In our 15th weekly episode of the first series of The Horse & Hound Podcast, we kick off with an exclusive interview with BSPS supreme champion Ellis Taverner-Burns. Our showing editor Alex Robinson chats to 18-year-old Ellis about taking on the ride in intermediate classes on The Politician, a 13-year-old successful small hunter gelding known as Smithy at home. Moving on to the week’s top news stories, H&H news regulars Eleanor Jones and Lucy Elder join our podcast host Pippa Roome to discuss this year’s harvest, the dangers of urinating in stables, and the challenges faced by the RDA, while H&H’s hunting editor Catherine Austen makes her debut on the podcast to chat about the resumption of hunting. We also welcome back British supergroom Alan Davies, who is responsible for Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin’s top horses. Alan gives his advice on keeping horses happy and healthy during the changes that occur from summer in to autumn. We hope you will enjoy it.