The Equestrian Podcast

Emma Tate grew up in a small lakeside town in central New York State riding, living, sleeping, and breathing horses. From day one, Emma has been affiliated with the colorful equestrian world. Her passion for horses led her to compete in several of the top competitions in the United States throughout her riding and training career. It wasn't until the final year of college when she took her first F...

Samuel  Hutton is a professional showjumper who spends most of his time showing in Europe and the U.S. Prior to 2022, Sam had taken a several year break away from WEF, but since returning last year he has had great success. Sam is a regular Team GB Nations Cup rider, starting his career in the UK, and then making the move to Europe where he has been based for over 10 years. Sam has spent the last...

Hunter Holloway is one of the top emerging riders in the hunters and jumpers both nationally and internationally. Based in Topeka, Kansas, and Ocala, Florida, Hunter comes from a family deeply rooted in horses, and recently she won the bronze at 2023 FEI World Cup™ Finals Omaha this past April. In 2016, she rode to win the coveted ASPCA Maclay Championship as well as the 2016 Washington Internatio...

Joey Emmert Evans is the head trainer and barn manager at Whidbey Stables, located in the heart of wine county in Sonoma, California. She grew up riding in Pony Club, getting a love for foundational cross training that she still uses with her horses today. With a huge passion for groundwork, Joey's diverse background has given her a deep love and appreciation for riding and working horses outside...

Nick Haness is a hunter/jumper professional and owner of Hunterbrook Farms which was established in 2009. Currently located in Temecula, California, Nick grew up riding in Orange County as the only one in his family to work with horses, until his lifelong dream of owning his own farm came true. Nick has had many wins in some of the most prestigious hunter classes in the country, including the 2022...

Carly Anthony was first on the podcast back in 2020, and today she returns to share about her career since we last spoke, and to get the highlights from her 2023 WEF season! Originally from Seattle, Carly grew up riding with her mother Cara Anthony and equitation master Karen Healey. After accruing numerous wins and honors in the Equitation division, including a gold medal in the USET Final, she w...

Amelia Newcomb is a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist, and a member of the USEF Dressage Development Program.  She has trained and competed close to 50 horses in almost 500 competitions with several horses that she started at a young age all the way up to Grand Prix. Amelia hopes one day to compete internationally and to represent the United States at the Olympics. Dedicated to helping riders...

In this solo episode, our host Bethany Lee shares her recent endeavors on traveling to a horse show and playing the role of groom, barn manager, and trainer. Sharing from personal experience, Bethany literally unpacks her tips and tricks of important necessities to have in your car before the horses arrive at the show grounds. Being prepared is everything!! Listen in.

Renate Larssen is an Equine Ethologist with a BSc in Veterinary Medicine from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and a MSc in Applied Ethology from Linköping University. Renate believes the horse world would benefit from knowing about more science, and has an ethos of understanding how horses think, feel, and perceive the world as important to building relationships with them. Renate...

Neda DeMayo is the president and founder of Return to Freedom. She has worked hard to develop the organization into what it is today, garnering support from many passionate individuals such as Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, along with creative collaboration with Native American tribes, and all types of people who support and love wild horses. Return to Freedom is a non-profit organization dedicated t...

Wendy Hofstee is a veterinary surgeon, traveler, horse lover, and owner of the largest portfolio of horse-riding holidays worldwide!  Unicorn Trails  was created to hand pick a selection of the best riding holidays with horses in excellent condition and to make it as easy as possible to ride abroad. Today Unicorn Trails and puts thousands of people into contact with different cultures, all sharing...

Lucas Porter is an international show jumper who splits his time between the US and his European home base in the Netherlands. Born into an equestrian family, Lucas's parents both rode when they were younger and wanted Lucas and his brother Wilton, to have experience with horses from a young age. After much success in his junior years, Lucas started training with Jeroen Dubbeldam and has been work...

Steven Wilde is an equestrian sports commentator who is originally from Wiltshire, England. He began equestrian sports commentating in 2001, and grew up in the sport of show jumping with his mother who was an international rider. Steven has had great success organizing shows as well. With a long list of events on his resume, Steven has commentated at many shows including four Olympic Games, seven...

