A charity has renewed fundraising efforts to restore a 76-year-old steam engine. West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA) said it needs up to £3m to return Ditcheat Manor to working order. The ...

IT may have been quiet on the racing front this week, but it was still exciting at Ditcheat. I’ve been getting to know Caldwell Potter, the horse who cost 740,000 Euros at auction last month, and his ...

I rode out with Keagan Kirkby virtually every day and he was the kindest soul THE last week has been incredibly tough for everyone at Ditcheat. Last Sunday, we learned the devastating news one of our ...

Paul reflects on some rare disappointments and explains why January is the best time to make sure his runners are fighting fit for the big meetings. Flu, of both the human and swine variety, is in the ...

Clifford has been Head Lad at Ditcheat since 1996. He left school in 1977 at 16 and went to David 'The Duke' Nicholson's Condicote yard as a lad and jockey, where he had 17 rides and one winner. That ...

Ruby Walsh was back riding out at Paul Nicholls’ yard for the first time since he broke a leg at Down Royal in November. Ruby Walsh was back riding out at Paul Nicholls’ yard for the first time since ...

Hundreds of revellers gathered to give Grand National champion Neptune Collonges a hero's welcome as he returned to his home village today. Villagers in Ditcheat in Somerset lined the sides of the ...

What we agreed on was that my days as his first jockey had come to an end. I started as Paul’s stable jockey in October 2002, but when I chose to live in Ireland, this was always going to be a job ...

This week's Bells on Sunday, comes from the church of St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat in Somerset. Ditcheat was one of the last great medieval towers to be completed in the county and there were five ...

THE last week has been incredibly tough for everyone at Ditcheat. Last Sunday, we learned the devastating news one of our friends and colleagues at the yard, Keagan Kirkby, had passed away. For those ...