Major League Eventing Podcast

This week, Karen and Robby get to know Maya Clarkson. Maya joins us after being crowned the 2025 Young Rider 3* Champion at the Maryland Horse Trials with her horse Maks Mojo C. Maya shares her story of growing up in California and riding at a lesson barn to then moving to Germany for a year to work and ride show jumpers. Once back in the US, Maya started riding with Shannon Lilley where she found...

Karen and Robby get to know Japan's 3* rider, Kenta Hiranaga. Kenta is here in the US training with Boyd Martin. We hear all about what he is doing at Windurra and what his future goals are. We wish Kenta the best of luck getting to LA2028!  To follow Kenta's journey: https://www.instagram.com/kenta_usa_life_eventing/ Please support our sponsors: https://cowboymagic.com/ https://manentai...

This week, Karen and Robby get to know 3* Eventer Caitlin O'Roark. Caitlin shares her story of growing up in Virginia where her mom breeds sporthorses which led her, at a very young age meeting Lauren Nicholson. Caitlin eventually started taking lesson with Lauren and also David O' Connor. Today, Caitlin is know the head rider for Lauren where she competes some of Mrs. Mars' horses...

Karen and Robby get to know West Coast 4* Eventer, Tommy Greengard. Tommy tells the story of coming from non-horsey parents and finding his way to taking lessons at a large lesson barn. Tommy now runs his business out of Chocolate Horse Farm in Pataluma, CA. Tommy also shares with us what happened to him at the Kentucky 4* when he learned the wrong Dressage test. We also found out that Tommy has a...

Karen and Robby meet Sara Schulman. Sara is an inspiration to the Amateur in the sport of Eventing. While she works a full time job, Sara is able to train and compete and was even able to place 2nd at the 2024 Maryland 3*L where she held the position from start to finish. Sara is now competing at the Advanced level and have plans to go all the way in the sport. It was so much fun getting to know S...

Karen and Robby meet 4* West Coast Eventer, Taren Hoffos. Taren shares her story of growing up in California where her family bought Copper Meadows and would hold events up to the 4*. Now Taren runs her business out of the family farm where she teaches lessons and hosts clinics. We had a great time getting to know Taren and we hope you do too! PC: Alison Green for Shannon Brinkman Photo To follow...

Karen and Robby get to know Yves Sauvignon. Yves is native to France but moved to the West Coast to start Oakridge Training Stables in 1981. Since moving to the states, Yves has produced many top  names in the sport and was a Gold Medal YR coach. Yves talks about how he always knew he wanted to be a trainer and the schooling he went through in France. We hope you enjoy getting to know Yves as much...

Karen and Robby get to know West Coast 3* rider, Gabriella Ringer. Gabriella was just announced to the 2025 USEA Emerging Athlete Under 21 Program and she tells us all about the process and what's to come. She also tells us her story of growing up and riding at a Dude Ranch only to be upset when the only lesson barn around taught English. Thankfully, Gabriella found Eventing and along with he...

Karen and Robby have a roundtable discussion with Alex Conrad, Bradley Champagne, Emma Yanek and Joe Bowersox about the do's and don'ts of becoming a working student. They share their experiences and Alex talks about what he learned from his time as a working student and uses today in his very successful business. Anyone thinking of becoming a working student should listen and hear all t...

This week, Karen and Robby get to know Eventer Katie Sisk. Katie lives in the Midwest where she runs her own veterinarian practice called Kaydence Sports Medicine and Rehab, competes at the 2* level and is a mom of twin 16 month old boys. Katie talks about how she is able to juggle everything with the help of her husband, family and friends. Katie also is in the process of breeding horses called K...

Karen and Robby catch up with another returning guest, 5* Eventer Sarah Kozumplik. The last time Sara was on the podcast was back in August 2019 and we had a lot of catching up to do! The last time Sara was on she was just working on helping develop a new Eventing facility in Florida, which turned out to be TerraNova. Sarah updates us on everything she has going on, plus her longtime partner Ruebe...

Karen and Robby welcome back 5* Eventer and FEI Level 3 Eventing Dressage judge Valerie Pride. Valerie was on the MLE podcast back on October 21, 2020 and we had a lot of catching up to do. Valerie most recently judged at the Maryland 5* and explains everything that the Ground Jury has to do - it's not just judging Dressage. She also has some exciting news that will take her on a European tou...

Karen and Robby catch up with previous guest, 5* eventer Ariel Grald. Since the last time Ariel has been on the MLE podcast in 2019, she has placed 3rd at Luhmulen and placed 11th individually at the World Championships in Pratoni with her longtime partner Leamore Master Plan. In 2024 at the Kentucky 5*, Simon suffered an injury where he is now living the semi retired life and is fuzzy and chunky...

