In this episode we chat with Meaghan Rood, who is a mama, rancher, and barrel racer. She is also a successful fitness competition athlete. Meaghan puts out such great ( and freee) fitsporation & recipes on her Facebook page - Meaghan Rood Fitness. You Can also find her on Instagram @fit_ranch_wife We talk all things fitness, horses, motherhood, and how she fits it all in. We bet you'll leave this episode feeling inspired to just getter done!We had a couple of the 'ride tribers' come over&...

If you've been to a barrel race or rodeo in Western Canada, you've likely seen a horse with the lightning bolt brand. Well, get ready to hear all about the Butterfield Performance Horse program; from standing the first couple stallions, to the exhilarating purchase of Perfect Possibility, to raising some of the best rodeo and barrel horses in Canada and, still standing Raisin The Moon today!! The stallions Dee & Craig stood produced SO many winners, rodeo horses, and performers. They have...

In this episode, Dee Butterfield talks all things clinics and mindset.Clinics have been a passion of Dee's for over 50 years now!! Watch for her alumni barrel race in 2021 to celebrate ( for anyone who has attending one of her clinics, ever ) Find part one on Episode 27; and get ready for a couple more in this series!!http://www.deebutterfield.com/•⠀⠀•⠀•⠀•⠀⠀•⠀•⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ᴀs ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs, ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ғᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴇʀs sɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Check out OE Nutraceuticals in C...

In part 1 Dee takes us through some milestones in her life, from growing up, to managing her rodeo career, and some of the horses that accompanied her to the very top. Dee Butterfield is an 11x CFR qualifier, Canadian Finals Champion, NFR qualifier & Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Famer, just to name a few . . . This episode we focused on rodeo highlights, but stay tuned for episodes to come, where we dive deeper into her passion for also being a clinician and coach. And furthermore, an episo...

Shannon Blakely is an Alberta cowgirl with deep roots in rodeo & agriculture . She is a successful barrel horse trainer and competitor, having started numerous barrel horses that have made amateur finalists and tough open horses. 2016 was a major year in Shannon's life. On the rodeo front, she WON 18 of the 23 rodeos she attended and placed at 3 others ( WOW!!!). She was the WRA Ladies Barrel Racing Champion, the LRA & WRA season leader, and her horse Rowdy was the WRA & LRA...

The Pod squad starts us off with a young-horse update in this weeks intro, following up from a colt starting lesson Mel Hyland gave us recently.But get ready, the special guest on this weeks episode is the one and only- Cassie Hausauer. Cassie is the rodeo guru behind Lipstick and Cowboy Boots- a blog, website, and podcast, dedicated to keeping us in-the-know within our sport, while keeping it hilarious all along the way. Get ready to for an interactive and conversational podcast where we tal...

Dr Kathleen Crandell attained her M.S in equine nutrition and exercise physiology from Virginia Tech, she then went on to work towards her PHD in equine nutrition and reproduction. Dr Crandell now works at Kentucky Equine Research and provides support for the KER team members with formulation, development, and much much more.Since we were chatting amidst breeding and foaling season, we wanted to really focus on proper nutrition for mares and foals, however; we tried to cover a few stages of l...

Lisa is a successful criminal trial lawyer and business woman,she owns and runs 2 Trach Law offices in Alberta. Not only is she a successful professional, but also a successful barrel racer, with deep roots in Alberta's rodeo and agriculture scene. In this episode Lisa shares some inside info on our criminal justice system, some entertaining things shes come across in her career, some heart wrenching stories, and very interesting info & clarification on our COVID legislation ( as of early...

This week was such a fun change of pace. Katie Schrock, Rachel Loretta, and Katy Lucas all host That Western Life podcast and we thought it would be neat to shoot the sh*t with another like-minded podcasting trio.These ladies do have something else in common between the three of them, they are all former Rodeo Queens!! We have some casual conversation about how this shaped their lives and even inspired their current businesses and That Western Life Podcast. Take a listen to That Western...

Dawn-Marie Branden is an amazing advocate and voice for ROPING, and lady's roping to be more specific. Dawn-Marie has longtime been involved in the western way of life and you can tell shes so passionate about passing on the tradition of the roping to her family, friends, and peers. She also runs the " Lady Roper Network" on Facebook. Which is a positive network for Lady Ropers.Dawn-Marie thinks opportunity is key. Wether it be an opportunity to start, improve, or even just get in...