Whoa Podcast About Horses Horsemanship

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You own a horse. Now what? The one thing for certain is your need to learn more. More about tack. More about horsemanship. More about care and feeding. More about everything horses. Follow our weekly podcast and you will learn more. Check out WhoaPodcast.com

Episodes

  • Brett Wright Low-Stress Cattle Operation

    01/06/2021 Duration: 26min

    Brett Wright Low-Stress Cattle Operation Brett Wright has a cow/calf operation in Oklahoma. Three years ago he changed things up. Instead of using motorized vehicles to move his cattle, he switched to horses. The results impressed him. Brett looked for ways to improve his horsemanship and recently attended a Martin Black cow-working clinic. Brett is a listener of the Whoa Podcast. He emailed me wanting to talk about being a rancher and his life with horses. His passion for his work really impressed me. It's fascinating to hear about the life of a rancher. Brett has had several fresh adventures including a pack trip along the Lewis and Clark Trail. In the middle of the trip, Brett found himself invited to a cattle drive. If you would like to learn more about Brett or life as a rancher in Oklahoma, it is easy. Brett Wright blogs about the ranching life on ISpeakCow.com and produces inspirational videos on his YouTube Channel. Reading his blog and watching his videos offers insight into the life of the people w

  • Horseback Archery

    11/05/2021 Duration: 19min

    Horseback Archery When I think of horseback archery, I think of Robin Hood and Medieval Times. I didn't realize people were practicing it today. We did a podcast on Cowboy Mounted Shooting a few years ago, and that was fun. While riding through nearby Rancho Rio Equestrian Center, we noticed them setting up the arena for an event. I keep a watch for happenings here because it is one of my favorite stables. We can ride right along the Kern River. But I hadn't heard of this. When I asked around, I discovered that clinicians, Elizabeth Tinnan and Heather Lomax, were holding a horseback archery and bridle-less riding clinic for about 10 students. I grabbed my portable recorder and began asking questions. Elizabeth Tinnan told me that horseback archery was growing fast in the US. There were two national organizations, including the Mounted Archery Association of the Americas, and many smaller clubs around the country. Elizabeth is from middle Tennessee and rides with the Chattahoochee Horse Archers at Tennessee Va

  • Talking Billy Cook Saddles

    20/04/2021 Duration: 28min

    Talking Billy Cook Saddles Billy Cook Saddles have been around since 1953. Saddle making has always been a mystery to me. It's a craft, a skill. Working leather has so many aspects: tanning, cutting, stamping, sewing. A saddle maker needs to know all of these skills. He needs to know how to choose the leather too. When Billy Cook passed away in 2019 at the age of 89, it looked like his saddle business might die too. That business included several loyal employees, many who were skilled artisans. Rutilo Orsonio had worked with Billy Cook Saddles for 40 years. Jody Rames had been with Billy for nearly 30 years. Adam Trenk, a business attorney, got a Billy Cook saddle when he was 12. He had fond memories of the saddle and, when he heard of the death of Billy, asked about the future of the company. The family did not have an interest in continuing the business, and the employees could not afford to purchase it. The Billy Cook line of saddles had a bleak future. Adam, a horseman, thought he could help. After some

  • Michelle Gilles Promoting Women and Horses

    09/03/2021 Duration: 27min

    Michelle Gilles Promoting Women and Horses Michelle Gilles, horsewoman and trainer, knows women are the backbone of the horse industry. Based in the Central Valley of California, Michelle trains horses, holds clinics, and shows in reined cow horse. Growing up with horses, Michelle trained under some very impressive trainers including Les Vogt, Charles Wilhelm, and John Ward. She's learned not only about horses, but the business side of being a horse trainer. Michelle and I met back in 2015 during the Vaquero Heritage Trainers Challenge. Our paths crossed again last year when I began showing in Ranch Riding shows. We've been trying to get together for an interview and finally found time in our schedules. Two programs Michelle created are  designed especially for women. Her "Ride Like a Girl - The Original" Facebook Group helps women getting back into horses, women with confidence issues, or women needing to improve their relationship with their horse. By holding clinics and training session, Michelle helps th

