Retired Racehorse Radio: Recent Episodes
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Retired Racehorse Radio is your guide to the adoption, care and training of the retired racehorse. While the show will focus on retired Thoroughbreds (OTTB) we will cover other racehorse breeds like Standardbreds and Arabians. Brought to you in cooperation with the Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program. Part of the Horse Radio Network.
On today's show, we're talking to Michele Scott, CEO and owner of Professional's Choice, about how equine sport-medicine can play a role in the retraining of your off-the-track. Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Michele Scott CEO and owner of Professional's Choice
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're back with our featured Making the Makeover spotlight trainer Shanin Quashie to talk about her nutrition plan in her barn for those tricky transitioning Thoroughbreds. Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Amanda Grace. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Shanin Quashie
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, RideTV and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we had a cross collab with Schleese Saddles where Joy and Jochen Schleese talk about saddle optimization for woman and how the right saddle for you can make a world of difference for your horse. Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Shanin Quashie
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, Spalding Labs, and Listeners like You!
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On today's show, we're catching up our Making the Makeover spotlight trainer Shanin Quashie, who has had a roller coaster of a spring with her 2026 Makeover prospect! Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Amanda Grace. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Shanin Quashie
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, Practical Horseman+, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're speaking with Jabus Hamm, who is a dad, pilot, veteran, and an aspiring show jumper known on social media as @Dad_Learns_To_Ride! Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jabus Hamm
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, Spalding Labs, RideTV, and Listeners like You!
- Use code HRN10 for a discount with Spalding Labs!
On today's show, we're back with our spotlight Make the Makeover trainer and HRN auditor Shanin Quashie for an update on her journey to Kentucky with Sylvia I Am! Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Amanda Vance. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Shanin Quashie
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, Spalding Labs, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're learning more about Blue Dahlia Equine with Sarah Lloyd and Haley Brush! Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Sarah Lloyd and Haley Brush
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're back with our Making the Makeover spotlight trainer and longtime listener Shanin Quashie! Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Shanin Quashie
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, RideTV and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we've caught up with Thoroughbred power couple Joe Sharp and Rosie Napravnik to learn how they keep all the plates spinning from training racehorses to sporthorses! Then we meet an adoptable Standardbred of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Joe Sharp & Rosie Napravnik
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, MyNewHorse and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we meet our featured 2026 Make the Makeover trainer and longtime listener, Shanin Quashie! Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Erin Macdonald. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Shanin Quashie
- New Vocations Segment
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, Practical Horseman+, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we speak with Carrie Brogden, a driving force in some new Thoroughbred competition options paying out big prize money in 2026! Then we meet an adoptable horse of the week and a new training tip with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Carrie Brogden
- New Vocations Segment
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, UsRider, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, the tables are turned and I'm in the hot seat to be interviewed by Kristen! Then we'll get back to the training content with New Vocations' Amanda Grace and meet a new adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Joy Hills
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, Spalding Labs, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we chat with our friend Kyle Rothfus of Mareworthy to learn more about the organization's Mare Match service. Then we're back with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley for a new training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Kyle Rothfus
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we chat with Linda Hauck of Tapestry Equine Products and learn more about her experience with ex-racehorse sensitivity, leading to the development of her innovative line of products. Then we sit down with New Vocations' Amanda Grace for a new training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Guest: Linda Hauck
- Additional Support Provided by: RideTV, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we got into the good stuff of dressage training and starting Thoroughbreds for the sport with Katherine Abrams. Then we chat with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley for a new training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Leigh Beamer and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Katherine Abrams
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Horse Radio Network, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're spending some time with Mike McMahon of Bourbon Lane Stable to learn why this partnership emphasizes aftercare -- and even named a bourbon after one of their retired racehorses. Then we chat with Erin MacDonald of New Vocations' Ocala branch for a new training tip and adoptable horse of the week. And we have a special guest for the holidays: stay tuned!
- Hosts: Leigh Beamer and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Michael McMahon, Thoroughbred Charities of America
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Horse Radio Network, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're learning more about the new non-profit Stall 13 and an unusual case the organization has recently taken in -- just in time for the holidays. Then we chat with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley for a new training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Leigh Beamer and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Aubrey Graham
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Horse Radio Network, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're talking about the challenges and benefits of getting your Thoroughbred into the show ring against other breeds of horses with intrepid competitor Hannah Ong. Then we chat with New Vocations' Amanda Vance from the New York facility for a new training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Leigh Beamer and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Hannah Ong
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: MyNewHorse, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're learning more about equine podiatry and how it can help our ex-racehorses with one of the best in the business, Travis Burns of Virginia Tech. Then we chat with New Vocations' Bridget Hollern for a new training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Leigh Beamer and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Travis Burns
- Guest: Bridget Hollern
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Equestrian+, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're sitting down with the Retired Racehorse Project's executive director Kirsten Green to get the inside scoop on how the 2025 Thoroughbred Makeover celebrated its 10th anniversary, and what's next for the RRP. And Amanda Grace is back from New Vocations with her Makeover recap, a new training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Leigh Beamer and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Amanda Grace
- Guest: Kirsten Green
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: USRider, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're introducing our temporary co-host, our friend Leigh Beamer! We're reuniting with Natalie Holdren from our 2022 Making the Makeover series. And Bridget Heasley is back from New Vocations with a training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Leigh Beamer and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Natalie Holdren
- Guest: Bridget Heasley
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Spalding Labs, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
Today's show we're chatting with Tim and Tanner from Next-Gen Thoroughbred podcast to learn about their show and get some new perspective on the racing world. I pick an adoptable horse for Kristen and we give our tips for when someone else has to manage our horses. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Tanner Reisman
- Guest: Timothy Schmidt
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, RideTV, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
Today we're back with Making the Makeover rider, Sam Fawcett, to learn about her tips and tricks to keeping a positive mindset as a rider and competitor at the Thoroughbred Makeover. We touch base with New Vocation's, Bridget Heasley, on lameness vs. weakness in training horses and introducing our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Sam Fawcett
- Guest: Bridget Heasley
- New Vocations Segment - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, MyNewHorse, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we are chatting with author, Christina Keim, on her new book, Unwanted -- The Causes & Effects of America's Horse Populus Crisis. We touch base with Erin MacDonald from New Vocations to get her approach to telling the difference between a horse who is asking for help (aka maybe some naughty behaviors arising) vs a horse who is asking for more of a challenge in their work. Plus, we introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week who happens to have ran in the Preakness! Stay tuned...
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Christina Keim
- Guest: Erin MacDonald
- New Vocations Segment
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, MyNewHorse, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
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We're back from vacation and kicking off with our Making the Makeover rider, Sam Fawcett, to get the inside scoop on how she likes to structure her training program for her off the tracks. We catch up with New Vocation's, Bridget Heasley, with a training tip on keeping horses hydrated and our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
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Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Sam Fawcett
- Guest: Bridget Heasley
- New Vocations Segment: Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Equestrian+, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
We're chatting with Mary Ormsby, Equine Operations Manager at Claiborne Farm, about a day in her life working on a bloodstock farm and why they support the RRP Broodmare Division. We chat with New Vocations for a training tip and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Mary Ormsby
- Guest: Bridget Heasley
- New Vocations Segment: Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, USRider, Retired Racehorse Project, Horse Radio Network and Listeners like You!
It's a Making the Makeover episode and today we chat with our Makeover Rider, Sam Fawcett, on she likes to introduce her horses to their first outings. We catch up with New Vocations for a training tip and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
On today's episode, we chat with Jennifer Sweet, the President of the US Pony Club, on the benefits of getting involved with Pony Club, and how they provide opportunities to better connect with your retired racer in their second career. We get a training tip from New Vocation's own, Bridget Heasley, and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Sam Fawcett
- Guest: Amanda Vance
- New Vocations Segment: Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Spalding Labs, Retired Racehorse Project, Horse Radio Network and Listeners like You!
On today's episode, we chat with Jennifer Sweet, the President of the US Pony Club, on the benefits of getting involved with Pony Club, and how they provide opportunities to better connect with your retired racer in their second career. We get a training tip from New Vocation's own, Bridget Heasley, and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jennifer Sweet
- Guest: Bridget Heasley
- New Vocations Segment: Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Equine Discounts, Retired Racehorse Project, Horse Radio Network and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we catch up with our Making the Makeover rider, Sam Fawcett, on how she likes to keep her horses fueled. Kristen and I play, "Blind Horse Dates" to see how well we know each other's ideal horse type, and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned...
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Sam Fawcett
- Guest: Amanda Tucker
- New Vocations Segment: Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Equine Discounts, Retired Racehorse Project, Horse Radio Network and Listeners like You!
Today we chat with Kristin Werner from the Jockey Club about the new OTTB Profile report. We catch up with Bridget Heasley from New Vocations and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned.
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Kristin Werner
- Guest: Bridget Heasley
- New Vocations Segment: Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we touch base with our Making the Makeover rider, Sam Fawcett, on assessing potential in a Makeover horse. We chat with New Vocations for a training tip and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned...
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Sam Fawcett
- New Vocations Segment: Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, Equestrian+, and Listeners like You!
It’s our 150th episode and we’re celebrating at Equine Affaire Ohio! We have the rare treat of recording in-person and we have some great guests. We introduce you to the all standardbred drill team from Cherokee Stables which one of their horses is a $2M winner. We debrief the secrets of half halts with two of our listeners after attending the Wendy Murdoch clinic. And of course, it wouldn’t be an episode of Retired Racehorse Radio without featuring an adoptable horse of the week! Stay tuned….
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Cherokee Stables
- Link from Clinic: Wendy Murdoch
- New Vocations Segment: Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, Horse Radio Network, US Rider, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we introduce our 2025 Making the Makeover rider, Samantha Fawcett! We then catch up with Bridget Heasley from New Vocations on what bits she recommends for a standie's first outing, and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned...
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Samantha Fawcett
- New Vocations Segment: Bridget Heasley
- Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, Horse Radio Network, Spalding Labs, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we connect with Patrick Cummings to learn more about the young organization National Thoroughbred Alliance and the role it has to play in the future of the racing industry. We ask New Vocations, Amanda Tucker, about best tips to safely introduce your new horse to his new pasture pals. Last, but never least, we wrap with our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Patrick Cummings
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Amanda Tucker
- Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, Horse Radio Network, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're chatting with Dr. Maureen Kelleher of Ohio State University about keratomas, since she recently got to operate on our very own Shorty! We chat with New Vocations' Bridget Heasley about stereotypic behaviors in the Standardbred, and meet a new adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned...
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Dr. Maureen Kelleher
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Bridget Heasley
- Adoptable Horse
Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're celebrating the Retired Racehorse Project's 15th anniversary with founder, Steuart Pittman, and Executive Director, Kirsten Green. We then bring you some training tips for the horse who likes to take the reins (literally!) with Amanda Tucker from New Vocations, and we introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned...
