Piper speaks with top US show jumping groom Margo Thomas and top junior rider Violet Tatum. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: Margo Thomas is the head groom for Laura Kraut. After graduating from Virginia Intermont College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Equine Studies, Margo started out as an eventing groom and rider. Nine years ago she made the move to grooming show jumpers and has since traveled to top level shows such as Spruce Meadows, Aachen, and Geneva. Margo has been part of Laura’s team for nearly five years and she groomed Baloutinue at the Tokyo Olympics, where she helped team USA win a silver medal.
• Guest: Violet Tatum is a top-ranked 15 year old junior rider from California that has amassed an impressive collection of championships and victories in the seven years that she has been riding. Violet competes in the junior hunters, the equitation and the jumpers under the guidances of her trainer Archie Cox of Brookway Stables. Violet and her horses have won multiple USEF Horse of the Year National Champion and Reserve Champion honors, champion at the USEF Junior Hunter Finals, as well as wins and top placings at Devon, Capital Challenge, the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, the Washington International Horse Show and The National Horse Show.
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Piper speaks with Mark Miness and Karen Lucian who are amateur riders that support professionals in this industry as owners and collaborators. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: Mark Miness has been riding horses competitively since he was twelve years old. As a young rider, Mark trained under Leslie Howard and Molly Ashe, whom he credits for both his horsemanship and riding abilities. After a hiatus that lasted about fifteen years where Mark built a career in sustainable investing, he returned to riding both as an amateur rider and as an owner. Today, Mark is a Partner at Generation Investment Management, which is a mission driven investment firm focusing on investing in businesses and technologies that will help address some of the world's most urgent sustainability challenges. When he has time, Mark rides in the amateur owner hunters and focuses on owning and developing young horses primarily in partnership with Tom de Bel and Rene Dittmer. 
• Guest: Karen Lucian lives in Newport Beach, California and keeps her  hunters in Wellington, Florida and trains with Keri Kampsen and Lexy Reed. Karen is a financial advisor at Raymond James and her lifetime dream has been to ride quality show horses.
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Tonya Johnston, Mental Skills Coach speaks with top rider Aaron Vale and answers a listener question on handling fatigue at a show. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   

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• Guest: Aaron Vale is a top rider and trainer who manages Thinkslikeahorse, a full-service training facility in Williston, Florida, with quality jumpers, hunters, and equitation horses. Aaron has won more than 275 Grand Prix and has represented the U.S. in Nations Cups and FEI World Cup™ Finals. In 2024, he began the year by representing the NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team at the Longines League of Nations™ Abu Dhabi CSIO5* and the Longines League of Nations™ Qualifier in Ocala with Carissimo 25. He also rode Prescott to the win in the $100,000 MARS Equestrian Grand Prix CSI3* at WEC Ocala. Aaron has had numerous hunter and derby wins including twice winning the $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix. Aaron has also excelled in the equitation and as a junior rider was reserve champion at the ASPCA Maclay, Medal and USET Talent Search finals.  
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Piper speaks with rider, trainer and USEF R judge, Rob Jacobs. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: Rob Jacobs is a licensed and insured equestrian trainer, judge, and clinician based in Seattle, WA. Rob received a BA in 2011 from St. Andrews University where he studied Politics and Equine Business Management. During his time as an undergraduate student, Rob had tremendous success on the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association team, winning IHSA Nationals in Novice Fences in 2009 and winning the Cacchione Cup Flat phase in 2011. In 2017, Rob completed his Masters in Business Administration from St. Andrews University. Rob has developed a talent for patiently bringing along horses & riders and helping them excel in the Hunter, Jumper, and Equitation rings. His attention to detail and passion for the sport is evident in his teachings.  
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Piper speaks with Jim Hagman of Elvenstar Farm about riding and training. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: Jim Hagman is the Founder, Head Coach and Instructor of Elvenstar in Moorpark, California. As founder, Jim not only laid the foundation, but also presented and developed each aspect of the business. Jim's systematic teaching emphasizes the art of communication between the horse and the rider, and Jim has a passion to his teaching style that is very positive and enthusiastic; building confidence and poise is a top priority. Jim’s training and coaching excellence has played a role in a long list of successful riders including top placings and wins at the most prestigious competitions in North America. 
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Piper speaks with Katie Monahan Prudent about how she is working to grow the next generation of US Show Jumpers. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: One of the most successful riders in U.S. Show Jumping history, Katie Monahan-Prudent was a member of the 1986 gold medal winning World Championship show jumping team, took part in six World Cup finals, won almost every major grand prix in the United States and was named AGA U.S. Rider of the Year three times. In addition, Katie was inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame and named Coach of the Year for developing riders by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Currently, Katie and her husband, Henri Prudent, run an international training program along with their son, Adam, at their three locations: Plain Bay Farm in Middleburg, Virginia; Wellington, Florida, and Rosières-aux-Salines, France.
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Piper speaks with  internationally known FEI Level III course designer Anderson Lima. Justin Garner, the Senior Director of Hospitality Operations and Marketing at World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, also joins to talk about the upcoming Longines League of Nations™ event and new developments at WEC. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.  

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: Anderson Lima is an FEI Level III course designer from Brazil. Anderson is well known for his course designs at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; the South American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Canada; and multiple FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada. Anderson also designed the track for the famed $226,000 Sapphire Grand Prix at the 2023 Devon Horse Show.
• Guest: Justin Garner is the Senior Director of Hospitality Operations and Marketing at World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida. Justin has been an integral part of the WEC brand since the opening of the Ocala facility in 2020. Justin has led a team that has grown from four to over 700 and contributed to establishing World Equestrian Center – Ocala and The Equestrian Hotel as top destinations in Florida and beyond. Though he’s not a lifelong equestrian, Justin embraces the WEC values of Quality, Class, and Distinction.
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Tonya Johnston, Mental Skills Coach speaks with top rider and trainer Nick Haness about his mindset for training and competing, how he manages his busy schedule, maintaining consistency, his mental preparation for big classes and more. Tonya also asks Nick several listener questions such as how he stays focused for the last jump when it's been a great round, how he managed to overcome the biggest obstacle in his career, and what mindset advice he gives his amateur clients. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.

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• Guest:  Nick Haness is a top hunter/jumper trainer who is based out of Temecula, California. Nick's  list of wins and accolades is incredibly impressive: Nick has topped $5 million in prize money earned, was named the Chronicle of the Horse Show Person of the Year in 2022 and recently won the $100,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Hunter Spectacular in Wellington, Florida. With wins, championships and grand championships at the country's top horse shows, Nick is on an amazing roll that shows no sign of slowing down.
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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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Piper speaks with Lauren O'Connor & Catie Kovelman about how horses saved Lauren during the #metoo movement. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: Lauren O'Connor is the head of IP acquisitions at Amazon Studios. In 2017, Lauren's life changed forever when a memo she had sent to Human Resources at the Weinstein Company was leaked by The New York Times which helped to launch the #MeToo movement. Lauren's memo chronicled two years of abuse that she endured and witnessed as a young executive working closely alongside her boss, Harvey Weinstein. Five years later, Lauren rediscovered horseback riding which has helped to heal her. You can read more about Lauren's story in The Plaid Horse magazine February issue.
• Guest: Catie Kovelman is an accomplished horse rider and an award winning journalist receiving her minor in Journalism, summa cum laude, from Chapman University and her Masters in Communication from the University of Southern California. When not writing for various magazines and publications, Catie is a Market Researcher for film and television.
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