The Equestrian Connection

Scarlett Gartmann-Reus has done what many people dream of: she emigrated to California, taking her horse and family along. While it sounds like a dream come true at first, the move entails plenty of challenges: importing a horse to the USA is time-consuming and expensive, and the stabling conditions and training methods in many places differ significantly from those in Germany.

All of this requires the dressage rider to adopt a completely new daily routine at the stable. We discuss all this and more in this episode of the Equestrian Connection podcast, originally translated from the wehorse podcast in 2025....

Jenny Gott, CMTA, is an animal wellness practitioner and the founder of Animal Intuition in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where she has worked with cats, dogs and horses since 2005.

A Reiki Master and Certified Massage Therapist for Animals, she offers animal communication, bodywork and holistic support alongside an animal’s veterinary care. She founded Emily’s Path, a pet hospice program named for her own dog, to support people through an animal’s last chapter.

In this episode, we’ll be chatting about retiring horses, the emotional and physical adjustments when you no longer ride, and providing comfort and presence during your horse’s last...

Connie Flores is an Independent Equine Nutrition Consultant and the owner of 17 Hand Equine Nutrition.
She lives in Denver, Colorado and consults in-person across the front range of Colorado and has virtual clients all over the country. Connie specializes in hard keepers, horses with digestive issues, competition horses, and metabolic equines. Using a no-nonsense, scientific-based approach, she loves to optimize the diet of horses for their health and longevity while supporting owners as they learn how to advocate for their horse’s species-specific needs.

Connie works independently of any feed company and provides unbiased feedback and recommendations, as well as...

During her competitive career, Monica Theodorescu won three Olympic gold medals and claimed World and European Championship titles with the German team. She has served as the national dressage coach since 2012. For her, it is a dream job: although she sometimes misses competing herself, she finds it incredibly rewarding to work with the country's top riders and to guide young horses as they make their way into elite-level sport.

In this episode, Monica speaks with wehorse CEO, Christian Kroeber about her role as the German national coach, animal welfare in competitive sport, and how she successfully develops young talent...