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The Horse Radio Network and Monty Roberts present a special birthday episode of “Ask Monty Live”.  Hosted by Certified Monty Roberts instructor Jamie Jennings of the Horses in the Morning show. This is the audio from a FB Live where Monty answers horse and training related questions live from video callers from around the world. This is a rare opportunity to hang out with a legend in the horse wor...

Tonya Johnston is a Mental Skills Coach who works with equestrian athletes and loves her horses. Tonya helps riders apply mental skills across disciplines. Debbie shares the three most important knots equestrians need to know. Also, Jack Roddy and Monty Roberts went to college together, both are rodeo champions, entrepreneurs, mentors and friends. Both Hall of Famers pay tribute to champion and te...

David Wadman built a better way to protect our horses legs; boots with bluetooth technology to help maintain safe temperatures. And Monty is back from Australia to share with us how he helped a horse who is aggressive. He even wrote a poem about her. Listen in...  Show Host: Debbie Loucks Guest:  David Wadman, Zebra Equine Technologies Guest:  Monty Roberts, Monty Roberts Equus Online University S...

The Horse Radio Network and Monty Roberts is proud to announce the first “Ask Monty Live”.  Hosted by Certified Monty Roberts instructor Jamie Jennings of the Horses in the Morning show. Monty answers horse and training related questions live from video callers and takes questions from viewers. This is a rare opportunity to hang out with a legend in the horse world, forget about viruses and enjoy...

Tammy Sronce is Director of Operations for Road to the Horse, the World Championship of Colt Starting, held annually at the Kentucky Horse Park, and a multiple World & National Champion Cowgirl in all aspects of Cowboy Mounted Shooting. Emily Cain is striving to change the way that animals are cared for in captive settings and is co-founder of WildThink, a non-profit that created the Animal Ve...

Obesity is an epidemic problem with domesticated horses. We often attribute the problem to overfeeding concentrates combined with too little exercise, the underlying cause is much less apparent and has to do with the horse’s brain and response to stress. Dr. Getty says when a horse realizes that he is safe and that forage is available, he slows down his eating, eats less, and maintains a healthy b...

Passionate about horses and science from the time she was riding her first Shetland Pony in Texas, Christa Lesté-Lasserre writes for horse magazines, often about how horses are emotional sponges. Erin Simons shares that horseback riding defined her childhood and young adult years. Her career with Disney started in 2003 as a Stable Attendant with the opportunity to work with the Resort in many diff...

Eclipse Award winning Jockey Frankie Lovato created the Equicizer as a means to rehabilitate riders after an accident left him with a badly fractured left leg in 1981. Dr. Sue Cain is the creator of Riding Styles: Create a Breakthrough Relationship With Your Horse, and has developed two new style assessments designed to help equestrians create breakthrough relationships. Listen in...  Support the...

Ms. Presley sparkles as she describes riding horses at Graceland and how much those horses meant to Elvis and Priscilla. And Joanna Robson DVM, learned that being present with animals in pain and suffering can a major toll, something that was not discussed in veterinary school. This led to classic 'compassion fatigue' and burnout,  so Joanna set out to understand, study and help veterina...

Arizona farrier John Samsill explains how being effective in therapeutic shoeing relies on much more than skills and knowledge. Also, Dr. Steven Grant serves as the Director of Surgical Education, and Chief of the general-vascular surgery in Southern California, but he is also hooked on trail riding and competing in Ranch Riding. Listen in... Guests and Links Episode 151: Link to Sound File for Si...

Carole Herder is tackling the difficult issue of Laminitis, by far one of the most feared hoof ailments that affects horses globally. She speaks to the non-professional horse owner for the prevention, understanding, and treatment of laminitis, sharing that it is curable with proper, realistic, and appropriate information. And Tabitha Cox joins us today to share about the Sable Island horses, remar...

"Horseback Archery is basically riding your horse at speed, without hands on the reins, and not looking where you are going!" says Judy Osborn as she describes the thrill of horseback archery. And Dr. Juliet Getty, equine nutritionist shares about pain management from a nutritional approach. Drugs that treat pain come with the real risk of ulcer development. There are much better ways to...

