Melanie Wright, Sybil Greene & Eric Smiley by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services

Send us Fan MailPiper speaks with Melanie Wright and Sybil Greene from Wynmore Farm about growing our sport. Eric Smiley also joins to talk about his newest book, The Sport Horse Problem Solver.  Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services. Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse Guest: Melanie Wright and Sybile Greene own and operate Wynmore Farm based in Lincoln, Nebraska. Wynmore caters to both children and adults, with a focus on showing at the local and national levels. Melanie does the majority of riding and training on the road while Sybil splits her time between the home base in Nebraska and going to the horse shows. Guest: Eric Smiley is a former international event rider who represented Ireland, winning team bronze medals on two occasions. Eric began his equestrian career in the Pony Club, continued riding in the army, and then at the world-renowned Talland Equestrian Center, where he gained his British Horse Society Instructor’s certificate. In 1995, Eric passed his British Horse Society Fellowship exam. Eric was the Team Coach for the Belgian Eventing team at the 2011 European Eventing Championships and the 2012 London Olympics and is an FEI judge. Eric is also the author of Look… No Hands!, Two Brains, One Aim, and The Sport Horse Problem Solver.Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance ServicesSubscribe To: The Plaid Horse MagazineSponsors: Purina Animal Nutrition, America Cryo, Alexis Kletjian Jewelry, Saddlery Brands International, BoneKare, StreamHorse, Show Strides Book Series, Online Equestrian College Courses, With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard, and American Equestrian Schooltheplaidhorse.comThank you so much for joining us today on the Plaidcast. This podcast is a labor of love, and every single episode exists because of this incredible community of riders, trainers, barn managers, parents, and horse lovers who show up in the barn, in the ring, and right here with us.At The Plaid Horse, our commitment goes far beyond the show ring. We believe deeply in the power of literacy and education and that every rider, at every level, deserves access to knowledge, stories, and ideas that make them a better horseperson and a better human being. Reading matters. Learning matters. And the stories we tell each other in this sport matter more than we sometimes realize.Whether you are a junior rider picking up your first copy of The Plaid Horse  Magazine, a professional trainer looking for inspiration, or someone who simply loves horses and everything this world stands for then this community is for you. You belong here.We build this together. Every article, every episode, every conversation is an opportunity to learn something new, to feel less alone in the challenges of this sport, and to be reminded of why we fell in love with horses in the first place.Until next time, keep reading, keep learning, keep riding, and remember that the horse world is better when we build it together. I will see you at the ring!