The Horse & Hound Podcast 13: Showing star Simon Reynolds | Competing in the heat | News round-up

In our 13th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview featuring showing producer and H&H columnist Simon Reynolds. Our showing editor Alex Robinson chats to Simon about why he started riding as a child, what led to his interest in showing, some of his most special horses so far and how to spot a potential show cob in the raw. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our news editor Eleanor Jones join our podcast host, H&H magazine editor Pippa Roome, to discuss the latest thoughts on the ongoing horse crisis, while our dressage editor Polly Bryan compares notes with Pippa about their recent reporting outings to Burgham and Hartpury. We also welcome to the podcast for the first time British supergroom Alan Davies, who is responsible for Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin’s top horses. Alan explains how he cares for his charges at competitions in warm weather and what techniques he employs with the horses at home to help them prepare. We hope you will enjoy it.