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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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19:39

Mother's Day Special: Super Short & Horse-y Fiction

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/05/11

This is Episode 27 of Season 3. I decided to do something a bit different with this episode. While I’m mostly a journalist, I have had some fun dabbling a bit with fiction. This story was published in my first book A Rider’s Reader. You can find it exclusively in the Cayuse Communication library. Scroll to the bottom. I think it’s a good one for Mother’s Day. If you enjoy it, let me know. A few notes from sponsors: We have several discounts going on. Check out Best Horse Practices sister site,

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29:26

Considering Science with Dr. Sheryl King

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/05/04

This is Episode 26 of Season 3 and in it, Jec and I talk with Dr. Sheree King about science, specifically equine research. But it’s also a conversation of how to consider science in today’s world of scholarly access, social media, and, quite frankly, the troubling politics around scientific information. For most of my life, I have embraced science, research, the power of the scientific method, putting ideas out there and testing them. I’ve conducted research and I’ve assisted others with research

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27:48

On the Fence: Breed Bias and the Stories We Tell...

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/04/12

Welcome to Best Horse Practices with Jec Ballou. My name is Maddy Butcher. I produce this podcast and I would love to know what you think of our intro: Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover ways to better connect with their horses. Plus, we like to feel safe and have fun. Fitness, of mind and body, the ability to think critically about our horse work as well as embracing a beginner’s mind, are all parts of this lucky equine

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39:57

Daniel Dauphin and Jec discuss Equine Pain

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/04/05

This is Episode 24 of Season 3 and in it, Jec interviews Daniel Dauphin of Dauphin Horsemanship. He was also a 2022 Best Horse Practices Summit presenter. It’s a great conversation, in part, because in their work Jec and Daniel are not seeing the same clients or the same horses. At all. Jec is in California and works with dressage and endurance riders. Daniel is in Louisiana and his students are mostly Western riders. They talk about pain – what it means to the horse and what it means to the

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19:28

Vision Science and a Scary Colic

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/03/30

This is Episode 23 of Season 3 and in it, I’m going to talk a bit about brain science as well as a scary colic incident. You can find articles on vision science here and here. It's fascinating stuff! You will learn about place cells, grid cells, boundary cells, and more. Did you know? Place cells – some of the hundred billion neurons in the brain – are individual neurons that fire when an animal is in a specific location. The rate at which certain neurons fire depends on the animal’s location. One

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25:39

Coaches' Corner with Lynn Acton

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/03/23

It's good to remind listeners of our mission once in a while. Here it is: Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover ways to better connect with their horses. Plus, we like to feel safe and have fun. Fitness, of mind and body, the ability to think critically about our horse work as well as embracing a beginner’s mind, are all parts of this lucky equine equation that Jec and I hold dear. We offer these shows for free. If you think

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30:54

Kristen Vlietstra on Saddle Fit and More

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/03/16

This is Episode 21 of Season 3 and in it, Jec is back and interviewing Kristen Vliestra, who runs Saddlery Solutions in California. Jec and Kristen have talked before about saddle fit and in this episode, Jec asks some particular questions that have been bugging her for a while. As I found out while recruiting Kristen for the saddle fit elective at the Best Horse Practices Summit, she knows a lot. A lot about how people ride. A lot about horse anatomy. A lot about saddle construction and the

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30:28

Stories & Poetry, II

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/03/08

Please accept my apologies as we initially uploaded an erroneous file for this great episode. Sorry times ten! We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is episode 20 of season 3 and we have the second and final installment of Summit storytelling! These stories were recorded at the Best Horse Practices Summit, the conference that I direct. Last week on the podcast, we featured Josh Nichol, Katrin Silva, and Nahshon Cook

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30:52

Summit Stories and "Heirloom" by Sampson Moss

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/02/28

We offer this podcast for free. If you find it worthy of your support. Please contribute here. This is Episode 19 of Season 3 and it’s another special detour of sorts, this time to the storytelling that was featured on Saturday night at the Best Horse Practices Summit at Spy Coast Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, late last year. The storytellers are Josh Nichol, Katrin Silva, and Nahshon Cook. Also featured at Spy Coast that evening were Daniel Dauphin, Patrick King, and Amy Skinner. You’ll hear their

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25:12

Fear to Joy: On the Fence with Jec and Maddy

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/02/15

We offer these shows for free. If you think they're worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 18 of Season 3 and it’s an On the Fence segment in which Jec and I discuss a prompt from Art, a listener in Michigan. It concerns how best to introduce a non-horse-y person to the horse experience. I think we have some good starting points and will look forward to any suggestions you all might like to add. Just a humble disclaimer here: I finally got Covid. Or, should

