‘head and shoulders above anyone else’

In the latest of his occasional series about great foxhunters he knew personally, Alastair Jackson considers Simon Clarke, from whom he took over the South Dorset hounds

Gone, but never forgotten – Kate Johnson unearths the stories behind the spectacular horses that have given their names to trophies

With hunting under attack in the UK, how is the sport faring in Ireland? Octavia Pollock talks to the new chairman of the Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association, Pat Hayes, to find out

Rosemary White recalls the gritty mare who won 15 races and survived a gallop down a dual carriageway – and eating humble pie in front of the Duke of Beaufort

A clever jumper who kept a little bit up his sleeve, when Bindaree won an attritional Grand National he could have raced another circuit. Kate Johnson charts the career of the Twiston-Davies’ beloved stalwart

Rupert Bell on “earning his spurs” in frontline journalism, family ties to racing, hunting and royalty – and the spy in his midst