The Horse & Hound Podcast

Welcome to episode five of The Champion Safety Series, a Horse & Hound Podcast Advertising Series, in which our regular host Pippa Roome talks to top British eventer Pippa Funnell about her role mentoring the young talents who are selected for the Windrush Equestrian Foundation. Pippa also chats to Windrush riders Will Furlong and Kristina Hall-Jackson about their experiences and finds out how Cha...

In our 84th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Veredus and their UK distributor Zebra, we bring you our final of three festive specials, and H&H’s Jennifer Donald talks to Olympic gold medallist, Ben Maher (pictured), who talks about the horses that have shaped his outstanding career. We hope you’ll enjoy listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

In our 83rd weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Veredus and their UK distributor Zebra, we review all things equestrian from 2021. The team at H&H will pick out their favourite interviews of 2021, and share them with us once again. We’ll be hearing from some of the riders who made this year special for British horse sport, including Tom McEwen, Lottie Fry and Ben Ma...

In our 82nd weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Veredus and their UK distributor Zebra, H&H’s Polly Bryan hosts our annual Christmas quiz, where top riders, including Laura Tomlinson and Laura Collett, pit their equestrian knowledge against each other. We hope you’ll enjoy listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our 81st weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s Alex Robinson talks to Vicki Casey, who has two mountain and moorland ponies through to a showing final at the London International Horse Show this week. She discusses their preparation and what it means to ride at this event. H&H’s Pippa Roome then catches up with the H&H news team to discuss hunting governance, road s...

In our 80th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s Jennifer Donald talks to Sameh El Dahan, a top showjumper who has recently switched nationalities and now rides for Britain instead of Egypt. H&H’s Pippa Roome then catches up with the H&H news team to discuss changes to the Highway Code, research into rehabilitation after sacroiliac pain and kickback from the decision to remove riding...

In our 79th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s Polly Bryan talks to international grand prix-winning dressage rider Lara Butler about training horses for longevity in dressage, why her newest grand prix star is something special and the build up to The London International Horse Show. H&H's Pippa Roome then catches up with the H&H news team to discuss the Horse & Hound Awards, chan...

In our 78th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s Pippa Roome talks to talented young event rider Tom Jackson about his recent success, the horse that put him on the map and his plans for next season. H&H's Alex Robinson catches up H&H showjumping editor Jennifer Donald on the Longines Global Champions showjumping action in Prague, as well as the H&H news team to discuss the closure o...

In our 77th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s Alex Robinson talks to top showing rider Danielle Heath about how she got into producing horses for the show ring. H&H editor Pippa Roome then catches up with the H&H news team to discuss why opinion matters, fireworks and climate change, as well as previewing the point-to-point season with H&H’s Gemma Redrup. Finally, trainer Jason We...

In our 76th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s Jennifer Donald talks to top National Hunt trainer Dan Skelton about the jumps season ahead and talks about working with the rest of equestrianism’s famous Skelton family. H&H editor Pippa Roome then catches up with the H&H news team to discuss the bombshell news that the horse riding part of modern pentathlon is being dropped, anti-bu...

In our 75th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H dressage editor Polly Bryan talks to grand prix dressage rider Hayley Watson-Greaves about returning to riding after a break to have a baby. H&H editor Pippa Roome then catches up with the H&H news team to discuss Pau Horse Trials, the Olympic format, horses working on different surfaces and fireworks. Finally, equestrian psychology coac...

In our 74th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H editor Pippa Roome talks to five-star event rider Izzy Taylor about her top horses and the event rider’s winning mentality. Pippa then chats to H&H showjumping editor to discuss the final leg of this year’s Longines Global Champions Tour. H&H’s Polly Bryan is then joined by the H&H news team to discuss the sale of Charlotte Dujardin’s Ol...

