The Horse & Hound Podcast 55: William Funnell | Riding your horse in company | Bicton review plus news round-up

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William Funnell jumping Billy Diamo at Hickstead. The pair are among those named as nominated entries for the British Olympic showjumping team.
William Funnell jumping Billy Diamo at Hickstead in 2018.
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In our 55th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, top British showjumper talks to H&H showjumping editor Jennifer Donald about about the great horses he’s ridden, how the British national circuit could be rejuvenated and what selection for the Tokyo Olympics would mean for him. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H editor Pippa Roome is joined by Horse & Hound’s Gemma Redrup, news editor Eleanor Jones and news writer Becky Murray to take a look back at the action from Bicton Horse Trials, plus we discuss nutrition for riders and farrier safety. We also welcome back Jason Webb, who specialises in starting young horses and retraining those with problems, who will be giving advice on how to train horses to ride out with others. We hope you will find it useful.

Episode 55 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our popular audio service available exclusively every Thursday morning for our H&H Plus subscribers is now live.

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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.