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24:49

Coaches' Corner with Amy Skinner

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/02/09

This is Episode 17 of Season Three and it’s time for another Coaches’ Corner with Jec and Amy Skinner. They answer a listener question from Lisa, who asks about proper lunging practices. It’s a great back and forth, short and to the point. Or I should say points, because there are several. Before I get to sponsor mentions, I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about a few things I’ve been up to and pondering. Last week, I traveled to Elko, Nevada, as I’ve been doing for each year for over a

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50:20

BHPS presenters discuss, II

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/02/01

This is Episode 16 of Season Three. Another special episode! We offer this week another recorded Question and Answer session with presenters at the Best Horse Practices Summit, an annual conference I direct, with academic and arena presentations. In this session, Dr. Sheryl King moderates and presenters Josh Nichol, Patrick King, and Jec Ballou offer answers. Dr. King also chimes in with her thoughts. The questions for this session are: What are five basic skills your horses should know to set them

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46:22

BHPS presenters discuss!

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/01/26

This is Episode 15 of Season Three. A special episode! You listeners might know that I direct the Best Horse Practices Summit, an annual conference with academic and arena presentations. This year, it was held in Kentucky and we had many fabulous presenters on everything from colic to stockmanship to saddlefit. At the last minute, however, Dr. Doug Thal, a veterinarian from New Mexico, came down with Covid and was not able to present. We needed to improvise quickly and decided to fill his

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13:20

WiseAssWallace on Helmets and Colt-Starting

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/01/18

This is Episode 14 of Season Three. And in it, we give Wise Ass Wallace the mic again to talk about two juicy topics: helmets and colt starting competitions. Wise Ass got some help from the likes of Mark Rashid and Amy Skinner on the colt starting bit. And around helmets, he had some communication with the board of the Best Horse Practices Summit. WiseAss is having his day because of what Jec and I see as a troubling trend we are in the horse world. There seems to be an increased focus on what

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33:01

Hoof Rehabilitation with Alicia Harlov

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2023/01/04

Jec interviews Alicia Harlov, owner of the Humble Hoof and the Humble Hoof podcast. In their conversation, Jec and Alicia talk a lot about horse management - things that might not seem like they have anything to do with hooves. But, of course, everything has to do with hooves and hooves are like canaries in a coal mine. I mean, the wellness of a hoof can tell you a lot about the whole horse, its environment, its diet. If the hoof is unwell, then something is likely off in the way that horse is being

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28:29

Coaches' Corner with Amy Skinner

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2022/12/20

This is Episode 12 of Season Three and in it, Jec interviews Amy Skinner for a Coaches’ Corner. Jec and Amy continue a thread that we have recently introduced to our podcast. It’s a pushback from what we see as a trend towards the warm and fuzzies in horse circles. By warm and fuzzies, we mean attending to methods, promotions of hacks, and proclamations that may indeed serve the human and her need to feel connected and in a relationship, but, in fact, don’t serve the horse one bit. Or, even worse,

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26:05

Dr. Sheryl King - Mythbusting our horse keeping ways

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2022/12/15

This is Episode 11 of Season three and in it, Jec interviews Dr. Sheryl King, this year’s keynote speaker at the Best Horse Practices Summit in Kentucky. In this conversation, Jec and Dr. King discuss a few myth-busting ideas around horse management. It’s a good segue from last week’s introduction to the anti-warm and fuzzies campaign-- maybe we should call it the cool and clear-zies dialogue? Cool and clear are what nights are like lately, here in Colorado. Maybe not just cool. Downright cold

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19:01

The Warm & Fuzzies and introducing WiseAssWallace

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2022/12/08

This episode marks the beginning of what Jec and I believe will be intermittent commentary on a troubling trend we are seeing in the horse world. Led by certain entities - and by entities, we mean individuals, teams, and the programs and platforms they generate - there’s an increasing focus on what we’ll call for shorthand the warm and fuzzies. Let’s define the warm and fuzzies here as strategies, practices, ideas, methods, marketing, and proclamations that may indeed serve the human and her need

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28:09

Andria Massie - Rehabilitation and Integrative Therapies

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2022/12/01

This is episode 9 of season three and in it, Jec interviews Andria Massie, an integrative therapist who works with her husband, Dr. Keaton Massie, in Oregon. Together, they run Massie Veterinary Service. Here, Jec and Andria discuss rehabilitation and also the trend in collaborative care, one might even call it palliative care for horses. Some interesting ideas, especially for high level performers and well-resourced owners. Our title sponsor is Lucerne Farms, producers of quality forage feeds. And

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29:15

Dr. Stacie Boswell Talks about gastric ulcers and...

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2022/11/30

Jec interviews Dr. Stacie Boswell, a vet and author based in Montana. Stacie wrote The Ultimate Guide for Horses in Need, a book about the care, training, and rehabilitation for rescues, adoptions, and horses in transition. Here, Jec and Stacie discuss horse stress: How does stress manifest in horses? How can we help them? As you might imagine, I have two cents on this. Most stress for horses is caused by us humans. How we handle them and how we keep them directly impacts their physical and mental

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