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred MakeoverandNew Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Steuart Pittman
- Guest: Kirsten Green
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Amanda Tucker
- Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by:Cashel Company,Retired Racehorse Project, Spalding Labs, and Listeners like You!
It's our 6th birthday! We're celebrating with talking to a pretty epic horse gal, Jacklyn Wyatt, who not only had a role in Jobber's story, but also has a pretty impressive story of her own. We celebrate Track to Triumph story from one of our amazing listeners. Last, but never least, we get a training tip and adoptable horse from New Vocation's, Bridget Heasley. So grab something sweet to celebrate with us and listen in...
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jacklyn Wyatt
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Bridget Heasley
- Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
It's a new year meaning there are new foals! Dr. Cory Kieschnick joins us again to hype us up for the foal cams at Del Val. We catch up with Amanda Tucker at New Vocations learning tips and tricks for slowing down your horse over fences and ground poles, and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Dr. Cory Kieschnick
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Amanda Tucker
- Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
We chat with professional trainer and bloodstock agent, Kenny McPeek, on how he produces winning racehorses like Mystik Dan and Thorpedo Anna. We start off the new year chatting with Bridget Heasley from New Vocations to share a training tip and introduce you to our adorable adoptable horse of the week.
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Kenny McPeek
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Bridget Heasley
- Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
Today we learn about the Secretariat Center and their mission from Equine Program Director & Trainer, Caroline Tatum. With all the new adoptions happening this month, we chat with Amanda Tucker from New Vocations on some top tips to help your horse settle in to new spaces. We wrap by tempting you to bring a new horse under your tree this holiday season by introducing our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Caroline Tatum
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Amanda Tucker
- Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we speak with the winner of the Retired Racehorse Project's 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover about her experience, how she chose her horse, and what's next for the pair. We catch up with Bridget Heasley from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program to bring you a training tip on encouraging the pace out of your standie, and introduce you to our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Angela Carmitchel
- RRP: Rulebook
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Bridget Heasley
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
Happy Radiothon Day from HRN!
In the Retired Racehorse Radio Hour 3 of the 2024 Holiday Radiothon Kristen and Joy speak with Jen Roytz, TB trainer and Co-Owner/Manager at Brownstead Farm, about the holidays and her work with the thoroughbreds. Plus, some holiday recipes and over $750.00 in prizes.
HOLIDAY RADIOTHON 2024, HOUR 3 (Retired) – Show Notes and Links:
- The Radiothon Emcees: Glenn the Geek of Horse Radio Network and Ashley Winch of Sleep Stories for Equestrians
- Guest HRN Co-Host: Joy Orr and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of Retired Racehorse Radio
- Guest: Jen Roytz, TB trainer and Co-Owner/Manager at Brownstead Farm
- Link: Jen Roytz on Facebook
- Support for this hour of today's special annual event provided by: State Line Tack, Kentucky Performance Products, BeneFab, and Listeners Like You
- Prizes for Hour 3 provided by: EZSignsOnline.com, Trafalgar Square Books - No Bored Horses by Amanda Goble, US Rider, and Zero Proof Horse Treats
- Charity of Choice: Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue
- Donation Link: A Home for Every Horse
Today we're taking a look from the judges booth with Daniel Moltion who will be sharing his perspective on the ex-racer in the ranch pen. Amanda Tucker from New Vocations answers a listener training question on the sticky horse, and introduces our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Dan Moltion
- RRP: Educational Library
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Amanda Tucker
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're joined by Jochen Schleese to learn about the importance of saddle fit for the retired racer, and what you, as a rider, should keep in mind as your horse transitions from the track or broodmare life to their sporthorse career. We then are joined by New Vocations' own Bridget Heasley (Hollern) to get a training tip and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jochen Schleese
- RRP: Educational Library
- New Feature: Track to Triumph
- New Vocations Segment: Bridget Heasley (Hollern)
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
Get ready for the seventh Holiday Radiothon, a special six-hour event filled with holiday cheer and horse-themed fun! Hosts Glenn the Geek and Ashley Winch invite you to join them on December 1st from 3 to 9 PM Eastern Time for an exciting lineup of guests, contests, and thousands of dollars in prizes.
This year’s charity focus is A Home for Every Horse, which helps rescue organizations find forever homes for adoptable horses. Listeners can participate by submitting creative holiday songs, poems, or stories for a chance to win extra prizes. Tune in on the HRN YouTube page, where all the action will take place in one spot for the best interactive experience.
Find all the details at: HolidayRadiothon.com
Date: December 1, 2024
Time: 3 to 9 PM Eastern
Where to Watch Live: Horse Radio Network YouTube Channel and many others.
Where to Listen Recorded: Listen to the recording after Monday Dec 2, 2024 on the Horses in the Morning or HRN Auditor Podcast Feed
We made it to the 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover & Symposium! This is one of the fun times where we get to chat in person, and this year was extra special as we got the opportunity to host the whole finale -- dare we say, we made it?! We share our experiences and interviews, including a few catch-ups with our Making the Makeover riders, and more. We also entice you and your own Makeover dreams by introducing an adoptable horse with New Vocations', Amanda Tucker. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Chris Bennings
- Guest: Christine Starer-Smith
- Guest: Lisa Alverez
- Guest: Jody Busch
- Guest: Susan Smith
- Guest: Sarah Hickner
- New Vocations Segment: Amanda Tucker, New Vocations Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
You're listening to the one before the 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover! We're about to celebrate all things thoroughbred for the next week and to kick-start we have our final panel with our Making the Makeover riders as they gear up for the competition at the Kentucky Horse Park. And while we might be chatting OTTBS, we also shed some love and light on our standardbred friends with New Vocation's, Bridget Hollern, as she brings us a training tip and our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest Name: Dana Johnson
- Guest: Chris Bennings
- Guest: Jody Busch
- New Vocations Segment: Bridget Hollern, New Vocations Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
Today we are joined by listener, Anne-Louise Knox, who shares how the Winston Churchill Fellowship is allowing her to travel the world to learn more about off-track welfare. We catch up with Makeover hopeful, Dana Johnson, and how her horse and her are coming along. We wrap the show with Amanda Tucker from New Vocations where she shares her favorite bits for green horses and introduces our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Michele Pesula Kuegler of Wasabi Aftercare Fund
- Guest: Chris Bennings
- Guest: Jody Busch
- New Vocations Segment: Bridget Hollern, New Vocations Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, My New Horse, and Listeners like You!
Today we learn about Wasabi Racing Ventures and the Wasabi Aftercare Fund with Executive Director, Michele Pesula Kuegler. We catch up with our Making the Makeover pros, Chris Bennings and Jody Busch. We learn about the unique quirks of the standardbred trot with New Vocation's, Bridget Hollern, and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Wasabi Aftercare Fund, Michele Pesula Kuegler
- Guest: Megan Smits
- Guest: Chris Bennings
- New Vocations Segment: Bridget Hollern, New Vocations Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
Time Stamps:
8:19 –Wasabi Aftercare Fund, Michele Pesula Kuegler
22:12 – Chris Bennings and Jody Busch
37:48 – Bridget Hollern, New Vocations Adoptable Horse
Today we're chatting with Danielle Montgomery from Turning for Home, and how to assess what talents or interests a horse might have in a second career. We catch up with Dana Johnson, one of Making the Makeover competitors. We introduce you to Amanda Tucker from New Vocations and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Danielle Montgomery
- Guest: Dana Johnson
- New Vocations Segment: Amanda Tucker, New Vocations Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
Time Stamps:
15:54 – Danielle Montgomery
42:54 – Dana Johnson
58:43 – Amanda Tucker, New Vocations Adoptable Horse
We're chatting with Meg Smits about how her racetrack connections provides safe landing spaces for retired racers in her therapy program. We catch up with Mya Larson and Chris Bennings as they prepare for the TB Makeover. We wrap up with Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations bringing you TWO adoptable horses this week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Megan Smits
- Guest: Chris Bennings of Morning Line Equestrian
- Guest: Mya Larson
- New Vocations Segment: Winnie Morgan Nemeth & HorseAdoption.org –Adoptable Horse Escadilla and Adoptable Horse WhyBabyWhy
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Spalding Labs, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like You!
Time Stamps:
15:00 – Meg Smits
37:11 – Mya Larson and Chris Bennings
59:43 – New Vocations Adoptable Horses
Today we're chatting with listener and HRN auditor, Lisa Dowell, on the adoption of her new thoroughbred and why an OTTB was right for her. We catch up with our Making the Makeover Riders, Jody Busch and Dana Johnson. We wrap up with Amanda Vance from New Vocations with a training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Lisa Dowell
- Guest: Dana Johnson
- New Vocations Segment: Amanda Vance & HorseAdoption.org –Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, RideTV, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we're joined by RRP Executive Director, Kirsten Green, and Mareworthy Charities founder, Kyle Rothfus, to learn about their upcoming TB Broodmare Transition Symposium. We get a Making the Makeover update from competitors Chris Bennings and Dana Johnson. We then chat with New Vocation's own, Winnie Morgan Nemeth, and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Kirsten Green & Kyle Rothfus on the TB Broodmare Transition Symposium
- Guest: Chris Bennings of Morning Line Equestrian
- Guest: Dana Johnson
- New Vocations Segment: Winnie Morgan Nemeth & HorseAdoption.org – Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, US Rider, Retired Racehorse Project, Savvy Feeders, and Listeners like You!
Time Stamps:
01:00 - Kristen's Weekend Show
06:20 - Joy Updates on Astrid
12:52 - Kirsten Green & Kyle Rothfus
30:00 - Chris Bennings and Dana Johnson
44:00 - Winnie Morgan Nemeth
On today's show, we get a lesson in standardbred breeding from Dr. Cory Kieschnick, Professor and Chair of Equine Science & Management at Delaware Valley University. We get a training tip from New Vocation's own, Amanda Vance, and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts:Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Dr. Cory Kieschnick
- New Vocations Segment: Amanda Vance & HorseAdoption.org – Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by:Cashel Company, US Rider,Retired Racehorse Project, Savvy Feeders, and Listeners like You!
Today we're chatting with friend of the podcast, Colleen Nolan-Tran, on retraining her new standardbred while balancing the demands of being a new mom. We touch base with Making the Makeover rider, Chris Bennings, and get his tips on setting a foundation for his Makeover horses. Last but not least, we catch up with Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations and bring you our adoptable horse of the week.
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Colleen Nolan Tran
- Guest: Chris Bennings
- New Vocations Segment: Winnie Morgan Nemeth & HorseAdoption.org – Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, US Rider, Retired Racehorse Project, Savvy Feeders, and Listeners like You!
