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Will Bryer on coveting a hound’s sense of smell, novel excuses for falling off and having to accept his wife is always right

In the latest of his series about great foxhunters he knew personally, Alastair Jackson tells us about Captain Brian Fanshawe, master and huntsman of several premier league packs, including the Galway Blazers and the Cottesmore

The HH wins the doghound championship for the first time, while the Beaufort claim a 60th title

Top honours in the old English section are shared between these two historic packs, while Shropshire hunts take precedence in the modern English classes

Despite shying at “anything and everything”, this field master’s horse is “proper hunter” and a brilliant jumper

THE 2025 TRANSATLANTIC RACE ON THE ICONIC 1970S SLOOP HOUND WAS A TONIC FOR CONRAD HUMPHREYS