Breeding by numbers

Experts debated whether being involved in sport is to the benefit or the detriment of our horses

How can science help reduce the risk of fractures in racing, and in turn societal concerns about horses in sport? Christopher M Riggs FRCVS explains

“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

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The Boekelo designer Adrian Ditcham on watching horses jump, paint pantones and dreaming up a Burghley track

The 2025 Racing Foundation conference heard how other sports have attracted new audiences