Sir Martin Broughton has been involved with racehorse ownership for 29 years. His red and green colours are carried by horses of which he...

Andrew ‘Andy’ Reeves is a genuine horse lover. He was raised in Luton and Milton Keynes, not having had a horsey upbringing. Yet, all...

Having called announcements for years, Charlie Parkin has become the voice of many racecourses, most notably Cheltenham. He is also seen...

Jaimie Duff loves racing. She stumbled into working in this sport and has become a huge part of Lucinda Russell’s yard in Kinross,...

On Halloween, I had a great day at Wetherby when ‘my’ Arrivederci won first time out – it was the first winner I’d led up this season...

Darren Bird has become to racing what Norman Thelwell was to the Pony Club. No plump, devilish ponies with ‘Birdie’ but vivid depictions...

John Hales had his first runner on a racetrack, trained by the late Gordon Richards, in March 1996 and it was not a fairy tale finish....

Molly Hobbs learnt to ride as a child and could not escape from being pony mad; this turned into a love of racehorses! After completing...

The inspiration for a training establishment to be built at Jackdaws Castle, near Ford in Gloucestershire, arose from the mulling over a...

Richard and Donna Evans lived a dream at the October meeting at Cheltenham when their Tegerek won under conditional jockey Kevin Brogan....

Last summer, estate manager Federico Bazan, Madalin Radu (Doc) and the maintenance team undertook the challenge of fixing a leak in the...

Leigh Pollard, 37, is a familiar sight next to Kim Bailey’s runners. Her love of horses goes beyond the racecourse and she competes her...

On October 16th, Carys’ Commodity won his second race over hurdles. He won well at Fakenham, making his groom Lauren Hay very happy. CC...

On October 2nd, I took Opine to Huntingdon, where he ran in the juvenile hurdle. He ran really well, finishing second. It was the start...

Head Groundsman at Cheltenham Racecourse is Ben Hastie’s dream job. Originally from Banbury in Oxfordshire, he might have detoured...

Lizzie Kelly, now Partridge, rode approximately fifty point-to-point winners whilst studying and went onto ride at the top level with...

Nicola Currie, 27, began show jumping but sought a different challenge, so found racing through a friend. The rest, as they say, is so...

Richard ‘Dickie’ Johnson was in AP McCoy’s shadow for too long – he was runner-up to him 16 times in the Jockeys’ Championship. AP’s...

In her former role as head of travelling, Carolyn White was a familiar sight alongside Dr Newland’s runners. In the past, Carolyn led up...

On 5th September, Imperial Command (Pumba) ran at Haydock under Oisin Murphy. Once again, he ran a blinder and finished third, beaten by...