Retraining of racehorses yard manager

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

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A rider returns triumphant after 11 years away, two champions reclaim their titles and a Highland pony father and son go head-to-head in the ring