Daphne

This contrary mare may spin like a top and be uncatchable in the summer, but she's "terrifyingly brave" and absolutely brilliant in the hunting field

WHEN someone tells you that they’ve got a mare for you to try, you don’t welcome the caveat “don’t clip her or put shoes on until you’ve hunted her a couple of times. She’s made everybody cry and she might have to go back to Ireland”. Daphne, a grey Irish Draught, then 12, was with Heather Moodie at the Heythrop, for whom Lizzie Chutter was riding when her horse was off games. “Spinning on the end of the lead-rope,” remembers Lizzie. “She practically loaded herself; a positive at least!” The positives continued. On their first day, Daphne lost three shoes, but “when I pulled her out of the stable in the morning – or got pulled out of her stable – she was sound. I thought it was probably worth…

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Horse & Hound (Digital) - 1 Issue, 6-Mar-2025

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