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Henrietta Knight

The former racehorse trainer reflects on her favourite breed, the importance of patience and admitting when you’ve made an error

Harking back

Visiting beautiful stately homes is one of eventing’s unique selling points, and different locations have come and gone. Catherine Austen takes a nostalgic tour and catches up on plans for two venues that return to the fixtures list in 2020

A Savage day

With a pack of hounds that are “second to none”, the Teme Valley enjoy an excellent day’s trail-hunting, despite the inclement weather

‘A tough mare'

Flourishing trainer Philip Kirby talks to Hannah Lemieux about his Festival hopeful, dealing with setbacks and why his horses work in an outline

Taking breeding to a new level

Across the Atlantic, an ambitious jumping stud with British and Irish links is pushing boundaries in a bid to revolutionise US breeding, writes Nancy Jaffer

Northern stars

Becky Murray investigates the health of breeding in Scotland, and finds there is much to be excited about

Well worth a visit

Capt Ian Farquhar finds the Essex and Suffolk to be an ‘impressive show’ on his first trip to the region, as hounds run well with a really good cry

Hazel Shannon

Martha Terry talks to the rider from the Australian bush who has taken an unwanted ex-racer from ignominy to the eventing history books

Getting the ‘Dartmoor bug'

With nothing to stop the impressive hounds in any direction, a day with the Mid Devon is a rollercoaster experience for the uninitiated

Bridging the gap

If there was anything to coax you through the final hurdles of school drudgery, it is the prospect of a whole year hunting. Madeleine Silver finds out how to get your gap year fix on the hunting field

A Quality family

The Kennedy family stand seven stallions including OBOS Quality 004, sire of Burghley winner MGH Grafton Street, and breed 60 foals a year. Pippa Roome visits them at home in Ireland

‘We suddenly seem to have a problem with most of our boundaries'

With plenty of escapees, plus some unwanted visitors, poultry diarist Julian Hammer finds that the fencing at Rose Cottage is in need of some TLC

Western wonders

Queen Elizabeth I was a staunch advocate of Ryeland wool, while the last of the original Portlands to be sold at market 100 years ago were so poor that they barely received a bid. Tim Tyne looks at the fascinating past and present of both breeds

Turf wars

#PeatFreeApril is a new month-long, industry-wide campaign that has been launched to get smallholders and gardeners to go peat free. Sally Morgan reports

Trials not tribulations

In the final part of his mini series on training a sheepdog, Dudley Edmunds says why not consider moving on to the next level by taking part in trials with your canine superstar

The ‘seaweed breed'

Adam Henson divulges why the unique North Ronaldsay sheep is leading the way in terms of methane research

In the buff

In his series on birds that breed true, Grant Brereton looks at the various buff varieties, one of which has a very special royal connection

Delightful Dorpers

The British Dorper, a true all-round breed, seems to have everything a smallholder could want, but UK numbers are very low. Charlotte Cooper visits a Derbyshire breeder who has gone to the other side of the world in her bid to create the perfect sheep

An idiot's guide to lambing

Newish sheep-keeper Mike Fry reveals what the textbooks don’t tell you when it comes to welcoming little woolly bundles into your smallholding life

'Raddling black sheep is not very successful for obvious reasons'

New diarist Paul James is a doctor in a busy NHS hospital, but home is a smallholding in Derbyshire complete with sheep, poultry and a Welsh Mountain pony called Malty

Study Finds That Ranging Behaviours Impact On Problem-Solving In Chickens

Chickens have different personalities, a new study has suggested. This finding, which will hardly come as a surprise to most keepers, was published in Biology Letters in what the researchers believe to be the first study of its kind.

Green And Pheasant Land

The pheasant has a long and colourful history in Britain — but what of its future, wonders Jeremy Hobson

The historic Haydon

Steeped in tradition, the ‘happy ship’ of the Haydon has much to be proud of, not least its supporters, many of whom have followed the hunt since childhood

Paul Nicholls

The reigning champion trainer tells Martha Terry about his big-race contenders, a reformed tearaway and why Bryony Frost might become the first woman to win the Grand National

Train like a pro

William Fox-Pitt demonstrates his systematic approach to fl atwork training with his two top horses — and suggests a handy pre-season exercise for fresh jumpers

High Quality magic for Morton

Skilled course building and plenty of strong entries produce gripping competition at South View

Behind the scenes at the Beaufort

Rebecca Jordan visits the Duke of Beaufort’s immaculate kennels and meets the team behind the seamless operation

Solo's runaway triumph

A French colt gives Paul Nicholls his fifth Adonis win, while a promising young jockey takes the day’s most valuable race

That ‘hunting gene'

H&H hunting editor Catherine Austen highlights the need for positive, passionate spirit from hunting’s supporters as it looks to the future

Barker bags it

Things go to plan for Elsi Jacques, a weeklong partnership comes up trumps, and risky turns pay off for some