Jasper Fforde, Lost in a Good Book (2002); The second of the Thursday Next novels mentions that aliens landing in Lambourn is an urban myth. Dick Francis, Reflex (1981); Jump jockey/photographer Philip Nore lives in Lambourn and much of the book's action takes place there. Break In (1985) and Bolt (1986); Steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding is based at Lambourn. To the Hilt (1996); the painter Alexander Kinloch marries Emily at St Michaels Church. Dick Francis and Felix Francis, Silks (2008); the lawyer and amateur jockey Geoffrey Mason investigates a murder in Lambourn. Ben Osborne, The Hyperion Legacy (2008) and The Rule of Lazari (2009); the jockey Danny Rawlings is based at Millhouse Stables in Lambourn. Patrick Robinson, To The Death (2008); the terrorist General Ravi Rashood drives to Lambourn for target practice in preparation for assassinating the President of the United States. Television Inspector Morse (1996), In The Daughters of Cain Lewis is sent to interview the suspect Ashley Davies at Seven Barrows, which was filmed on Mandown. Race Country by Clare Balding, which documents the everyday life of 'The Valley of the Racehorse' and the day-to-day running of some of the country's top stables. Notable residents Frederick Bates, batsman for Hampshire County Cricket Club in the 1920s Noel Chance, racehorse trainer Charles Chenery, 19th century footballer and cricketer Dick Francis, jockey and best-selling author John Francome, jockey, horseracing presenter and best-selling author Chris Gent, former CEO and chairman of Vodafone Nicky Henderson, jockey and racehorse trainer Charlie Mann, ex jockey and racehorse trainer. Dick Hern, jockey and trainer of the Derby winners Troy (1979), Henbit (1980) and Nashwan (1989) Barry Hills, ex-jockey and racehorse trainer George Clement Martin, composer and organist of St Paul's Cathedral Tony McCoy, jockey and winner of the 2010 Grand National on Don't Push It Patrick Macnee, actor, who lived in College House with his father Major Daniel "Shrimp" Macnee, a jockey and racehorse trainer, and his mother Dorothea Macnee Lester Piggott, jockey and racehorse trainer who rode the first of his record nine Derby winners Never Say Die (1954) while living with his father Keith Piggott in Lambourn Cozy Powell, rock drummer who died in a car crash when driving to Bristol from his home in Lambourn. Jenny Pitman, author and trainer of the Grand National winners Corbiere (1983) and Royal Athlete (1995) Thomas Richard Quinn, jockey Joshua Sylvester, poet who influenced John