The Horse & Hound Podcast 84: Olympic gold medallist Ben Maher
In our 84th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Veredus and their UK distributor Zebra, we bring you our final of three festive specials, and H&H’s Jennifer Donald talks to Olympic gold medallist, Ben Maher (pictured), who talks about the horses that have shaped his outstanding career. We hope you’ll enjoy listening.
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In our 84th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we bring you our final of three festive specials, and H&H’s Jennifer Donald talks to Olympic gold medallist, Ben Maher (pictured), who talks about the horses that have shaped his outstanding career.
“My family weren’t horse people at all – mum rode a little bit as a hobby at weekends – and I got a Shetland pony called Dougal, who my sister and I played around on and it all grew from there” – Ben Maher on the pony who started his love affair with horses
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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.