In our 62nd weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, currently supported by Petplan Equine, team bronze dressage medallist and Olympic debutante Lottie Fry talks to H&H’s Lucy Elder about her Tokyo experience. Our team in Tokyo review the Olympic eventing action while H&H’s Eleanor Jones and Lucy Elder discuss equine obesity in the show ring and proposals to change FEI dressage rules. In this week’s advice section, personal trainer Katie Bleekman offers advice on why working on your mindset is key in relation to fitness for riders. We hope you will find this useful.
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In our 62nd weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, Olympic team bronze dressage medallist Lottie Fry, talks to H&H senior news writer Lucy Elder about her experience in Tokyo.
“It’s still sinking in – I still have to keep looking at the medal and all of the messages of congratulations” – Lottie Fry on her unforgettable time in Tokyo
Our team in Tokyo will review the Olympic eventing action and then, moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H’s news editor Eleanor Jones and Lucy Elder will discuss equine obesity in the show ring and proposals to change FEI dressage rules.
“Although there are still a good few show animals that are obese, the overall picture at the Royal International last week, was a lot better than it was a couple of years ago” – Eleanor Jones on obesity in showing
In this week’s advice section, we welcome back personal trainer Katie Bleekman, who will be offering advice on mindset in relation to fitness, and how working on your mental strength can help you improve your performance in the saddle.
“It’s really important that if you work on your mindset, you make yourself mentally strong and robust, so you will be far more able to push your physical boundaries” – Katie Bleekman
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