Multi-purpose hunters

As thoughts begin to turn gradually towards the hunting season, spare a thought for your kit. Is it still in the state it was left in back in March? Never fear, Octavia Pollock has plenty of advice on how to get it in tip-top shape

Robert Blane on the value of the B test, a late foray into point-to-pointing and how endurance teaches key life skills

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

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Mark Bycroft on why 20% of his work is about putting horses down and 80% is dealing with their owners’ grief

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