With the National Theatre’s most successful production to date WAR HORSE back on tour, Katie Gilmour sits down with Belinda Day, the Senior Curator of the National Army Museum to find out about the real war horses. In the National Theatre’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse, we follow the journey of Joey, a farm horse loved by Albert. The play depicts the horror of war, the bravery of the animals and soldiers on the front line and is an emotional watch for animal lovers everywhere. But what of the…

Katie is a Webby and ESMA award winning multi-media journalist with an equestrian focus. She hosts the podcast Poles, Piaffe & Prosecco, which is free to listen to on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Katie lives on her family farm in West Sussex with her husband, four children and an assortment of horses, ponies, dogs, cats and poultry.