On today's show, we interview our very own Kristen Kovatch Bentley! She shares her horsey journey and how she got involved with retired racers. We catch up with Making the Makeover riders, Dana and Mya, and how things are going with their Makeover hopefuls. We wrap with a new face from New Vocations, Erin MacDonald, and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Mya Larson
- Guest: Dana Johnson
- New Vocations Segment: HorseAdoption.org – Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company,Spalding Labs, RideTV, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
On today's show, we're chatting with the Ride IQ team on how you can use this nifty app to upskill your training game for you and your horse. We get the Making the Makeover update from riders, Chris Bennings and Jody Busch, and what's new with their Makeover hopefuls. We wrap up with a training tip from Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations, and introduce you to our adoptable horse. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 127
- Hosts: Joy Hillsand Kristen Kovatch Bentley ofThe Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Chris Bennings
- Guest: Jody Busch
- New Vocations Segment: HorseAdoption.org - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Spalding Labs, RideTV, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
On today's show, we chat with ASPCA The Right Horse Program Director, Cailin Caldwell, on Adopt-a-Horse Month. We catch up with Making the Makeover rider, Dana Johnson, on how her makeover hopeful is progressing. Last but not least, we introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 126
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Cailin Caldwell
- Guest: Dana Johnson
- New Vocations Segment: Mareworthy Charities - Adoptable Horse
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Equestrian+, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
On today's show, we're talking to Nick Larkin about the new sport, Cross Country Equestrian Association, which is perfect for the thoroughbred. We introduce two familiar faces, Chris Bennings and Jody Busch, who round out our Making the Makeover class. We then get a training tip on finding balance with your standardbred from Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations, and bring you our adoptable horse of the week!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 125
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Nick Larkin
- Guest: Chris Bennings and Jody Busch
- New Vocations Segment: Winnie Morgan Nemeth with JM Jet Set
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Equestrian+, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
On today's show, we chat with thoroughbred trainer and polo player, Neil Agate, on his love for the OTTB and why he thinks polo is a great avenue for them. With a new year comes a new Making the Makeover class! We introduce you to Mya Larson and Dana Johnson who are two out of our four featured Makeover competitors. We then introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 124
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Neil Agate
- Guest: Mya Larson and Dana Johnson
- New Vocations Segment: Adoptable Horses, Snow Loves a Fight and Clean Energy
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
On today's show, we speak with highly regarded hunter judge and trainer, Sissy Wickes, as part II of our From the Judge's Booth mini-series. We learn about the retired-racer friendly competition, The Midwest Racehorse Roundup, with Morgan Kastner and Annika Greaney. We then get a training tip from Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations and wrap with our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 123
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Sissy Wickes
- Guest: Morgan Kastner & Annika Greaney
- New Vocations Segment: Winnie Morgan Nemeth with Call Me Kinger
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
On today's show, we kick off our From the Judge's Booth mini-series with Grand Prix dressage rider, coach, trainer, and judge, Lauren Annett. During this mini-series, we will ask the question you always wanted to ask your judge: "What are you looking for?" From there, we speak with trainer and OTTB-enthusiast, Richard Lamb, on his thoughts on Thoroughbreds and how they have evolved over the years. Last but never least, we connect with Leandra Cooper from New Vocations who brings you a training tip and our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 122
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Lauren Annett
- Guest: Richard Lamb
- Barn Building 101 Series Guest: Dennis of Morton Buildings
- New Vocations Segment: Leandra Cooper with ELECTION INTEGRITY
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Morton Buildings, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
We take a deep dive into the world of the aftercare professional with three horsewomen who make a living by selling Thoroughbred sport horse prospects. Winnie Morgan Nemeth and Dot Morgan from New Vocations Adoption Program brings a special treat with the introduction of their new book, Track to Trail. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 121
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest Panelists: Aubrey Graham | Kristina Hobbs | Jade Favre
- Barn Building 101 Series Guest: Dennis of Morton Buildings
- New Vocations Segment Guests: Dot Morgan | Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Morton Buildings, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
On today's show we get a glimpse into the day of the life of an exercise rider with Marte Solhaug. We speak with Raymond White Jr. about his book, A Jockey & Her Horse -- the remarkable story about America's first black female jockey, Cheryl White. We then dive into part II of our flying lead change training tip with Leandra Cooper from New Vocations, and wrap up with our adoptable horse of the week.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 120
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Marte Solhaug
- Guest: Raymond White Jr.
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Close Talker
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
Happy New Year! We're excited to start the year with Amplify Horse Racing for a collab episode! We then catch up with Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program to share how to look up history on your Standardbred and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 119
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Annie Monplaisir and Kaitlin Christopherson of Amplify Horse Racing
- Guest: Winne Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Touch of Kathryn
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
For those who celebrate, Merry Christmas to you! We hope all you listeners have been enjoying all the holidays this month with your two and four legged friends and family. On this very merry HRN episode, we are joined by host of Horse Tip Daily, Coach Jenn, to learn about fox hunting and why the OTTB is her horse of choice. We get a sneak peek into Natalie Keller Reinert's (co-host of Adulting with Horses podcast) new book, The Makeover Horse. We wrap this episode up with a bow with New Vocations, bringing you a training tip and our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 118
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jenn Hebert
- Guest: Natalie Keller Reinert
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Instinct
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
On today's show, we speak with Erin Halliwell from Thoroughbred Charities of America to learn all about the work they do in aftercare and more. With the holidays just around the corner and New Year's resolutions swiftly coming up, we thought we'd share our top tips for making and KEEPING a budget when it comes to horses. Last but not least, we catch up with Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations with our training tip and Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 117
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Erin Halliwell
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Environs Hanover
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
In Radiothon Hour 2, Joy and Kristen talk holidays and bring you one of their favorite recipes. They are joined by Tom and Clare Mansmann from Pacific Farms in Hume, VA. Plus, they give away $800.00 in prizes!
Radiothon Hour 2 - Retired Racehorse Radio Hour:
- The Retired Racehorse Radio Crew: Joy Orr and Kristen Kovatch Bentley
- Charity of Choice: Please consider donating to Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses
- Title Sponsor: State Line Tack
- Voicemail Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Prize Sponsor: Benefab Products
- Guest: Tom and Clare Mansmann
- Additional support for this hour provided by Hay Optimzer, US Rider, Espoir Equestrian
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In today's show, we chat with Ryan Fleetwood about why he chooses to incorporate thoroughbred bloodlines into his quarter horse breeding program. We then learn all about equine insurance from Amy Daum of Broadstone Equine Insurance. Last but never least, we speak with Leandra Cooper from New Vocations Adoption Program, and get our training tip and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 116
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Ryan Fleetwood of Fleetwood Farms
- Guest: Amy Daum of Broadstone Equine Insurance Agency
- Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Unnamed Genuine Class '20
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Retired Racehorse Project, and Listeners like you!
We're chatting with HRN Auditor, Melanie Miksovsky, on her recent experience with Canter for a Cause. We connect with Thoroughbred Makeover competitor, Chris Bennings, about his 2022 Thoroughbred Makeover graduate who is now a stallion in his breeding program. We wrap up with New Vocations to bring you a training tip and adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 115
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Melanie Miksovsky
- Guest: Chris Bennings
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Held In Balance
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
The RRP Thoroughbred Makeover & National Symposium has concluded for the year (we made it!) and we'll be sharing a recap of the event. You'll hear a few different interviews from some of the competitors, including Justine Griffin from Heels Down Happy Hour, and we'll have a final hoorah with our Making the Makeover Riders! We'll wrap with a training tip and adoptable horse with Leandra Cooper from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 114
- Hosts:Joy Hillsand Kristen Kovatch Bentley ofThe Horseback Writer
- Image Credit:Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor:Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners:The Thoroughbred MakeoverandNew Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Bridget Hollern, Silver Dollar Team, Morgan Hayden, Justine Griffin
- Guest: JuliaJesu, Clare Mansmann, Melissa Meitzen, Adrianna Nannini
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Cover Me Up
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
Jamie and Glenn, from Horses in the Morning, give you all the details on this year's Holiday Radiothon. Plus, they go over how to win one of the over $3,000 in prizes!
Visit https://www.horseradionetwork.com/radiothon/ for all the details.
On today's episode, we learn about Horses Offering People Education -- an equine-facilitated learning program. We have our final Making the Makeover update before the big event. We will wrap with our Adoptable Horse of the Week! Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 113
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Diana Bezdedeanu
- Guest: Julia Jesu, Clare Mansmann, Melissa Meitzen
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Fluent Lou
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
On today's episode, we catch up with The OTTB Mare Guy, Kyle Rothfus, about his aftercare program, Mareworthy Charities, and The Mareworthy Stakes. We have a virtual Making the Makeover party with 3 out of our 4 riders -- Clare, Adrianna, and Julia. Last but not least, we'll introduce our Adoptable Horse of the Week! Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 112
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Kyle Rothfus
- Guest: Julia Jesu, Clare Mansmann, Adrianna Nannini
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: R Gauwitz Hanover
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
In this National Reining Horse Association episode, we will discuss the nuances of the spin and how to train your horse one step at a time to achieve it with NRHA Judge Hoot Bricker from Pennsylvania and NRHA Professional Josiane Gauthier from North Carolina. Listen in....
