If you are not a current subscriber and wish to hunt for a day with the CH or are a current subscriber but wish to hunt on a day to which you do not subscribe, you must book with the Hunt Secretary (see the Contact page) and are expected to pay in advance.
From 2023-4 season onwards, if you are a member of Melton Hunt Club (MHC) and wish to have a reduced-rate day with the CH, you should book and pay direct to CH Hunt Secretary and not MHC.

How to book caps

• You should email the Secretary specifying the day and date (and further names if you are booking for a group)
• The Secretary will check that there are no restrictions on the number of non-subscriber places (caps) for that day and that neither you nor anyone else you are booking for (if you are booking for others as well as yourself) has exceeded the number of caps each individual is allowed in the current season
• Assuming everything is OK, the Secretary will then email you to offer a provisional place for that day and with a booking number or reference

How to pay

• You then pay your cap. You will find it easiest to pay the cap online (see below)
• If you are subsequently unable to hunt, you should notify the Secretary as soon as possible. Anyone giving less than 48 hours notice of cancellation will not have their cap refunded but it may be 'banked' with the Secretary for use on a future day. Caps will, however, be refunded if that day's hunting is subsequently cancelled by the Hunt but not if the day is cut short or starts late.
• If, nevertheless, you still wish to pay in cash or by cheque on the day you hunt, you must agree this with the Secretary beforehand.

Cap prices

The normal (not MHC) cap prices may be shown on the Subscriptions page but are usually by arrangement with Hunt Secretary

Online payment

After being given your provisional place by the CH Secretary, you can pay the appropriate cap online here using a credit card, debit card or PayPal by:

• clicking an "I accept" box to acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to the booking conditions
• clicking one of the two buttons to indicate whether you are taking a normal (full-rate) Cottesmore cap or an MHC reduced-rate cap
• entering the cap amount (without a £-sign — e.g. 150.00) in the first larger box below, and
• the day and date for which you have requested a place (e.g. 'Tuesday 11th November') in the second box. If you would like the Secretary to contact you if there are changes to the meet or second horse venues or meet time, please add your mobile phone number (e.g. 'Tuesday 11th November 07973 123456')
• entering the provisional booking reference number (which may be a number or a code such as 'C011612') given you by the Secretary into the third box, then
• [if and only if you are taking an MHC cap, an extra box will appear]: filling in your Countryside Alliance membership number and the name of the Hunt to which you normally subscribe
• clicking the Pay button

You be presented with an invitation to either log in to a PayPal account or (if you wish to pay by credit or debit card) 'Check Out as a Guest'

If you have asked for places for more than one person (for the same day), please enter the total amount due: the Secretary will know from your original email the names for whom you are booking. But please do not try to pay for more than one day (e.g. "Tuesday 11th November and Saturday 15th November") in one transaction,

You will be presented with confirmation of your payment amount and asked to provide some further information. When your payment is complete, the system will immediately email you a receipt. This is copied to the Secretary who may then email you to confirm your booking. When you turn up to hunt, please give the Secretary a copy of the payment receipt.

Please do not make any payment until you have received a provisional place from the appropriate Secretary.

If you have a confirmed booking but have queries about the meet venue, parking, second horse venue and the like, please contact the Hunt Secretary via the Contact page.