The Horse & Hound Podcast 27: Michael Whitaker | Caring for hunters | News round-up

In our 27th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, H&H’s showjumping editor Jennifer Donald chats to showjumping legend Michael Whitaker about his legendary equine partner Monsanta, and finds out what the rider has been up to recently, plus his plans for Christmas. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, our news editor Eleanor Jones and news writer Becky Murray join our podcast host Pippa Roome to discuss FEI rule changes and interesting research findings about the use of half pads. We also catch up with vet Helen van Tuyll, who runs through important horse care matters that are specific to caring for horses that hunt. We hope you will find it useful.