Rosalind Canter riding PENCOS CROWN JEWEL in OI Section P during Aston le Walls (3) Horse Trials near Daventry in Northamptonshire in the UK on the 16th July 2020
In our 66th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Petplan Equine, H&H editor Pippa Roome 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 disabled people and what happened at the Land Rover Blair Horse Trials last week. H&H’s dressage editor, Polly Bryan, is then joined by H&H’s senior news writer Lucy Elder, who has just arrived back from reporting at the Tokyo Paralympic dressage competition. In this week’s advice section, we welcome back personal trainer Katie Bleekman, who will be focusing on core strength. We hope you will find this useful.
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In our 66th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Petplan Equine, H&H editor Pippa Roome 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.
“I can’t say it was an easy position to be in, because it wasn’t, trying to persuade your brain you might be competing in a few hour’s time is quite a tricky thing to do, when you probably aren’t” – Ros Canter on being 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 disabled people and what happened at the Land Rover Blair Horse Trials last week.
“You could see how much it meant to Rosie Fry to win – it was so lovely to watch” – Becky Murray reflecting on the action at Blair Horse Trials
H&H’s dressage editor, Polly Bryan, is then joined by H&H’s senior news writer Lucy Elder, who has just arrived back from reporting at the Tokyo Paralympic dressage competition.
“I think I cried most of the way back on the plane, just because of how incredible it all was” – Lucy Elder on her Tokyo experience
In this week’s advice section, we welcome back personal trainer Katie Bleekman, who will be focusing on core strength.
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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.
