Stunt rider

Robert Blane on the value of the B test, a late foray into point-to-pointing and how endurance teaches key life skills

Mark Bycroft on why 20% of his work is about putting horses down and 80% is dealing with their owners’ grief

Will Bryer on coveting a hound’s sense of smell, novel excuses for falling off and having to accept his wife is always right

From being too nervous to hold his binoculars to calling some of the greatest races, this week Derek “Tommo” Thompson retired after 60 years as a commentator

International jouster Emma Pearn describes the crescendo as the adrenaline takes hold – and how she’s pushing for her sport to be officially recognised

Elite amateur event rider Libby Seed chooses an eclectic mix of dream dinner party guests, steps back in time 2,000 years – and recalls being surrounded by soldiers