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publication about the sport that they love. Sam Watson and Diarm Byrne are brilliantly funny and incredibly interesting, with the best friend dynamic shining through. Diarm LOVES statistics, displaying the same sort of excitement as a Labrador puppy or a small child on Christmas morning. It isn’t just previews and reviews though” said Nicole, when asked about what we can expect from the Eventing Podcast moving forward, “we’re looking at chatting to different top riders and talking to them about what makes them tick and how they are so successful. They really do have some incredible stories.” “ Sam is incredibly intelligent and insightful with the added element of being a pro rider. Jenni Autry brings the American flair and insight into the world of US eventing, which is so often overlooked her in the UK in favour of the European circuit or the riders from down under. Bring in Nicole as a host and, a self-confessed eventing geek and someone that may just be able to keep Sam and Diarm under control and you have the makings of a great show. The interview between Sam and Tim Price is great. Tim by his standards has had such a difficult season in 2016 and he was so frank and honest and about the psychological impact it has had on him. So we’re looking at doing different ‘Locker Room Talk’ with different riders and then as we move into next season we’ll be looking at the form of different horses as well.” “ With plans a foot to keep the Podcast regular with weekly downloads available as we move into the 2017 season, looking at previews and reviews, are we “Eventing is behind the times in terms looking at the future of eventing media? Accessible, of being able to evaluate a performance insightful, something that takes seconds to download and look at trends and things like that” and provides hours of easy listening for those on their added Nicole, which is a key goal that commute or even just out hacking. the Eventing Podcast team look to “We’ve got loads of great ideas and we can look back at address. loads of key events in the sport. We don’t have to just look at 2016, we can look back at stories that have “We’ve had listeners from all over the world. We’ve had people coming in shaped the sport, like how Michi Jung became a God of eventing or Pippa’s Grand Slam. Basically we’re all from all over the world and we are covering events all over the world as eventing geeks and it’s interesting to just talk about it.” well – Lyon, Boekelo, Adelaide for example” giving the podcast a truly global flavour and appeal. Eventing Podcast is available on iTunes and SoundCloud or you can listen to the shows at www.eventingpodcast.com