Karen and Robby brings on one of everyone's favorite Equestrian Journalist, Sally Spickard. Sally is put in the "Hot Seat" and we get to know all her and everything she has going on. Sally shares her story of always loving horses and writing "reports" when she was little about the most recent horse race. Little did she know that was the start of her passion about writing about horse sports. Sally now owns a portion of Eventing Nation and hear all about a new and exciting project they have com...
Karen and Robby get to know the legendary, Dorothy Crowell. Dorothy is a 1994 WEG Individual Silver Medalist and is the Inaugural Kentucky 5* winner. Dorothy talks about her famous partner, Molokai who was inducted into the USEA Eventing Hall of Fame in 2015. Today, Dorothy organizes Educational Classical Format 3-Day event for Starter up to Training and discusses the importance of Horsemanship. It was a pleasure getting to know Dorothy and we hope you enjoy!To follow the Educational Classica...
Karen and Robby get to know 3* Eventer, Ali Kuhn. Ali grew up and is still based in Plymouth, WI and has recently been on fire with her most recent wins with Little Hail at the Hagyard Midsouth 3 Day and Virginia Horse Center 3*S. Ali shares her story about how she got the ride on Little Hail after admiring him while being with John and Dorothy Crowell. Ali gives some great advice on not giving up at an event no matter how bad one phase was and also how riders should ride as many different ho...
As we finally wind things down from the Mars Maryland 5* Presented by Brown Advisory, we bring to you 3 days of press conference interviews from the 5*. Hear Tamie Smith talk about the future plans with Mai Baum, what the riders thought of the cross country course and how Buck Davidson only hears his daughters while he's out on course. We hope you enjoy!!Please support our sponsors:https://cowboymagic.com/https://manentailequine.com/https://exhibitorlabs.com/https://www.triplecrownfeed.com/Pa...
We're still continuing our interviews from the Mars Maryland 5*. This week we have interviews with Alex Conrad, Emery Reagan, Emily Hamel, Jonna Willis, Janessa Shillingstad, Meg Pelligrini, Nick Attwood, Nicki Carson, Sophie Middlebrook, Ian Stark and Nardine Oakes. Be ready to hear all about not just the 3* and 5* but also YEH, grooming, coffee and Corgis!Please support our sponsors:https://cowboymagic.com/https://manentailequine.com/https://exhibitorlabs.com/https://www.triplecrownfeed.com...
We are still on the Mars Maryland 5* Presented by Brown Advisory high! Karen and Robby were part of the MD5* Radio and for the next 2 weeks we will be bringing you all the great interviews that were done. Part 1 has interviews with Sinead Maynard, Harry Meade, David Doel, Crosby Green, Allie Knowles, Boyd Martin, Felix Parker from Fairfax & Favor, Tiana Coudray and Lainey Ashker. We want to thank everyone at the MD5* for trusting us to bring the audience content and also to our social med...
Karen and Robby sit down with Joe Bowersox for the 2024 Mars Maryland 5* Preview Show. Joe, who is Karen's other son has worked for Boyd Martin and is currently a rider for Phillip Dutton and we get an abbreviated story on how he got his start in riding and everything he has going on today. We try to get Joe to give us some inside scoop - but that didn't happen! We give our personal opinions who we think will be the top 3 winners and our dark horse pick. It was a lot of fun for the 3 of us to...
Karen and Robby get to know Cross Country Course Builder, Tyson Rementer. Tyson grew up being horse crazy riding Western and started Eventing when he moved to Delaware Valley College. Later, Tyson became a working student for the legendary Bruce Davidson. This is when he met course builder, Morgan Rowsell where Tyson decided he was better suited to build jumps rather than jump them. Right now, Tyson is busy building the Mars Maryland 5*! Tyson gives us the scoop on how the planning started an...
Karen and Robby catch up with long time friend, 3* Eventer Emily Bradford. Emily shares her story of growing up in a non-horsey family to working for Michael Matz and Bruce Davidson. Emily started her business, Traveler Equestrian a few years ago and has a great eye for spotting and producing top horses. We hope you enjoy getting to know Emily and recognize why she is one of our favorite riders in Area 2!Follow Emily's journey:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090754786745https://tra...
Karen and Robby get to know Equestrian Performance Coach, Nardine Oakes, Nardine grew up in New Zealand and is now living in Canada where she helps riders with their strength and conditioning to make them all around better riders. Nardine gives some great tips on what our listeners can do at home to become safer and more secure in the saddle. This was such a fun interview and want to wish Nardine the best of luck at her upcoming event!To learn more about The Strong Rider:https://www.thestrong...