  • Joanne Galbraith Telling Horse Stories at 82

    23/02/2021 Duration: 39min

    Horse Stories with Joanne Galbraith Joanne Galbraith is still going strong at age 82. Of course, you would guess that's she has been around horses all her life. She worked at feedlots and ranches and held her own with men. She passed along a love of horses to her kids. And she loves competing. Joanne rides in Gymkana events on her good horse, Ricky. I first met Joanne several years ago when I was looking for a horse. While I didn't purchase a horse from her, I could tell she had a trained eye for horseflesh. Her End of the Road Ranch hosted an Obstacle/Trail Trial Playdays. When I need an arena to train my mustang, Scratch, Joanne offered hers. There I met her husband, Dale, an excellent horseman and an even better storyteller. On a couple of visits, Dale told me stories of working on ranches as a young boy after his parents died in a house fire. Sadly, I never got to interview Dale for the podcast. Return to End of The Road Last year I competed in several Ranch Riding shows at the End of the Road Ranch and

  • Dan Dauphin Talks About Bits and Horses

    09/02/2021 Duration: 32min

    Dan Dauphin Talks About Bits and Horses Dan Dauphin knows the mechanics and physics of bits. Honestly, I put a snaffle in my horse's mouth and don't think little more about it. What goes on in there is a giant mystery to me. Oh, I know that when I pull on the right rein; he goes right. But, I can't really see what's going on down there and can only imagine what's happening in that giant cavern in his head. Dan Dauphin study the build and mechanics of not only the horses' mouth, but the bits and how the two interact. The bit is a communication device. Used with your seat and leg aids, it's how you talk to your horse. Dan breaks everything down in a video session titled "More than a Bit of Information". (https://www.dauphinhorsemanship.com/mercantile/) Dan spent 6 months researching the information in this video. He talked to equine dentists, veterinarians, and other specialists learning the variety of ways bits exert pressure to send signals. Building a Better Horse The more time I spend around horses, the mo

  • Jim Masterson Explains His Method

    22/12/2020 Duration: 30min

    Jim Masterson Explains His Method Early in my horsemanship journey, I volunteered at Equine Affaire in Pomona. So it must have been around 2006 or 2007, while moving from one exhibit to another, that I saw this man giving a demonstration about massaging a horse.  Well, at least that's what it looked like to me. Over the course of the weekend, and the years I continued to volunteer; I saw Jim Masterson a couple of times. My duties as a volunteer always moved me around, so I never got to see Jim's entire presentation from start to finish. The way he place his hands on the horse appealed to me. Being a tactile person, I love to put my hands all over my horses. But I was doing it because it felt good to me.  It wasn't until years later that I realized Jim was doing it to elicit a very specific response from the horse. The Masterson Method developed to help relieve tension that builds up in a horse's body. The Masterson Method I kept bumping into the Masterson Method in my work with horses and this podcast.  Ther

  • Equine Nutrition With Will Friday

    24/11/2020 Duration: 23min

    Equine Nutrition With Will Friday Equine nutrition is a complicated subject, so I went out and found someone who has been studying it for quite some time.Will Friday has been on the show before talking about the Masterson Method, a blend of massage and chiropractic.  Will works on some very expensive performance horses.  As part of his program, he has taught himself the ins-and-outs of equine nutrition.  I've been working my horse, Scratch, pretty hard as we prep for Ranch Riding shows.  I'm using Scratch, because my 20-year-old mare, Jessie, has had some lameness issues.  I invited Will Friday up to Bakersfield to talk about nutrition and see if the Masterson Method help my mare. As it turned out, we spent the day together.  Will spent about 2 hours adjusting Jessie.  The Masterson Method is fascinating.  You can see the horses release tension right before your eyes.  Will began with an assessment, then methodically worked from nose to tail, adjusting every part of that horse.  When he finished with Jessie,

