The Equestrian Connection

Every two weeks, wehorse team member Danielle Crowell sits down with trainers, industry experts, and horse people from all over the world to talk about everything related to horses and the equine industry so we can learn and do better as horse-first equestrians.

The Equestrian Connection

Latest episodes

#105 Updating your version of success with Anna Buffini

#105 Updating your version of success with Anna Buffini

43m 19s

Anna Buffini is a professional dressage rider with accomplishments such as being a 2x World Cup finalist, 4x Senior Nations Cup Team member, 2016 U25 National Champion, and the 2014 US Young Rider Champion.

Anna is such an inspiration to many riders and a role model for equestrians of all ages.
This is our second podcast interview together and in this episode, we’re catching up to see what she’s up to these days and what’s changed since we last spoke four years ago.

Connect with Anna:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_buffini/

#104 Biotensegrative Training with Veronika von Rohrscheidt

#104 Biotensegrative Training with Veronika von Rohrscheidt

53m 33s

Veronika von Rohrscheid is the creator of biotensegrative training. Her goal is to teach the horse health-promoting movement patterns and thus help it develop a competent body.

In conversation with Sonja Kriegel, Veronika clarifies that she does not want to create a new riding or training method. She wants to convey an understanding of the horse's body and its movement patterns, so that every horse person can train their horse in a way that maintains its health – regardless of riding level, discipline, or competitive ambitions.

Veronika describes exactly what biotensegral training is and why all horses – not just...

Understanding the Secrets of the Horse with Shelby Dennis

Understanding the Secrets of the Horse with Shelby Dennis

69m 7s

From the Arabian horse circuit to hunter/jumper to dressage and exercising race horses, Shelby’s practical experience with different kinds of horses has made her a well rounded horse person. On top of her practical experience, Shelby has also taken several Equine Science based courses through Guelph to work towards her Certificate of Equine Science, choosing to emphasize her studies and education on Equine Behaviour. In early 2021, Shelby received her Equine Behaviour Consultant certification from the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants.

The understanding and correct application of equine learning theory has allowed Shelby to hone her skills as a...

#102 Laminitis, Insulin Resistance, & EMS with Susan Tenney

#102 Laminitis, Insulin Resistance, & EMS with Susan Tenney

69m 51s

Susan Tenney is the founder of Elemental Acupressure, where she has trained animal professionals in Five Element Acupressure and EnergyWork™ for over three decades.

Originally certified in shiatsu and acupressure at the Shiatsu Institute of San Francisco, Susan built her equine practice in Northern California before expanding into an international career that blends Classical East Asian Medicine with modern bodywork, anatomy, biomechanics, and the EnergyWork™ system she co-developed with her husband, Jonathan Cohn.

Her client roster has included school horses and elite competitors alike, among them the Swiss Equestrian Teams and Gold Medal–winning teams and riders for the USET. As...