The protesters last night claimed that she had used her whip 17 times during the altercation at Pevensey Marshes, Sussex.
A spokesman for the ESRMH said that while it does not “condone any form of violence”, riders had been subjected to “extreme provocation, personal harassment and other offences”.
“The hunt acts lawfully within the confines of the Hunting Act 2004 and takes every measure to ensure the law is adhered to,” they added.
A representative from the Countryside Alliance said: “As we have always known, the reality is that the anti-hunting movement is far more about the hatred of people who hunt than the love of animals.