  • BooBoo Stewart From The Movie Let him Go

    06/11/2020 Duration: 16min

    BooBoo Stewart From The Movie Let him Go [caption id="attachment_3118" align="alignright" width="300"] Diane Lane (left) stars as “Margaret Blackledge” and Kevin Costner (right) stars as “George Blackledge” in director Thomas Bezucha’s LET HIM GO, a Focus Features release. Credit : Kimberley French / Focus Features[/caption] I must admit, I hadn't heard of BooBoo Stewart before this interview.  But, after spending a little time with him, I'm very impressed.  With the pandemic keeping the movie theaters closed, when I got an inquiry from Focus Features asking if I would like to pre-screen the new Kevin Costner/Diane Lane movie, Let Him Go, I jumped at the chance.  It's one perk of having a podcast.  You might remember we got to interview the French filmmaker, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, about her movie The Mustang. After we saw Let Him Go, we got to interview BooBoo Stewart, who played Peter in the movie.  Speaking to Booboo was very easy to talk to.  I didn't know much about his career, but a check of IMDB to

  • What an Extension Agent Can Do For You

    27/10/2020 Duration: 23min

    What an Extension Agent Can Do For You Local extension agents have many names.  Some locales call them farm advisors, some cooperative extension agents. Whatever your county may title them, they are a free source of valuable knowledge. When I wanted to perform a hay analysis on a load of hay I bought for our horses, I needed a hay probe.  When I looked on Amazon, hay probes were priced over $150. That made the whole exercise way too expensive.  I reached out to my extension agent, Julie Finzel, and she said, "Sure, I can help."  Julie located a hay probe from another farm advisor, picked it up, and delivered it to my house.  We chatted while I took my samples, and her range of knowledge about livestock and farming amazed me. When I asked Julie for a sit-down interview to talk about pests and livestock, especially horses, she was accommodating.  What do you do if you have mice getting in your feed?  Squirrels can be a big problem in many areas. Is a skunk a health danger?  I asked Julie about these and many o

  • Devils Garden Mustangs with Laura Snell

    29/09/2020 Duration: 24min

    Devils Garden Mustangs with Laura Snell M squared photography Laura Snell knows a lot about the Devils Garden Mustangs and their Herd Management Area.  She is a Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor for Modoc County.  Laura works with the US Forest Service helping with research and management of the herd. I thought the BLM managed the wild mustangs, then learned several agencies involved.  The Devils Garden is on Forest Service Land and is the largest herd managed by the Forest Service.  There are approximately 2,000-2,500 horses on this land.  While this is by some estimates 10 times the amount of horse than the area can sustain, not that long ago that 4,000 horses roamed this area. Devils Garden Mustangs have roamed this land for over 100 years.  The horses are from ranches that occupied neighboring areas.  The area was a source for Calvary horses, and they introduced some draft horse bloodlines.  They are sure-footed, stockier horses that are used to living in a rough environment. We've produced many epi

  • Looking Back at the Podcast

    01/09/2020 Duration: 22min

    Looking Back at the Podcast This week we are looking back at an episode I produced 8 years ago.  If you listened to last week's episode, you heard my interview with Lane Selz.  Lane and I met through my farrier Sean McRoberts.  While still in high school, Lane qualified for a permit to ride in the PRCA.  I got to follow Lane's pro Rodeo career. While I research last week's episode, I came across a recording I did when Lane was just starting out assisting Sean.  I've edited the old show down quite a bit.  It shows the changes in both the podcast and Lane.  Back then, we called the podcast the DUH Podcast because I was/am a big fan of the Downunder Horsemanship Method. I used to open the show with a motivational or funny quote.  We left that in too. Throughout the broadcast you can hear the natural sounds from my backyard: cars driving by, birds chirping, nippers and files.  My philosophy then was to bring the listener realism and experience.  I don't think I pulled it off. I hope you enjoy this episode. Join U

