In our 110th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, supported by British Horse Feeds, H&H’s Pippa Roome talks to new under-25 national eventing champion Greta Mason after she won the title at Bramham last month. She talks about her experience at the event with her partner of 10 years, Cooley For Sure, plus she gives us some insight into her background and current set-up. H&H’s Jennifer Donald is joined by H&H’s Bolesworth reporter Lucy Elder to chat about some of the key stories from the show last week. Pippa then catches up with H&H’s news team to talk about the future of show riding ponies and advice for horse owners as the cost of living crisis continues. And finally, we kick off a new series with farrier Sam Dracott, who has insight on what to do when you head down to the field to find your horse only has three shoes on. We hope you’ll enjoy listening.
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In our 110th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, supported by British Horse Feeds, H&H’s Pippa Roome talks to new under-25 national eventing champion Greta Mason after she won the title at Bramham last month. She talks about her experience at the event with her partner of 10 years, Cooley For Sure, plus she gives us some insight into her background and current set-up.
“It was the biggest track I’d ridden and I was nervous, but he jumped fantastically and tried his heart out” – Greta Mason
H&H’s Jennifer Donald is joined by H&H’s Bolesworth reporter Lucy Elder to chat about some of the key stories from the show last week.
“The sport there was phenomenal this year and it was a cracking show” – H&H’s Lucy Elder
Pippa then catches up with H&H’s news team to talk about the future of show riding ponies and advice for horse owners as the cost of living crisis continues.
“The message really is prevention is better than cure and the upkeep of your horse’s is paramount even while trying to save money” – H&H’s senior news writer Becky Murray on advice for horse owners during the cost of living crisis.
Finally, we kick off a new series with farrier Sam Dracott, who has insight on what to do when you head down to the field to find your horse only has three shoes.
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“When they do lose a shoe, the best thing to do is to not turn your horse out as if you do, the breaking of the foot makes it harder for us to nail the shoes on” – Sam Dracott
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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.
