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Best Horse Practices Podcast

The podcast is an enlightened place for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and discover ways to connect better and make progress with their horses. We interview people who are actively engaged in improving the lives of horses and their owners through best practices, be it directly through riding or through products, research, education, policy, or facility management.

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Mare/Gelding Bias

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/05/21

Episode 27 is an On the Fence segment. That’s where Jec and I meet on the virtual fence to talk about an issue or topic. Maybe it’s been bugging us or exciting us or simply asking us to give it a good run around the airwaves. “On the fence” is sometimes used as a phrase to indicate undecided, which is funny because us two gals are pretty decided when we meet On the Fence. In this segment, we kind of continue - tangentially anyway - with our Gender Gyrations project to talk about mare/gelding bias in

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Toby Cross and Josh McElroy

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/05/17

A lot has been said about the benefits of therapy work with equines. They help us immensely. Clients with mental and physical challenges have been gravitating to equine programs for years. Therapeutic riding centers have increasing been supported by the mainstream, including insurance companies and generous donors. PATH International (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship) has grown to a community of nearly 5,000 certified instructors and 900 member centers. It's great stuff! But

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Coaches' Corner with Amy Skinner

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/05/11

We have a scintillating coaches’ corner with Jec and Amy Skinner. Amy is a trainer and Best Horse Practices Summit presenter based in North Carolina. Here, the two discuss a saddling concern sent in by a listener in Michigan: "When Bandit, a Missouri Foxtrotter, joined our little herd a few years ago, he showed us that he didn't like the saddle. I spent some time his first winter working on a sort of desensitizing: plopping the thing on him over and over until he gave no reaction. It could be that

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Multi Use Trails in Santa Cruz

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/05/05

In this episode, Jec interviews Matt DeYoung, executive director of Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship. He’s a mountain biker. I know. What is Matt doing on our podcast? Much has been said about mountain bike and horse interactions and often it starts with ‘ew’ or ‘dang’ or ‘don’t get me started’ – but thankfully, there are folks like Jec and Matt and organizations like SCMTS and Backcountry Horsemen that have great approaches to trail sharing.. Another insightful and enjoyable session with Jec

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Susan Kauffmann: The Essential Hoof

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/04/19

Susan Kauffmann is the co-author with Christina Cline of The Essential Hoof Book: The Complete Modern Guide to Horse Feet - Anatomy, Care and Health, Disease Diagnosis and Treatment. Trust me – despite the mouthful of a title, this is a wonderfully accessible book. Kauffmann and Cline will present at the Best Horse Practices Summit in Lexington in October. That’s the super fun and enlightening conference that I direct and where Jec is also presenting. Anyway, here, Susan explains how tragically

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Episode 22 - Gender Gyrations with Alexis Kanda-Olmstead

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/04/06

In what is likely to be our finale on the topic of Gender Gyrations, we visit with Alexis Kanda-Olmstead of Dartmouth College. She's an expert on gender bias and has some helpful insight and recommendations for horse owners and riders. Believe it or not, our community is full of gender bias. Some harmless. Some harmful. Learn how to discern the two and how to carve out your own little space of healthy, fun dynamics. We would like to thank our fantastic family of sponsors for their support: Lucerne

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Episode 21: Scott Monroe

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/03/31

In our 21st episode, Jec Ballou interviews acclaimed horseman Scott Monroe. Scott has competed internationally in Combined Driving, which parallels three-day eventing in its collection of disciplines, involving arena and cross country work, timed and judged events. The sport can be exciting and dangerous as listeners will come to appreciate. Thanks to our sponsors, Lucerne Farm, Redmond Equine, Horse & Rider Books, Kate's Real Food, and Patagonia WorkWear for their generous support.

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Episode 20: Becky Hart

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/03/24

This week, Jec has an interesting and enlightening conversation with legendary endurance rider, Becky Hart. Hart has competed at an international level for longer than some of our listeners have been on this planet! One of her highlights, she says, was at the World Equestrian Games in Sweden in 1990. She and her horse, Rio (RD Grand Sultan) won individual gold. It was the only gold medal for the Americans that year. Hart and Rio entered the stadium and rode to the finish line just after the

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Episode 19: On The Fence

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/03/11

We’ve got an On the Fence segment for Episode 19. That’s where Jec and I meet and interview each other. Weirdly, it’s been one of the most popular features of the podcast. So thanks, y’all! Here, we continue Gender Gyrations, a series around the topic of gender in the horse community. We’re interested in bringing issues to light and offering tools for improved communication. Since so much of our humanship trickles over to our work with horses, we think that this discussion is in keeping with our

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Episode 18: Coaches' Corner & Gender Gyrations

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/02/26

We debut Gender Gyrations, a conversation around gender bias in our horse communities. With comments from listeners and Mustang Maddy, who posted about it recently. Also, a great discussion around trailering and trailer loading and unloading with Jec and horsewoman Amy Skinner, after a listener writes in about this topic. Thanks to our generous sponsors: Lucerne Farms, Redmond Equine, Horse & Rider Books, Patagonia WorkWear and Kate's Real Food.

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Episode 17: Gayle Ecker

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/02/22

In Episode 17, Jec interviews Gayle Ecker, director of Equine Guelph (pronounced ‘gwelf’) at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Ecker is at the forefront of offering evidence-based, research-supported online courses for students of the horse, from emergency large animal rescue to colic conversations. Gayle hits all the buttons of issues we’ve been chatting about and featuring on Cayuse Communications pages and at the Best Horse Practices Summit: how to cultivate curiosity and critical

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Episode 16: Dr. Sara Tanza

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/02/15

Dr. Sara Tanza founded Pelvic Potential, a physical therapy clinic in Santa Cruz, California. She visits with Jec about the challenges around pelvic strength and mobility. It's all tied to our ability to connect clearly through our seat with our horses. Tightness, asymmetry, and weakness in the pelvic area may all be impediments to seamless riding. Also, we introduce Gender Gyrations, upcoming conversations around gender bias and dysfunction in our horse communities. With thanks to Lucerne Farms,

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Episode 15: Dr. Erica Lacher talks supplements

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2021/02/02

Dr. Lacher of Springhill Equine in northern Florida likes to research any supplement that her clients are giving their horses or thinking of giving their horses. Turns out, she says, almost none have any research to support their claims. While the placebo effect may not impact your horse, it does impact you and your wallet. Learn how to be more objective with these products, using a simple technique and a good friend. Results from your own tests may surprise you.

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