The Para Dressage Podcast

The Para Dressage Podcast is a fortnightly pod featuring interviews with Para Dressage riders, coaches, judges and others who make this the sport we love.

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 50 12/03/2023

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 50 In this latest episode of The Para Dressage Podcast we talk to Denmark's superstar Tobias Thorning Jorgensen, the current Paralympic, World and European Individual and Freestyle Grade III champion. Tobias reflects on his career to date, his successful defence of his European titles in Spetember 2023, and on his hopes for Paris 2024. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/28903158

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 49 09/03/2023

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 49 In this episode of The Para Dressage Podcast we talk once again to Denmark's former para Dressage World and European Champion, and Paralympic medallist, Stinna Tange, to look ahead to this week's FEI Para Dressage Championships, taking place in Reisenbeck, Germany. Normally Stinna and I would be at the Championships together, writing about it for the FEI, but I'm away so she'll be doing that, brilliantly, on her own. We discuss the riders and horses to look out for, and make our predictions regarding potential medallists. My lack of preperation is fully exposed! Good luck to all the riders taking part this week, and Stinna and I will get together in the next few weeks to see how we did (she'll be better than me). And just a warning, there are a couple of times where my sound is a bit dodgy. Hang in there though as it's only temporary! /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/27926496

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 48 08/22/2023

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 48 It's Mothers' Day in The Para Dressage Podcast world as we speak to Canada's Lauren Barwick and Great Britain's Natasha Baker about the challenges of balancing global Para Dressage careers with motherhood. Lauren is Mum to nearly six-year old Viola and one year old Braxen, while Natasha celebrated the birth of her first child, Joshua, just a few months ago. They discuss their parenting methods, the importance of a good team to support and, in a first for The Para Dressage Podcast, we use the words 'correct bra equipment'. Happy PDPC Mothers' Day! /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/27824643

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 47 08/03/2023

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 47 This was a fun one. Recorded at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Sha Tin Racecourse, site of the equestrian competitions at the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games. There I met with Hong Kong's multi Paralympic and World Championships competitor Natasha Tse, a Grade I rider. We talked about her career which dates back to London 2012, where she was the youngest rider to compete, the burgeoning success of the Hong Kong team and her frequent flights to and from Europe, and her hopes for Paris 2024. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/27652590

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 47 07/23/2023

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 47 In this latest episode of The Para Dressage Podcast we speak again to The Netherlands' European, World and Paralympic multi-gold medal winning Sanne Voets. We look back on Sanne's global championship breakthrough ten years ago, at the 2013 European Championships, her prpgress since then, her hopes for this year's Europeans in september and, of course, Paris 2024. She also talks about her recent visit to the Paris 2024 Equestrian venue - Versailles - and how that has fired her up for next year even more. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/27540003

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 46 06/23/2023

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 46 After a bit of a break, which I explain, we're back with a new episode of The Para Dressage Podcast. This interview with Amanda Bond, chair of the FEI's Para Dressage Technical Committee, took place at the beginning of the year but is still relevant as she talks about the new competition rules and formats which have been in place since the start of the season. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/27245091

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 45 01/21/2023

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 45 In this first Para Dressage Podcast of 2023 we talk to Great Britain's Erin Orford and Brazil's Rodolpho Riskalla about their new roles as athlete representatives, on the FEI's Para Dressage Technical Committee. They discuss the objectives of their roles, how they ensure the athlete's voice is heard, and about their hopes for the development of the sport. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/25684023

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 44 12/29/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 44 Hello. In this episode of The Para Dressage Podcast we look back on the highlights of the sport in 2022, with a particular focus on the Orifarm Healthcare FEI Para Dressage World Championship 2022, which were held in Herning, Denmark. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/25456491

The para Dressage Podcast - Episode 43 11/20/2022

The para Dressage Podcast - Episode 43 This time round we talk to Mari Akhurst Durward. Mari is a British Grade I rider who won a silver medal in the Team Competition at the FEI European Championships in Rotterdam (NED) in 2019. We talk about her riding career to date, her hopes for the future, and her love of trying other sports, including Para Rowing, in which she is already a record holder. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/25074915

