Bob Champion

Journalist to jockey blog: I will cherish this forever

Find out how race day at Epsom panned out for Gemma after months of preparation, blood, sweat and tears

From journalist to jockey: this is it — suddenly everything feels very real...

There’s a little over 48 hours to go until the big race

From journalist to jockey: a panic search comes good

There’s just five days to go until the big race...

Journalist to jockey blog: my nerves are starting to jangle

The countdown to race day is on as there is less than two weeks to go...

From journalist to jockey: I’ve got myself possibly the coolest gig going...

Opportunities like these don’t come around often (or probably ever)...

7 reasons you really need to be at Epsom for the Champions Willberry Charity Derby

Here are just a few reasons why you should be there, plus one incredible opportunity that would make your day a particularly memorable one…

From journalist to jockey: a serious wake up call

People look at me in horror when they find out I'm riding the Epsom Derby course

From journalist to jockey: looking like a pillock

H&H's very own Gemma Redrup has started her training in earnest

From journalist to jockey: ‘You? In a race? Going fast? Are you joking?’

Meet H&H journalist Gemma Redrup as she prepares for the race of her life

'The thrill of a lifetime': line-up for Champions Willberry Charity Derby revealed

Find out who will be taking part in the race at Epsom over the same course and distance as the Derby

‘Once in a lifetime opportunity’: applications open for Champions Willberry charity race

Find out how you can get involved with this race in aid of two great causes

Dressage rider to jockey in 60 days: 'this was IT — we were galloping around Cheltenham!'

Soldier wins Willberry race for young daughter with leukaemia

The 39-year-old beat famous faces during a charity race at Cheltenham which helped raise vital funds

Dressage rider to jockey in 60 days: I've got a new psychologist, now all I need to do is ride

Ali's big race day is tomorrow — find out how her final preparations have been progressing

Dressage rider to jockey in 60 days: can you be disqualified in a horse race for going too slowly?

Ali talks us through why she has "roughly the same emotional stability as a pre-pubescent teenager" at the moment

Dressage rider to jockey in 60 days: 'I need to start doing some cardio work. Soon. Maybe next week'

We catch up with Ali Dane as she continues her journey to learn how to race ride in time for the Champions Willberry Charity Race at Cheltenham on 20 April 2017

Dressage rider to jockey in 60 days: Will my see-through breeches survive the trip?

Meet Ali Dane and join her on her journey as she embarks on a great challenge to learn how to race ride in time for the Champions Willberry Charity Race at Cheltenham on 20 April 2017

Geoff Billington, Bob Champion and more famous faces ride through Liverpool

Yesterday's launch of the Equestrian.com Liverpool International Horse Show (31 December-2 January 2017) wasn't short of the celebrity factor

Bob Champion and Geoff Billington on the line-up for Liverpool parade

Carriage driver George Bowman is among the others who will be taking part in the parade later this month

Shetland pony show revitalised for 2012

The show that held the first Shetland pony Grand National is to be revived after 30 years, with the help of one of its original supporters - former jockey Bob Champion