In our 73rd weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H showing editor Alex Robinson talks to a recent winner from the Horse of the Year Show, Lucy Hopkins, who was victorious in the SEIB Search for a Star competition. H&H editor Pippa Roome is then joined by the H&H news team to discuss the action at Maryland 5 Star, vets suffering injuries while treating horses, how the betting public react...

In our 72nd weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by NAF, H&H showjumping editor Jennifer Donald talks to showjumping legend John Whitaker, who talks about Britain’s recent success in Barcelona and looks back at some of his former victories. H&H’s Alex Robinson will then join H&H editor Pippa Roome to discuss all the action from the Horse of the Year Show last week and t...

In episode four of The Champion Safety Series, a Horse & Hound Podcast Advertising Series, we talk about the Riding A Dream Academy, which was set up to help riders from under-represented communities experience the racing industry. Our four special guests are:• Khadijah Mellah, the first British muslim woman to ride in and win a race when she triumphed in the 2019 Magnolia Cup at Goodwood• Naomi L...

In our 71st weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by NAF, H&H dressage editor, Polly Bryan, talks to new national dressage champion Emile Faurie, who gives an insight into his long career in horses. H&H’s Jennifer Donald will then join H&H editor Pippa Roome to discuss all the action from the showjumping Nations Cup Final last weekend and then the H&H news team talk abou...

In our 70th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by NAF, H&H editor, Pippa Roome, talks to top event rider Gemma Tattersall about her recent Bicton five-star win and the surprise question she was asked at the press conference afterwards. H&H’s Gemma Redrup will then join Pippa to discuss all the action from the European Eventing Championships last weekend and then H&H’s...

In our 69th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H showing editor, Alex Robinson, talks to top showing rider Robert Walker about his Horse of the Year Show memories and what makes this show so special. H&H’s dressage editor Polly Bryan catches up with H&H’s news team to talk about the LeMieux National Dressage Championships and Blenheim Palace Horse Trials. Finally, equestrian psychology...

In our 68th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our podcast host Pippa Roome talks to British showjumper Emily Moffitt about representing Britain at her first championships with her top ride Winning Good. H&H’s dressage editor Polly Bryan and dressage Euros reporter Gemma Redrup discuss the top-class sport in Hagen, before Pippa catches up with H&H’s news team to talk about trailer test c...

In our 67th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H dressage editor Polly Byan talks to Sir Lee Pearson about winning three gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympics on a home-bred horse, and what the future may hold for the para dressage legend, who became a foster father last year. In a sport-packed episode H&H’s podcast host Pippa Roome chats to Catherine Austen about Bicton five-st...

In our 66th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Petplan Equine, H&H editor talks to top event rider Ros Canter to find out more about her Bicton CCI5* ride and what it was like to be the alternate rider at the Tokyo Olympics. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, Pippa talks to H&H’s news writer Becky Murray the need for change to improve the lives of di...

In our 65th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Petplan Equine, H&H’s showing editor talks to working hunter producer Katy Green about how she deals with the highs and lows of working with horses. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H’s Pippa Roome talks to H&H’s news editor Eleanor Jones and news writer Becky Murray about social media abuse, the Olympic boo...

In our 64th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Petplan Equine, two Tokyo Olympians in the form of individual gold medal winner Ben Maher and team silver medallist for the USA, Laura Kraut, talk about their Tokyo experiences. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H’s Pippa Roome talks to H&H’s news editor Eleanor Jones, senior news writer Lucy Elderand news wr...

In our 63rd weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Petplan Equine, Olympic team gold and individual silver eventing medallist Tom McEwen, talks to H&H’s Catherine Austen about his experience in Tokyo and what made it different to any other event. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H’s Pippa Roome, Jennifer Donald, Polly Bryan, Eleanor Jones and Becky Murray wi...

In episode three of The Champion Safety Series, a Horse & Hound Podcast Advertising Series, we talk to Rachael Hollely-Thompson of the British Horse Society and British Riding Clubs as well as Champion’s Helen Riley about body protectors and how they work to help keep riders safe both in the saddle and when working around horses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.