The Horse & Hound Podcast

In our 26th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s showjumping editor Jennifer Donald chats to British Olympian Geoff Billington about big wins and the time John Whitaker went to the Olympics without his boots. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our news team join podcast host Pippa Roome to discuss new rules after lockdown lifts, the challenges for women wor...

In our 25th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s podcast host Pippa Roome chats to British event rider Sarah Bullimore about home-bred eventers and career highlights. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our news team join Pippa to discuss vets’ mental health, the ongoing problems with British Eventing’s IT project and why the public’s view of the horse-human...

In our 24th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s dressage editor Polly Bryan chats to dressage legend Carl Hester about his exciting new grand prix ride En Vogue, the top hat verses crash hat debate and his thoughts on social media, among other topics. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our news editor Eleanor Jones and senior news writer Lucy Elder join ou...

In our 23rd weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring successful showing producer and rider Sam Roberts, where she explains to H&H showing editor Alex Robinson why she is in her dream job and much more. Moving on to the week’s top news stories we discuss the new lockdown, the impact of Covid-19 on charities, livestreaming at...

In our 22nd weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s podcast host Pippa Roome chats to US event rider Lauren Nicholson (née Kieffer) about her transition from ‘barn rat’ to Olympic rider. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, Catherine Austen joins Pippa to review the action from Pau five-star, while our news editor Eleanor Jones and news writer Becky Murray discu...

In our 21st weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s podcast host Pippa Roome chats to equestrian legend Mark Todd about his special equine partner Charisma. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our news editor Eleanor Jones and news writer Becky Murray join Pippa to discuss who might win week's Pau five-star horse trials, dope testing in showing and why question...

In our 20th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring top showing producer Jayne Ross. Our showing editor Alex Robinson chats to Jayne about her HOYS memories, from her first win at the age of just nine, to why HOYS is so special and an occasion when things didn’t go according to plan. Moving on to the week’s top news stories...

In our 19th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring successful Chinese Olympic event rider Alex Hua Tian. Our magazine editor and podcast host Pippa Roome chats to Alex about how he got started in eventing, his surreal experience as the youngest event rider to contest an Olympics in Beijing, narrowly missing out on London 2...

In our 18th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off by speaking to current British national champion Louise Saywell, who chats to our showjumping editor Jennifer Donald about her success on ponies, why she thinks all young riders should spend time based with a top rider away from home, her favourite show and what is her guilty pleasure. Moving on to the week’s...

In our 17th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off by speaking to five-star British eventer Imogen Murray, who chats to H&H’s Hannah Lemieux about her talented but quirky partner Ivar Gooden, who comes into his own at Badminton and Burghley. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H news regulars Eleanor Jones, Lucy Elder and Becky Murray join our host Pip...

In our 16th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview with top dressage rider Gareth Hughes. Our dressage editor Polly Bryan chats to the team stalwart about choosing to compete for Great Britain and one of his up and coming grand prix horses we need to keep an eye out for. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H news regulars El...

In our 15th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview with BSPS supreme champion Ellis Taverner-Burns. Our showing editor Alex Robinson chats to 18-year-old Ellis about taking on the ride in intermediate classes on The Politician, a 13-year-old successful small hunter gelding known as Smithy at home. Moving on to the week’s top news st...

In our 14th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview with top event rider William Fox-Pitt. Our eventing editor Pippa Roome chats to William about his record-breaking six Burghley wins in the week that the five-star event should have been taking place, were it not for the coronavirus pandemic. William also shares his first memories fr...

In our 13th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring showing producer and H&H columnist Simon Reynolds. Our showing editor Alex Robinson chats to Simon about why he started riding as a child, what led to his interest in showing, some of his most special horses so far and how to spot a potential show cob in the raw. Moving on...

In our 12th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring former showing star turned grand prix dressage rider Louise Bell. Our dressage editor Polly Bryan chats to Louise about how difficult it was for her to switch discipline, how she came to own her top working hunter turned dressage star Into The Blue (aka Dynamo) and why not...

In our 11th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring successful five-star event rider Laura Collett. Our magazine editor and podcast host Pippa Roome chats to Laura about the ponies and horses that have made her into the rider she is today, the recent return from injury of her current superstar Mr Bass, her comeback from a s...

In our 10th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring top British showjumper William Whitaker. Our magazine editor and podcast host Pippa Roome chats to William about how it feels to be based back at home after spending a number of years in Europe and the US, his memories of Olympia and what success there means to him, the sp...

In our ninth weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring Olympic dressage rider Spencer Wilton. Our dressage editor Polly Bryan chats to Spencer about how it felt to be selected for the British team at the biggest champonship of them all, the highlights of his time in Rio, his hopes for 2021 and his recent move to a new yard. M...

In our eighth weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring seven-time Olympian Andrew Hoy. Our magazine editor Pippa Roome chats to Andrew about his Olympic memories, his special horses, his current rides that he is aiming for Tokyo and his impressive new lorry. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, news editor Eleanor Jones...

In our seventh weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring eventing legend Ian Stark. Our magazine editor Pippa Roome chats to Ian about how he started riding, his route into eventing, some of his favourite horses and his reputation for being a bit of a party animal at championships. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, se...

In our sixth weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring Irish Olympic showjumper Billy Twomey. Our magazine editor Pippa Roome chats to Billy about his career, how he felt competing at the London Olympics, whether he prefers mares, geldings or stallions, his interest in breeding and how he has got the best out of some of the e...

In our fifth weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring British dressage rider, trainer and H&H columnist Anna Ross. Our dressage editor Polly Bryan chats to Anna about how she got into the sport, the best advice she’s ever been given, which of her horses she spent more time running after than riding when he was young and the...

In this fourth weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our host H&H’s magazine editor Pippa Roome chats to our news editor Eleanor Jones and senior news writer Lucy Elder about this week’s top stories including proposed changes to anti-doping rules and showing editor Alex Robinson about the British Show Pony Society’s decision not to extend rider age limits in plaited pony...

In this third weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our host H&H’s magazine editor Pippa Roome chats to our news editor Eleanor Jones and senior news writer Lucy Elder about this week’s top stories including increasing diversity in UK equestrian sport and how racing has negotiated its way through returning to action behind closed doors. This week's interview is hosted by...

In this second episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our host H&H’s magazine editor Pippa Roome chats to our features editor Martha Terry about how she pulled off our exclusive feature in which The Queen’s reveals her favourite riding horses and racehorses. Pippa also catches up with H&H news editor Eleanor Jones and senior news writer Lucy Elder to discuss the latest news on t...