If hunter paces are your thing, Sunday June 9 is your day; you’ll just have to make a choice about where to ride.
Both the Monmouth County Hunt and the Essex Foxhounds are having paces then in different parts of New Jersey. (Wouldn’t it be nice if one was on the Saturday and one on the Sunday?) But Jennifer Donaldson of Monmouth explained “all of the New Jersey hunts meet and try to coordinate dates, but sometimes it’s hard to avoid a conflict.”
Monmouth’s Spring Pace III is open to English and Western riders in teams of two or three in three different divisions. Participants will ride a marked course approximately six to eight miles in length teams of 2 or 3 in 3 different divisions. The pace will be set by members of Monmouth. A collared shirt, ASTM/SEI helmet and boots with a heel are required.
The first team goes out at 9 a.m. from the hunt kennels, 50 East Branch Road, Allentown, with the last team out at 12:30 p.m.
Monmouth paces feature Thoroughbred Incentive Program awards, including a year-end prize for the 2019 series.
For more information, go to monmouthcountyhunt@gmail.com or call (732) 915-0492
The Essex pace runs from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Cedar Lane Farm, 87 Homestead Road, Califon (just a few miles from the center of Oldwick in Hunterdon County). For information, call Jim at (908) 337-2546
is having a pace June 8 and the Essex Foxhounds’ spring pace is the next day.
The Essex pace is at Cedar Lane Farm, 87 Homestead Road, Califon (just a few minutes from downtown Oldwick in Hunterdon County). For information, call Jim Gordon at (908) 337-2546 or go to www.essexfoxhounds.org.