  • Working Cowboy Lane Selz Ranch Life in California

    25/08/2020 Duration: 25min

    Working Cowboy - Lane Selz Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a working cowboy in 2020?  My friend, Lane Selz, day-works for several ranches in the area.  He describes life in today's ranching world. When I first met Lane, he was still in high school.  He was so good at riding bulls in high school, he earned his permit to ride in PRCA.  From there, Lane spent a few years riding on the professional circuit, traveling to rodeos across the country.  Lane returned to Bakersfield, CA to open up his own farrier service business after working for several prominent farriers locally, including Ernest Forsberg and Sean McRoberts. But Lane grew up wanting to be a cowboy.  In Central California, where we both live, there are several big ranches.  Lane contracts with many of them as a day-worker.  When the ranch needs extra help, they call in day-working cowboys. As extra help, Lane never knows what job he might get for the day.  It could be sorting, branding, or gathering.  It's not a total mystery, Lane can usu

  • Yoga for Equestrians with Gabrielle Diakon

    21/07/2020 Duration: 29min

    Yoga for Equestrians I had been practicing yoga for about 5 years when I got my first horse at age 51.  The year was 2005.  My goal was to ride a lot and, although I considered myself fit, my body was feeling the aches and pains of daily horseback riding.  Changing my yoga routine to compensate for the muscles I was using as an equestrian really helped me get through the initial period of intense riding. Yoga helped so much, I tried talking my yoga instructor into letting me develop a class specific to equestrians. She wasn’t into horses, and I didn’t know enough people with horses to inspire a special class.  My plans for a “Yoga for Equestrians” class fizzled out.  Recently I brought up in casual conversation among my horse friends that I was once a yoga instructor.   Then they asked if I would be interested in teaching a class.  That got me to thinking about yoga again.   While I’m too busy to add a yoga class to my plate, I found a qualified horsewoman who has developed a “Yoga for Equestrians” program. 

  • Feed and Nutrition with Will Friday

    07/07/2020 Duration: 36min

    Feed and Nutrition with Will Friday How much do you worry about the quality of feed and nutrition of your horse?  I confess, I let my horses get a little "extra" fat this last winter.  It wasn't until I took Scratch in for a routine dental and vaccination and we got on the scale.  He was 1,014 lbs.  Now, I'm not exactly sure what his ideal weight ought to be, but I KNOW it's not 1,000 lbs.  It's difficult to get a horse to lose weight.  You can't just feed less.  Horses need food going through their system constantly to stay healthy.  That's just how that works. I was looking for ways to support my horse nutritionally when I came across my friend, Will Friday's,  new website.  You might remember Will from a previous episode we did on The Masterson Method.  Will has an interest in feed and nutrition and consults many of his clients.  I enlisted Will to help me with our horses nutrition.  Will offered two very important charts to reference.  The first in the NRC chart for horses.  This lists the amounts of nutr

  • Jason Irwin Horseman & Clinician

    02/06/2020 Duration: 29min

    Jason Irwin Horseman & Clinician Jason Irwin is a horse trainer and clinician in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.  I received an email saying that I needed to interview Jason.  There are a lot of very talented horse trainers out there and many of them don’t get the attention they deserve.  I think Jason is one of them.  Jason and I spoke on the phone and I discovered that last year they invited him to the big Equine Affaire Shows on the east coast.  The Western States Horse Expo scheduled him to present in June.  Of course, everyone’s 2020 schedule got thrown into the tumbler.  Jason, along with his wife Bronwyn, hold horsemanship clinics throughout the year.   Jason Irwin's love affair with horses began with his Dad at their horse and livestock, NorthStar Livestock.  It was there he learned how to pick up horses in the States, bring them home to Canada, train, then sell them.  Jason developed his eye for a horse pretty enough to catch your eye and willing enough to accept training.  Jason worked with hund

