Mental health can shape not just a rider’s performance, but their horse’s wellbeing. Oscar Williams discovers how to recognise the signs – and why it’s sometimes braver not to ride

Illness threatened to end Yuli van der Molen ’s career before it had really begun. She tells Tom Davidson how she made it back

The Irish EF Education-EasyPost rider talks breakfast innovation, high-torque training and the mental challenges of racing

Rugby League was an opportunity to express myself when I was young. Give a big kid a rugby ball and he can run through people, so it became my career. I played in the Super League for Salford City Red

While my hero was losing his fight, I had a battle of my own

Singing my heart out on stage, I felt on top of the world. Dressed in leather trousers and a baggy top, I belted out tune after tune – from Queen and Blondie to The Killers and Stereophonics. I loved