Under Orders

This book is dedicated to my late wife Mary

and to the memory of

Dr Jara Moserova

my Czech language translator and friend for forty years who died the day this book was finished.

My thanks to

Andrew Hewson, literary agent Alan Stephenson, Roehampton Rehabilitation Centre Professor Alex Markham, London Research Institute Dr Rosemarie Hutchinson, DNA specialist Jonathan Powell, racing journalist Edward Gillespie, Cheltenham Racecourse Rodney Pettinga, Raceform Interactive Catrina McDonald, RGN, nurse

And especially to my son

Felix

for everything