  • We're Taking a COVID Hiatus

    12/05/2020 Duration: 05min

    We're Taking a COVID Hiatus Hi everyone.  I hope you are doing well.  This COVID pandemic has really turned everyone's world upside down.  Somehow, I think horse people take these things a little better.  When you sit on a 1,000 lb animal, sometimes things go wrong.  It's you and the horse and you learn to deal with them.  We get manure under our fingernails and horse slobber on our shirts.  We clean water troughs brimming with algae.  We know the smell of Numotizine, Furacin, and that purple stuff you spray on cuts and wounds.  We hear the COVID is tough.  I sure wouldn't want to mess with it, but I'm still thinking my immune system is ready. It's been challenging getting guests booked during the last two months.  I've produced podcasts through it all so far, but now I need to take a little COVID Hiatus.  I have commitments from two really cool people in the horse industry.  I hope to get those interviews done, edited and posted.  I just don't know when.  If you want to keep in touch, hit the subscribe butt

  • Tiffany McLaury Colt Starter

    28/04/2020 Duration: 29min

    Tiffany McLaury Colt Starter Tiffany McLaury's name might sound familiar.  She is the daughter of Buster and Sheryl McLaury.  Buster and Sheryl spent many years working on and managing ranches.  In 1984, they met Ray and Carolyn Hunt and their view of horsemanship changed.  Tiffany grew up learning about training horses and starting colts from not only her parents, but many other well-known trainers. About a month ago listener Jeanie Marie Andreatta wrote m.  Jeanie is deep into horses. Her business Tumbling J Mohair Tack hand crafts Mohair cinches. Jeanie also teaches at Equi911.  So when she writes me with a suggestion for a guest, I listen. Jeanie is friends with Tiffany McLaury a horse trainer and colt starter in Paducah Texas.  Tiffany knows a lot about horsemanship growing up learning from her father and mother, Buster and Cheryl McLaury. She’s real easy to talk to and our conversation wanders all over the place - well all over the place on the topic of horses.  We could have gone on another hour, but w

  • Barefoot Horse Trimming with Craig Morley

    14/04/2020 Duration: 35min

    Barefoot Horse Trimming with Craig Morley I heard some people call barefoot horse trimming natural hoof care.  A quick search on Wikipedia says there is early evidence of mule shoes in Rome as far back as 400 BC.  Now you would think in 2,000 years of equine husbandry, we would have figured out what is best for the horse's foot.  I'm not sure we have.  If you ask two different farriers and a veterinarian the best way to trim a hoof, I would not be surprised if they came up with four different answers.  It's like politics or religion.  There are a lot of opinions about barefoot horse trimming out there. When I ran into a riding friend I had not seen in a while, he told me he had been studying barefoot horse trimming.  Perfect, here was someone I could talk to openly and honestly about the subject.  We sat down between the row of horse stalls at the stable he boards his horses.  We began with his attraction to the business, then discovered the key points of interest to him, and discovered a few tips about bare

  • Equine Transportation with EquiJet

    31/03/2020 Duration: 14min

    Equine Transportation with EquiJet In my world, equine transportation means loading up my horse in the trailer and driving for a few hours.  But I've often wondered what it was like for a horse being transported across the country or even around the world.  What is equine transportation mean to them?  What is it like for horses that qualify to get to the Olympics to compete, racehorses, or perhaps even a prize bull who moves from one ranch to another country?  I remembered the first time I flew in a plane.  It was kind of scary.  The power you feel on takeoff, the pressure changes, and the bumpy landings are unnerving.  I had an adult to explain everything was all right, but what about an animal? On today’s show is Bastain Schroeder of EquiJet, an equine transportation company.  EquiJet helps horses and livestock get from one place to another by plane. And it’s not just horses, EquiJet has even transported kangaroos and Zonkies!  Bastain didn't set off to be in the equine transportation industry.  His career

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