Bhs director of safety

Robert Blane on the value of the B test, a late foray into point-to-pointing and how endurance teaches key life skills

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

Mark Bycroft on why 20% of his work is about putting horses down and 80% is dealing with their owners’ grief

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MN’s editor reflects on the progress that has been made in safety

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