The Horse & Hound Podcast 84: Olympic gold medallist Ben Maher

Horse Jumping Ben Maher (GBR) riding Explosion W in the Second Qualifying Competition - Team Final - Round 2 at the FEI Longines European Championships Jumping, Dressage & Para-Dressage Rotterdam 2019 held in Kralingse Bos in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on 19-25th August 2019
Ben Maher (GBR) riding Explosion W in the Second Qualifying Competition - Team Final - Round 2 at the FEI Longines European Championships Jumping, Dressage & Para-Dressage Rotterdam 2019 held in Kralingse Bos in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on 19-25th August 2019
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

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.

Episode 84 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our popular audio service available every Thursday morning for our H&H digital subscribers, currently supported by Veredus and their UK distributor Zebra, is now live.

Gemma Redrup
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.