Married With Horses

It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve been able to roll a show out but we came back with a BANG with one of our MOST favorite couples in all of western sports, KC and Gayle Jones. We’ve been friends with these 2 for a while now and not sure why it took us THIS long to FINALLY have them on. Aside from being a rodeo family, they are also the proprietors of some well known entities in the world of rodeo, PRO FANTASY RODEO, RODEO VEGAS, and new one we’re looking forward to checking out, RODEOGUESS.COM

This episode of MwH is with newly minted 3x NFR Qualifier, Cheyenne Wimberly. Prior to this season, this lifelong cowgirl from the Lone Star State, last qualified for the world’s richest rodeo in 1998. 21 years, dozens of horses, and hundreds of life experiences later, she’s right back at the top of the sport that she’s always been in love with. A talented horsewoman from a race horse and rodeo family, Cheyenne will be leaning on a ton of experience heading into this year’s finals...

This episode is with Jen Arnold; a barrel racer that grew up in SE Mississippi and currently lives in the Nashville, TN area. She’s won the 2013 AQHA Amateur Barrel Racing World Championship and has competed in pro rodeo and qualified for her circuit finals. Jen has a unique story in that she is married to a real life rockstar. In 2009 she married frontman and lead singer of the multi-platinum band 3 Doors Down, Brad Arnold. We discuss her life, her rockstar marriage, her barrel racing and barrel bree

On this episode of the podcast we talked with Kennedy LeJeune. Kennedy is a horse a broker. She buys and sells horses off the race track and in other disciplines in the incline world, including barrel racing. We discuss a bit about what she does as well as talk about “do’s and don’t’s" when buying and selling horses. We discuss how to write a proper ad for a horse sale, talk about pre-purchase exams, and many other things having to do with selling horses.

This episode of the podcast is with NFR qualifying barrel racer, Emily Miller. This Prairie Circuit cowgirl punched her ticket in 2019 with earnings up over $98k. This included being the WPRA’s top earner over the 4th of July run, better known as Cowboy Christmas. We discussed her journey in pro rodeo over the last few years that led her here including overcoming a near miss in the 2017 season. It’s a great chat and I hope you guys enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed having it!

MwH 098: Lindsay Burer - Equine Nutrition Consultant

On this episode we come at you with a great conversation with 1st time NFR Qualifier, Ericka Nelson. A former 2nd grade school teacher and mother to an 8 year old daughter, we discuss her plans leading up to the NFR, we discuss her family, her rodeo season, and more during this fun conversation!

On this episode of the podcast we dive DEEP into the world of personal health and fitness as we speak to our great friend and the creator of Your Best Life Fitness, Jessica Hodnett. We discuss workout programming, losing weight, different diets, meal prep, supplements, and everything in between. We answer questions from our listeners from social media and hit on a lot of specifics of this VAST topic. 

This episode of the podcast is with barrel racer, Angela Festervan. Angela is one of our MOST favorite people in the world of barrel racing. She’s intelligent, thoughtful, and one of the funniest people we know. Her sense of humor is certainly what drew us to her. She always seems to be right on time with a wise crack that leaves us in stitches. On top of having a fantastic attitude and personality, Angela works and has worked in many various aspects of the horse world.

On this episode of the podcast we discuss our memories from 9/11/2001.  We talk about Jackie’s propensity to fall off a horse. We talk about how to get a horse to be snappy on the backside of a barrel. We also discuss nature versus nurture in regards to great barrel horses. We talk about working on lead changes in the pattern, discuss breeding cow bred to race bred horses, and talk about what type of exercises to focus on to strengthen a horse’s back specifically post kissing spine surgery.

On this episode we talk with Dr. Jyme Nichols of Bluebonnet Feeds. We began by discussing the 21-Day Hind Gut program. We then go into A LOT of detail on Low-Starch Feeds and trend in the horse world moving that direction. We then answer a lot of questions from our listeners on social media including questions regarding micronutrients like zinc and copper in horse feed, nutrition’s role on hoof and coat care, insulin resistance, using soy products in feed, natural ulcer cures, and MORE.

On this episode of the podcast, we answer a bunch of questions that listeners have asked over social media. We discuss our method/philosophy on raising colts, we talk about horse trailer needs and must haves when hauling (especially for rodeoing), we discuss the special needs of a horse with PSSM, we cover a few drills, talk about noodle necked horses, and Lane discusses dating/marrying a barrel racer. Thanks for interacting with us and asking questions! Hope you enjoy the show!

On this episode, after bitching about the heat and elementary school pickup lines, we go into detail about our equine nutrition consultation with BlueBonnet Feeds. We discuss how it went, what we discussed during the consultation, and the direction we’re taking our equine nutrition program. We also had A LOT of questions come in and were able to answer some. They included discussions on Jackie’s injection philosophy, methods for fighting tying up issues in horses, slow-maturing horses, and more!

MwH 090: We’re Baaack! Vacation, Clinics, Q&A

Here’s a little bonus episode for our listeners. This is from Lane’s new solo podcast called IN MY OWN LANE. This was a clip from a conversation with Jason Johnson, founder and CEO of Project K9 Hero. If you like what you hear, be sure to go listen to the rest of the conversation on the IN MY OWN LANE podcast. In this clip Jason and Lane discuss the mission of Project K9 Hero and what the organization was created to do.