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The Horse & Hound Podcast 57: Paralympic dressage rider Sophie Wells | Introducing horses to traffic | News round-up

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    • In our 57th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, Paralympic dressage rider Sophie Wells talks to H&H senior news writer Lucy Elder about her London 2012 ride Pinocchio. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H editor Pippa Roome is joined by news editor Eleanor Jones and news writer Becky Murray to discuss the latest on Toyko logistics, the ethics of using horses for sport and taking horses’ mental well-being into account on end of life decisions. We also welcome Jason Webb, who specialises in starting young horses and retraining those with problems, who will be giving advice on how to introduce horses to traffic. You can check out his online training guides at yourhorsemanship.com/ We hope you will find this useful.

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    In episode 57, Paralympic dressage rider Sophie Wells talks to H&H senior news writer Lucy Elder about her London 2012 ride Pinocchio.

    “Pinocchio had a heart of gold and took me to my first Paralympics and competed up to Grand Prix level in able-bodied classes – he was one in a million” – Sophie Wells on Pinocchio

    Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H editor Pippa Roome is joined by Horse & Hound’s news editor Eleanor Jones and news writer Becky Murray to discuss the latest on Toyko logistics, the ethics of using horses for sport and taking horses’ mental well-being into account on end of life decisions.

    “Restrictions are particularly tight in the first 14 days for journalists, but also for everyone else, including athletes – the experience will be completely different to other Games” – Pippa Roome looking ahead to what life will be like for those attending the Tokyo Olympic Games

    In this week’s advice section, we welcome back Jason Webb, who specialises in starting young horses and retraining those with problems, who will be giving advice on how to introduce horses to traffic.

    “Start with a safe environment that you can control” – Jason Webb on how to introduce a horse to traffic

    We hope you will enjoy our latest episode and would love to hear your feedback, so please do send your thoughts to pippa.roome@futurenet.com

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    Gemma Redrup
    Gemma Redrup

    H&H features, racing and point-to-point editor
    Gemma is an experienced journalist, having been part of the H&H team since 2014, who 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 in August 2018. Gemma’s reporting talents have taken her to numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.
    Gemma Redrup