Horses
The turf
When the nine equine athletes involved in the seven-furlong contest for Newbury’s Saturday highlight, the Group Two BetVictor Hungerford Stakes,…
Riding high
In March 1913 two horse painters met at the Lyceum Club to discuss the establishment of a Society of Animal…
Pet projects
Her Majesty’s love of dogs and horses
Real life
Everything is well and truly burned to a crisp, and we are piling through hundreds of pounds of hay a…
Real life
As he grouted the last tile, five years after the bathroom was finished, I knew the game was up. ‘I…
Real life
After the landowner told us to be out in three weeks, then admitted we had three months to move our…
Real life
The letter arrived in a hand-addressed envelope, inside of which was a handwritten note. After everything we have been through,…
No time for losers
Every red-blooded Englishman has believed that exercise in the open air is the finest prophylactic against popery, adultery and the…
Real life
Not long after he took on a smallholding for his cobs, the builder boyfriend found a couple walking through his…
Real life
Always the National Trust sticker. It feels like every time a car parks across the gateway to my horses’ field…
Real life
The whole of Surrey and south-west London seem to have gone abroad on holiday so I’ve got my sanity back.…
Pet peeve
Let animals be animals
Root out ragwort!
A sea of bright yellow flowers in a sun- drenched meadow… what could be more idyllic? Sadly, all that glisters…
Why are men so obsessed with dieting?
In this gloriously sunny week, the cavalry horses are off on their summer break to Bodney, Norfolk. They can be…
New Zealand
On my first night in Christchurch, I woke at 3.32 a.m. to what felt like an explosion. My bed was…
Send in the clones
The super-rich are already bringing beloved dogs and horses back to life. Soon the rest of us will be able to do it too
Our drugs cheat
Do you want to see Paula Radcliffe’s blood? If so, you’re not alone. Radcliffe, three-time winner of the London Marathon…
There will be blood
Siena’s Palio is steeped in violence, bribery and corruption. But it matters to its people more than anything, says Jasper Rees
The NHS was great for Girl, but I still don’t like it
When Girl came off the horse it didn’t look like a bad fall. More like an involuntary and rather hurried…
Real life
On the basis that I might need a new boiler soon, I thought I had better sell the London flat…
It really must be a mid-life crisis. I’ve fallen in love with a pony
Because I’m reckless, stupid and irresponsible, I normally get landed with the biggest, most obstreperous hunters. But the other weekend…
The beautiful Balkans on horseback
There’s no better way to see Bulgaria’s mountains
Dear Mary
Q. Success has come to me in later life with an unfortunate side effect. Since my career has taken off,…
