The Horse & Hound Podcast 45: Kitty King | Sustainability in equestrianism | News round-up

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Kitty King riding CRISTAL FONTAINE in OI Section P during Aston le Walls (3) Horse Trials near Daventry in Northamptonshire in the UK on the 16th July 2020
Kitty King riding CRISTAL FONTAINE in OI Section P during Aston le Walls (3) Horse Trials near Daventry in Northamptonshire in the UK on the 16th July 2020
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In our 45th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, Olympic event rider Kitty King talks to H&H editor Pippa Roome about her top horses, including the up-and-coming star Cristal Fontaine and more. 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 issues around EU studbooks, new research on why being brave might not always be the right thing for riders and make-up on show ponies. We also welcome back equine vet Ricky Farr who talks about what his practice is doing to lead the way when it comes to being green in the horse world. We hope you will find it useful.

Episode 45 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.