When cycling’s your job, real-world skills remain frozen in time

NATIONAL CHAMPION AND 1950s RACING PIONEER

Following her retirement, Helen Rowe, 70, from Benfleet, Essex, took some wise words to heart – with very positive results

ONLY IN HORSE & HOUND

Riders using their voice in the ring, brave returns after setbacks and careful step-ups shaped an encouraging start to the year

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