Horses
The magic of Aintree
However hard some people try to make it a business, jump racing remains a sport and the Grand National its…
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
