Web site for members and supporters of Caza Ladron Hunt
Caza Ladron, treasuring the sport of the hunt in northern New Mexico. P.O. Box 5353, Santa Fe, NM 87502 Est: 1999 Reg: 2000 MFHA Rec: 2006
Caza Ladron Hunt Structure
Masters of Foxhounds:
- Brian Gonzales
- Richard S. Patton
- Nancy Ambrosiano
Huntsmen: Brian Gonzales, MFH; and Rick Atchinson (Hon)
Whippers In: (Prof) Elsa Kloess Frost; (Hon) Betsy Atchinson, (Hon) Phyllis Gonzales.
Kennels: HIPICO Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
President: Nancy W. Ambrosiano, 505-412-1042, nancyambro@gmail.com
VP (membership & devm't): Richard S. Patton, rspatton@aol.com
Honorary Secretary: Phyllis Gonzales
P.O. Box 5353, Santa Fe, NM 87502, Tel.: (505) 983-9587
Advisory Board: RS Patton, N Ambrosiano, B&R Atchinson, D. Hagey, E. Kloess
For information about our hunt and riding or visiting us, e-mail Phyllis at
Phyllismgonzo@aol.com
Horse rentals are usually available for hunting ($100) or hound exercise.
Foxhounds: 16 Crossbred couple.
Hunting: Coyote.
Season: Formal -- October—March. Cubbing-- August/September/October
Meet: Wednesdays and Saturdays. Hound exercise Tues/Thurs. Visitors permitted to hunt—for details contact the Hon. Sec. Hounds went out 44 times last season.
Colors: Tan base, with violet overlay and ivory edging. Silver buttons can be awarded as additional honor after colors.
The Country is mostly open and rolling with numerous juniper and pinon pine. Some rocky areas, some sandy riverbed, some steep hills and occasional ravines. Some of the fixtures have coops over barbed-wire fence.
Liability release form. Please bring this form with you to your first hunt!
Videos
Important News Updates
CLOSING MEET for the 2022-2023 season is March 25, hounds move off at 9. Please park behind the back fence by the kennels, after dropping your breakfast goodies at the clubhouse. Bring your Carnivale mask and enjoy!
Photos
Latest Activity
Directions to Camel Tracks fixture
Come past HIPICO on Airport Rd, then take a right onto the dirt road, NM 56C, as if you're coming to the kennels the back way.Keep going up the mesa past HIPICO, parking by the third cattle guard (#1 is near the kennels, #2 up on the mesa, #3 will have trailers parked nearby), up on the mesa toward Tetilla Peak!See More
Directions to Camel Tracks fixture
Come past HIPICO on Airport Rd, then take a right onto the dirt road, NM 56C, as if you're coming to the kennels the back way.Keep going up the mesa past HIPICO, parking by the third cattle guard (#1 is near the kennels, #2 up on the mesa, #3 will have trailers parked nearby), up on the mesa toward Tetilla Peak!See More
Blog Posts
About Horn Calls You'll Hear Out Hunting
Posted by Nancy Ambrosiano on October 29, 2015 at 2:42pm
Places to live with horses to maximize closeness to fixtures.
Posted by Darlene Perez on October 26, 2015 at 11:37am — 2 Comments
Other good foxhunting links to explore
- Come shopping at the Caza Ladron Gift Shop! Shirts, aprons, water bottles, even note cards!
- Masters of Foxhounds Association, MFHA
- Artfully Equestrian, a site for lovely hand-crafted hunt-related gifts, china, and more.
- Get great outdoorsy hunt breakfast ideas here, at The Cowboy's Kitchen site. Tasty things you can cook outdoors!
- Read a new online hunt magazine, Foxhunting Life, by the former editor of the MFHA publication, Norm Fine.
- What to Wear. . . From the folks in Virginia at Horse Country saddlery. For another rather conservative take on attire, here's the Hillsboro Hounds web site.
- Arapahoe Hunt
- Bijou Springs Hunt
- Foxhunters Online (FOL), email discussion list (aka FOL), which allows foxhunting enthusiasts around the world to converse via email about topics related to mounted foxhunting. Oh, and don't miss Best stories from FOL
- Chronicle of the Horse foxhunting forum
- U.S. Sportsmen's Allliance
- Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance (SAOVA)
- Equestrian Land Conservation Resource , ELCR
- United States Pony Clubs, Inc. Foxhunting program
- Here's a link to the sound files of "Hunting By Ear," where one can click on such items as "doubling the horn," "blowing away," "calling hounds back," etc. http://www.btinternet.com/~countryside.webservice/sounds/
- Hunt Whip Repairs at Midwest Whips, Nevada
- Foxhunters Consignment Store
- Oakdale Horse Farm, source for hunt bridles, sandwich cases, hunt whips and more.
- Foxhunters.net British and Irish shopping opportunities, direct from the hunts "over there."
- Clothing source, rather interesting: Hunting Stock Market in the UK.
- Possible origins of the term "pink" for the red or scarlet coats
- Hunt Songs! http://dungeonwood.blogspot.com/search/label/Hunt%20Songs
- And lots more links here!
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Forum
Directions to Camel Tracks fixture
Started by Nancy Ambrosiano in Hunt Directions Jan 5.
Directions to HIPICO Santa Fe (stabling and kennels)
Started by Nancy Ambrosiano in Hunt Directions Feb 17, 2015.
Directions to Caja del Rio/HQ Well fixture
Started by Nancy Ambrosiano in Hunt Directions Jan 1, 2009.
Directions to Buckman Well site
Started by Nancy Ambrosiano in Hunt Directions Oct 20, 2008.
Directions to Rowe Mesa site
Started by Nancy Ambrosiano in Hunt Directions Oct 20, 2008.
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