'If I'd gone to Pony Club, I wouldn't have ended up riding a bike for a living'

Peter Thomas spends a work morning with Victoria Pendleton

Victoria Pendleton with According To Sarah at Lawney Hill's yardCredit: Hugh Routledge

Where Woodway Farm, Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire

When Wednesday, December 14

Victoria Pendleton, queen of the velodrome, golden girl of the sporting universe, leans over and plants a kiss on the snout of the lazing chestnut mare by her side. She looks adoringly into a big, brown eye, gives a stroke of the neck and a ruffle of the forelock, then delves in her bag and pulls out a brightly coloured hanky.

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Published on 17 December 2016inFeatures

Last updated 17:19, 15 December 2016

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