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 42 10/26/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 42 Hello and welcome back to The Para Dressage Podcast. In this latest episode we examine the theory that teamwork makes the dream work. We're talking to Team USA's Beatrice de Lavalette, her trainer and coach Shayna Simon, and her groom Rafael Hernandez-Carrillo. We talk about the secrets of a good team, how they formed the unique bond they have, and their hopes for the future. Enjoy. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/24809364

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 41 08/29/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 41 In this final episode of The Para Dressage Podcast focussing on the ECCO FEI World Championships, we're joined again by Para Dressage legend Stinna Tange to look back on five sizzling days of competition and to review the predictions we made in the run up to Herning. One of us is crowned queen of Para Dressage, but who? The Podcast is taking a short, planned break now, but we'll be back later in September. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/24195642

The Para Dressage Podcast - Herning days 4 and 5 08/22/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Herning days 4 and 5 Woth apologies for the delay - life gets in the way - here's the final recap from the ECCO FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark. We're looking back on the exciting finale to the team competition, and then the whirlwind of medals that is always Freestyle day. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/24135459

The Para Dressage Podcast - Herning day 3 08/13/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Herning day 3 Here's a recap of the first day of the Team competition at the ECCO FEI World Championships 2022 in Herning, Denmark. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/24042741

The Para Dressage Podcast - Herning day 2 08/12/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Herning day 2 In our review of day two of the ECCO FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark, you can hear the reactions of the winners and runners of of yesterday's (Thursday 11 August) Grade III and Grade IV Para Dressage competition. We also have a great little interview with Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/24035370

The Para Dressage Podcast - Herning day 1 08/10/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Herning day 1 In the first of our daily reviews from the ECCO FEI World Championships 2022 in Herning in Denmark we look back on an amazing day which saw two brand new champions crowned, and an old favourite retain her title. It was hot, it was emotional, and it was amazing. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/24019533

The Para Dressage Podcast - The Herning 2022 Episode 08/08/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - The Herning 2022 Episode The ECCO FEI World Championships are taking place this week in Herning (Denmark). Over the coming five days, the Orifarm Healthcare FEI Para Dressage World Championship 2022 will see some 83 athletes from 28 countries will battle it out in the arena for the individual and team titles. I'm joined once again by Stinna Tange, double Paralympic bronze medallist from Rio 2016, and, for the next few days only, the current Grade II world champion, to give you our previews and predictions of who to look out for as the competition progresses. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/23990166

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 38 08/05/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 38 In the last of our athlete interviews ahead of next week's FEI Para Dressage World Championships in Herning, Denmark, we talk to Germany's Regine Mispelkamp. Regine talks about her medal achievements in Tryon 2018 and Tokyo 2020, and her hopes for this competition. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/23925486

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 37 08/04/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 37 The Netherlands's Sanne Voets begins the defence of her two Grade IV world titles in Herning, Denmark, next week. Here she talks about coming down from her success at the Tokyo Paralympics, and her hopes for Herning. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/23920257

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 36 08/03/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 36 In the run up to the Herning 2022 Para Dressage World Championships, here's Great Britain's Grade III European and Paralympic gold medallist Natasha Baker. She talks about her world championship jinx, and her hopes to beat it in Denmark. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/23920209

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 35 08/02/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 35 In the second of our interviews with athletes attending this year's FEI Para Dressage World Championships in Herning, Denmark, here's home favourite Katrine Bjelke Kristensen talking about her hopes for the Grade II competition. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/23920191

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 34 08/01/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 34 In the first of our Herning 2022 specials, Ireland's Grade I athlete Michael Murphy talks about his hopes for the coming World Championships, and how he bounced back from disappointment in Tokyo. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/23920131