Episode 3264 Links:
- Hosts of the NRHA Monthly Episode: Christy Landwehr and Sara Honegger of the NRHA
- Title Sponsor: National Reining Horse Association
- Guest: Hoot Bricker
- Guest: Josiane Gauthier
Time Stamps:
8:13 – Hoot Bricker
31:10 – Josiane Gauthier
The 2023 Thoroughbred Makeover is a month away and we have Kirsten Green, Executive Director of the RRP, joining us to give us all the stats on the horses who will be coming! Speaking of competitors, Melissa Meitzen joins us again to share an update on her Makeover hopeful. We wrap with Leandra Cooper from New Vocations with a training tip and adoptable horse of the week -- stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 111
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Kirsten Green
- Guest: Melissa Meitzen
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: NIGHTATTHEMOVIES
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
Today we chat with Kim Veenstra of the Mobile Confidence Clinic on how encouraging curiosity and safe boundaries can help your retired racehorse transition confidently into their next career. We catch up with Making the Makeover Riders, Julia Jesu and Clare Mansmann. And while we will not have New Vocations on this week (Winnie Morgan Nemeth is at the AQHA Youth World Show!) we will introduce a New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 110
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Kim Veenstra
- Guest: Julia Jesu and Clare Mansmann
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Boardmaster
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
On today's show we're chatting with Robyn Null of Robyn's Nest Farms about their upcoming Beyond the Backstretch Benefit Show. We catch up with Making the Makeover Riders, Adriana Nannini and Melissa Meitzen. Last, but not least, we introduce our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 109
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Robyn Null
- Guest: Melissa Meitzen
- Guest: Adrianna Nannini
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Sidekick
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
We chat with professional horse trainer, Jena Antonucci (An-Ton-Noo-Chi), about her success as the first woman to train a Triple Crown Race winner, and her experience working in the racing industry. We catch up with Making the Makeover Series riders, Melissa Meitzen and Julia Jesu. Winnie Morgan Nemeth joins us from New Vocations to give us a training tip and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 108
- Hosts: Joy Hills and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jena Antonucci
- Guest: Melissa Meitzen and Julia Jesu
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Irish Prince
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
On today's show we chat with Dr. Embly from Rood & Riddle about senior horse care -- why you shouldn't be afraid to adopt an older horse and how to care for your horse today to prepare them for their senior years. We catch up with our Making the Makeover rider, Julia Jesu, and how her horse has been doing as they prepare for the Makeover. Finally, we meet our adoptable horse of the week and get a training tip from Leandra Cooper from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 107
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Dr. Ashley Embly
- Guest: Julia Jesu
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Major Uptrend
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
Today is a real treat! We're catching up with 2022 Making the Makeover contestants, Leigh Beamer and Natalie Holdren, on how life has been treating them and their horses since the Makeover. We catch up with Melissa Meitzen and Clare Mansmann on how their Makeover hopefuls are doing. We wrap with Winnie Morgan Nemeth of New Vocations who shares a training tip and our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 106:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Erin O'Keefe and Jackie Barr
- Guest: Adriana Nannini and Julia Jesu
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Monition
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
On today's show we're chatting with Makeover veterans, Erin O'Keefe and Jackie Barr, to get their hot tips on following their favorite racehorses and making their virtual stable a reality. We catch up with Making the Makeover riders, Julia Jesu and Adriana Nanninni, and how their training is progressing for their Makeover horses. We wrap with a training tip from Leandra Cooper and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 105:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Erin O'Keefe and Jackie Barr
- Guest: Adriana Nannini and Julia Jesu
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Monition
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
Today, we're chatting with riding instructor and trainer, Jessica Reichel, on her featured New Vocation's Success Story with her thoroughbred, Four K's, and her newest career in endurance riding. We get to know Making the Makeover rider, Clare Mansmann, more as she comes on to talk about her current journey to the Makeover. We wrap up with Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations to offer a training tip and our Adoptable Horse of the Week.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 104:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jessica Reichel
- Guest: Clare Mansmann
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Held in Balance
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
On today's show, we're joined by Justine Griffin, co-host of Heels Down Happy Hour, where she talks about her Makeover horse, War Feather, and what she's most looking forward to. We introduce our second round of Making the Makeover series riders, Clare Mansmann and Julia Jesu, and we wrap up with Leandra Cooper from New Vocations who will bring you our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 103:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Justine Griffin
- Guest: Clare Mansmann & Julia Jesu
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: THAT'SNOTHERNAME
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
We're all familiar with spring cleaning but what about spring hoof-keeping? We connect with Alicia Harlov, a farrier herself and host of the Humble Hoof podcast, on how to keep your horse's hooves happy and healthy between seasonal changes. With Thoroughbred Makeover contestants starting to begin their retraining journeys with their horses, we are excited to bring you another class of Making the Makeover participants! Today we will introduce our first two contestants, Melissa Meitzen and Adrianna Nannini, and get a glimpse into their hopes for this year's Makeover. Last but never least, we are joined by Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations to bring us another adoptable horse. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 101:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Melissa Meitzen
- Guest: Adrianna Nannini
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Smokey Joe's Cafe
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
Today's show is a treat -- guest host Glenn the Geek from Horses in the Morning spearheads this special edition of Horse Husbands where you'll hear from Kristen's husband, Erik Bentley, and Joy's not-yet-husband, Zack Achatz, about what it's like being immersed into a world of retired racehorses (not by choice). We then bring you a training tip and our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 101:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Erik Bentley
- Guest: Zack Achatz
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Cheers for Six
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
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IT'S OUR 100TH EPISODE! We are so thrilled to not only celebrate Retired Racehorse Radio's 4th birthday this February, but also celebrate our 100th episode! To celebrate, we share with you our favorite interviews (trust us -- this was hard!) and we are celebrating YOU for supporting us along on this journey. New Vocation's Winnie Morgan Nemeth joins us to bring our adoptable horse of the week and share with you a training tip. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 100:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Christoph Hess
- Guest: Natalie Voss | Link 2
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Latest Desire
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
On today's episode we speak with Makeover veteran and former Spotlight Rider, Raechel Ramsey, about her newest horse and how she decided to partner with her dad for this year's Thoroughbred Makeover. We get the insider scoop of the day in the life of a track photographer with Eclipse Winner, Wendy Wooley, and last but never least, we're joined by Leandra Cooper from New Vocations to bring you an adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 99:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Raechel Ramsey of 4R Horses North Texas
- Guest: Wendy Wooley of EquiSports Photos
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Slammin It
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
On today's episode, we're learning all about Arabian horse racing with Arabian Jockey Club TV Founder, Jonathan Horowitz. We then go West, well technically, North, to chat with Cowboy Dressage Clinician, Jody Busch, to learn about the history of the bosal and how it may be the training tool you didn't know you needed. Last but not least, we connect with Winnie Morgan Nemeth of New Vocations to bring you an adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 98:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jonathan Horowitz
- Guest: Jody Busch
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: ROCKINSOMEWHERE
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
Today we chat with 5* Eventer and horse trainer, Tik Maynard, about the differences between the spooky and anxious horses, and how you can help them. We speak with Andy Belfiore from Take the Lead about their unique retirement program and their sister-program, TAKE2. Last but not least, we're joined by Leandra Cooper to bring you another training tip and introduce our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 97:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Tik Maynard
- Guest: Andy Belfiore
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week:
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
On today's show, we speak with Adrienne Watts from Winstar Farms on the art and science (& importance!) of record keeping for bloodstock and racing farms. We get a training tip from New Vocations' own, Winnie Morgan Nemeth, and introduce you to our first adoptable standardbred of the year.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 96:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Adrienne Watts
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Crimson and Chrome
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
It's a new year and we're kicking it off talking with Dr. Shannon Reed on how to keep your winter training progressing even when you don't have an indoor arena. We are also joined by Kate Olson and Anne Steinbock from Second Stride to learn more about their efforts in Thoroughbred Aftercare. Last but not least, we catch up with Leandra Cooper from New Vocations to bring you our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 95:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Guest: Dr. Shannon Reed
- Guest: Kate Olson, Second Stride Program Coordinator
- Guest: Dr. Anne Steinbock, Community Relations Manager
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Hang Fire
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
It may be our final episode for the year but it is a special one indeed. It's our special holiday episode where the RRR team goes LIVE! We invite everyone who makes this show possible from Glenn Hebert, podcast director of Equine Network, the RRP team, Kirsten Green (Executive Director) and Kristen Kovatch Bentley, and the New Vocations team, Leandra Cooper and Winnie Morgan Nemeth. We'll be sharing our most memorable moments of the year, our fave holiday traditions, and what we're looking forward to in 2023. You won't want to miss out...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 94:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Guest: Kirsten Green
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Guest: Glenn Hebert
- Adoptable Horse of the Week:Mubarmaj Yuge
- Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
Join us for the annual HRN Hosts Holiday Special. We are joined by hosts from Horses in the Morning, Horse Tip Daily, Retired Racehorse Radio and the Dressage Radio Show. Listen in as we answer questions from listeners.
Retired Racehorse Radio Special:
- Link for the sight impaired: Click Here
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Guest: Reese and Philip of the Dressage Radio Show
- Guest: Glenn and Jamie of the Horses in the Morning Show
- Guest: Coach Jenn of the Horse Tip Daily Show
- Guest: Kristen of Retired Racehorse Radio
- Guest: Lisa of Celebs with Horses
- Adoptable Horse of the Week:
- Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
Today we have partnered with New Vocations to bring you an amazing panel discussion on the limited horse. We're joined by aftercare and thoroughbred training experts, Leandra Cooper (New Vocations), and Bonnie McRae, (After the Races), and veterinary professionals, Dr. Sarah Escaro (Hagyard) and Dr. Morgan Adams (Unionville Equine Association) to highlight the limited horse and discuss what is a limited horse (exactly), what post-race careers are suitable for the limited horse, and why a limited horse may actually be the retired racer you're looking for. Not just that, we share our horsey holiday must-haves, and how you can give back this holiday season. Last but not least, we share with you not one, but TWO, adoptable horses - stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 93:
- Link for the sight impaired: Click Here
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Guest: Bonnie McRae
- Guest: Dr. Sarah Escaro
- Guest: Dr. Morgan Adams
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Stanfield - New Vocations Rogallo - After the Races
- Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
Today we chat with RRP Executive Director, Kirsten Green, to learn more about the brand new Broodmare Division of the 2023 Thoroughbred Makeover. We get the inside scoop on what's new on the career side of thoroughbred racing with Annise Montplaisir from Amplify Horse Racing, and last but not least, we catch up with Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations on a standardbred training tip and we introduce our adoptable horse of the week.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 92:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Kirsten Green
- Guest: Annise Montplaisir
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Betting Exchange
- Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
On today's show we chat with Jessica Schroeder from the United States Trotting Association to learn more about the Standardbred Incentive Program. We catch up with Colleen Nolan-Tran and Ashley Francese for a debrief on Standardbred Nationals. Last but not least, we get a training tip from Leandra Cooper and introduce our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 91:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jessica Schroeder of the United States Trotting Association
- Guest: Ashley Francese
- Guest: Colleen Nolan-Tran
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: UNNAMED NAKANO TAKEKO '19
- Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
It's the episode you've all been waiting for...it's the Thoroughbred Makeover episode! There is so much to cover and we're excited to share with you just a few of the hundreds of stories this amazing event has created. We had the pleasure to interview people across multiple disciplines from competitive trail, to polo, to eventing, and even interviewed the winner of the Makeover, junior competitor, Jenna Denver, before we even knew she was going to take home the grand prize! We hope you enjoy this mega episode and enjoy hearing from our Making the Makeover series riders (& forever friends), Raechel Ramsey, Leigh Beamer, and Natalie Holdren one last time, and we congratulate every competitor and their horses who participated this year.
