Our 120th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast is focused on the eventing World Championships. H&H’s Pippa Roome chats to five-star event rider Jeanette Brakewell, who had her first World Championship experience with the great Over To You in 1998 at Pratoni del Vivaro in Italy, which is also the venue for this year’s championships. Pippa is then joined by her colleague, Gemma Redrup, to take a look at this year’s World Eventing Championship field, the British squad, their main competitors and their chances for the podium. We hope you will enjoy listening.
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Our 120th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast is based around the forthcoming eventing World Championships. To start with, H&H’s Pippa Roome chats to five-star event rider Jeanette Brakewell, who had her first World Championship experience with the great Over To You (pictured) in 1998 at the venue, which is also being used for this year’s championships; Pratoni del Vivaro in Italy.
“I remember walking the course, scratching my head, still not really being clear about how I was going to jump it, and I think I was just a bit overawed by the whole occasion” – Jeanette Brakewell on her first World Championship experience in 1998
Pippa is then joined by her colleague, Gemma Redrup, to take a look at this year’s eventing World Championship field, the British squad, their main competitors and their chances for the podium.
“My team medal prediction is Britain for the gold, Germany for the silver and Switzerland for the bronze” – H&H’s Gemma Redrup
We would love to hear your feedback on our new “summer of sport” podcast series, 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.
