The Farmington Hunt Club kennels and clubhouse are located in northwestern Albemarle County near Free Union. Our territory encompasses not only the rolling hills and fields at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where we have followed hounds since 1929, but also reaches into historic southern Albemarle along the Hardware and James rivers. Our country’s diverse terrain presents constant opportunity for great sport with a wide variety of riding experiences.

The weather has really shut down hunting at the time most of us plan on getting a lot of hunting done- the holidays and January. The foot hunts have been fun and Daron has shown good sport but we all long to get back going.  Your Board had a strategic planning meeting on Jan 24th to look at all our programs and attempt to make financially sound decisions for the future of our club. We reviewed our strengths and weaknesses and the possibilities for the future. Wish us luck

We have four new members: Caley Thomas, Mary Margaret and Charlotte Holden, and Lara Morris. Please welcome these new FHC folks and make them at home in the field and at all our events. It is very encouraging that three are students.

Congratulations on the very successful and well attended Hunter’s dinner organized by Beth Sutton and Kay Barquin - read more about this  feast in this site and our upcoming newsletter. We look forward to another fun evening coming up soon: the Cabin Fever afternoon at the clubhouse on Feb 21. There are plenty of social activities for all.

A big THANK YOU to BJ Korol for the donation of a portable generator for the kennels. That should insure that the power won’t go off again for awhile. Thanks BJ.

Just a reminder that the new Farmington Hunt Country maps with art work by Lee Gildea are available and can be ordered through the website or by calling Pattie Boden. When you see Lee, be sure to thank him for this very good piece. Pattie Boden and Evie Cowles worked with graphic professionals to produce a great print at a fair price. Please look at this fine work and order yours today.Proceeds from the sale of the map will benefit our club.
We look forward to  the Hunt Ball held in partnership with the Oak Ridge Hunt at Oak Ridge Estate in March.( For details on this see Events).

Reynolds Cowles, President, FHC