In our 61st weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Petplan Equine, top showing producer Katie Jerram-Hunnable talks to H&H showing editor Alexandra Robinson about her 2021 Royal Windsor Horse Show, where she had a few wins, including with Her Majesty The Queen’s horse Daydream, as well as the favourite horses of her career. Our team in Tokyo will review the Olympic action so far and H&H news editor Eleanor Jones and senior news writer Lucy Elder discuss the effects of the Great Yorkshire Show’s controversial rider weight policy five years on and a recent BBC Panorama documentary, which gripped the nation. In this week’s advice section, personal trainer Katie Bleekman offers advice on nutrition and hydration for riders on competition days, and why your diet is just as important as the one you feed your horse. We hope you will find this useful.
Episode 61 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our popular audio service available every Thursday morning for our H&H digital subscribers and currently supported by Petplan Equine, is now live.
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In our 61st weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, top showing producer, Katie Jerram-Hunnable, talks to H&H showing editor Alex Robinson about her experience at the 2021 Royal Windsor Horse Show, where she had a few wins, including with Her Majesty The Queen’s horse Daydream III.
“We had three wins for Her Majesty, which was always special – it’s just lovely and a hard to show to win at, so come home with the three wins was just amazing” – Katie Jerram-Hunnable on her 2021 Royal Windsor experience
Our team in Tokyo review the Olympic action so far and then, moving on to the week’s key news stories, H&H news editor Eleanor Jones and senior news writer Lucy Elder discuss the effects of the Great Yorkshire Show’s controversial rider weight policy five years on and a recent BBC Panorama documentary, which has gripped the nation.
“The issue was first raised by committee vets in a meeting in the Autumn of 2015 and they said it was a welfare problem” – Eleanor Jones on the rider weight policy introduced by the Great Yorkshire Show show committee
In this week’s advice section, we welcome back personal trainer Katie Bleekman, who will be offering advice on nutrition and hydration for riders on competition days, and explains why your diet is just as important as the one you feed your horse.
“Your diet is your building blocks, so it is a huge consideration and what you should be doing on a general basis is focusing on the goodness your body needs so that you perform at your best” – Katie Bleekman
We are also bringing you daily podcasts throughout the Olympics, supported by Toggi, reviewing each day’s action and looking ahead to the next day’s competition, so make sure you subscribe on your podcast app to ensure you don’t miss an episode.
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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.
