**Note, you have to sign up for the first session (either Friday/JR or Saturday/Adult) in order to go to the Sunday Hunt session.
ADULT and JUNIOR FOX HUNTING CLINIC
DAY 1– Saturday August 22nd at 9:00 AM at Millington Stables, 3361 Millington Rd, Free Union, VA. 22940.
2 Mounted Sessions at Millington Stables, Approximately 1.5hrs each *, grouped by levels. Includes Morning: flat exercises to improve position, control and confidence, gymnastics to improve riders’ security! Afternoon includes: riding in fields, narrow trails, & hills; field-specific exercises (such as rein-backs, turn on the forehand) for gates and reversing field for staff; while negotiating trappy terrain; riding banks, ditches, streams, coops, panels & natural obstacles.
DAY 2– Sunday 23rd at 8:00 AM (You must participate in Day 1 to do Day 2) at Farmington Hunt Club, 5962 Wesley Chapel Road, Free Union, VA. 22940.
Free Union, VA 22940
HUNT (or visit hounds in the pen for green horses)
(Sun PM): Lunch & Information Session with Masters and Hunt Staff (hunting conditions, scent, horn calls, staff roles, protocol, traditions and attire will be discussed)
Who Should Attend?
Pony Clubbers & Trail riders who want to try foxhunting for the first time.
Hilltoppers who want to improve their riding skills or move up to Second Flight.
Second and First Flight riders who want to become more confident.
Green Horses new to hunting or new to coops and natural obstacles.
CLINICIANS:
Joy Crompton, MFH
Joy Crompton has been hunting with Farmington Hunt for 30 years and is currently joint MFH. She has schooled many young horses in the hunt field, led all three fields, and now leads second flight, hunting three times a week during hunt season. Joy brings to this clinic a wealth of professional experience and expertise. As an event rider, she started many young horses and brought them through the Preliminary level. She won the team Adult Preliminary Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park. Particularly her training with Jimmy Wofford taught her how to navigate cross country jumps and terrain safely. Joy shares her extensive knowledge by teaching students for the hunt field and combined training competitions.
Kip Holloway, MFH
Kip Holloway started drag hunting as an 11-year-old in Massachusetts, then moved to Middleburg as a teenager, where she was introduced to live fox hunting, eventing and timber racing. She has trained many young horses through the intermediate level of eventing, and introduced many youngsters to the hunt field. Kip has been hunting with Farmington Hunt since 1992, and started leading second flight in 2012. She became a joint MFH in 2019 and continues to be the 2nd flight field master
Liz King, MFH
Liz King has been breeding, training and riding professionally since she was 16 years old and was also trained under Jimmy Wofford. Ms. King has been managing the Millington Stables and making horses available for all types of riders, whether trail riding, riding lessons or foxhunting. She has been leading the Farmington Hunt Club Hilltoppers for over 15 years and has been a MFH for Farmington Hunt Club for several years.