After rather a long break (sorry, long story), Free Rein returns with a bang, featuring an interview with international dressage rider Richard Davison.

Richard is a four-times Olympian and has been involved in dressage for more than three decades – not just as a rider, but as a judge, performance manager, consultant, spokesperson and much, much more.

Richard is interesting, charming and chatty, and always has an opinion, which makes him so great to interview.

In this podcast we cover a whole range of subjects, including:

• Embarrassing himself at his first dressage competition
• The ups and down of British Dressage
• The secret of Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester’s success
• Learning from his experiences – getting older and wiser
• Trying to modernise the sport and the obstacles he faces
• The new World Cup Grand Prix format
• The psychology of judging
• Future ambitions with his horse Bubblingh
• Why it takes more than decent horse power to win medals
• Not putting too much pressure on results and just enjoying the whole process
• The Davison Equestrian empire - how his whole family is involved

There was so much great content, which I had to whittle down into 50 mins for this podcast. I hope you enjoy listening as much I enjoyed making it. If you do, please don't forget to 'like and subscribe'.

Happy riding!