Janelle is one of our fellow Northern Alberta ladies, who we've all known for years :) Janelle plays a big part in running the family ranch and " Gurtler 3D Quarter Horses," which is also home to TIME FOR THE CALVARY - 2013 Black Stallion who is an own son of TIMELINE. Out of Calvarys Lady Jet who is a direct daughter of JET OF HONOR. In this episode we discuss the family's involvement with rodeo and raising horses for rodeo, that is now generations strong. We chat up and comers, horses prese...

Get ready for a podcast CLINIC! Kirsty is SO knowledgeable and it was an honor to chat with her for a couple hours. You can tell she is beyond passionate about what she does as a Barrel Horse Trainer and Professional Barrel Racer. Kirsty is also a Farrier by trade and it was insightful to chat with her on this topic too, she shared some great tips on what to look for(and maybe what to avoid). Kirsty has too many accomplishments to list em all, but some of her rodeo highlights being a 4X...

Dr Shannon Phillips is a Professor of Equine Nutrition in the Department of Animal Science at North Carolina State University, so get ready for an educational episode :) We are so thankful she took the time to give us an Equine Nutrition crash-course. Make sure you save this one for when you can sit down with your @hbbarrelracingplanners and take some notes, cause this episode will inspire you to really check your feed tags. We dive into basic requirements, macro/micro nutrients, ...

Andrea and Colby are both so talented in their own right,so, its no surprise that these two can work together as a team to train and showcase some of the nicest horses in our Canadian barrel horse industry. Take a listen to hear more about their programs, the similarities and differences, and some all-round great horsemanship & barrel training insight.https://www.facebook.com/andreaudalclinics/https://www.facebook.com/Colby.Gilbert01⠀⠀•••⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ᴀs ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs, ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ғᴏʀɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ...

Dr Jessica Romanow is Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine, with a special interest in rehabilitation, lameness, and racetrack medicine. She is also the official Veterinarian of the World Professional Chuckwagon Association, and has a passion for speed horses. She really carries this passion into her work and travels all over our Western provinces working with performance horses in many disciplines. Dr Jessica has some racehorses, and a barrel horse of her own now too. We really appreciate her tak...

From Marine Biologist, to Equine Massage Therapist and Entrepreneur, Brigitte Mayer is such an interesting and inspirational lady. Vitality Equine is breaking ground in the equine body work industry and does such an amazing job at giving back. You can truly tell they have our equine partners in mind. Always sharing stretching or exercise videos on their youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6lsOlFkiGomlxHtzYzxdw or tips & tricks on their instagram page. ( @vitalit...

We are so happy Christine & Jeff took some time to chat with us because this conversation is pure gold!! These great-hearted folks are so inspirational to anyone at ANY level. Christine is a very accomplished reiner in her recent past, and is now a top trainer, coach & jockey in our Canadian barrel horse industry.She has many achievements & wins, including making a whole rodeo season without hitting a single barrel!! Jeff is relatively new to the rodeo game and didn't get a ...

For this episode, the Steph's sit down with Mel one of the evenings he was teaching a horsemanship clinic in our neck of the woods. On a weekend it just happened to be -30 degrees... lol. In this episode we mostly chat about horsemanship,and the fundamentals that Mel has built his program and clinics on. 》In case you missed episode 6, we will fill you in on some of Mel Hyland's many achievements, he has won nearly every major rodeo in North America at least once, won the World Title twice, Ca...

We took it South of the border again this week to chat with some fellow Alberta Barrel Racers. Sonda Marks is a very accomplished horse trainer and jockey up here in Canada. She has claimed a Lakeland Rodeo Association High-Point Award (2010), A Superstakes Championship(2014), and a Canadian Derby Championship, amongst many other barrel and race track accomplishments.Codie Lum, barrel racer and trainer, accompanied her South to Arizona this year to learn more tricks of the trade. Listen more ...

This week the ladies sit down with with another one of our amazing Northern Alberta girls and fellow barrel racer, Tarla Robinson. Tarla owns and operates Dynamic Equine, under which she operates the Bemer blanket & Trisana Nutrition. Personally, Tarla had an incredible experience with the Bemer blanket and her heart horse, Jett. The blanket saved his life, turning it around quicker than she could've ever imagined. Check out this episode to hear more about that, plus a couple more su...