And yes...we still caught Leandra Cooper from New Vocations and yes, we bring you another fantastic Adoptable Horse. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 90:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Sarah Lloyd
- Guest: Hannah Freeman
- Guest: Making the Makeover Series Panel - Natalie Holdren, Raechel Ramsey, Leigh Beamer
- Guest: John Van Schaick
- Guest: Jenna Denver
- Guest: Colleen Nolan-Tran
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Swoosh
- Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
We've made it! It's time for the Thoroughbred Makeover at The Kentucky Horse Park. We're excited to give you the inside scoop of what to look forward to, and we have our final fireside chat with the Making the Makeover series riders on how they're preparing for the big day. Before we dive into all of the fun, we're joined by Glenn Hebert, founder of Horse Radio Network, for a big announcement. Then we wrap everything up with Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations and introduce you to our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 89:
- Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer,
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Glenn of Horse Radio Network
- Guest: Making the Makeover Series Panel - Natalie Holdren, Raechel Ramsey, Leigh Beamer
- Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth with NEW VOCATIONS
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Toll Call Lake
- Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
We are in Thoroughbred Makeover crunch time! In today's episode, we'll chat with the Retired Racehorse Project's executive director Kirsten Green about stats and trends in this year's crop of Makeover horses. We hear from Natalie Holdren and Raechel Ramsey as they continue to prepare for the TB Makeover. And last but not least, we chat with New Vocations and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 88: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Kirsten Green * Guest: Natalie Holdren * Guest: Raechel Ramsey * Adoptable Horse of the Week: ONAWINGANDAPRAYER * Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
To celebrate the fabulous horsey holiday that is the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, we bring back fan-favorite, Jen Roytz, to talk about how she prepares her yearlings for sales and how she follows their careers in racing. We catch up with Leigh Beamer and her 2022 TB Makeover horse, HotGurlSummer, for our Making the Makeover Series. And last but not least, we get a training tip from Leandra Cooper from New Vocations, and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 87: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Jen Roytz * Guest: Leigh Beamer * Guest: Leandra Cooper * Adoptable Horse of the Week: ONAWINGANDAPRAYER * Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
On today's show, we feature our media partner, New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program! Joined by Leandra Cooper, the KY Facility Director, we interview three adopters of three New Vocations horses we've featured on this podcast. We catch up with Leigh Beamer as the count-down to the TB Makeover really kicks in. Last but not least, Winnie Morgan Nemeth from the Standardbred-side of New Vocations joins us to bring us our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 86: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * New Vocations Panel: Leandra Cooper, Raechel Ramsey, Sarah Welk Baynum, Lynne Solak * Guest: Leigh Beamer * Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth * Guest: Leandra Cooper * Guest: Raechel Ramsey * Guest: Sarah Welk Baynum * Guest: Lynne Solak * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Elena * Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
On today's show, we chat with Dr. Shannon Reed on how to keep horses cool in summer heat (especially when traveling). We catch up with Making the Makeover rider, Natalie Holdren, as she and her horse make the most of the last month of summer before the TB Makeover. Last but not least, Leandra Cooper from New Vocations joins us to bring us a training tip and our adoptable horse of the week. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 85: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Dr. Shannon Reed * Guest: Natalie Holdren * Guest: Leandra Cooper * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Classic Miss * Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
Today we catch up with Kristin Werner of The Jockey Club to learn about the upcoming T.I.P. Championships and have some fun with Jockey Club names. We reconnect with Making the Makeover contestants, Leigh Beamer and Raechel Ramsey. We wrap it all up with Winnie Morgan Nemeth from New Vocations bringing us a training tip and introducing our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 84: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Kristin Werner * Guest: Raechel Ramsey * Guest: Leigh Beamer * Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Little Joke * Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
On today's show we are speaking with Lauren Simmons about OTTB Mafia. We catch up with our Making the Makeover rider, Natalie Holdren. Leandra Cooper from New Vocations joins us to give us another training tip and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 83: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Lauren Simmons * Guest: Natalie Holdren * Guest: Leandra Cooper * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Big Mel * Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
Today we compare and contrast retraining thoroughbreds and standardbreds with Ashley Francese and Colleen Nolan-Tran. We touch base with our Making the Makeover riders, Raechel Ramsey & Katrina Natwick, and last but not least, we bring you another adoptable horse from New Vocations. Stay tuned!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 82: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Ashley Francese & Colleen Nolan-Tran * Guest: Raechel Ramsey & Katrina Natwick * Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Danger Russ * Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
Anita Motion joins us to talk about her brainchild, The Real Rider Cup. We meet up with Natalie Holdren and Leigh Beamer from our Making the Makeover Series to get an update on their progress for the Thoroughbred Makeover. We are joined by Leandra Cooper from New Vocations to get another training tip and last but not least, introduce our Adoptable Horse of the Week.
Our listener of the week is Meredith Perry. Want to be our listener of the week? Comment on our last post on Facebook or Instagram. Now back to the show!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 81: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Anita Motion * Guest: Natalie Holdren and Leigh Beamer * Guest: Leandra Cooper * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Slambone * Additional Support Provided by: Listeners like you!
Today we have the mother/daughters trio Cindy, Rosie and Jazz Napravnik to discuss all things racehorse and aftercare, and Winnie Morgan Nemeth joins us from New Vocations with her training tips on how to build your standardbred's topline and introduces our adoptable horse of the week, Justice Jet.
Our listener of the week is Carly Erhler. Want to be our listener of the week? Comment on our last post on Facebook or Instagram. Now back to the show!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 80: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: The Napravniks; Cindy, Rosie, and Jazz * Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Justice Jet * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Wintec Saddles, American Harvest (American Harvest is offering a free 90-day supply of American Harvest equine products for one Horse Radio Network listener. To enter is very simple: Visit www.ahihemp.com/horseradionetworkgiveaway You can be the lucky winner!), and Listeners like you!
On today's show we cover Land Rover Kentucky with Meghan O'Donoghue, and how she placed 11th with her OTTB, Palm Crescent. We feature our fourth and final Making the Makeover rider, Leigh Beamer. Leandra Cooper joins us with another training tip and our adoptable horse of the week.
Alyssa Overy is our listener of the week. If you would like to be our listener of the week make sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Now back to the show!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 79: * Link for the sight impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Meghan O'Donoghue * Guest: Leigh Beamer * Guest: Leandra Cooper * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Grngrasanhitimes * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Wintec Saddles, American Harvest (American Harvest is offering a free 90-day supply of American Harvest equine products for one Horse Radio Network listener. To enter is very simple: Visit www.ahihemp.com/horseradionetworkgiveaway You can be the lucky winner!), and Listeners like you!
Today we're chatting with Terri Berwanger, former exercise rider turned sporthorse breeder, who offers the human perspective of race life to the sport-side of horses. We feature our third Making the Makeover rider, Katrina Natwick. We connect with New Vocations in a different way today and introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned!
Kyle Rothfus is our listener of the week. If you would like to be our listener of the week make sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 78: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Terri Berwanger * Guest: Katrina Natwick * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Grngrasanhitimes * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Wintec Saddles, American Harvest (American Harvest is offering a free 90-day supply of American Harvest equine products for one Horse Radio Network listener. To enter is very simple: Visit www.ahihemp.com/horseradionetworkgiveaway You can be the lucky winner!), and Listeners like you!
Today we're chatting with Natalie Voss about her perspective on the Next Generation of Racing's Leaders featured in the Paulick Report. We introduce our second spotlight rider of our Road to the Makeover Series, Natalie Holdren. We chat with Standardbred Program Director, Winne Morgan Nemeth, about New Vocations to highlight what they're doing in their program and introduce our adoptable horse of the week, Wind of the North.
Kirsty Anne is our listener of the week. If you would like to be our listener of the week make sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Now back to the show!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 77: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Natalie Voss, from Paulick Report * Guest: Natalie Holdren * Guest: Winnie Morgan Nemeth * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Wind of the North * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Wintec Saddles, American Harvest (American Harvest is offering a free 90-day supply of American Harvest equine products for one Horse Radio Network listener. To enter is very simple: Visit www.ahihemp.com/horseradionetworkgiveaway You can be the lucky winner!), and Listeners like you!
On today's show, Brielle Roman from Trot-Trot Standardbreds joins us to talk about tools, resources, and community for retraining the off-the-track standardbred. We introduce our first rider from our Road to the Makeover Series, Raechel Ramsey, and her 2022 TB Makeover horse, Stonecatcher. And we wrap it all up with Leandra Cooper from New Vocations with another training tip and our Adoptable Horse of the Week.
@muddybelles is our listener of the week. If you would like to be our listener of the week make sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Now back to the show!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 76: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Brielle Roman * Guest: Raechel Ramsey * Guest: Leandra Cooper, Facility Manager & Thoroughbred Trainer—Lexington, KY * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Veronesi (FR) * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, American Harvest (American Harvest is offering a free 90-day supply of American Harvest equine products for one Horse Radio Network listener. To enter is very simple: Visit www.ahihemp.com/horseradionetworkgiveaway You can be the lucky winner!), and Listeners like you!
Today's show is a real banger! We introduce the new co-host of RRR, Kristen Kovatch Bentley. Together, we are teaming up with Natalie Mayrath from Streamhorse.tv to interview racing royalty! We will be speaking with Donna Brothers, who holds the record as the second highest leading female jockey in the US, and Diane Crump, the first woman to compete as a jockey in the Kentucky Derby. We then get some expert tips from Leandra Cooper from New Vocations on how to keep your horse healthy and happy during changing seasons, and we wrap it all up with our adoptable horse of the week.
Tianna Vestri is our listener of the week. If you would like to be our listener of the week make sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Now back to the show!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 75: * Hosts: Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian and Kristen Kovatch Bentley of The Horseback Writer, * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Donna Brothers, Author of Inside Track: Insider's Guide To Horse Racing * Guest: Diane Crump, subject of Diane Crump: A Horse-Racing Pioneer’s Life in the Saddle * Guest: Leandra Cooper, Facility Manager & Thoroughbred Trainer—Lexington, KY * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Marzo * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
On today's show we have a big announcement (bring your tissues). We speak with horse trainer and entrepreneur, Shelby Dennis, on how her experience working from the track and her knowledge of equine learning theory have influenced how she restarts OTTBs. Leandra Cooper from New Vocations brings us another training tip and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 74: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Shelby Dennis * Guest: Leandra Cooper, Facility Manager & Thoroughbred Trainer—Lexington, KY * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Discreet Heat * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
Today we talk with Larissa Trickey, founder of Wormguide Equine, on the importance of checking your horse for parasites and how a deworming routine may not be the answer. We later discuss what to do when you have a horse who likes to rush when riding, and Leandra introduces our adoptable horse of the week. Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 73: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Larissa Trickey * Guest: Leandra Cooper, Facility Manager & Thoroughbred Trainer—Lexington, KY * Adoptable Horse of the Week: Irving * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company and Listeners like you!
We're learning about the day in the life of a racing Safety Steward - the people we need to thank for working to keep active racehorses safe during their racing careers. We give you our tips for occupying a bored horse, and we introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week, Catch Ya Later Bro. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 72:
- Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian
- Image Credit: Retired Racehorse Radio
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Julie Kagno
- Adoptable Horse of the Week: Catch You Later, Bro
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Company, Green Flower Botanicals, and Listeners like you!
In today's show, equestrian and fitness coach, Jamie Graham, joins us to not only talk how to incorporate rider fitness into your new year's resolutions, but also shares her adoption story of her OTTB and how she followed her heart to bring him home. We ring in the new year with Leandra Cooper from New Vocations as we ask her for her top tips on warming up a horse before a winter ride and we introduce you to our adoptable horse of the week.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 71: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Image Credit: Jamie Graham from Haybales & Barbells * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Jamie Graham from Haybales & Barbells * Guest: Leandra Cooper, Facility Manager & Thoroughbred Trainer—Lexington, KY * Additional Support Provided by: Arena Saddles, Cashel Company, Green Flower Botanicals, and Listeners like you!
