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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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27:23

Highlights from our Five Seasons

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2025/03/26

Welcome to Best Horse Practices. My name is Maddy Butcher and I produce this podcast. Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses, and for getting work done. We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate

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27:04

Jec and Cody Harrison talk spurs

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2025/02/12

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 8 of Season 5 and in it, Jec interviews Cody Harrison, a horseman specializing in classical dressage and based near Denver. Jec and Cody talk specifics on spurs. It’s a really interesting conversation and one I think you will enjoy. Hey, before I get to sponsors, I want to remind you to register for the

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29:38

Daniel Dauphin on Bits and BHPS

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2025/01/15

This is Episode 7 of Season 5 and in it, I talk with Daniel Dauphin about bits and the upcoming Best Horse Practices Summit. I met this Louisiana man several years ago when we were considering possible presenters for the Best Horse Practices Summit in Lexington, Kentucky. Since then, he’s come on the show several times to talk about a range of horse issues. Learn about his bit course. Visit his website and sign up for his newsletter. Most recently, he’s stepped up to the Board of Directors

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37:39

Gillian Higgins on Anatomy and Biomechanics

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/10/10

Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses, and for getting work done. We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 6 of Season 5 and in it, Jec interviews Gillian Higgins, an

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28:18

Carl Bledsoe and Help for the Gaited Horse

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/09/14

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 5 of Season 5 and in it, we welcome back my colleague, Jec Ballou, for her first show of our fifth season. Yay! We’ve heard from several folks who have suggested discussions on gaited horses and people with expertise around gaited horses, so Jec has done a great interview with Carl Bledsoe, from Talking

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34:47

What Does Abuse Look Like? A Talk with Daniel Dauphin

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/08/24

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. We’re dedicating another show to horsey intellectualism. Intellectualism roughly means thinking, studying, and/or discussing complicated ideas without getting emotional. I guess what we do on this show is a sort of low-level intellectualism, redneck intellectualism, because we’re not consulting great philosophers or

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28:50

Life and Death of Livestock and Pets, a Short...

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/08/19

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 3 of Season 5 and we’re dedicating the next few shows to some horsey intellectualism. I like to look up words, to make sure I’m saying what I mean. Intellectualism roughly means thinking, studying, and/or discussing complicated ideas without getting emotional. I guess what we do on this show is a sort of

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36:15

J.B. Zielke - The Lost Cowboy

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/07/15

Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses, and for getting work done. We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 2 of Season 5 and in it, I interview J.B. Zeilke, a writer, music

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10:38

Worst Horse Practices and News

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/07/03

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 1 of Season 5. For this show, I’m speaking on behalf or maybe I should say as half. Half of the interview crew for this podcast. Jec and I have had a hiatus and Jec is still doing her thing and enjoying summer. She’ll be back later this season. I thought I’d make this a short episode to let you know

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21:59

Season Finale: On the Fence with Jec and Maddy

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/04/04

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 27 of Season 4. In it, Jec and I have a fun On the Fence conversation in which we talk some about identity and, mmm, maybe a bit of barn politics and shenanigans that we sometimes see in horse communities. The topic came up when I was listening to an interview that Ezra Klein did with Agnes Callard, a

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32:42

Buck the Trend, Wyoming Clinician Sara Lowe

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/03/08

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 26 of Season 4. In it, I interview Sara Lowe, a horsewoman and police detective from Wyoming. She’s a clinician and colt starter, and she participated in the Buck the Trend mental health forum held last month here in southwest Colorado. This is the fourth in a series of interviews around Buck the Trend

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28:30

Daniel Dauphin, Buck the Trend Mental Health Forum

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/03/05

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 25 of Season 4. In it, Daniel Dauphin is back, not to talk about bits and horse mouth anatomy but to talk about Buck the Trend, the mental health forum held last month. Daniel attended BTT and we have been visiting on the phone about mental health in our horse community since the Best Horse Practices Summit

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27:48

Buck the Trend Therapists, KD Bryant and Joseph Prekup

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/03/04

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 24 of Season 4. In it, I interview KD Bryant and Joseph Prekup, the two therapists who anchored the development and facilitation of Buck the Trend, the mental health forum held recently in southwestern Colorado. BTT got its start thanks to a generous grant from the LOR Foundation and with the support of

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31:26

Dan Flitner - Buck the Trend Mental Health Forum

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/02/28

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 23 of Season 4. In it, I interview Dan Flitner in one of several new episodes about Buck the Trend, the mental health forum held recently in southwestern Colorado. Buck the Trend, operated under the auspices of the Best Horse Practices Summit, attempts to address the following issues: -- Our work can be

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26:09

Katrin Silva and Jec Ballou talk books

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/02/27

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 22 of Season 4. In it, Jec interviews Katrin Silva for a Coaches’ Corner. It’s always fun when these two get together because they know so much. A bit humbling sometimes because their depth of knowledge is vast. Katrin is an accomplished teacher and trainer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In this

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35:04

Ben Longwell: Meanings of partnership

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/02/12

Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses and for getting work done. We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 21 of Season 4. In it, I interview Ben Longwell, who runs True West

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28:12

Julie Goodnight

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/02/08

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. 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 4. In it, Jec interviews Julie Goodnight. I feel like this interview has been a long time coming. Jec has admired Julie for years and it took quite a bit of effort to finally coordinate the online meet up. I remember watching Julie at the Equine Affaire in Massachusetts, back in maybe 2008

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31:41

Coaches' Corner with Bit Expert Daniel Dauphin

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/02/01

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 19 of Season 4. In it, Jec interviews Daniel Dauphin, an accomplished horseman from Louisiana and someone who is steadily gaining a reputation for being the expert on bits, how they function, as well as horse mouth anatomy. He gave two excellent presentations at the Best Horse Practices Summit. He’s

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21:55

On the Fence: Looking Ahead and Looking Back

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/01/23

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 18 of Season 4 and it’s an On the Fence episode in which Jec and I talk about some upcoming goals as well as potential podcast discussions, like horse rescues and social media concerns. We also enumerate some of our favorite past episodes including: Coaches’ Corners with Amy Skinner The Large Animal

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29:08

Jenn Currie: Brain Centered Horsemanship

Best Horse Practices Podcast ·

2024/01/17

We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy here. We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a small contribution, we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 17 of Season 4 and in it, Jec interviews author, teacher, and horsewoman Jenn Currie. She offers clinics which she calls Brain-Centered Horsemanship and has a book for middle school teachers. She is blending what she knows about her teaching experiences with horse behavior in a pretty compelling program.

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