Juddmonte marketing manager

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

A working hunter leaps to glory in the supreme and lands the biggest accolade of the show

An imposing stallion delivers a repeat success and the national champion is enjoying a similar purple patch

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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