The Steeplechase Course
The Norfolk Hunt Steeplechase Course, affectionately known as "The Racecourse," is located at 240 North Street in Medfield, Massachusetts. The property is the jewel in the crown of the land the Norfolk Hunt is privileged to use. The fifty-acre space is comprised of flat surfaces, rolling hills, trails, open fields and wooded areas, many of which feature traditional foxhunting obstacles, including, stonewalls, banks, brush jumps, coops, hogbacks, cordwood, and more. The Steeplechase Course is home to many of Norfolk's events including fox hunts, hound schoolings, foxhunting clinics, The Norfolk Hunt Horse Show, Polo In the Country, the Norfolk Hunt Field Hunter Show, Norfolk Hunt Derby Cross and the Norfolk Hunter Trials, among others. Norfolk's traditional Thanksgiving Hunt departs from the Steeplechase Course each year.
The Norfolk Hunt Steeplechase Course is part of the Wardner Farm Trust property, which is maintained and managed by the Norfolk Hunt Club. The land was acquired by the Wardner Farm Trust for the Club's use in 1927, at which time it was home to hound schoolings, steeplechase races and other equine events.
Please fill out an online waiver prior to riding on the Steeplechase grounds. must be completed annually.
THE NORFOLK HUNT STEEPLECHASE COURSE
A private property managed and maintained by the Norfolk Hunt Club
RULES OF USE
equestrians
riders must HAVE A SIGNED RELEASE FILED WITH THE NHC.
EXERCISE CAUTION AND COURTESY TO OTHER RIDERS AND PEDESTRIANS.
RESPECT AND PRESERVE THE FOOTING.
ALL LESSONS MUST INCLUDE AN NHC MEMBER OR HAVE PERMISSION FROM NHC.
RIDERS ACTING RECKLESSLY OR IN VIOLATION OF RULES RISK LOSING USE OF THE PROPERTY.
DOG WALKERS
BE RESPECTFUL OF HORSES, RIDERS AND FOXHOUNDS AT all times
no professional dog walkers.
dogs must be under control and leashed at all times.
pedestrians
horses and riders have the right of way.
no sports involving balls, remote controlled devices or other flying objects.
no loitering.
vehicles
no motorized vehicles, snowmobiles, dirt bikes or atvs.
horse trailers must have permission from nhc and park in designated area left of entrance.
no bicycles.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The norfolk hunt club regularly uses this property for training foxhounds and other activities.
for your and your animal’s safety, please follow the rules of use.
property is closed from sunset to sunrise.
property is closed to dogs and horses from 6am t0 12 noon on Tuesdays, thursdays and saturdays from march 15 to june 1 and from august 15 to december 1.
hunt riders and foxhounds will occasionally use this property at other times.
be alert at all times.
pass at your own risk.
report damage to land or jumps immediately.
become a friend of the norfolk hunt club steeplechase course to hELP MAINTAIN THIS BEAUTIFUL OPEN SPACE.
Please sign-up a few days in advance for permission to trailer in or use the Steeplechase Course for lessons
friends of the steeplechase course
Become a Friend of the Steeplechase Course and help defray the expenses associated with managing and maintaining this special property.
Funds received from Friends of the Steeplechase Course will be used to: pay property taxes; lime, fertilize and mow fields; clear trails of brush, branches and downed trees; build and maintain jumps, and other expenses related to the land.
To make a donation, please download pledge form and mail in with a check, or make your donation via venmo.
Norfolk Hunt Venmo QR code for donations
