Becky & Destri are back from the holiday break and take a look back at 2024, while also giving a preview of 2025. In this episode they cover some highs, some lows, and what is coming up on the horizon.

This week's episode features Becky and Destri talking about the NFR along with the importance of your mindset going into the new year.

From injuries, to intense finishes over the 10 days of the NFR, Becky and Destri Recap the best 10 days of the year. They also talk about the intense demand that level of competition puts on not only the athletes, but their equine partners as well.

Having a clear and positive mind is half the battle during competition and Becky and Destri share their own experiences from the weekend of their own competitions.

In this episode, Becky & Destri get a chance to talk to CJ Garland of Perry Quarter horses about “The Extreme Cowgirl Challenge”.

This is a first of its kind team event designed & hosted by Perry Quarter Horses, and is for cowgirls who normally compete in Reined Cow Horse &/or Ranch Horse events. Their goal is to give these fantastic athletes & their horses a stage to show their stuff as part of a team.

This year’s event will take place on Mothers day weekend, May 9-11, 2025 at Perry Quarter Horses Ranch located just outside of Leoti, Kansas. Be sure to mark it on your calendars to attend.

If you would like to be a part of the action by sponsoring or volunteering, reach out to CJ Garland, through her website at https://www.perryquarterhorses.com or through their facebook page for Perry Quarter Horses or the FaceBook event page for “Extreme Cowgirl Challenge 2025”

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Tune in as we welcome Lidia Taylor with Dressage for Everybody. Her expertise in helping riders of all disciplines learn how to cue their horses at a natural point in their stride is a gamechanger in improving communication with horse and rider. She is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about improving the conversation between horse and rider, along with identifying restrictions in riders and their horses. This helps connect the dots to mitigate potential issues and solve them in a quiet simple way that helps to gain the trust of your horse and abilities. Listen in now!

At 72 years old, Jerri Duce’s trick riding performance at the 2024 Canadian National Finals Rodeo took the world by storm. She is accomplished in many areas of the rodeo scene not only in trick riding, but also is a nine time Canadian Barrel Racing Champion. She was the first Canadian woman to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in 1975 and was the first woman inducted into the Canadian Pro-Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1997.

She has worn many hats in the western industry running a trick riding school and now works in the film industry as a horse wrangler and stunt double. She has been a part of films such as: Billy the Kid; Buffalo Bill and the Indians; Shang Hi Noon; Let him Go and The Scarlet Letter A. Her fitness is crucial to her health and longevity and she shares the things she does to stay fit.

This week Becky and Destri discuss off season conditioning further including recovery strategies, and types of training that are appropriate in off season, and reconditioning yourself and your horse for the upcoming season.

In the first of our series of off season conditioning episodes, Destri and Becky dive in deeper to the process of goal setting to get your mind right and a path set to success in this next year.

In this episode, Becky shares with you the process she has used to set goals in her businesses and with her horses to give her a clear path or plan to success. This process involves breaking this up into the Bigger 1 year vision; into 90 day sprints; 30 day objectives; and 1 week tasks.

For you copy of these goal setting forms, email Becky at [email protected] and ask for the goal setting sheets. She would love to learn more about you and help you with your goals.

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Cameron of Schoneberg Performance bits joins Becky & Destri in this episode to discuss how a welder, turned bit maker, has made such a name for himself in the western industry.

You can find Cameron’s bits in the hands of many elite trainers, such as Andrea Fappani in the reining world; as well as Kristin Weaver Brown, Ashley Schafer, Samantha Flannery, Joy Wargo, Pete Owen, Lauren Strough, and Becca Fellman in the barrel racing world.

Cameron and his wife Emily along with their son are all hands on deck to build the best bits in the industry. They are about giving you practical advice when it comes to bits and changes that are needed to enhance your horse’s performance, even if that means only changing your curb strap, instead of a whole new bit.

You can find Schoneberg stock bits at Tesky’s or order a custom bit at https://www.schonebergbits.com.

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Destri is joined in this episode by Dr. Ian Goodman of Tulsa Bone & Joint Associates, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They discuss hip labrum tears; non-operative vs operative options for treatment. They also discuss expected recovery time.

If you are having hip pain when you ride, this episode is full of great information about the hip joint and labrum. Check out Dr. Goodman and his colleagues at https://tulsaboneandjoint.com/

Drew and Cristi Gaffney of the Cornhusker Futurity and barrel race sit down with Becky to dive into the ins and outs of putting on a futurity as a couple and how their breeding program has developed and produced winners over the years.

They share a passion for good horses and love to be able to use them on their Nebraska sandhills ranch. They discuss the benefits of talking to people who are knowledgeable about the horse business when making decisions about breeding or starting young ones.

Cristi and Drew also visit about dating after divorce and politics. They are firm believers in patriotism and picking the candidate that you think that will do the best job running our country. Be sure to put the Cornhusker Futurity and Barrel Race on your calendar for Labor Day weekend each year.