John Hunt

Emma Berry, European editor at Thoroughbred Daily News, is among the writers shortlisted for the 2025 HWPA Derby Awards, which take place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on Monday, December 1. Berry is nominated in the Specialist Writer of the Year category, along with Bill Barber and Alan Sweetman from the Racing Post and Laura Joy from European Bloodstock News. The shortlist for the Racing Writer of the Year features three previous winners in Lee Mottershead, bidding for a fourth victory, Peter Thomas, who lifted the trophy in...

BBC racing commentator John Hunt has vowed to treat life as "a gift" in his first interview since his wife and two of his daughters were murdered in a crossbow and knife attack at their family home. Kyle Clifford, 26, killed his ex-partner Louise Hunt, 25, her sister Hannah Hunt, 28, and their mother Carol Hunt, 61, on July 9 last year. Clifford was sentenced to a whole-life order at Cambridge Crown Court in March after pleading guilty to the murders, while he was later convicted of raping Louise in...

Kyle Clifford, 26, has pleaded guilty to the murders of Carole, Louise and Hannah Hunt, the wife and daughters of BBC and Sky Sports Racing commentator John Hunt. Appearing via video link at Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday, Clifford admitted three counts of murder, one of false imprisonment against his former girlfriend Louise Hunt, 25, and two counts of possession of offensive weapons - a crossbow and a knife. He pleaded not guilty to a charge of raping Louise Hunt. The fatal attacks took place at the Hunt family's home...

With more on his mind than most of us could bear, the BBC's racing commentator texted his understudy at Ascot with a few technical tips about the box he would be calling the big race from. On King George day, Darren Owen wasn't expecting help from John Hunt. Who would? On 9 July - 18 days earlier, John's wife Carol, 61, and their daughters Hannah and Louise, 28 and 25, had been fatally injured at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire. John and his daughter Amy were in the vortex of...

This past week the racing has come a distant second in the minds of many when set against the tragedy that has befallen the family of racing commentator John Hunt. Such an appalling act of cruelty is impossible to contemplate, especially when it concerns someone who is so popular and respected. In any workplace there are divisions and squabbles. What unites the racing press room in Britain is the unquestionable fact that John is not only a talented professional but a thoroughly decent man; a friend to so many.  He...

The BBC has confirmed that three women murdered in a crossbow attack in Bushey, Hertfordshire are the wife and two daughters of BBC racing commentator John Hunt. Carol Hunt, 61, died alongside two of her daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, following an attack at the family's home on Tuesday evening.  The suspected killer, Kyle Clifford, 26, is currently on the run and believed by police to be armed. A major manhunt is underway across the Hertfordshire and north London area of England. In a press conference on Wednesday, Chief...