PICTURES: Annual Boxing day hunt 2016

HORSES and hounds returned to Rivington for Holcombe Hunt’s traditional Boxing Day meet. Last year the Boxing Day floods dampened the historic event but as the sun shone yesterday, horses and hounds turned out under the leadership of Hunt Master Sue Simmons. Resplendent in their scarlet jackets, more than 70 riders saddled up for the trail hunt, which took them around Rivington. Hundreds of spectators gathered to support the hunt, as they set off for a three-hour ride following scent trail