NATIONAL CHAMPION AND 1950s RACING PIONEER

Emily Routledge and Cindy Llewellyn have paid tribute to the small horse with a big heart, who has died, aged 29

The Princess Royal’s lifelong expertise with horses was sealed with the top award at 1971’s European Eventing Championship, the same year she became the first member of the Royal Family to scoop the B

Exceptionally athletic and a supreme trier, this sensitive character met his ideal match in Oliver Townend. Catherine Austen charts the career of one of the greatest partnerships in eventing history

Oliver Townend’s superstar ride Ballaghmor Class retires sound and fit aged 19 after a stellar career

With 36 years in hunt service behind him, Robert McCarthy is one of the country’s most senior and most respected huntsmen. He talks to Tessa Waugh about Crufts, the current situation and life in Northumberland