HISTORY

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The Readyfield Bloodhounds were formed in 1980 by Peter Boddy and his son David. They were both given and loaned, 10 hounds from the Isle of Man and North Warwickshire Bloodhounds

The hounds were first hunted by the Boddy family in October 1980 at Ready field Farm, Caunton

The whips were David Boddy and Annie Arkle with Peter Boddy being amateur huntsman

The first Masters were Peter Boddy and Jim Beardsley 

The Master and Hunt staff wear brown a brown collared burgundy jacket with brass buttons initialed R.B.

                                                                                                                     Opening Meet 1980 Peter Boddy & Jim Beardsley

Peter Boddy was Master from 1980 until he died in 2001

In 1985 John Whetton joined the hounds as a runner and still does a lot of the running today with his partner Christine and her daughter Danny

In 1980Boyd Cross joined the Readyfield Bloodhounds to help out and became whip in 1986, which he still does today as well as joining the Mastership in 2004

Most of the hounds names begin with "Ro or De" which stems back from the original hounds loaned in 1980

The hounds are kenneled at Caunton and the pack consists of approximately 25 couple of black and tan hounds.  The hounds hunt until they are about 7 years old and the hunt breed at least one litter per year to enable us to carry on the line

Hounds hunt a clean boot, hunting a man for anywhere between 10 to 15 miles, followed by mounted riders over a variety of terrain

The course can include up to 60 fences, of which most are approx. 3' 6"

The country lies in a fifty mile radius of Newark, covering Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire

The meets take place on a Wednesday and either Saturday or Sunday by invitation of farmers and landowners, working with the co-operation of local hunts and hunting through some country which cannot be hunted by foxhounds 

MASTERS                                                        HUNTSMEN

Peter Boddy    1980 - 2001                           Peter Boddy   1980 - 1989

Jim Beardsley  1980 - 1982                          David Boddy  1989 - 1995

Peter Strawson  1982 - 1988                        Phil Humphreys  1995 - 1997    

Richard Brooks  1993 - 1998                       Robin Jackson  1997 - 1998

Robert Bealby  1996 - 2004                          Paul Larby  1998 - 2001

Boyd Cross  2004 - 2005                              David Boddy 2001 - Present

Stan Ardron MBH  2004 - 2006 

Fred Hibbett  MBH  2001 - Present       

Mike Atkinson MBH  2004 - Present

Graham Smith MBH  2005 - Present

                                                                                                                                                               Peter & David Boddy - Winkburn Hall 1983