Exceptionally athletic and a supreme trier, this sensitive character met his ideal match in Oliver Townend. Catherine Austen charts the career of one of the greatest partnerships in eventing history

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

Oliver Townend’s superstar ride Ballaghmor Class retires sound and fit aged 19 after a stellar career

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

James Bowen earns redemption from one of the lowest days of his career, to triumph with a catch ride on a legend

Although I realise that it is a favourite pastime among historians, particularly the British, to demonstrate that our idols have feet of clay, I must protest at the inclusion of Winston Churchill in t