The horse finder

Laura Collett picks the six horses with the biggest influence on her career

A riding horse in-hand champion will make her debut at HOYS, a Welsh section A continues success for breeder and a pony bought for £750 proves a worthy purchase

The skills your horse learns on the hunting field can equip him for a surprising array of summer disciplines, finds Tessa Waugh

A Highland pony scores a double win, an eight-year-old bags her first HOYS ticket and a one-eyed ex-racehorse wins at Hickstead

Adam Short on his path to the top, his Adele moment at Paris 2025, and why attention to detail is key

Alice Cosgrove, clerk of the course at Market Rasen, on British weather, being a raceday conductor, and her 19-year-old “grizzly bear” cob