He described himself as a "galloping Anglophile," hooked on horse breeding, racing, hunting and other pastimes of the English gentry.
"The polo style of riding is a combination of racing, hunting, dressage…everything," says Ludwig, as we circle with mallets in hand.
Horses running in races sponsored by the monarchy then carried weights of around 12 st, more than the usual weight of 8 10 stone (51 64 kg), indicating that horse racing, hunting and chasing partly originated in a need for military training.
There are two types of Thoroughbred race: National Hunt races are run over hurdles or steeplechase fences over distances of up to 4.5 miles (7,200 m), while Flat races have no obstacles and are run over distances ranging from five furlongs (5/8 mile or 1,006 m) to 20 furlongs (4,024 m).
This has allowed the court's African critics to accuse it of "race hunting", even though most African cases were referred to the ICC by African governments; Kenya's consented.
AMID the celebrations of its 50th anniversary, the African Union last week called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague to drop its cases against Kenya's president and vice-president, accusing it of "race hunting".
The ICC had been formed more than a decade ago to end the culture of impunity, but "now the process has degenerated into some kind of race hunting", Mr Hailemariam said.
After his retirement in 1866 he lived happily at Deene, passing his time with horse-racing, hunting and shooting.
According to R-Keogh, other countries likely to leave in the near term include Namibia, Uganda, and Kenya, which is unsurprising, given that the country's president, Uhuru Kenyatta, said in 2013 that the court was "race hunting" on behalf of its benefactors and being used as a tool to oppress Africans.
The county is known for the equestrian sports of steeplechasing, horse racing, fox hunting, and jousting, the official state sport.
