Heels Down Happy Hour Podcast 97: The Best Weekend All Year
It’s almost time for the Best Weekend All Year – the Kentucky Three-Day Event! We’re gearing up for the big show with not one, but two competitors this week. And also: margs. Thanks for tuning in.
Click here to stream Episode 97.
Special Guests:
Kyle Carter is a 5* event rider who has represented Canada at the Pan American Games, World Equestrian Games and Olympic Games throughout his international career. Together with his wife, Jennifer, Kyle runs Carter Eventing out of Citra, Fla.
Will Coleman is a 5* event rider, who rides in the Grand Prixs for Show Jumping as well as dabbled in the Hunter Derbies. Will has represented the US Event Team at the London Olympics as well as the World Equestrian Games at Tryon. Last year, Will became the first and only American to win the CHIO Aachen for Eventing with Off The Record.
More on what we talked about in this episode:
In honor of those delicious margs in Rolex Stadium, we’re drinking Margaritas. | @NYT
Jess runs us through the entry list in the K3DE 5 star. | @LRK3DE
Whorl myths are true? A genomic study links behaviors to whorls. | @theHorse
There are more changes ahead for the Washington International Horse Show. | @COTH
Thanks to everyone who supports us on Patreon! We appreciate you. | @patreon
Product Review: Ecogold Performance Fly Bonnet. | @ecogold
Kyle Carter gives us his thoughts on Kentucky and a run-down of the RideiQ app. | @RideiQ
Happy hour listeners can get a free trial of RideiQ using the promo code “HEELSDOWN” during April!
Buy a Horse Book Day is May 10! Celebrate equestrian authors with us! | @heelsdown
Will Coleman walks us through his magical win in Aachen, his plan for Kentucky, and the young horses in his arsenal. | @WCE
Mail bag: What horse products have you used on yourself? No wrong answers!
More about our hosts:
Jessica Payne is a 35-year-old 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 once lost the tip of her pinky finger clipping her 4* horse, and husband Doug says she can “talk to anyone including a wall….and they will like it!”
Ellie Woznica is a 24-year-old freelance book designer and horse trainer because she couldn’t choose which career to pursue and her mom said she wouldn’t make the decision for her. She grew up showing the hunters and jumpers, but in university, she learned to ride western and fell in love with reining.
Justine Griffin is an award winning 34-year-old 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 firm believer in unicorns and feminism. So take everything she says with a grain of salt.
Many thanks to this week’s sponsors: Purina and Ecogold!