The Horse & Hound Podcast 43: David Broome on Mister Softee | Competition horses living out | News round-up

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In our 43rd weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by NAF, former top showjumper David Broome talks to H&H editor Pippa Roome about his Olympic ride Mister Softee. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our senior news writer Lucy Elder, news writer Becky Murray and dressage editor Polly Bryan join Pippa to discuss the latest update on EHV-1 and concerns around Olympic qualification for some of Britain’s top riders. We also welcome back supergroom to Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin, Alan Davies, who shares advice on managing competition horses who live out. We hope you will find it useful.

Episode 43 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by NAF, 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.