Long-serving huntsman stands down

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

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

Calverton’s kingpin looks back on a life of fish management

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

Sharon Thomas on the appeal of local shows, an ill-timed back flip, the joyful chaos of entertaining children – and smuggled dogs

Ahead of the season finale, which took place as H&H went to press, we caught up with some of last weekend’s winners