Hello everybody and welcome back to my podcast, Esme's Country Life. Today's episode goes out just after

Christmas so I hope you had a lovely Christmas and happy holidays. In today's episode I'm going to be

giving you a big old update on everything basically because last week I was at the London International

Horse Show so I'm going to be telling you all about that. Also, how I was performing in the main,

I was going to say, no, not the main arena. The London arena. It felt like the main arena. Anyway, did a performance, which is very, very cool. Also, going to be giving you an update on my dog Foss because he had his first trip to the city, which is very exciting. and also lots of other bits and bobs.

But anyway, before we begin,

I just want to say a huge thank you to... trip to the city, which is very exciting and also lots of other bits and bobs. But anyway,

before we begin, I just want to say a huge thank you to the sponsor of the podcast, Red Post.

Red Post is an equestrian and a country store based in the UK, and they also ship all over the

world. Now, the last couple of episodes, I've been like, guys, get your Christmas presents

and now Christmas is over, but maybe you have a little bit of Christmas money, maybe, you know, going into 2026, going into the new season, you might thinking, oh my gosh, I need a new helmet. You know, I always think it's good to have a little helmet refresh at the beginning of the year, especially if you've fallen off in it, because, you know know once you've fallen off and hit your head

in a helmet it's not as good as it once was so keep your head safe out there guys go and get your

helmets from redpost requestureen.co.uk anyway let's get into today's episode so actually

i am recording today's episode on Christmas Eve.

And you might be thinking, Esme, why are you working on Christmas Eve?

Now, I was actually very, very organised.

The plan was, as soon as London International Hall Show is done, I was going to be all done and ready.

The only thing I needed to do was record this podcast.

And I was going to record that

on the Monday. I'm now recording it on the Wednesday Christmas Eve and that is because poor

Davidae has been poorly. So if you hear any coughing or we make a lot of cuts in today's episode,

that is why because Davidae, my dad, he has had the same chest infection that I have had.

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