Karen and Robby switched things up this week by having International Dressage rider, Anna Buffini on. Get to know how she went from gymnastics to Dressage and incorporates her love of fitness to riding. Anna was recently on the East Coast to help teach a clinic at Windurra and was given the opportunity to try out some cross country and loved every minute of it. It's just a matter of time before she switches over! We hope you enjoy Anna's story and her advice as much as we did.To follow Anna:h...
Karen and Robby get to know 4* Eventer, Alexa Gartenberg. Alexa is a member of the 2024 Eventing 25 Emerging Athlete Program and has been based in England for almost a year. Hear all about how after college, Alexa became a realtor and one night at dinner her parents told her to go to Europe. Alexa left her job behind and has since been based with Kevin McNab. Alexa currently has 3 horses in England and is gearing up to take her very talented 6 year old mare to Le Lion. Give it a listen! We're...
Karen and Robby get to know Advanced rider Sean McQuillan. After taking a couple years off to heal from 2 hip surgeries, Sean is looking to get back to competing and building up his business. Sean tells some great stories of being a young rider and getting to train with some of the greats like Jimmy Wofford and Karen and David O'Connor. Sean is even in the process of writing a novel! We hope you'll enjoy getting to know Sean as much as we did.Follow Sean here:https://www.facebook.com/McQuilla...
Karen and Robby get to know 3* Eventer, Alexa Lapp. Learn all about how she met Jennie Brannigan and worked for her for 8 years, getting the ride on Cambalda and then eventually finding Pascal. Alexa then took a "break" from horses and started freelance grooming and is now involved in Business Consulting for Equestrians. It was so much fun getting to know Alexa and we wish her all the best with her new horse Calle!PC: US EventingTo follow Alexa:https://www.instagram.com/alappequestrian/Please...
Karen and Robby get to know Young Rider, Lizzie Hoff. Lizzie is from Washington State that during COVID got the chance to lease one of Caroline Pamukcu's horses. From there, she ended up purchasing the horse and came to the East Coast to base with Caroline and Kelly Hutchinson. Lizzie is currently riding at the 3* level and is a 6x Young Rider Medalist. We spoke to Lizzie after she returned from Paris after her family went to root on Caroline and HSH Blake in which Lizzie's mom is part owner ...
Karen and Robby talk 2024 Paris Olympics with who better than 7 time Olympian, Phillip Dutton at his beautiful farm True Prospect! Hear Phillip's thoughts on the different teams and who he thinks will be the individual "dark horse". He also talks about what it's like in the Olympic Village as well as marching in the Opening Ceremonies. We wish everyone safe rides this weekend and GO USA!!!!To learn more about Phillip Dutton:https://phillipdutton.com/https://www.facebook.com/phillipduttonevent...
Karen and Robby get to know 2024 Olympic Team Member for Switzerland, Nadja Minder. During the interview, Nadja was just on the road leaving CHIO Aachen in Germany. Nadja is only 24 years old and has already accomplished so much and is heading to her first of many (we are sure of it) Olympic Games. Find out what all she has going on in Switzerland and her reaction to being announced to the Team. Her future is bright and we wish her all the luck in Paris!To follow Nadja's journey:https://www.n...
Karen and Robby get to know 4* Eventer, Briggs Surratt. Not only is Briggs the rider of the 14.2 hand super pony Corture, he's also a man of many other talents. He has learned the art of Physio Therapy from good friend Dougie Hannum, he collects and restores old saddles, collector of bits and is an avid gardner. Briggs also talks about his vacation of a lifetime with Lucinda Green and his husband Rick Wallace to Africa. Briggs is also starting a very unique membership fan club for Corture, wh...
Karen and Robby get to know Young Rider, Paige Ramsey. This week Paige is gearing up to compete at the 2024 Young Rider Championships at the Maryland International at Loch Moy. Paige will be representing Area 2 on the CCI2* Team. Paige talks about her journey to get there and her plans of going to UVA in August. We wish Paige, her teammates and everyone else the best of luck! We hope you enjoy getting to know Paige just as much as we did.PC: Shannon BrinkmanTo follow Paige's journey:https://w...
Karen and Robby welcome back Mia Farley! Mia was on the MLE podcast almost 2 years ago to the day but this time she comes on as not just a 5* rider BUT as a 5* rider that has gone cross country double clear at Maryland and Kentucky. Mia is now living and training out of a farm in Kentucky and has made the announcement that she plans on taking Phelps to Burghley. Mia will start a Phelps membership to help offset the costs of getting them to Burghley. Besides her big Burghley news, Mia has a ne...
Sarah McGregor Author
I enjoy all the episodes. Each one has at least a few takeaways.
Kat Magnuson
very much enjoyed this episode. I do wish that Rob would not talk over and chime in so much. there's enthusiasm and there's just too much. he's well informed and interesting, it would be something he might consider as he listens back over this interview.