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Piper speaks with three groups of people that work in different parts of the horse industry; the American Horse Council, the Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association and the TAKE2 and the TAKE THE LEAD Thoroughbred Retirement Program. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.  

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: Julie Broadway was named President of the American Horse Council in 2016.  She has over 30 years of leadership experience in both for-profit and non-profit sectors.  Prior to joining the American Horse Council, Julie was the executive director of the American Morgan Horse Association & Educational-Charitable Trust. She is also a graduate of the Duke University Advanced Nonprofit Leadership Program and a Certified Association Executive (CAE) from the American Society of Association Executives.  Julie is past board president for the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, a member of the ASAE National Capitol Advisory Council, and has played an active role with the U.S. Equestrian Federation over the past several years. 
• Guest: Joy Cook is a dressage rider, trainer,  breeder and National director for the Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association. She has specialized in breeding warmblood horses on her Lynncrest Farm property for three decades. Joy believes that Canadian bred horses have the ability and quality suitable for the Olympic disciplines.
• Guest: Chris Gould is the Founding Chair of the Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association and breeder of Warmblood horses; operating Touchstone Farm since 1973. He served on the board of Equestrian Canada for 12 years, where he was Chair of the Breeds and Industry Division and was for six years a Vice President on the World Breeding Federation board. Products of the Touchstone breeding program have been enjoyed by riders across Canada and the US as well as Europe.
• Guest: Andy Belfiore is the Executive Director of TAKE2 and was instrumental in the creation of TAKE2 and the TAKE THE LEAD Thoroughbred Retirement Program. Andy previously served as Editor in Chief of the Thoroughbred Daily News, and Executive Director of the New York and Florida Thoroughbred Horsemen's Associations.
• Guest: Rick Schosberg is the President of Take 2 Second Career Thoroughbreds and The Take The Lead Thoroughbred Retirement Program as well as the Vice President New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association.
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