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#26 Understanding horse behaviour with Shelby Dennis

#26 Understanding horse behaviour with Shelby Dennis

71m 22s

Shelby Dennis is a horse trainer and Equine Behaviour Consultant based in British Columbia, Canada. She is also the owner of Milestone Equestrian, a training and equine sale business, and the author of her debut book, ‘The Other Side of Horsemanship.’
Apart from her academic education, Shelby also has varied horse experience from the Arabian horse circuit to hunter/jumper, to dressage, to exercising race horses.

The understanding and correct application of equine learning theory that she’s learned has allowed Shelby to hone her skills as a horse person and continue modernizing her approach as a trainer, with emphasis on equine...

#25 Emotional & Physical Trauma in Horses and the Power of Consent with Betsy Vonda

#25 Emotional & Physical Trauma in Horses and the Power of Consent with Betsy Vonda

122m 37s

Betsy Vonda is an Equine Postural, Performance, & Behavioural Consultant and Trainer.

Although raised with horses her entire life, Betsy went on to pursue a career as a paramedic. However, through her education and work experiences she began to see parallels between troubled people and horses. She learned that people’s actions and behaviors can be heavily influenced by their past experiences, living conditions and nutrition, and it became quite clear that horses are also influenced by the same.

Betsy believes that by better understanding the factors that influence our horse’s behavior, we have endless opportunities to overcome challenges and set...

#24 Mastering what it means to be

#24 Mastering what it means to be "horse-first" with Alizée Froment

62m 41s

Alizée Froment is a former international Grand Prix rider turned show performer, now known for her artistic and beautiful performances, bitless riding, and horse-first philosophy.

Alizée has six courses with us on the wehorse platform, with everything ranging from bitless riding to liberty training to flying lead changes.

On this episode, we chat about having individual programs for each horse, the benefit of bareback pads, pre-and-post-ride care routines, transitioning to bitless, mastering the basic of groundwork and liberty training, and more!

#23 Balancing equestrian goals with motherhood and a career

#23 Balancing equestrian goals with motherhood and a career

40m 19s

Taryn Young is a USDF bronze and silver medal amateur Dressage competitor, and the woman behind the social media presence, Warmbloods + Wine.

Taryn is a Director of Marketing by day, an avid equestrian by nights and weekends, and a 24/7 new mom.

One of Taryn’s priorities with her social media has been to showcase the ‘working woman equestrian lifestyle’ – as it is all about balance and realness but one should never give up on your goals whether in your career or riding dreams.

#22 Dressage In Hand with Josepha Guillaume

#22 Dressage In Hand with Josepha Guillaume

67m 9s

Josepha Guillaume is an international horse trainer and instructor, and author of the book Dressage In Hand.
Based in Belgium, Josepha comes from a solid classical dressage background, but has been working mostly with injured and traumatized horses for the last 20 years. The art of keeping horses healthy and happy, or bringing them back to health and happiness, no matter what happened to them, has become her specialty and her life’s work.

On this podcast episode, we discuss things like dressage in hand, collection vs. contra collection, body language and breathing, how we can give our horses the best...

#21 Being a Student of the Horse with Celeste-Leilani Lazaris

#21 Being a Student of the Horse with Celeste-Leilani Lazaris

99m 50s

Celeste-Leilani Lazaris is the founder of the Balance through Movement Method, a revolutionary equine development method focused on improving performance and preventing lameness. Celeste herself is a biomechanical lameness specialist and an expert in equine movement and muscle development. But more than anything, she says she is a student of the horse.

Over the last decade, Celeste has carefully reverse-engineered her bodywork and performance training knowledge to dissect the core reasons of why horses struggle so much in the first place, and from there she has developed a unique lens and ability to body map the condition of the horse...

#20 From Athlete to Icon with Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour

#20 From Athlete to Icon with Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour

61m 49s

Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour is a Danish dressage rider who is currently ranked 2nd and 3rd in the world, as of July 2022. Cathrine is an olympic athlete, having competed in 2016 at Rio and 2021 at Tokyo, and she won double individual silver as well as helped her team win gold at the 2022 World Dressage Championships in Herning, Denmark.

But apart from her career success, Cathrine embodies much of what the dressage world wants in a champion - her riding skills, love and understanding of her equestrian partners that led her to become one of the world’s best.

#19 Making Waves in Online Equestrian Education with wehorse CEO, Christian Kroeber

#19 Making Waves in Online Equestrian Education with wehorse CEO, Christian Kroeber

51m 2s

Christian Kroeber is Co-Founder & CEO of wehorse, a brand of welearn GmbH. wehorse is Europe's leading streaming education provider for equestrians, and now has users in over 40 countries around the globe, including an expansion into North America.

Born in Germany, Christian has a distinguished background in both entrepreneurship and equestrian sports. Having successfully competed in Dressage and Show Jumping on a national level, he has been deeply rooted in the equestrian world from early on. For example, his father founded EQUITANA, the Equestrian Sport World Fair, in 1972.

Christian shares the passion to connect horse-lovers globally and push...

#18 Going Behind the Lens of the Horse Industry with Equestrian Photographer Elena Dotoli

#18 Going Behind the Lens of the Horse Industry with Equestrian Photographer Elena Dotoli

48m 29s

Elena Dotoli is an equestrian photographer and video artist. Elena combines equine and creative elements in order to capture the special moments between horses and their riders and owners.

On this episode, we discuss things like how she got started with combining horses and photography as her career, what it’s like working within the equestrian industry in a creative way, her advice for photoshoots, and so much more.

#17 Balancing Equestrian Sport and Life as a Professional Rider with Anna Buffini

#17 Balancing Equestrian Sport and Life as a Professional Rider with Anna Buffini

45m 20s

Anna Buffini is a professional dressage rider with accomplishments such as being a 2022 World Cup finalist, a rider on the 2021 Compiègne, Rotterdam & Aachen 5* Nations Cup Teams, the 2016 U25 Champion, and the 2014 US Young Rider Champion.

Anna is such an inspiration to many dressage riders, and riders in general, and her joyful and motivating social media content makes her a role model athlete for equestrians of all ages to follow.

On this episode, we discuss things like improving yourself on and off the horse, staying motivated in the sport, equestrian life balance, and so much...