I left my husband for a horse: They’re loyal, steadfast

A British woman stated, “no man could ever measure up to my mighty beast”.

The jolly romps of Jilly Cooper’s bonk-busting Rutshire Chronicles are enjoying a revival at the moment, as her saucy novel Rivals hits our screens, to rapturous applause.

The series, which received a five-star rave review by Mail TV critic Christopher Stevens, is based on the 1988 sequel to the glorious Riders and again features her irresistible- to-women anti-hero, the Olympic horseman and MP now turned TV mogul, Rupert Campbell-Black (played by Alex Hassell).

And once again he’s knee-deep in lustful women, seducing a journalist in the opening scene in the loo on Concorde as it bursts through the sound barrier.