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The Stirrup Cup and the Devon and Dorset Hunt
A toast to good hunting and the meet is off
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Overview
Members of the Devon and Dorset hunt drink from the stirrup cup and propose a toast before setting off on their hunt. The stirrup cup symbolises a parting drink of good wishes before a hunt. A legal ban on fox hunting is in place but traditional meets have adapted to maintain a presence and continue the riding element of a hunt in the countryside without the bloodsport.
A stirrup cup is so called because it is given on parting so literally when a rider’s feet are in the stirrups of a horse. At the meet, port or sherry is traditional before with feet already in stirrups, riders set off in search of a cunning fox.
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