‘a giant of a personality’

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

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

Brown Jack not only won six consecutive times in Ascot’s Queen Alexandra Stakes, but was also the model for one of only two finished sculptures by Sir Alfred Munnings. A cast of it made top price at auction–as did a Canaletto at another sale

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

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

HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY