Clerk of the course

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

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

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

Running the British Touring Car Championship races themselves is a huge responsibility, but one that race director Ian Watson enjoys.

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

In Austria, we stay in a hotel that’s not too far from the track, about a 10-minute drive. And what’s great about it is that you’re in a mountainous range and, when you wake up in the morning, you sme