The Horse & Hound Podcast 42: Dressage judge Richard Baldwin | Pulling and plaiting | News round-up

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In our 42nd weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by NAF, British list one dressage judge Richard Baldwin talks to H&H dressage editor Polly Bryan, where he talks about what judges are really looking for, 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 the latest cancellations due to EHV-1 and new research into strangles. We also welcome back supergroom to Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin, Alan Davies, who shares his tips for pulling and plaiting a horse’s mane. We hope you will find it useful.

Episode 42 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.