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The latest news from the sport horse and thoroughbred world. Weekly focus on breeding, national hunt, showjumping, eventing, showing and sales for the farmer breeder.

‘I’d always had this sense of the healing power of horses’

After years in the film industry, Melanie Downes returned to horses and discovered a gentler way to support families through life’s challenges.

NEWS 7 January 2026
‘I’d always had this sense of the healing power of horses’
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