In our 62nd weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Petplan Equine, team bronze dressage medallist and Olympic debutante Lottie Fry talks to H&H’s Lucy Elder about her Tokyo experience. Our team in Tokyo review the Olympic eventing action while H&H’s Eleanor Jones and Lucy Elder discuss equine obesity in the show ring and proposals to change FEI dressage rules. In this week’s advice section, personal trainer Katie Bleekman offers advice on why working on your mindset is key in relation to fitness for riders. We hope you will find this useful.
Episode 62 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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“It’s still sinking in – I still have to keep looking at the medal and all of the messages of congratulations” – Lottie Fry on her unforgettable time in Tokyo
Our team in Tokyo will review the Olympic eventing action and then, moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H’s news editor Eleanor Jones and Lucy Elder will discuss equine obesity in the show ring and proposals to change FEI dressage rules.
“Although there are still a good few show animals that are obese, the overall picture at the Royal International last week, was a lot better than it was a couple of years ago” – Eleanor Jones on obesity in showing
In this week’s advice section, we welcome back personal trainer Katie Bleekman, who will be offering advice on mindset in relation to fitness, and how working on your mental strength can help you improve your performance in the saddle.
“It’s really important that if you work on your mindset, you make yourself mentally strong and robust, so you will be far more able to push your physical boundaries” – Katie Bleekman
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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.
