Heels Down Happy Hour Podcast Episode 114: Retired Racehorses & Tasty Drinks
What’s the best way to pick a diamond in the rough off the racetrack? This week, we’re talking about OTTBs and how to train one successfully. Also, have you tried the latest and greatest horse sports drink just yet? Thanks for tuning in!
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More about what we talked about on this episode:
This week we’re drinking a delicious Tinto de Verano. | @NYT
Some of the new proposed FEI rules are a little… troublesome. | @wosj
We’re rooting for Jane Sleeper, an eventer who had a rough go lately. Here’s how to help. | @EN
We discuss the amazing event that was CHIO Aachen. So many highlights! | @COTH
Thanks to everyone who continues to support us on Patreon! | @patreon
Product review: Gallagher’s Water is now available in Canada! | @GW
Justine gives us an update on her 2023 Thoroughbred Makeover hopeful, War Feather and shares some thoughts on how to find a good OTTB. | @heelsdown
Ecogold opened applications for sponsored riders. What it’s like to be one? We discuss. | @ecogold
Mail Bag: My daughter’s new horse is afraid of fly spray. Good with the hose/spraying water. Any tips?
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.
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