Karen and Robby catch up with the very busy Frankie Thieriot-Stutes. Frankie let's us know all that she has going on - from the Aiken Showcase, Kentucky 5*, Behind the Barn as well as her business Athletux. Frankie also talks about the importance of the Young Pro Program! To learn more about Athletux and Frankie: https://athletux.com/ https://www.instagram.com/athletux/?hl=en Please support o...

Karen and Robby welcome back 2x previous guest, Natalie Hummel. Natalie is a Transformational Life Coach and a Nervous System Practitioner. This week Natalie discusses the nervous system and how important it is to recognize when you are holding back due to fear of making mistakes or not being good enough. Natalie gives us some great advice on how to heal to be able to perform better. Natalie also...

Karen and Robby get to know 3* Eventer, Ivie Cullen-Dean. Ivie shares her story of being from a non-horsey family to eventually getting her first horse and then making her way to the 3*. Ivie is a University of Kentucky graduate where she majored in Digital Communications with minor in Criminology and Sociology. Ivie even makes her prediction of who she thinks will win the Super Bowl since her tea...

Karen and Robby get to know Eventer, Greylin Booth. Greylin is a West Coast Young Rider that is a senior in high school and was recently accepted to Stanford University. Greylin is also the 2024 USEA Prelim Junior Rider of the Year and a member of the Area 6 YR Silver Medal Team. Greylin grew up in the Equitation world and just a couple years ago switched to Eventing where she became hooked! Thank...

Karen and Robby get to know 3* Eventer, Ashley Trier. Ashley shares her story of being from a non-horsey family and tricking her mom into letting her ride a horse at a local Western barn. By 10 years old, she bought her first horse and then eventually found her 3* horse Maybelline Covergirl. Ashley know runs her business out of Virginia and winter in Ocala, Fl. We had a lot of fun getting to know...

Karen and Robby get to know 3* Eventer, Kelty O'Donoghue. Kelty grew up in the Midwest riding alongside her sister Meghan on their parents farm learning from Ralph Hill and Jan Byyny. Kelty later moved to the east coast to work for Lynn Symanski before moving to Texas to start her own business. Kelty now runs her business in Virginia and winters in Ocala. Kelty also shares how she purchased h...

Happy New Year! Karen and Robby sit down with a pour of a 15 year Pappy Van Winkle to discuss all things that happened with MLE in 2024. We go over how we are listened to in 68 countries, our top 5 US cities and the top 5 listened to episodes. You'll even get a little insight on what we have going on personally as well as all things Corgi related. We hope you enjoy! Please support our sponsor...

Karen and Robby brings on one of everyone's favorite Equestrian Journalist, Sally Spickard. Sally is put in the "Hot Seat" and we get to know all her and everything she has going on. Sally shares her story of always loving horses and writing "reports" when she was little about the most recent horse race. Little did she know that was the start of her passion about writing a...

Karen and Robby get to know the legendary, Dorothy Crowell. Dorothy is a 1994 WEG Individual Silver Medalist and is the Inaugural Kentucky 5* winner. Dorothy talks about her famous partner, Molokai who was inducted into the USEA Eventing Hall of Fame in 2015. Today, Dorothy organizes Educational Classical Format 3-Day event for Starter up to Training and discusses the importance of Horsemanship. I...

Karen and Robby get to know 3* Eventer, Ali Kuhn. Ali grew up and is still based in Plymouth, WI and has recently been on fire with her most recent wins with Little Hail at the Hagyard Midsouth 3 Day and Virginia Horse Center 3*S. Ali shares her story about how she got the ride on Little Hail after admiring him while being with John and Dorothy Crowell. Ali gives some great advice on not giving up...

As we finally wind things down from the Mars Maryland 5* Presented by Brown Advisory, we bring to you 3 days of press conference interviews from the 5*. Hear Tamie Smith talk about the future plans with Mai Baum, what the riders thought of the cross country course and how Buck Davidson only hears his daughters while he's out on course. We hope you enjoy!! Please support our sponsors: https://...

We're still continuing our interviews from the Mars Maryland 5*. This week we have interviews with Alex Conrad, Emery Reagan, Emily Hamel, Jonna Willis, Janessa Shillingstad, Meg Pelligrini, Nick Attwood, Nicki Carson, Sophie Middlebrook, Ian Stark and Nardine Oakes. Be ready to hear all about not just the 3* and 5* but also YEH, grooming, coffee and Corgis! Please support our sponsors: https...