“Dakota Boy or Hooky to his friends, is an ex-racehorse and well known rug trasher. He decided to make his own modifications to his rug with a little help from his field mates. Full neck to neckless in 60 seconds! One of six unrecoverable ‘modifications’ so far this year… Doesn’t he look proud of his work?” — Laura Johnson

Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.