The Horse & Hound Podcast: episode 14 – William Fox-Pitt | Travelling horses long distances | News round-up

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Willliam Fox-Pitt pilots five-star horse Little Fire, owned by his rider and Jennifer Dowling, to 13th place in section M. The pair added just time-faults to their strong dressage score of 23.4
Willliam Fox-Pitt pilots five-star horse Little Fire, owned by his rider and Jennifer Dowling, to 13th place in section M. The pair added just time-faults to their strong dressage score of 23.4
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In our 14th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview with top event rider William Fox-Pitt. Our eventing editor Pippa Roome chats to William about his record-breaking six Burghley wins in the week that the five-star event should have been taking place, were it not for the coronavirus pandemic. William also shares his first memories from the event and why it is such a special place. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our news team joins Pippa, to discuss women in equestrian sport, new research around strangles and the positives that have come out of this unusual year. We also welcome back to the podcast British supergroom Alan Davies, who is responsible for Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin’s top horses. Alan gives his advice on keeping horses healthy on long lorry journies and how best to monitor them. We hope you will enjoy it

Episode 14 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our exciting new 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.