The Gardeners' World Blog

I'm writing this with some trepidation. A few days ago I thought it was another good news story for BBC Sport: following the return of cricket to BBC television, the reappearance of another old favourite.

But now I realise there'll be even more suspicion that we're a bunch of royalist horsey types. After Zara Phillips's victory in Sports Personality Of The Year, which has generated a lively response, we're bringing back showjumping to primetime television...