The Horse & Hound Podcast 35: Piggy March’s supergroom Amy Phillips | Spooky horses | News round-up

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In our 35th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, Piggy March’s travelling groom Amy Phillips talks to H&H magazine editor Pippa Roome, where they discuss how she got into the industry and the ups and downs of her job, among other topics. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our news editor Eleanor Jones, senior news writer Lucy Elder and news writer Becky Murray join Pippa to discuss Brexit, business interruption insurance and event horse ownership models. We also welcome back equine trainer Jason Webb, who offers advice on how to best deal with spooky horses. We hope you will find it useful.

Episode 35 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our popular audio service available exclusively every Thursday morning for our H&H Plus subscribers, is now live.

Gemma Redrup
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.