The Horse & Hound Podcast 52: Bob Champion | Taking a horse to a new place | News round-up

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English jockey Bob Champion on Aldaniti (1970 - 1997) clearing Becher's Brook for the second time on the way to victory in the Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, 4th April 1981. (Photo by Bob Thomas/Getty Images)
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In our 52nd weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, legendary former jockey Bob Champion talks to H&H racing and showjumping editor Jennifer Donald about his win in the Grand National and more. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H editor Pippa Roome is joined by news editor Eleanor Jones, senior news writer Lucy Elder and news writer Becky Murray to discuss owners in Tokyo, grants for riding schools and how Brexit effects the movement of people in the horse world. We also welcome back Jason Webb, who specialises in starting young horses and retraining those with problems, who talks about how to make outings to new places successful. We hope you will find it useful.

Episode 52 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.