Perfect little thug

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

Nicky Genders’ adventure of a lifetime started off with bumps in the road until their new four-legged misfit turned their luck around…

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

Bubby Upton gives the inside track on her week winning Bramham, a hugely satisfying result after a long journey with talented “freak of nature” Its Cooley Time

Showing dynasties reign in the supreme, a first win with a home-bred, and small is mighty in hunter ponies