Listen to Episode 16. This is Episode 16 of Season Three. Another special episode! We offer this week another recorded Question and Answer session with presenters at the Best Horse Practices Summit, an annual conference I direct, with academic and arena presentations. In this session, […]
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Episode 15: BHPS Discussion Session
Listen to Episode 15. This is Episode 15 of Season Three. A special episode! You listeners might know that I direct the Best Horse Practices Summit, an annual conference with academic and arena presentations. This year, it was held in Kentucky and we had many […]
Read moreRide with Heart. Take your Mind and Body with You.
Editor’s Note: Best Horse Practices Summit presenter Katrin Silva grew up riding dressage in Germany before moving to the United States at age 19 to learn to ride Western. She’s been riding both disciplines for the last 20 years and is a regular guest columnist […]
Read moreCompression Depression
Editor’s Note: We hear from Dr. Sheryl King, the 2021 Keynote Speaker at the Best Horse Practices Summit. King is professor emeritus of Southern Illinois University and one of the most popular presenters at the inaugural Summit. Dr. King was elected a Fellow of the […]
Read moreHorse Sense part of Brown Univ symposium
Best Horse Practices Summit Director and Cayuse Communications founder Maddy Butcher will join colleagues Connie Crawford and Kari Weil for an hour session of Horse Sense, part of the Brown University symposium and part of Re-Examining Conservation: Questions at the Intersection of Arts and Sciences. […]
Read moreEpisode 23: Coaches’ Corner with Amy Skinner
Listen to Episode 23 First, a quick THANK YOU to our enthusiastic and growing group of listeners. This week we passed 50,000 unique downloads and are pretty humbled by the kind words and notes of encouragement we’ve been receiving. Y’all rock! In this episode, Jec […]
Read moreA Horse of My Own?
Editor’s Note: Best Horse Practices Summit presenter Katrin Silva grew up riding dressage in Germany before moving to the United States at age 19 to learn to ride Western. She’s been riding both disciplines for the last 20 years and is a regular guest columnist […]
Read moreEpisode 14: On the Fence
Listen to Episode 14 This episode is an On the Fence segment, a time for Jec and me to talk about what’s up lately. And lately it has been all about the Best Horse Practices Summit. This is the conference I direct and where Jec […]
Read moreEpisode 12: West Taylor
Listen to Episode 12: West Taylor For this episode, Maddy talks with West Taylor. West runs Wild West Mustang Ranch in central Utah and has been a Best Horse Practices Summit presenter twice. He has scores of videos on his site as well as on […]
Read moreEpisode 6: Cross Training
Listen to Episode 6 Season 2, Episode Six is a Coaches’ Corner with Amy Skinner in North Carolina. Here, Jec and Amy visit about cross training. It ties into our last episode in which we discussed what horses and riders need to know. It comes […]
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