Katy Green with Vulcanite (Aoife) and The Prof (Prof), at her yard based on her parents Farm, Great Pinley Farm, in the village of Pinley near Warwick in Warwickshire in the UK on 2nd December 2020
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 boost for equestrianism and horses who can’t sweat. In this week’s advice section, we welcome back personal trainer Katie Bleekman, who will be offering insight into the importance of aerobic fitness for riders. We hope you will find this useful.
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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 (pictured) about how she deals with the highs and lows of working with horses.
“Most of the time I laugh about it – my classic moment was falling off in the water tray at the Horse of the Year Show, and I stood up and took a bow, because what else can you do?” – Katy Green on how she deals with the highs and lows of 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 boost for equestrianism and horses who can’t sweat.
“How some people use social media and the abuse riders have to deal with is a problem across our sport” – Pippa Roome on social media in the equestrian world
In this week’s advice section, we welcome back personal trainer Katie Bleekman, who will be offering insight into the importance of aerobic fitness for riders.
“Improving your aerobic and anaerobic energy systems are key to success” – Katie Bleekman
We would love to hear your feedback on all our podcasts, so please do send your thoughts to pippa.roome@futurenet.com
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Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor
Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.
