Heels Down Happy Hour Podcast 148: Get The Most Out Of Your Rides This Summer
It’s the end of an era: we’re mourning the death of our favorite riding goods catalog. But there’s good news too: new research in EHV-1 detection could help minimize horse show outbreaks. We’re also talking about how to maximize your rides in hot, hot summer and discussing solutions to our sport’s ever evolving affordability crisis. Thanks for tuning in.
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More on what we talked about on this episode:
This month we’re sipping on a simply delicious limoncello cocktail. | @CC
Dover Saddlery is closing stores nationwide and liquidating. We discuss. | @COTH
EHV-1 airborne testing could be coming to horse shows soon. Will it help prevent outbreaks? | @heelsdown
It was an all American finish at the Kentucky Three-Day Event this year. We rehash the stats. | @USEA
Product Review: We put the brand new Farnam product, Endure Gold Fly Spray to the test. | @farnam
COUPON ALERT: Enjoy $4 off your purchase of Endure Gold through July 31 here.
How do you get your horse to be less sluggish and instead sharper off the aids? We discuss. | @heelsdown
Affordability is having a moment in horse sport right now, or more accurately, the lack thereof. How are you saving right now? And what solutions exist for the future? | @heelsdown
Mail Bag: Healy asks, How do you organize your feed schedules? Do you use an app? | @heelsdown
More about our hosts:
Jessica Payne is an international event rider who is rarely seen without her long-haired chihuahua under her arm. She was born in London, Ontario, but grew up in Franklin, Tenn., and graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Animal Science. She’s now a coach, a mom and one-half of Payne Equestrian, a full-service eventing, show jumping and dressage operation based in North Carolina with her Olympian husband, Doug. Jess once lost the tip of her pinky finger clipping her 5* horse, and husband Doug says she can “talk to anyone including a wall….and they will like it!”
Ellie Woznica happily lives on a mountain in northern Pennsylvania in her horses’ front yard. She works from home as a graphic designer, manure mucker, and zoo keeper, but only gets paid for one of those gigs. Ellie grew up showing hunter/jumpers (and still does) but in college she learned to ride western and fell in love with reining and reined cow horse. Outside of horses, Ellie loves to knit, whittle, and write! Her boyfriend says she has too many hobbies.
Justine Griffin is an award winning journalist who has written about everything from horses to high-profile CEOs to her ovaries. (She donated her eggs once.) Two things she loves the most? Whippet puppies and cheese. Justine is a lifelong lover of Thoroughbreds and is a native Floridian.
Many thanks to our sponsors this month: Farnam, HITS Horse Shows and Ecogold.