The Horse & Hound Podcast 44: Show producer Jo Bates | Emergency rescues | News round-up

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Jo Bates riding Broadstone De
Jo Bates riding Broadstone De
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In our 44th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, leading show producer Jo Bates talks to H&H showing editor Alex Robinson about why winning at Horse of the Year Show is still the ultimate thrill. 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 equine obesity, the latest in EHV-1 and the thorny issue of when is indoors actually outdoors. We also welcome back equine vet Ricky Farr who talks about emergency equine rescues, how you can prepare for the best outcome in advance and what is likely to happen in these situations. We hope you will find it useful.

Episode 44 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, 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.