Springtime is welcomed in Mineral Springs, North Carolina, USA by the fanfare of the Queen’s Cup Steeplechase. The event is held at...

Like many pony-mad girls, Erin Pope went to work with horses as soon as she finished her A-levels. Starting out at a small eventing yard,...

On February the 22nd, we had four runners at Carlisle. It seemed an age since I had led up a winner, so I was chuffed to lead up Theme...

The process of naming a horse is regulated by intricate rules. There are thousands of names registered every year and each one is checked...

Donna Hills, 45, was always at the races, shadowing the runners of Champion trainer Paul Nicholls as well as managing the kit and...

Tracy Roberts has been crazy about horses and ponies since she was a little girl and started to follow National Hunt racing from the age...

I was supposed to be going to Wetherby on the 28th January but was rescheduled to Fakenham to take Frisco Bay (Frisky). His groom Alex...

Tony Woodley has been a saddle maker for thirty years, but only full-time for the last eight years. He lives in Rainford, near Haydock...

A lot of changes, alterations and diversity have been caused by the coronavirus pandemic and none more so than to the business of Claire...

Kevin Parsons grew up half a mile from Salisbury Racecourse and was fascinated by the sunny days of racing there. This led to a career in...

Being a pony-mad girl, Hannah Gregory, 28, has ridden since she was three. She rose through the ranks of the local Pony Club and competed...

It snowed at the end of December; proper fluffy white snow. Yardie John Dina made a snowman at the back of the stables with twiggy arms,...

Leanne White (nee Masterton) is one of the most respected travelling head staff in the UK and Internationally. At the age of sixteen, she...

Gordy Clarkson, 52, has worked with racehorses his entire life here in the UK and over in Ireland, with only a brief hiatus when he was...

The Honourable Mrs Elizabeth Wills lives near Cheltenham and caught the racing bug from her husband, Ian, who farms and has yearlings....

Not many people have the racing pedigree with as much black type in it as Jamie Insole! Jamie’s family includes successful jockeys and...

Graham and Alison Jelley have been involved with racehorse ownership for approximately twenty years. Their colours are a familiar sight...

I do love the frosty mornings, especially the silver haw frosts; cobwebs are sparkling lace, the ground twinkles like a surface of...

Jilly Cooper CBE began her writing career as a journalist before mixing the writing of non-fiction and fiction, but is most famous for...

As a jockey, Richard Pitman won a Champion Hurdle on Lanzarote in 1974, a Hennessy Gold Cup, a Whitbread Gold Cup and two King George’s...