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The Horse & Hound Podcast 37: Pippa Funnell | Dealing with nappy horses | News round-up


  • In our 37th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, Olympic eventer and multiple five-star winner Pippa Funnell talks to H&H editor Pippa Roome, where she talks about how her and her husband William build up relationships with young horses, among other topics. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our news editor Eleanor Jones and senior news writer Lucy Elder join Pippa to discuss the plight of riding schools and the role of officials in eventing safety. We also welcome back equine trainer Jason Webb, who offers advice on how to best deal with horses that nap. We hope you will find it useful.

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    In episode 37, British Olympic eventer Pippa Funnell talks to H&H editor Pippa Roome, where she talks about how, alongside her husband William, she builds relationships with young horses, among other topics

    “The horses are not tools for our trade, and they mustn’t be treated like tools for our trade. We want them to be our friends and that is something I am absolutely passionate about” – Pippa Funnell

    H&H podcast host Pippa Roome is joined by H&H news editor Eleanor Jones and senior news writer Lucy Elder to discuss the plight of riding schools and the role of officials in eventing safety.

    “A lot of riding schools have now set up crowdfunding pages to try to help pay their bills” – Eleanor Jones

    In this week’s advice section we hear from horse trainer Jason Webb, who specialises in starting your horses and retraining those with problems. Jason talks about solving problems surrounding horses that nap.

    “It’s amazing how, if you are looking where you want to go with purpose, how your horse picks up on that and you can then get back on the straight and narrow” – Jason Webb

    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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