Accomplished actor Cameron Ring says he didn't rescue Awesome Gal, a Tennessee Walking Horse, he says Awesome Gal rescued him.  She inspired him to follow his dream of acting, and he starred in both theater and film productions including Prophet: The Story of Nat Turner; The Thurgood Marshall Story, and From Man to Superman. Cameron realized the power of cinema to tell stories, and he wanted...

Coach Laura Moore noticed a flier advertising a mechanical bull world championship being held in the small town in Washington State. While she had very little experience riding mechanical bulls, she had plenty of experience riding and starting horses since she was a child. She shares how she beat the boys at Bull Bustin'. Across the pond we talk with author R.S. Turner about Exmoor Ponies and...

A special preview of the 5th Annual 12 Hour Live Holiday Radiothon by State Line Tack on Dec. 2nd with over 20 hosts, 20 guests and over $5,000 in prizes. Listen in... Support the show

We catch up with Monty at Windsor Castle after his latest meeting with The Queen of England where he demonstrated how horses help veterans in his Horse Sense & Healing program. Also, we meet Manjeev Chaudhary who is in the United States studying to be certified in Monty's Join-Up concepts. A polo player, he is excited to take these concepts back to India as its first instructor of gentle...

Rachel Long is addicted to rescuing animals, and they love her too! An Instagram sensation, Rachel loves liberty training and beach rides. Rafael Valle and Ivory Pal have an incredible relationship and story. Both Rafael and Rachel share how health of their animals goes together with happiness for all. Listen in... Support the show

Julia Martin tells of the making of the movie "A Pony and His Boy: The Story of Berry and Josh", the power of a pony and the effect that he has had on Josh, Julia's 8-year-old son with Down Syndrome. Josh had always been afraid of horses until he met a 28-year-old pony named Berry. Dr. Juliet Getty joins us with suggestions to help our senior horse live more comfortably by good nutr...

Recent suggestions for rule changes by the US Jockey Club to the US Racing Industry caused us to ask Monty Roberts, long time advocate of whipless racing, to tell us what he thinks the chances are that the industry will listen. Will all 38 states come on board with the public sentiment and the Jockey Club recommendations or will there be a modified response by the racetracks? Listen in... Support...

Monty Roberts and Ada Gates have over 100 years of combined experience in the Horse Racing industry and they love their horses. Each responds to the recent news that affects horses all over the globe. Monty shares a vision of what it would take to revolutionize the racing industry in favor of the horse. He answers the question of what would help horses enjoy the sport again. Ada Gates, the first w...

From around the world, these Advanced Course Students at the Monty Roberts International Learning Center come to learn the most effective and compassionate training methods in the world. Our second interview is with Heather Wallace, writer and photographer of the award-winning blog The Timid Rider, focusing on confidence in the returning adult equestrian. Listen in... Support the show

Ashley Mancuso is a horse trainer, dressage rider, film maker and yoga instructor who uses yoga to facilitate a better connection between horse and rider. Olivia Warner placed highly in the 2019 Kentucky Extreme Mustang Makeover with her filly, Gypsy, from Nevada. We applaud her goal to gentle and re-home as many mustangs as possible. Listen in... Support the show

Famous female jockey, Rosemary Homeister gives us an amazing description of the experience of riding a Thoroughbred who loves to race. She was the first woman to win the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in the United States and only the fifth woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby. And Dr. Juliet Getty offers us ways to naturally prevent and even cure our horses ulcers. Listen in... Su...

Staci Hancock founded the Kentucky Equine Humane Center, is a past member of the Responsible Breeders Council at HSUS and a founding member of Water Hay Oats Alliance, LLC working to to ban dangerous drugs in racing. Joe Camp, film writer, producer, director, the man behind the canine superstar Benji. Joe wrote the best selling The Soul of a Horse. Camp has written, produced and directed seven the...

We catch up with Denise Heinlein, resident instructor for the Monty Roberts International Learning Center and clinician Chris Cox at the Western States Horse Expo near Sacramento California on May 10 2019. Then we hear about how the horses Coffee and Cream, untouched until about two weeks ago, are learning to accept kind humans in their lives, and how they are teaching the next generation how viol...