Illustrated covers have been a rarity down the years for Horse & Hound which, like most magazines, has favoured photography since printing processes made that a possibility in the first half of the 20th century.
But with the bug Tattersalls December sale around the corner, back in November 1988, they featured caricatures of some of the main players in the bloodstock world, including the Aga Khan and Sheik Maktoum, Sheik Mohammed and Sheik Hamdan, along with profiles of them all inside the magazine.
Some 36 years on, it’s a reminder of how much things have changed and paradoxically, how much they’ve stayed the same. You can read the full, fascinating articles here.