Well it's the last episode of the year and we are celebrating with a holiday party! We wrap up the year with Jen Roytz and Kristen Kovatch-Bentley from the Retired Racehorse Project, and Leandra Cooper from New Vocations. We'll be highlighting the work we do and have the opportunity to get to know the RRR team a little more. So get your holiday drink of choice and enjoy a fun and relaxed season finale with us!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 70: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Image Credit: Horse Radio Network * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Jen Roytz, Executive Director for the Retired Racehorse Project * Guest: Kristen Kovatch-Bentley, Social Media & Communications Manager * Guest: Leandra Cooper, Facility Manager & Thoroughbred Trainer—Lexington, KY * Additional Support Provided by: Arena Saddles, Cashel Company, Green Flower Botanicals, and Listeners like you!
Katherine (Kat) Licht served in the US Air Forces for nine years before pursuing her dream of living in Montana. She started her business, Wild Roan Performance Horses, where she starts and trains horses. Katherine and her OTTB, That's Not Fair, were featured in an article in Cowgirl Magazine, after they competed in winter sport of skijoring.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 69: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Image Credit: Katherine Licht * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Katherine Licht * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Arena Saddles, Cashel Products, Green Flower Botanicals, and Listeners like you! * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Evryonenozitscindy
In today's episode we speak with Kirsten Green from the Retired Racehorse Project on how to prepare for your application for the 2022 TB Makeover. Dale Simanton from Gate to Great shares why he loves the thoroughbred for ranch work. And wrapping up the show, Leandra Cooper from New Vocations joins us for another tip and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 68: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Image Credit: Horses in the Morning * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Kirsten Green * Guest: Dale Simanton * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Arena Saddles, Cashel Products, and Listeners like you! * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Golden Whim
Today we speak with 2020 and 2021 TB Makeover Champions, Lindsey Partridge and Laura Sloan, on their preparation for and experiences at the first ever Mega-Makeover. Leandra Cooper from New Vocations joins us for another tip and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 67: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Image Credit: Horses in the Morning * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Lindsey Partridge * Guest: Laura Sloan * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Arena Saddles, Cashel Products, and Listeners like you! * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: King Hendrik
RRP Executive Director, Jen Roytz, joins us to give us a recap of the first ever Thoroughbred Mega-Makeover. Professor and horse trainer, Rachael Walker, shares how she started a pilot program at her university teaching students how to restart retired racehorses. And last but not least, Leandra Cooper, joins us again for an update on New Vocations and brings us our adoptable horse of the week.
Our listener of the week is Maddie Schultz. If you'd like to be our listener of the week make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Now, back to the show!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 66: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Image Credit: 2021 People's Choice Award winner, Icarius, with trainer Alexandra Beckstett by canterclix * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Jen Roytz, Executive Director of the Retired Racehorse Project. * Guest: Rachael Walker, Adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin and Owner of DoubleShot Equestrian * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Arena Saddles, Cashel Products, and Listeners like you! * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Sound Effect
With the TB Makeover quickly approaching, RRP Program Manager, Kristen Kovatch-Bentley, joins us to give us her tips on how to enjoy the Makeover, whether you're there in-person or virtually behind a screen. Our final RRP Spotlight Rider is Tiare Santisteven who shares her experience as the captain of her TB Makeover team. Leandra joins us from New Vocations to share another tip and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week, Noblesque.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 65: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Kristen Kovatch-Bentley * Guest: Tiare Santistevan * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: NOBLESQUE
We're kicking off today's episode with fellow HRN host, Kayla Benney, as she gives her best tips for getting the perfect photo for your sales ad, and what you should look for when shopping for your next horse. Our RRP Spotlight Rider is Toni Harmon who will be competing two horses in this year's Mega Makeover! Lastly, Leandra joins us from New Vocations to share another tip and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week, Majestic Affair.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 64: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Kayla Benney * Guest: Toni Harmon * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Majestic Affair
We speak with bit expert, Abby Cline, as she gives her best tips for finding the best bit for your horse. RRP Spotlight Rider is Codie Campbell shares her journey on re-training her very unique thoroughbred for the Makeover. Leandra Cooper gifts us another training tip and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week, Mo Spicy!
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 63: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Abby Cline * Guest: Codie Campbell * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Mo Spicy
In today's episode we speak with retired racehorse trainer, Ashley Francese, as she comes back with several blue ribbons from the National Standardbred Horse Show. RRP Spotlight Rider is Danielle Palermo-Clark joins us to share her experience in pinhooking to get her Makeover horse. Fan favorite, Leandra Cooper, jumps in with another tip and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 62: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Ashley Francese * Guest: Danielle Palermo-Clark * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Coast
We speak to two veterans of the show. Louise Robson, you may know her as the woman who trains Her Majesty the Queen's thoroughbreds, joins us to talk about her new online courses on Thoroughbred Dressage. Amiee Cupitt has exciting news about a major grant that will make a tremendous difference for standardbreds in Australia, and we introduce you to our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 61: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Louise Robson * Guest: Amiee Cupitt * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Cobra Kai
We speak with Kyle Rothfus about his homebred's first race (& first win!). Megan McGuire, our RRP Spotlight Rider, shares her story about her Christmas horse, Christmas Pickles, and how this mare's determination makes her perfect for the Makeover. Leandra from New Vocations introduces us to our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 60: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of The Foodie Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Kyle Rothfus * Guest: Megan McGuire * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: McErin
Today we talk to Denise Heinlein from InterEquus as she shares her story about an amazing retired racehorse who has influenced the life of a veteran who she has worked it. RRP Spotlight Rider, Marsha Hartford-Sapp joins us to share her journey about Full Moon Rising - a uniquely colored thoroughbred. Leandra shares details on the New Vocations All-Thoroughbred Charity Horse Show and our Adoptable Horse of the week. Stay tuned
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 59: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Denise Heinlein of Inter Equus * Guest: Marsha Hartford Sapp | Facebook * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Caramel Moon
Today we are honored to talk to Jan Vokes, the breeder and part-owner of the famous racehorse, Dream Alliance, on how her dream of breeding a racehorse became more than she ever imagined it would be. We chat with April Keedian about how she and her friend founded Final Furlong to help Canadian racehorse horses find homes. And Leandra Cooper from New Vocations brings us another training tip and our adoptable horse of the week.
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 58:
- Hosts: Kayla Benney from the Sales and Breeding Show and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Jan Vokes
- Guest: April Keedian
- Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products
- New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: All Come True
Today we welcome special guest host, Kayla Benney, from the Sales and Breeding Show! Together we chat with Joell Dunlap from Square Peg Foundation about their unique approach to therapeutic riding. We introduce you to our RRP Spotlight Rider, Stephanie Bella, and share her story of going to the Makeover! And Leandra brings us another training tip and our adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 57:
- Hosts: Kayla Benney from the Sales and Breeding Show and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Joell Dunlap
- Guest: Stephanie Bella | @racingwestern
- Guest: Leandra Cooper
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products
- New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Wayfarer
Buckle up because we have a jam-packed episode for you today! Alonzo Coby from Fort Hall Indian Reservation joins us to talk about Indian Relay Races. Tad Coffin returns for part 3 of the Gold Standard of the Thoroughbred. Melissa Hamm is our RRP Spotlight Rider, and training queen, Leandra Cooper, brings us another training tip and our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 56:
- Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Alonzo Coby | Facebook
- Guest: Tad Coffin
- Guest: Melissa Hamm | Instagram
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products
- New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Moonlander
We pull at your heartstrings with Miri Hackett from Hackett Equine as she shares her personal story of how her TB filly truly was a gift. Christie Schulte-Kappert joins us to talk about ASPCA's newest initiative: Adopt-A-Horse Month. And if we weren't encouraging you enough to bring a new horse into your life, Leandra from New Vocations brings us a training tip and our adorable Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 55: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Tad Coffin of Tad Coffin Saddles * Guest: Christoph Hess * Guest: Meghan McNamara * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Clarion Call
The 2021 Kentucky Derby is coming up quick (May 1) and we give you some ideas to host your own virtual Derby party. We're kicking off part 2 of our mini-series with Olympic gold medalist, Tad Coffin. FEI Judge and professional riding instructor, Christoph Hess, shares his advice for bringing the retired racehorse from the track to the dressage ring. We introduce our next RRP Spotlight Rider, Meghan McNamara, and Leandra brings us our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 54: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Tad Coffin of Tad Coffin Saddles * Guest: Christoph Hess * Guest: Meghan McNamara * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Clarion Call
We have a packed episode for you today! We start part 1 of a mini-series with Olympic gold medalist, Tad Coffin, on why he believes retired racers are gold standard. HRN Auditor, Alex Sherman, joins us to tell us about her first run as a professional jockey. Chelsey Burris from Friends of Ferdinand gives us the scoop on their initiative, The Broodmare Bunch. We introduce you to our first RRP Spotlight Rider, and Leandra brings us another Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 53: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Tad Coffin of Tad Coffin Saddles * Guest: HRN Auditor Alex Sherman * Guest: Chelsey Burris, Marketing and Social Media for Friends of Ferdinand and the United States Dressage Federation * Guest: Adult Amateur Trainer Whitney Roche * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Analyze Your Risk
Today we talk with Kelley Stobie about her amazing work rehoming racehorses through Caribbean Thoroughbred Aftercare. Chelsey Burris of Friends of Ferdinand joins us to talk about their new pilot, the Broodmare Bunch. Leandra offers us a new tip to start spring off right and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 52: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Kelley Stobie from CTAHorse * Guest: Chelsey Burris from Friends of Ferdinand * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Tilt
Today we talk with Terri Mallery about reining as a second career for the OTTB. Fellow HRN Auditor and standardbred lover, Amiee Cupitt joins us to talk about her work at a standardbred rescue. Leandra gives us another fab training tip, and of course brings us our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 51: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Terri Mallery * Guest: Amiee Cupitt * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Troubled Affair
