Contents

• Cover Profile - Jim Bolger

• Under starter's orders - How starting stalls rules vary by country

• Fighting colic - stacking the odds in your favour

• Royal Ascot - one of the most sought-after race meetings for the world's best horses

• Lameness - can it be measured? 

• The Heath - 250 years on and Newmarket's training grounds are still going strong

• The Hambletonians - Tony Lindsell uncovers historic Hambleton

• Post-race bleeders - a deeper cause for concern? 

• Grand designs - building a training yard from scratch