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Britain's Clare Stringer is a young eventer on a mission with a full-time job working for the post office, two horses, lots of dedication and a great work ethic. Find out how Clare juggles her career and her passion with her ambition to make it to the top of the sport. And there's also a song from Claire Khuen. You can comment on this episode at www.chrisstafford.podbean.com. Follow Clare  and me on Twitter @bsfeventing and @chrisestafford

Classical dressage trainer Paul Belasik begins a new series of training advice for the very young horse based on his new book, Nature, Nurture and Horses. This episode explains the first stages of taking the young horse to the round pen and beginning his training on the lunge.  You can comment on this episode at www.chrisstafford.podbean.com and follow me on Twitter @chrisestafford

Heather Blitz and Catherine Haddad discuss some possible solutions for the sport of dressage in the U.S. in response to a recent article in the Chronicle of The Horse by Anne Gribbons. You can join in the conversation by posting your comments at www.chrisstafford.podbean.com.

German Olympic team dressage rider Monica Theodorescu becomes the new national coach on October 1st and shares her reaction to securing the top job, what she will be sacrificing of her riding career, and what it will take to get Germany back on top of the medal podium.

Professor Paul McGreevy introduces the work of the International Society of Equitation Science and how its research aims to benefit horses in training across disciplines and breeds. The results of the ISES  research will feature in an upcoming series of educational podcasts

Chrystine Tauber has been named as the next president of the United States Equestrian Federation and will begin her four year term in January 2013.  Chrystine talks about her own riding career, what she brings to the table and why she is enthusiastic about taking on the many challenges that she faces in the top job in U.S. equestrian sport's governance

British dressage rider Michael Eilberg tells us about the already impressive partnership he has established with the British-bred Hanoverian mare Woodlander Farouche, as well as what else he has in the Eilberg stables in Staffordshire.

As the Para Olympics get underway in London, Claire Lomas has become an inspirational athlete in her own right who has set unique personal goals. These include competing in the London Marathon, when she successfully tackled 26 miles walking in a robotic suit, and she is now focused on a groundbreaking challenge to ride a bike around Paris.

British eventing Olympians Lucinda Green and Jane Holderness-Roddam discuss Olympic performances; how standards continue to rise and what needs to be done to get on the medal podium in Rio 2012.

Five time Olympian Jennie Loriston-Clarke and Desi Dillingham, who spearheaded the development of British Dressage from grass roots to Grand Prix, join me to discuss how Britain earned its Olympic medals.