‘it’s about having a family atmosphere’

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

David Barker’s skills as a horseman were equalled by his proficiency when carrying the horn, Alastair Jackson explains in the latest of his series about great huntsmen he knew personally

The Boekelo designer Adrian Ditcham on watching horses jump, paint pantones and dreaming up a Burghley track

Two views of the same country

Double national champion and in the top 20 at her first Burghley, this rider has had the season of her career so far – 20 years in the making. Bethany Stone meets her

A racehorse’s groom knows all their likes and quirks, so who better to take them into their second career ? Jennifer Donald meets those who have done just that