Legs don’t go past the saddle flaps? No problem!

Having legs that don’t quite go past the saddle flap, a pony whose tummy is perilously close to the ground or even not quite having mastered walking yourself is no barrier to these pint-sized followers getting out on the hunting field this season

Don’t miss this week’s issue of Horse & Hound magazine (4 January 2017) with 11 pages of Boxing Day photos

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Hursley Hambledon

Hands up if we've spotted a budding hunting star! H&H's polo reporter Aurora Eastwood's three-year-old nephew gets into the swing of things out with the Hursley Hambledon

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Silverton

All smiles: Jessica Saunders is smartly turned out for the Silverton's meet at Creedy Barton, Devon

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South Durham

The fact that eight-year-old Thomas Howey isn't much taller than the South Durham hounds isn't hindering his enthusiasm...

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Ludlow

The Ludlow welcomes this pint-sized follower for its meet at Kitesnest in Cleestanton, Shropshire — we just don't envy having to get those legs grey again...

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Ludlow

Good view from up there? Edie Godden hitches a ride with Amy Broom

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Silverton

Para dressage rider Ed Chanin gives his daughter Grace a taste for hunting

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Heythrop

Do jodhpurs come any smaller? It would be hard to rival this Heythrop follower in the cute stakes

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Beaufort

Credit: Sarah Farnsworth

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Belvoir

All ages: from left to right, James Canby, Oscar Moulaert, Rory Gwyn-Jones, Louisa Gwyn-Jones and Frances Moulaert at the Belvoir's opening meet at Long Clawson in October