Chris Cervantes and Mallory Nicklas work for Mustard Seed Ranch- a nonprofit program that provides youth with a safe place where they would have the opportunity to participate in therapy services and build hands-on skills in a ranch environment.  Chris is a professional horse trainer and equestrian coach at Far West Farms in Calabasas, CA. He has worked for multiple FEI and Olympic trainers in jum...

Alex Matz is the owner and operator of Vintage Farm Sales, a training and sales program operated out of Coatesville, PA and Wellington, FL. Alex's early education in the horse industry came from both his father, Olympic silver medalist Michael Matz, and his mother, Pan-American bronze medalist DD Matz. Additionally, Alex has spent time learning from Olympic medalists Beezie Madden and Jos Lansink....

This year, I started a little equestrian book club in the hopes to reading more equestrian-related books! The first one on my list was With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard by Traci Brooks and Carleton Brooks with Rennie Dyball! This book was such a quick read with lovely photos and organized in a super easy way. Have a listen below and we tried to not give too much away in case you haven't had a ch...

Anna-Christina Abbelen is a young German Grand Prix Dressage rider currently ranked number 39 in the FEI World Rankings. She was the 2014 European Junior Riders Champion and is now a professional for the riders' team at Hof Kasselmann in Hagen. Anna-Christina had a very successful season in Wellington at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, consistently finding herself at the top of the class inc...

Gaby Reutter is a professional show jumper and founder of Lumière Horses Inc. She has been training United States for several years now with shows across the US, Canada, and Europe. Originally from Chile, Gaby is currently ranked the #1 female Chilean show jumper with the goal of becoming Chile’s second woman to represent the nation in the Olympics, and the first since 1972. Gaby's most recent car...

Daniel Coyle is the lead rider for Lothlorien Farm and recent winner of the CSIO4* Grand Prix during WEF 8. Originally from County Derry in Northern Ireland, Daniel has represented his home country of Ireland at the European Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany, and the World Equestrian Games in Herning, Denmark. In 2022, Daniel qualified for the 2023 FEI World Cup Finals in Omaha, NE, as the lead...

Daniel Bluman joins the podcast once again after winning the $425,000 Wellington Equestrian Realty CIS5* Grand Prix during Week 9 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). As a young rider, Bluman competed in Colombia, Germany and in the U.S.A. and trained with some of the top equestrians in the world including Nelson Pessoa, whom he trained with in Belgium for a few years. Some of Daniel's achieve...

Chloe Reid is a young, competitive show jumper who became the youngest international U.S. Team member at the age of fifteen. In 2017, she received the Lionel Guerrand-Hermes Trophy from the United States Equestrian Team and has continued a successful career ever since. Additionally, Chloe has spent significant time training with world-renowned Markus and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum in Germany and h...

Melanie Peterson-Ramey is a successful insurance and equine real estate agent who has been put in charge of curating the iconic WEF Sport Horse Auction. Each year, WEF Hosts the Sport Horse Auction which is a collection featuring horses from the distinguished VDL Stud, the official Number 1 KWPN breeder of Grand Prix horses. The WEF Sport Horse Auction has been the most successful auction in North...

Alise Oken is the owner and operator of Hi Hopes Farm currently located in Wellington, FL for the winter months competing at WEF. Since taking over her family's farm in 2015, Alise spends her time focusing on sourcing quality young horses and developing them for future sales and top sport. She’s had a great start to her WEF Season, recently winning n the CSI2* at WEF 7. Alise has worked with many...

Anna Hallene is the owner and trainer at Glenwood Farm,  a top-level full service training barn. She specializes in a thoughtful and individualized approach to the training of hunter, jumper, and equitation horses and riders. After a successful junior career in all three rings, Anna began her professional career with her training program that emphasizes proper horsemanship and flatwork, clear comm...

Spencer Brittan based in Wellington, Florida and spends time catch riding horses at shows and farms in the area. In addition to freelance riding and training, he also keeps horses at Dany and Erika Michan's farm on Jumper Road, directly behind the show. The farm is just a short walk away from the WEF showgrounds, perfect for the busy weeks of the show season. Spencer has worked under top stables s...