‘i’ve never had a horse that wasn’t special’

ELLEN was expecting someone else entirely when Hugh walked into the Black Horse. She dropped the cloth she’d been using to polish the bar and flashed her best welcoming smile. “Hi Ellen,” Hugh greeted

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

“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

A racehorse’s groom knows all their likes and quirks, so who better to take them into their second career ? Jennifer Donald meets those who have done just that

When I was a child, we had a tortoise called Winnie who had belonged to my father when he was a boy in the 1950s. He called his pet Winston after Churchill, but this name had to be changed when he dis

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?