Expert Analysis and Epic Discussions from equine experts, judges and industry veterans Brian Dygert and Jody Brainard. Our mission is to assist the western horse industry in riding towards maturity. Our show will feature guests to have real, honest conversations about things that matter. It’s time for the cowboy industry to grow up, and we will have conversations that help our industry do it.
Shoeing high performance western horses in today's market.
Where is our industry headed?
What a great Ride; 75 year old Teresa Goforth qualifies on her 20 yr old gelding for the Run for the Million Non-Pro challenge 2025 in Las Vegas.
Tune in for a great discussion on many industry topics as Teresa shares her insight with the Cowboy Office.
AWWA and 2023 Champion Jesse Chase talk about the dynamic program and how good it is for him as a trainer and his horses. It builds versatility, fun and quality of working western horses. As we approach 2025 and the Ranch Horse Challenge at the Arabian Nationals in Tulsa, OK, Jesse's input is invaluable.
Ranch Riding is the newest discipline to emerge in the western horse show world. Join us as we discuss the AWWA and WWA as they are focused on the Arabian Western horse and the newest open to all breed discipline, the Western Working Alliance.
2026 Rule proposal review on this episode. lessons learned as well as historical actions go into this review and where we are headed.
Arabian Working Western Alliance. The newest challenge in western competition to test your skills. Cowboy is cool. Showing horses, western skills, Arabian and Half-Arabian horses as well as all breeds as the western skills needed to work with your horse.
The Man in the Arena: Jim Kiser from Kiser Arena shares his insight, moving forward, knowledge learned and how to measure, test and manage ground for better performance in our horses. Keeping horses sounder longer and performing at their best. Multiple discipline ground demand and the investment to explore what we don't know and more.
EP 34, Victor Bahna, author of Heliacal Star, the horse racing thrilling novel. We discuss the parallels of our industry's and the pressure to present a quality product to the public. Social License to Operate and much more . This episode looks at thoroughbred horse racing and the performance horse industry as we discuss today's market and the pressure from the public to tend to our horses.
Epic insights from the #2 reining rider of all time, Shawn Flarida.
Lesson Learned from Spooks Gotta Whiz and The Run for a Million. Should the Run for the Million be reining's superbowl? Bringing the great Spooks Gotta Whiz back to the Run for the Million in 2024. Along with a great discussion around Open aged event levels and 1 rider and 1 horse entry.
Gabriel Borges, #8 Open Rider in 2023 and climbing the ranks fast. We discuss life after the futurity and 1 Rider: 1 Horse open aged events. Fairness and access to horsepower as life after the futurity is here.
A review and detailed analysis of the 2024 Open NRHA Derby competition. Officiating analytics from the open derby 2024 in OKC. Answering the questions and addressing the myths around officiating are analyzed and discussed. What do the results from this year's NRHA open derby say? This episode compares the 2024 NRHA Open derby to the first half of 2024 open aged events.
Million Dollar week is in year 5 as we look at 2023 Run for the Million numbers, stats and best of the best rider' list for 2024.
A compilation judging analytics from open aged events in reining officiating from 2023 are analyzed and discussed. What do the results from this year's NRBC and 100X Stales say? This episode compares the 2023 judging trends to the first half of 2024 open aged events.
The depth of Open competition continues to drive forward and set new trends and norms for the industry. This episode looks at the numbers set by 13 major ev...
The top scores were three points lower than the 2023 qualifying scores. The numbers are in and the analysis is complete. What do the results from this years’ qualifier say? This episode compares 2024 to last year’s qualifying event.
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The depth of Open competiti...
Learning from the past, listening to the present, looking to the future. Bart Corrington taps into his Reining History 101 Facebook group and industry experience to give us insights into the reining industry.
Our Guest:
Bart Corrington
- Owner/Operator of BC Reining Horses, Tallahassee, FL
- Two-time NRHA World Champion
- Horse trainer for 29 years
- FB Group: Reining History 101 with over 15,000 members
In This Episode:
Consi...
In today’s episode, we take a look at the 2023 NRHA Futurity. We talk about the tie for Open Level 4 Champion, scores, spreads, and use of the judging scale. We don’t forget about the Non Pro Futurity and address the industry buzz around Lane Colston and Adam Donahue’s finals runs.
Congratulations to the Winners!
-- Level 4 Futurity Champions Brian Bell, Crystalized Whizkey owned by Wallace Wood
-- Level 4 Reserve Champions Andrea ...
Maneuver scoring was implemented for the first time and reining and the working western industry was changed.
Is it time for a new revolution?
Some years become pivotal points in history. The equine industry, the working western world, and the reining industry can look at 1985 as the year everything changed.
What was this industry altering catalyst?
The introduction of the new reining scoring system. Until this point, judging...
A Horse Sporting Event Like We’ve Never Seen! Life After the Futurity is Here
The 100X Reining Classic made a lot of claims before the event. They stepped up and delivered, even exceeding expectations. The 100X producers and staff proved that different is better.
This wasn’t a horse show, it was an event. With 1,700 horses competing for $3 million in purse money spread over 9 days and distributed deeper across the competition,...
David McGee and Travis Pufpaff, owners and operators of NARS, may have the keys to making breeding programs sustainable while supporting multiple sectors of the industry.
Breeders programs in the reining industry are growing in number and size. The days of building a great breeding program and selling your foal as a stand-alone, no incentives included, deal are quickly fading into memory. Today, buyers of competition-quality reinin...
EP 22: Industry trends, growth, and business. Competition, breeding, and officiating. Associations, medications, and international governance.
One of the 12 principles of “The Cowboy Way” is “He must never go back on his word or trust confided in him.” The Cowboys promised to answer your questions and in this episode, they make good on that promise. This straight-shootin’ episode comes directly from questions spurred on by previous...
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