MUCH has already been written about Valentine Lamb, the former editor of this publication, including an obituary in The Daily Telegraph. He was one of the most interesting people in the thoroughbred industry.

Val was not afraid to rock the boat and as an occasional passenger in some of those boats, I enjoyed his interventions as much as I feared them. Back in the late 1990s my responsibilities at Goffs included marketing and PR, which made me the initial point of contact with The Irish Field.