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 33 07/21/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 33 She's back! This time round I'm catching up again with former double World champion Stinna Tange. , life after retirement, the upcoming World championships in her home country, her exciting new career move, and her even more exciting new partnership! You have to listen to find out more. And listen to the very, very end too, you'll understand why. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/23815106

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 32 06/15/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 32 Welcome to the latest episode of The Para Dressage Podcast. This time, after a short reflection to honour two giants of the Para Dressage world who have sadly left us recently, we talk to Colombia's up and coming Para Dressage rider, Daniel Valderrama. Daniel is currently spending a year in the UK at the Talland school in Gloucestershire, and talks about his experience of coming to the country in COVID times, what he's learned so far, and his hopes for the coming paris 2024 Paralympic Games and beyond. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/23439593

The Para Dressage Podcast -Episode 31 (I think) 05/07/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast -Episode 31 (I think) In this latest episode of The Para Dressage Podcast we continue our theme of developing the conversation started by The Para Equestrian Digest, the new publication from the FEI. Brazil's Rodolpho Riskalla talks about the support he was given by his employer, Dior, after he was taken seriously ill and left in a coma. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/23035364

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 30 04/29/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 30 In this episode of The Para Dressage Podcast, Team USA's Beatrice De Lavalette becomes our first return guest. Beatrice features in issue two of the FEI's new Para Equestrian Digest where she talks about her recovery from the terrorist attack in Brussels in 2016. She joins us to reflect more on the recovery process from that attack, and to talk about her plans for her future in our sport. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/22955513

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 28 04/18/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 28 Welcome back to The para Dressage Podcast. Sorry it's been a while. This time we talk to the current grade III double European and Paralympic Champion, Tobias Thorning Jorgensen from Denmark. Tobias tells us about growing up in the Danish Para Dressage world, his debut on the international scene, his memories of Tokyo 2020, and his hopes for this year's World Championships, being held in Denmark. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/22823732

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 27 03/12/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 27 In this episode of The Para Dressage Podcast we wlcome back Amanda Bond, Chair of the FEI's Para Equestrian Technical Committee. Amanda gives us the low down on the FEI's Para Dressage Forum, a bi-annual event that brings together Para Dressage atheletes, grooms, coaches and other stakeholders to discuss all things related to the sport. The most recent Forum was held, online, in January and Amanda recaps the issues discussed there, and the work that comes out of it. And because it's The Para Dressage Podcast, we also reflect again on Tokyo 2020 and look forward to this year's World Championships in Herning, Denmark. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/22425227

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 26 03/02/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - episode 26 In this episode of The Para Dressage Podcast we speak to Belgium's Manon Claeys. Our conversation took place while Manon was competing at the Al Shaqab competition in Doha, Qatar, one of the main competitions to kick off the PAra Dressage season. She talks about her time in Doha and the debut of her young horse, and reflects on her bronze medals in Tokyo and at the European Championships. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/22308194

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 25 02/13/2022

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 25 In this episode of The Para Dressage Podcast we speak to top US Para Dressage coach, Ruth Hogan-Poulsen. Ruth coaches both Dressage and Para Dressage and is the personal coach of top US rider, Charlotte Merle-Smith. She is also the author of the , which can be used to plan and manage training programmes throughout the year. We discuss Ruth's approach to training, particulary strategic riding, and how to use the journal. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/22115030

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 24 12/24/2021

The Para Dressage Podcast - Episode 24 Following our recent conversation with Team GB's Georgia Wilson, in this episode of The Para Dressage Podcast we talk to Georgia's team mate and coach, Sophie Wells. A regular on Team GB and a multi European, World and Paralympic Champion, Sophie is one of the most respected and recognisable riders in the sport. We reflect on her Tokyo medals (including that now legendary Team gold), her coaching relationship with Georgia, and her background in the sport. And finally, thanks everyone for your support of the podcast. I hope to be a bit more regular in 2022 as we build up to the World Championships. Whatever you do, have a wonderful Christmas and holiday season, and all the very best for the new year. /episode/index/show/theparadressagepodcast/id/21593897

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