'They've given me a chance' - Rosie Howarth in the hunt for women's novice title

It could be the basis for a sci-fi horror movie, but there is no fiction in the texts that point-to-point rider Rosie Howarth is receiving from robots.

Before someone claims this as an extreme example of trolling, it should be added that Yorkshire-born-and-bred Howarth in unfazed by these mechanical messages. They revolve around milking cows.

With four winners this season Howarth is in contention for the women's novice riders' title. She rides out for Cherry Coward's stable several mornings a week and then heads home to look after a trio of pointers plus some sheep before assisting on the milking side at her father's farm near Pickering.