Adult Onset Horsemanship
An informal and candid podcast discussing real world horsemanship with respected and experienced experts. Daniel is a guy who is good with horses. He has a background in cutting where he was predominantly involved in developing aged event horses and started over 1000 head of colts, many of whom went on to win lots of cash. A very bad horse wreck at a horse show, involving his niece, prompted him to begin working with people and showing them a no BS version of how to not get killed by their horses. He's since worked with thousands more horses and people from varying disciplines and breeds including many last chance problem horses. In addition to his general horsemanship knowledge he is an internationally known expert on bits and how and why they function. He has a well rounded knowledge base of horsemanship and is working hard at his communication skills with his own species. His wife is a firm believer that he really likes the sound of his own voice and that is the real reason he's started this podcast.http://dauphinhorsemanship.com/
Adult Onset Horsemanship
Ep. 50 Patrick King Horsemanship and Dressage
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Patrick King is our first guest to come back and be on the podcast for a second time. He's a Classical Dressage clinician and trainer who also has a background in the more foundational type of horsemanship taught by one of his early mentors, Ray Hunt.
Patrick and I talk horses, but a big chunck of this episode goes into the recent controversy of Olympian and recently embattled Dressage Rider, Charlotte Dujardin. Having conversations about abuse and things that need to improve within our industry is very difficult to do. I play the devil's advocate in several places throughout this one and I hope that it's apparent what we are trying to get at. Yes, there are still things that are occuring that need to stop or be improved. Some of those things are a lot more obvious than others. Many common practices that people do routinely, believing that they are doing what's "best for the horse" could similarly be looked at as abuse, as many of us, and research backs that those practices certainly aren't what's "best for the horse". We take a look at some standards, and I'll flatly state that Patrick and I do not see completely eye to eye on all of this stuff.
This is a respectful conversation between two people who have decades in this industry and the big picture in mind. I think these types of conversations, even if they don't immediately lead to agreement, are incredibly important and exactly what we need to be doing if we expect to still have a horse industry 20 years from now.
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