Adult Onset Horsemanship

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Ivy Starnes is a gaited horse clinician. She starts with relaxation and softness and then gets them gaiting. I find her common sense approach to be refreshing as well as her openness and curiosity. She started out with the idea that you could train a gaited horse to gait on a loose rein in a bitless bridle...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. These ladies and their antics have crossed my feed a bunch lately and I was intrigued. They are truly enjoying themselves and their horses to the fullest. I am well aware that their moniker and informality may put some of you off, so fair warning if you're easily offended. If you're into fun on h...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. We’ve got a special guest for you on this 100th Episode! To anyone in the Western Performance Horse World, Al Dunning needs no introduction. He and his group have won over 70 World Championships. He’s been at the top of everything from Western Pleasure to Reined Cowhorse, and has been a leader in our indus...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Marcelo is  the fourth generation of a family of successful ridersHe won various awards early in his show career in Show Jumping, Rodeo Chileno (Chilean cow horse) and Chilean reining. He began his western career in Australia at the age of 15 by starting colts and competing in both youth and open cutting s...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. We all come across problems. Most of us don't do anything about it. Robert Eversole got into horses to meet a girl. He's an admitted trailer backing phobic. His anxiety about pulling up to a trailhead and having to park lead to a whole new career for him. If you are looking for resources on trail...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Tucker Daubs has crossed my news feed more than a few times of late. He's a gun guy and a cowboy in the high dessert country of Colorado. Sometimes those of us in an older generation need to see someone of a younger generation doing the kinds of things we did as kids to give us hope for the future. Tu...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Tamara Lee Barrett cut her teeth in the Hunter/Jumper world. A few years ago she could no longer stomach a lot of what she was seeing. Delving into Natural Horsemanship, Positive Reinforcement, and other modalities with the horse's mental wellbeing at the forefront, she started a new path.  Today her...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info.  It's time for our newest Q & A with Nicole Shoup. Nicole takes your questions from our facebook group, Bits, Spurs, and Good Sense , and brings them to the podcast.  We talk about the term "sacking out". And then get into desensitizing, freeze and things to keep in mind. This leads to s...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Justine Staten is one of those people behind the scenes who has more to do with your ability to own a horse than you'd ever imagine. She's the Exexcutive Director of the Kansas Horse Council, as well as the Event Manager of Equifest. I can personally attest to her managerial abilities for a large...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. When you get the chance to talk to someone who's competed at the 5 star level in eventing all over the world, you take it.  Sinead Halpin Maynard is one of the top Three-Day Event riders in the world. She has competed at the top levels for over 20 years representing her country for the majority of tho...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. This week we have a pretty cool chat with Veronica Rosenthal, of Dark Horse Therapeutics. She is a speech and language pathologist, as well as a certified therapeutic riding instructor. She works with children with speech and hearing disabilities.  We begin by talking about her work with the speech and hea...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. It is a complex world that we live in. I've seen horse world relationships end and things happen with disastrous consequences throughout my career. Like it or not, laws apply and understanding that world is important and necessary.  This week we are talking with Rachel Kosmal McCart of Equine Legal So...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. In this episode my son, Colt, joins me to ask your questions. This is a warmup for him, as he'll be part of the interview for a future guest. He takes me through the lightening round questions and ads in a few of his own. How many points will he give me? Will I choose the awkward silence, or make him...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Maddy Butcher worked for nearly two decades as a free-lance reporter for The Boston Globe , The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications covering sports, travel, business, front page, and investigative work. More recently, she’s dedicated her work almost exclusively to horse-related content. (But s...

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Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. I was fortunate to be asked to be on the group discussion podcast, Compass Conversations, and Tik was also in the group. That's how I met him and I'm glad I did. You meet a lot of talented horsemen and women. They're not always people you actually want to spend time around. Tik's fun, e...

Let us know how we're doing. Please understand that we can't reply or see your info. Describing Nahshon Cook is an unenviable task. He's not easily put in a box. His background is in Classical Dressage. He's really more into working with physically broken horses to rehab the mind, body, and spirit. He's highly intelligent. He's a writer of things and organizer of a uniq...