‘they’ve seen everything, they’ve been everywhere’

Can you hunt hounds and race-ride? How compatible are the two sports – and can you fit both in? Tessa Waugh finds out

Michael Farrin’s brilliance across country was key to the peerless sport he provided for the Quorn field, says Alastair Jackson in his latest piece about great hunting men he knew

A Blencathra bitch is champion for the third year running, and there’s emotion round the ring when a Cumbria beagle takes the supreme

Unflashy and not always an easy ride, this chestnut huntsman’s horse is, nevertheless, reliable, tough and adores the hounds

Clive Banwell on starting afresh at 65, preparing winners from the field and overcoming adversity

Home to carriages, coachmen and craftspeople, Buckingham Palace’s Royal Mews is a village in the heart of London. Matthew Dennison takes a look behind the stable doors of this great institution as it marks its 200th birthday