A complaint was raised about a team name used at a team chase this month. H&H speaks to organisers, the man who raised the issue and the man who submitted the name
Hunting Round (Tom Ryall, Yellow; Roise Ryall, Black; Finn Ryall, Green; and Matt Ryall, Red) in the Open Team Chase at the Heythrop Team Chase incorporating the British National Championship in Gloucestershire, UK on 12 April 2014 TEAM chasing officials have apologised for any offence caused by a team name that generated a complaint.
A team by the name “Bolox. All Lives Matter” took part in the Grafton chase on 18 October. Grafton chairman Colin Richmond-Watson said under normal circumstances, it would have been spotted before the event.
“This year is very unusual,” he told H&H . “Normally we have a programme and it’s proof-read, but this year it was all done online and we didn’t get the print-out until shortly before the event.
“We have a very small team of volunteers, and 125 entries, very nearly 500 horses, so we were flat out and we didn’t spot it.”
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