In our 106th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Equipe and their UK distributor Zebra, H&H’s Pippa Roome talks to top British event rider Ros Canter. She talks about Lordships Graffalo, the 10-year-old horse on which she recently finished second at Badminton and more. Pippa then catches up with the H&H team to discuss a new cash injection for eventing, gene editing and the fit of horses’ bits. Finally, we’ll hear from two vets; Rick Farr from Farr & Pursey Equine and the Royal Veterinary College’s Andy Fiske-Jackson. They discuss the dangers of needles in veterinary life. We hope you’ll enjoy listening.
Episode 106 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our popular audio service available every Thursday morning for our H&H digital subscribers and currently supported by Equipe and their UK distributor Zebra,, is now live.
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In our 106th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Equipe and their UK distributor Zebra, H&H’s Pippa Roome talks to top British event rider Ros Canter. She talks about Lordships Graffalo, the 10-year-old horse on which she recently finished second at Badminton, and more
“He’s got some slightly odd character traits, but when it comes to competition, he settles to the job and absolutely loves it” – Ros Canter and her star young five-star horse
Pippa then catches up with the H&H team to discuss a new cash injection for eventing, gene editing and the fit of horses’ bits.
“It’s amazing and massive news – the aim is to identify and develop human and equine talent” – H&H’s news editor Eleanor Jones on a new cash injection to British Eventing.
Finally, we’ll hear from two vets; Rick Farr from Farr & Pursey Equine and the Royal Veterinary College’s Andy Fiske-Jackson. They give us an insight into some of the dangers of veterinary life.
“My heart was pounding out of my chest, genuinely thinking that’s it, it’s over, I’m done” – Rick Farr
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.
