside the state of Virginia and wish to purchase a license, you may purchase a license by phone or by mail or online, or at most Walmart stores. (You may read that you're required to pass the state-sanctioned hunter education program. That does not apply to foxhunters.)

Please return by mail:

The registration form and waiver, printed and completed. Participating juniors should have the waiver signed by a parent or guardian or their authorized agent. Forms are available in both PDF and Word format. (Strangely, the Word document is a smaller file.) The form may be slow to download. Please be patient. If you can't download the forms from this website, please let me know! Email mortonc@wlu.edu. Again, please be patient. There may be a delay before I can reply to your email. Payment (personal check or money order made out to Virginia Hunt Week) should be mailed with the registration form. There is one fee for all Virginia Hunt Week activities. Regular hunting members of the affiliated hunt clubs (Bedford County Hunt, Bull Run Hunt, Casanova Hunt, Colonial Fox Hounds Hunt, Commonwealth Foxhounds, Deep Run Hunt, Farmington Hunt, Glenmore Hunt, Keswick Hunt, Middlebrook Hounds, Oak Ridge Fox Hunt, Old Dominion Hounds, Princess Anne Hunt, Rappahannock Hunt, Reedy Creek Hounds, Rockbridge Hunt) may participate for a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per person. Other foxhunters will pay a fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) per person. There are reduced fees for juniors and citizens of the UK. A penalty for late registration will be assessed. Anyone whose registration information is postmarked after midnight on September 30 will be charged an additional fifty dollars ($50).

Please support our long-time sponsor, Horse Country. The Masters of all participating Hunts have agreed not to allow capping on the day they host Virginia Hunt Week. This helps to support the event as a whole. If you're only able to attend two or three days of hunting, it's still well worth signing up! Arrangements for human and equine accommodations are up to each participant. We have listed some accommodations, grouped by area - Southwestern, Northern, Central, and Eastern. These listings are not up-to-date. Please make appropriate inquiries. For additional information, contact Cindy Morton by email (mortonc@wlu.edu) or call at the office, 540-458-8109, between 7 am and 3 pm.

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