On today's show the legend himself, Monty Roberts, joins us to give his tips and tricks on training the OTTB. We get the scoop on the TB Makeover Class of 2021 and the upcoming RRP Sire Madness. Amateur rider, Bridgett Klingler, joins us to talk about her journey in Working Equitation with her OTTB. And of course, Leandra brings us our New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
On today's show we jump into the tech world with Jen Ruberto, one of the creators of OTTB United app. Two time Eclipse Award winner, Natalie Voss, joins us to talk about journalism in the thoroughbred world and her hopes of competing in the 2021 Mega Makeover. And we wrap this episode up with Leandra giving another training tip and our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 49: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Jen Ruberto * Guest: Natalie Voss * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Demopolis
We get the scoop of the RRP 2021 Mega-Makeover with RRP Director, Jen Roytz. Alicia Harlov from the Humble Hoof jumps on to talk about tips and tricks to improve the quality of your horse's hooves. Leandra brings us big news for New Vocations as well as our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 48: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Jen Roytz * Guest: Alicia Harlov * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Madman
Today we're dancing in the sandbox with Reese Koffler-Stanfield of the Dressage Radio Show with her advice on introducing dressage to the retired racehorse. Amanda Preston joins us to share her story of Jose Jalapeno, a black standardbred who went from pasture companion to dressage star. Leandra brings us our first training tip of the year, and of course, our New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 47: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Dressage Radio Show Host and USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold Medalist, Reese Koffler-Stanfield * Guest: Amanda Preston * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Star Dreamer
We are wrapping up the year with something a little different today. With record adoption numbers of retired racehorses, as well as other horses adopted from rescue centres, we teamed up with Nikki Porter of Take the Reins podcast to offer some mindset coaching advice to help you start goal planning for you and your retired racer for 2021. As you know, winter is coming, and we give you our winter must-haves to still enjoy your horses while enduring the cold. Leandra joins us for the last training tip of the year, as well as brings us our Adoptable Horse of the Week just in time for Christmas! Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 46:
- Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Professional equine mindset coach, author, and HRN podcast host of Take the Reins, Nikki Porter
- Winter Must Haves:
- Dryshod Haymakers
- Smartwool Socks
- Sticky Seat Breeches
- HotHands Hand Warmers
- ORORO Heated Vest
- Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles
- New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Star Dreamer
On today's show, we speak with Amber Sawyer about her new book Love to Race - a beautifully illustrated documentation of her New Zealand bred Standardbred, Derek. We chat with Annise Montplaisir about finding education and career opportunities in the thoroughbred industry through her company, Amplify Horse Racing. Leandra from New Vocations offers another training tip, and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 45: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Amber Sawyer, Author of "Love to Race" * Guest: Annise Montplaisir of Amplify Horse Racing * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: I Can Do Anything
On today's show, we are talking to Martin Whitley, and why he has chosen retired racers as his horse of choice for his Falconry partner. Leandra from New Vocations joins us with a training tip on how to move your horse forward, and introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 44: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Martin Whitley of the Recycled Racehorse Falconry Team * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Unnamed Sally Ride '18
On today's show, we are talking to RRP Program Manager, Kristen Kovatch Bentley, about working ranch, and how she has found it to be a great second career for retired racers. We jump sides from western to side-saddle with guest Ashleigh Glorioso, and why she prefers the off the track thoroughbred as her preferred mount. Leandra is back with another hot training tip, and of course, brings you our New Vocation's Adopable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 43: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Kristen Kovatch Bentley * Guest: Ashleigh Glorioso * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Dark Code
We talk with Kim Weir from the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation to get a recap of their first ever virtual TRF Blackburn Horse Show, and how their program not only offers sanctuary for retired racers, but also offering a second chance for inmates. What's pairs perfect with a thoroughbred? Well, bourbon of course! We chat with Alice Peterson from Pinhook Bourbons on how racehorses have inspired their spirits. Leandra joins us with another hot training tip and brings us our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 42: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: TRF Blackburn 2020 Horse Show Livestream * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Kim Weir of TRF Blackburn | 2020 Horse Show Goes Global event * Guest: Alice Peterson of Pinhook Bourbon * Guest: Leandra Cooper of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Southern Brigade
On today's show, we talk with Christa Lafayette, CEO of Etalon Diagnostics, about equine DNA testing, and their research in diagnosing kissing spines in thoroughbreds. We interview our beloved Leandra Cooper from New Vocations on how she turned her love for horses into a career, as well as our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 41:
- Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Featured Image Credit: Leandra Cooper
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Guest: Leandra Cooper, Kentucky Facility Director and Trainer for New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program.
- Guest: Christa Lafayette, CEO of Etalon Diagnostics - creators of a commercially available genetic test for horses.
- Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles
- New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Southern Brigade
We learn about the exciting world of the roadster horse with Larry Jenkins. Amateur rider, and self-proclaimed horse crazy lady, Rebecca Shurrum, shares her story about how a spontaneous adoption led to her very own Black Beauty. Get your pen and paper ready because Leandra has another training tip you won't want to miss, and of course, stay tuned for our New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week! Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 40: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: Urban Light (IRE) at New Vocations * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Larry Jenkins * Guest: Rebecca Shurrum * Guest: Leandra from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Urban Light (IRE)
On today's show, we get a glimpse into the training barn with Tim Austin and how he likes to prepare young thoroughbreds for their first race. Fellow HRN host (Stall & Stable) , Helena Harris, joins us to share her experience of adopting and caring for her first OTTB. And Leandra from New Vocations brings us another hot training tip, and our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 39: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: Pooker T at New Vocations * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Tim Austin - Head Trainer for Highpointe Farm & Training Center * Guest: Helena Harris - Host of the Stall & Stable Podcast * Guest: Leandra from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Pooker T
On today's show, we take you to the South African bush with Anna Mussi to talk about a very unique second career for retired racehorses. Eric Floyd joins us again to talk about the ins-and-outs of handicap racing as we prepare for the Kentucky Derby. Sarah Coleman brings us some news from New Vocations, and Leandra drops another hot training tip, and our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 38: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: Anna Mussi * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Anna Mussi - Orphanage Manager at Rhino Revolution * Guest: Eric Floyd * Guest: Leandra from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Peace Accord
On today's show, Susan Meyer joins us from the Arabian Jockey Club to talk about Arabian racing. Adult ammie, Elise Morehouse Hittinger, joins us to talk about how she went from adopting an RRP graduate to signing up to compete herself, and how she is using her story to encourage others to chase their goals. Leandra Cooper from New Vocations brings us another training tip, as well as our beloved Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 37: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: Paddy's Day Million Dollar Win! * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Susan Meyer - President of the Arabian Jockey Club * Guest: Elise Morehouse Hittinger * Guest: Leandra from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Blasted Notion
On today's show, Brianna Brookins talks to us about how she balances her life as an amateur rider, mother, and aspiring equestrian stylist. Sarah Coleman brings us news from New Vocations, and of course, Leandra offers another fab training tip as well as introduces our Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 36: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: Breezy and Gambino * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Breezy Brookins - Instagram @breexybby_ * Guest: Sarah Coleman from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Leandra from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Wayfarer
On today's show, we have Jen Roytz, the Director of the Retired Racehorse Project joining us to give us an update on the Thoroughbred Makeover for October. We chat with Dr. Stuart Brown who is the new Equine Safety Director for Keeneland Racetrack to talk about his new role, and the changes he hopes to bring. Jamie answers listeners' training questions, and we wrap it all up with New Vocations where Sarah and Leandra bring us some news and our adoptable horse of the week. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 35: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: Stuart Brown, new Director of Equine Safety at Keeneland * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Jen Roytz, the Executive Director of the Retired Racehorse Project * Guest: Dr. Stuart Brown, Equine Safety Director for Keeneland Racetrack * Guest: Leandra from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Additional Support Provided by: Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Story Teller
On today's show, we have 5* eventer, Allie Sacksen, to talk about why she loves the thoroughbred breed for her sport. Kyle Rothfus joins us to talk about his experience entering into the racing world for the first time with his homebred filly. Leandra joins us again with another fab training tip, and of course we melt your heart with our Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 34: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: Allie Sacksen * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Allie Sacksen * Guest: Kyle Rothfus * Guest: Leandra from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Queen Wood
5* Eventer and OTTB lover, Lainey Ashker, joins us to share why thoroughbreds are her top choice. Tony Lang from Cashel Company tells us how to keep your ex-racer comfortable during fly season. Plus, New Vocations brings us another fab training tip and another Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 33: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: Lainey Ashker * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Lainey Ashker of Lainey Ashker Eventing * Guest: Tony Lang of the Cashel Products * Guest: Leandra from New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Discreet Fantasy
Tik Maynard is joining us to give his Thoroughbred Makeover experience, and how it has impacted how he trains now. Jazz Napravnik comes on as our first RRP Spotlight Rider of the year to talk about her Makeover horse, and how her skills as a personal life coach helps with her training. And of course, New Vocations joins us to bring another fabulous training tip, and our Winner’s Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned…
RETIRED RACEHORSE RADIO GUESTS AND LINKS EPISODE 32: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Featured Image Credit: Tik and Remarkable 54 * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Guest: Tik Maynard, Copperline Equestrian * Guest: Jazz Napravnik, Jazz The Life Coach * Additional Support Provided by: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Kholstomer
On today's show, we are learning all about bloodlines! David Ingordo joins us to share a day in his life as a Bloodstock Agent at Lane's End. Katelin Bradley from The Western Thoroughbred comes on to share a history lesson of great thoroughbred sires who have left their influence on the sport. And New Vocations brings us another adoptable Horse-of-the-Week. Stay tuned...
Stephanie Searle teaches us about the history of jockey silks, and what it takes to make an eye-catching design. Maggie Prichard-Herlensky joins us to talk about how Standardbreds are making their way in parade as sidesaddle mounts. And of course, Leandra from New Vocations brings us another fabulous training tip, and tempts your need for retail therapy with another Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week.
