Heels Down Happy Hour Podcast Episode 115: Test R.I.D.E Your Supplements
The end of summer is for eventing championships, endless hoof care and … cocktails. This week, we’re debating about the posting trot and analyzing a formula to help cut through the clutter of selecting the right supplement. Thanks for tuning in!
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Special guests:
Dr. Mary Beth Gordon is the Senior Director of Equine Technical Innovation for Purina Animal Nutrition (Land O’Lakes, Inc.) with responsibilities to lead and guide the research and technical teams for the horse business group. Her ambitious research team has completed over 350 research protocols at the Purina Animal Nutrition Center, leading to the creation of 24 new products and 20+ reformulated products in the equine market since 2005. This research encompasses exercise physiology, growth and reproduction, and digestive physiology including palatability, intake, and microbiome work. Mary Beth earned her BS in Animal Science from Delaware Valley University and PhD in Animal Science with a specialty in Equine Nutrition and Exercise Physiology from Rutgers University.
Natalie Hummel is a transformational life coach with a strong background in equestrian sports. Her coaching practice focuses on helping her clients do the deep work required to reach top levels of success. She does this through somatic work, emotional mastery, and nervous system regulation. Natalie graduated from the University of Louisville with a major in psychology and a minor in wellness. Since then, she’s spent time living, teaching and coaching all around the world.
More about what we talked about in this episode:
This week, we’re sipping Salty Dog cocktails. Yum! | @SL
The AECs is on the horizon! Here’s everything you need to know. | @USEA
These girls hosted a lemonade stand to help a riding center that had a fire. | @ANF
Rising trot through Fourth Level? We discuss. | @COTH
Want to get Thoroughbred Makeover updates from Justine? Head to our Patreon page! | @patreon
Product review: We dish on our favorite hoof products for summer time. | @heelsdown
Natalie Hummel is the voice behind the Equestrian Mastermind series on RideiQ. | @NH
What’s the best way to evaluate if a supplement or feed is right for your horse? We discuss with an expert. | @heelsdown
Mailbag: What’s right to have in your equine first-aid kit? | @theHorse
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 week: Purina!