Emily Routledge and Cindy Llewellyn have paid tribute to the small horse with a big heart, who has died, aged 29

NATIONAL CHAMPION AND 1950s RACING PIONEER

Broadcaster and biographer Humphrey Burton became familiar to millions of television viewers in the early 1980s as the genial presenter of the BBC’s Young Musician of the Year, the programme he launch

The relentlessly positive spirit of the VWH hounds and their huntsman is infectious during a good day’s sport

Jake Saywell tops an A-list grand prix field and a striking appaloosa hits flying form with her new rider

With 36 years in hunt service behind him, Robert McCarthy is one of the country’s most senior and most respected huntsmen. He talks to Tessa Waugh about Crufts, the current situation and life in Northumberland