Dr. Madison Seamans from Cornerstone Equine educates us on viruses and Forest Franzoi from Herd of Zebras talks about how every horse and rider has a story to tell. Sarah and Leandra from New Vocations bring us some updates and another quaran-cutie with our Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned... Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 29: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Sponsor: Cashel Products * Guest: Dr. Madison Seamans * Guest: Forest Franzoi from Herd of Zebras * Guest: NV Winners Circle: Leandra and Sarah * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Stop Asking
Today on Retired Racehorse Radio Jen Roytz, the Executive Director of the Retired Racehorse Project, joins us with an update of the COVID-19 virus in the horse world, and how TB Makeover contestants can continue preparing their horses. Lynn Reardon from LOPE horse rescue tells us how their program not only helps retired thoroughbreds and quarter horses transition from racing to their second careers - they're also educating youth on horsemanship while doing it. And of course, New Vocations brings us another adoptable horse of the week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 28:
- Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Sponsor: Cashel Products
- Guest: Jen Roytz
- Guest: Lynn Reardon
- Guest: NV Winners Circle: Leandra and Sarah
- New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Get Thee Behind Me, aka “Theo”
Today on Retired Racehorse Radio we bring you a horse adoption bonanza! Nelda Kettles of Horse and Hound Rescue joins us to share how she and some awesome people got together to build a program that finds forever homes for OTTBs in Oklahoma. HRN Auditor and thoroughbred lover, Erika Harvey, joins us to tell us about her newest obsession - Hannibel Lector! And New Vocations brings us an out of this world Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 27:
- Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian
- Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
- Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption
- Sponsor: Cashel Products
- Guest: Nelda Kettles
- Guest: Erika Harvey
- Guest: NV Winners Circle: Leandra and Sarah
- New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Astra, aka “Star Design”
Today we go right to the track with Sophie Doyle to learn a day in her life as a professional jockey. We talk with Vaulting Gold Medalist, Carolyn Bland, and Daniel Janes from the Pacific Coast Vaulting team on what it takes to be a vaulter, and how it may be a great career path for retired racehorses. And New Vocations brings us another fabulous Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 26: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Sponsor: Cashel Products * Guest: Sophie Doyle * Guest: Carolyn Bland, Daniel Janes, and Michelle McLean * Guest: NV Winners Circle: Leandra * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Flying Arrow, aka “Robin Hood”
In today's show we talk with thoroughbred enthusiast and royal horse trainer, Louise Robson. HRN listener, Abby Foltz, joins us to tell us how her little red mare is taking flight in the eventing world. And start hooking up your horse trailer now because we bring you a real heart-breaker with New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 25: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Sponsor: Cashel Products * Guest: Louise Robson * Guest: Abby Foltz * Guest: NV Winners Circle: Leandra & Sarah * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Darling Cassie Lou
TB Makeover veteran, Sarah Hepler, joins us to talk about she used the Makeover to empower women to support each other. USPA Certified Instructor, Robin Welker Sanchez, talks polo with us and how OTTBs are perfect for the sport! And don't forget to stick around for our New Vocations Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 24: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Pic Credit: Sarah Hepler * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Sponsor: Cashel Products * Guest: Sarah Hepler * Guest: Robin Welker Sanchez, visit the Texas Arena League, US Polo and Polo Lessons * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Unequal
We're kicking off the new year with Jen Roytz, Director of the Retired Racehorse Project to tell you about why you should be pumped for the TB Makeover 2020! Laura LaRue joins us to share how retired racehorses are giving back as therapy horses in New York. And we help you break your New Year's resolution to not buy another horse by featuring our New Vocations Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 23: * Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Pic Credit: * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Sponsor: Bates Saddles * Guest: Jen Roytz, the Executive Director of the www.retiredracehorseproject.org * Guest: Laura LaRue is the Equine Specialist and horse trainer at Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga. She assists in equine-assisted learning sessions and trains the horses for their new jobs as therapists. * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: We Be Burnin
Kristin Werner from the Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program joins us to learn about how this program is showcasing the second career OTTB, and how you can get involved. We mix things up with Rory Goree who is coming on to tell us about our canine retired racers - the greyhound. And of course, we tempt you to fill that extra stall in your barn with New Vocation's Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned...
Retired Racehorse Radio Guests and Links Episode 22: * Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Host of Horses in the Morning and Joy Hills of Joy Hills Equestrian * Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products * Pic Credit: Greyhounds!!!! * Media Partners: The Thoroughbred Makeover and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption * Sponsor: Cashel Products, Bates Saddles * Guest: Kristin Werner from the Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program * Guest: Rory Goree from President of Greyhound Pets of America * New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week: Grand Isle
Today we are talking about body health for your retired racehorse. Dr. Stephen Reed from Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital joins us to talk about kissing spine. Mireille Doffegnies from MD-Equine Therapy to give her tips on how to keep your ex-racehorse in tip top shape using equine bodywork. And stay tuned for our New Vocations Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week! Listen in...
It's going to be a Standardbred Spectacular today on Retired Racehorse Radio! We are talking to Alyssa Hedges of ROC the Standardbred to learn about how these horses can do more than race. Dr. Seamans comes back to talk about how a horse's sight can affect their behavior. New Vocations ambassador, and Standardbred mom, Colleen Nolan-Tran joins us to talk about her experience at Equine Affair. And we come to our grand finale with New Vocations Winner Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week! Listen in...
We get a recap of the 2019 TB Makeover, and what's to come for 2020 with RRP Executive Director, Jen Roytz. One of our lovely HRN auditors, Lindsey Hellmuth Peirce, joins us to talk about her experience in mounted archery, and how she trained her OTTB, Rocket, to do it. Our favorite vet, Dr. Seamans, joins us again to talk about prepping your ex-racer for the cold winter weather, and of course, we have our New Vocations Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in...
Special preview of the 5th Annual 12 Hour Live Holiday Radiothon by State Line Tack on Dec. 2nd with over 20 hosts, 20 guests and over $5,000 in prizes. Listen in...
Today we are all about the stories! Journalist and thoroughbred lover, Eric Floyd, joins us to tell us about his new book Heaven's Premier Horse Race. Amateur owner gone blogger, Abbi , shares her honest experiences of being both a teacher and student when training her OTTB. And get ready to trick your significant other, because New Vocations has a treat for you with our Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Listen in...
Live from the Thoroughbred Makeover: Jamie gives us a wrap on her competitions with Baby Groot, Eventer Ellen Doughty-Hume offers some training tips, Jennifer Osborne travels from Las Vegas and Justin Powers plays some Makeover style polo. Listen in...
We speak with amazing artist, Jocelyn Russell, who tells us about your next bucket-list item – to see the larger than life Secretariat statue! With the TB Makeover only 1 week away, Jen Roytz joins us to give us the latest update on what you have to look forward to at the Kentucky Horse Park! And of course, we have our New Vocations Winner’s Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned…
Monty Roberts, world famous horse trainer, trainer to the Queen of England, and also an author of many books and article comes on to talk about his recent article, Pivotal Time for the Thoroughbred Racing Industry.OTTB owner and entrepreneur, Aryelle Stafford joins us to tell us how you can compete with your ex-racer in the comfort of your own backyard! Our RRP Spotlight rider is Casey French who tells us about her TB Makeover horse, Awesome Choice. And of course, we have our New Vocations Winner’s Circle – Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned…
We speak with Anna Ford, the Program Director of New Vocations Racehorse Adoption about the program's beginning, and what future adopters should keep in mind when adopting their horse. Kristen Kovatch-Bentley comes on to talk about her new role at the Retired Racehorse Project, and what to look out for with the upcoming Thoroughbred Makeover. Our RRP Spotlight Rider is Clare Mansmann who is sharing her road to the Makeover story on Eventing Nation! And of course, we have our New Vocations Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Month. Listen in....
Today we talk about the white elephant in the veterinary clinic - that's right, we're talking ulcers with the famous Dr. Seamans! Jamie is going to give some training tips and we answer some listener questions. Marcy Gruchalak joins us as our RRP Spotlight rider to talk about her TB Makeover horse. And we bring you another fabulous New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week! Stay tuned...
Today we bring you the myth, the legend, the man - Laffit Pincay Jr, one of the most successful jockeys in racing history! Saddle fitter extraordinaire, Amanda Anderson from Saddlefitter.us comes on to give you tips on fitting your tricky thoroughbred. And of course we have our New Vocations Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week! Stay tuned, you're not going to want to miss this!
Accomplished journalist and author, Lenny Shulman, comes on to talk about his new book, Justify: 111 Days to the Triple Crown, and giving us a chance to relive the greatness of the 2018 Triple Crown winner. Jamie and Joy offer some training advice, and professional rider and beloved HRN auditor, Kayla Benney comes on to talk about her TB Makeover horse as today's RRP Spotlight Rider. Don't forget to stick around and make room in your barn for this week's New Vocations Winner Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned!
We have a heavy conversation with Gina Rarick, a former American journalist and track trainer who is making waves with her recently published NY Times article, How to Save the American Racehorse. We answer your training questions when it comes to your own OTTB! We talk polo with Thoroughbred Makeover competitor, and our Retired Racehorse Project Spotlight rider, Justin Powers, and what he looks for in a Thoroughbred to go from track to polo field. And of course, we have our New Vocations Winner's Circle-Adoptable Horse of the Week! Listen in...
Dr. Seamans talks about the anxiety-inducing Pre-Purchase Exam including what are true red flags and what are not when looking at ex-racehorses. Jen Roytz from the Retired Racehorse Project updates us on the planning for the Thoroughbred Makeover and how you can be involved in the magic! We have our #MyOTTBStory winner, Amy Lent, come on to tell us about her mare's transformation from the racetrack to her second career and our New Vocations Winners Circle - Adoptable Horse of the Week named Aldby Park. Listen in...
We take you to the wild west with Katelin Bradley, founder of the Western OTTB, and learn about how a thoroughbred can hold her own in working ranch with our RRP Spotlight Rider, Amber Jacobson! Plus, we reminisce about Land Rover Kentucky 3-Day Event, and have an amazing interview with professional 4-star eventer, Lynn Symansky! To mix it up even more, we have a special treat for you with our first ever featured Standardbred on this week's New Vocations Adoptable Horse of the Week! Listen in...
Coming to you LIVE from Land Rover Kentucky 3 Day Event in beautiful Lexington, KY! We chat face to face with some of your favorite pros and how the Thoroughbred has influenced their lives! Rosie Napravnik, a badass female jockey who has shown that the track isn’t just for the boys and Nick Larkin joins us at the New Vocations Open Barn BBQ to tell us about how his $900 OTTB became a Kentucky 3 Day Champion. Listen in...
Olympic decorated and 2nd winner of the Kentucky Three Day Event, Dorothy Crowell, comes on to talk about her secret weapon to winning, the thoroughbred. Plus, we welcome our youngest Retired Racehorse Project Spotlight Rider, 12 yr old Savannah Embly, and stay tuned for our New Vocations Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week! You won't want to miss this...
Monty Roberts talks about how to help your horse feel confident in the trailer. Jill Treece from JETEquitheory shares how she's adopted positive reinforcement training to help her OTTB get ready for the Thoroughbred Makeover and stay tuned to learn about one hunky gelding who is ready to find his forever home in this week's New Vocations Winner's Circle - Adoptable Horse of the Week. Stay tuned!
We take you to largest and most prominent Thoroughbred auction house in the world to learn about racehorse sales. We go Down Under to chat with Australia's Travis Doudle about his unique way of training his racehorses. The legendary Lindsey Partridge joins us as our RRP Spotlight Rider. And of course, stay tuned for our New Vocations Winner's Circle - Adoptable Horse of the Week! You're not going to want to miss this!
Travis White from TaylorMade (California Chrome) takes us to the breeding shed to talk about how high stake breeders pair mares and stallions in hopes of the breeding the next Triple Crown Winner. In keeping with our breeding theme, Kyle Rothfus, aka that OTTB Guy, comes on to talk about his non-traditional method to breeding his first filly. Leandra from New Vocations brings us our Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week, You're So Munny. Listen in...
Jen Roytz from the Retired Racehorse Project tells us what it takes to make the magic happen at the Thoroughbred Makeover, we get a fascinating history of racehorses from the Keeneland Library and our first ever RRP Spotlight Rider, Shelby Dennis, fills us in on makeover horse, George. Plus, stay tuned for our Winner's Circle Adoptable Horse of the Week brought to you by New Vocations! Listen in...
Elisa Wallace, winner of last year’s Thoroughbred Makeover, comes on to tell us what she looks for in her OTTB prospects. We hear how a small business dream led to the adoption of one of the famous 52 thoroughbreds, and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption joins us to bring you our Winner’s Circle – Adoptable Horse of the Week Golden Annie! Listen in…