April 12, 2022

What Does 'Doing Better' Mean? Reflections on Horse Training Following the Mark Todd Video (with Anne Kursinski, Matt Brown & Jeremy Steinberg)

57 minutes

Several weeks back, a video from a Mark Todd clinic circulated around the internet - it was a clip taken during a clinic, and it caused a lot of conversation and controversy on social media. This podcast is not about that video in particular, but the video did spark some reflection and larger conversations around what we deem acceptable in horse training, what we don’t, and how those standards are set and upheld.

In this episode of Equestrian Voices, host Caroline Culbertson sits down with eventer Matt Brown, show jumper Anne Kursinski, and dressage rider Jeremy Steinberg to discuss. They discuss:

How they felt when they watched the video or read the community’s response
Whether or not the rules that govern our sport reflect what we culturally deem acceptable in horse training
Defining abuse and delineating between what challenges a horse and what constitutes abuse
How things have changed in the past few decades
How this very question changed the course of Jeremy and Matt’s lives and careers
Turning insight into action and what each one of us can do and consider moving forward

...more

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April 12, 2022

What Does 'Doing Better' Mean? Reflections on Horse Training Following the Mark Todd Video (with Anne Kursinski, Matt Brown & Jeremy Steinberg)

57 minutes

In this episode of Equestrian Voices, host Caroline Culbertson sits down with eventer Matt Brown, show jumper Anne Kursinski, and dressage rider Jeremy Steinberg to discuss. They discuss:

How they felt when they watched the video or read the community’s response
Whether or not the rules that govern our sport reflect what we culturally deem acceptable in horse training
Defining abuse and delineating between what challenges a horse and what constitutes abuse
How things have changed in the past few decades
How this very question changed the course of Jeremy and Matt’s lives and careers
Turning insight into action and what each one of us can do and consider moving forward

...more