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

In our 59th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, 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. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H editor Pippa Roome is joined by 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. 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. We hope you will find this useful.