‘it’s been so much fun’

In the latest of his series about great foxhunters he knew personally, Alastair Jackson tells us about Captain Brian Fanshawe, master and huntsman of several premier league packs, including the Galway Blazers and the Cottesmore

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

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

Despite shying at “anything and everything”, this field master’s horse is “proper hunter” and a brilliant jumper

The HH wins the doghound championship for the first time, while the Beaufort claim a 60th title