‘we are hunting people’

David Barker’s skills as a horseman were equalled by his proficiency when carrying the horn, Alastair Jackson explains in the latest of his series about great huntsmen he knew personally

Can you hunt hounds and race-ride? How compatible are the two sports – and can you fit both in? Tessa Waugh finds out

Family ties – human and equine – are being put to the test as relations go head-to-head for glory at HOYS. Bethan Simons finds out more

Two views of the same country

Her lifelong passion for dogs and horses has shaped her career and lifestyle – and now it has led to her first grown-up novel. So what else lies ahead for the unstoppable Clare Balding?

“We didn’t have a wheelbarrow to our names,” say breeders Richard Miller and Meirion Davies of Heniarth’s early days. Some 30 years later, they’ve made history. Bethan Simons finds out more