‘she banked a car and emerged without a scratch’

HIGHLIGHTS 1 June

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

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

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

One of Britain’s most exciting young eventers tells Martha Terry about the highs, the falls, and what it’s like working with a horse who hates ditches…

Martin Coakes on flying horses around the globe, “shuttle stallions” – and the day Black Caviar wore a compression suit