The Horse & Hound Podcast 41: Georgie Spence | Know your horse’s personality | News round-up

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Georgie Spence riding UPPERCOURT COOLEY in CCI-S 3* Section C during the Cornbury House International held in Cornbury Park near Finstock in Oxfordshire in the UK on the 13th September 2020
Georgie Spence riding UPPERCOURT COOLEY in CCI-S 3* Section C during the Cornbury House International held in Cornbury Park near Finstock in Oxfordshire in the UK on the 13th September 2020
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In our 41st weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by NAF, British five-star event rider Georgie Spence talks to H&H editor Pippa Roome, where she talks about her first Badminton and her current top horse Halltown Harley, 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 the latest updates on Brexit, EHV-1 and Britain’s path to the Tokyo Olympics. We also welcome back supergroom to Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin, Alan Davies, who shares details with us about the superstars he has looked over during his career and why it is important to know your horse’s personality. We hope you will find it useful.

Episode 41 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.