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The Horse & Hound Podcast 59: Olympic showjumper Cian O’Connor | Fitness for amateur riders| News round-up

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    • Episode 59 of The Horse & Hound Podcast, our popular audio service available exclusively every Thursday morning for our H&H Plus subscribers and currently supported by Petplan Equine, is now live.

    Each episode is available for all H&H fans to listen to 24hrs after its early release to our H&H Plus members. Search for “The Horse & Hound Podcast” in your preferred podcast app and click subscribe to be notified about each new episode. This will allow more listeners to make The Horse & Hound Podcast an essential part of their week on Friday morning.

    In episode 59, top Irish showjumper Cian O’Connor, who will be riding at Tokyo, talks to H&H showjumping editor Jennifer Donald about how he approaches such a big event.

    “Any championship, in particular the Olympic Games, is about being able to deliver on the big day – is my horse fit? Is he healthy? Have I jumped him enough? How’s his rideability? What areas do I need to improve on? These are all things that need considering” – Cian O’Connor on preparing for an Olympic Games

    Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H editor Pippa Roome is joined by Horse & Hound’s news editor Eleanor Jones, senior news writer Lucy Elder and news writer Becky Murray to discuss horse registration for the Olympics, prosecution around an owner who didn’t call the vet and use of carpet in arena surfaces.

    “The pony had to be put down because his sarcoids were so bad” – Eleanor Jones on the recent welfare prosecution

    In this week’s advice section, we welcome personal trainer Katie Bleekman, who will be offering advice on how amateur riders should prepare themselves for competition.

    “Think about what is going to benefit you, your goals and your horse, and then train accordingly” – Katie Bleekman

    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

    H&H Plus podcast: episode 59

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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