I am cheating a bit, but those who are interested there is a site which describes the recent National US hunt test and various setups.
Remember that in US AKC hunt tests, there are no winners as such, they either pass or fail, as in our obedience trials.
http://www.masternational.com
I feel that if I am going to copy some of the US training ideas, looking at what they require in the US, for the same ? result, makes sense to me.
Julie. Remember too there is a huge difference between hunt tests and (what they call) field trials in the US.