In the stable, not the spotlight

In the stable, not the spotlight

Jackie Potts on the quiet graft, deep knowledge and sheer love of horses that built one of Britain’s most respected grooming careers Image: Courtenay Hitchcock Not many people can say they’ve spent more than three decades at the very top of their game. Fewer still would say it wasn’t even the plan. But Jackie Potts never needed a grand ambition – just a pony, a yard and the simple joy of being around horses.‘I was ten,’ she says. ‘A friend at s…