Paul Townend was left to watch Golden Ace gallop by after State Man crashed out at the last in a scarcely believable Champion Hurdle (Adam Davy/PA)
Umbrellas were the order of the day on the second afternoon of the Cheltenham Festival in March (David Davies/PA)
Inothewayurthinkin foiled the hat-trick bid of Galopin Des Champs in the Cheltenham Gold Cup (Adam Davy/PA)
What can be better than winning the National? Winning it with your son riding. Hats off to Willie and Patrick Mullins, and of course Nick Rockett! (David Davies for The Jockey Club)
After another thrilling battle with Dan Skelton, that man Mullins again came out on top in the battle for the British jumps trainers’ championship (David Davies for The Jockey Club)
Rachael Blackmore retired from the saddle in May. She rewrote the record book many times, to leave a remarkable legacy (Mike Egerton/PA)
Lambourn was a record-extending 11th winner of the Derby for Aidan O’Brien (David Davies for The Jockey Club)
What a day it was for veteran trainer Jim Goldie and jockey Paul Mulrennan when American Affair ran out a fairytale winner of the King Charles III Stakes at Royal Ascot (David Davies/PA)
Breathtaking in the King George, Calandagan repeated the dose in the Champion Stakes (Steven Paston/PA)
The racing may have been Glorious at Goodwood, but the weather on Ladies Day was rather less sparkling (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Nico de Boinville walks disconsolately away following the fall of Constitution Hill at Newcastle – unbelievably the horse’s third fall of the year (Nick Robson/PA)
Harry Redknapp was left almost speechless by the brilliance of The Jukebox Man in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day (John Walton/PA)