THE author and journalist Dame Jilly Cooper, best known for her series of novels, sadly died unexpectedly aged 88 after a fall at her home in the Cotswolds on October 5th.
I first met Jilly over 20 years ago, when she was in Ireland doing research on horseracing for one of her books titled Mount. She was fascinated by charterers in the horsey world and she asked me for a copy of my book Horse Tales & Hunt Talk in which I featured over 30 equestrian characters with amusing stories about their lives. In the meantime, we corresponded with each other, she giving me her latest news and we exchanged Christmas cards and books.


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