Tonya Johnston's Inside Your Ride with David Wilbur by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services

Send us Fan MailTonya Johnston, Mental Skills Coach speaks with professional David Wilbur who rides and trains for Emil Spadone's Redfield Farm. Tonya also answer a listener question about how to stop catastrophizing when you are having a bad day or bad ride so you can turn it around and make positive progress. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   Host: Tonya Johnston, Visit her Website, Facebook and buy her book Inside Your Ride Guest: David Wilbur is a professional rider and trainer at Emil Spadone's Redfield Farm which is based in Ocala, FL and Califon, NJ. David has been passionate about horses since a young age and is dedicated to bringing out the best in both horse and rider. This past fall at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, David rode Casey & Marita Zuraitis's Four Aces to the High Performance Hunter Championship. The pair also won the EMO High Five Award for having earned the highest score in the open divisions with a 93. At the Capital Challenge Horse Show, David and Four Aces were 2nd in the $50,000 WCHR Professional Challenge, and David received the American Style of Riding Award. David is also a "R" USEF Licensed judge and was one of the judges at this year's New England Medal Finals.Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance ServicesSubscribe To: The Plaid Horse MagazineSponsors: Great American Insurance Group, BoneKare, Safe Saddle by Debby Buck DeJonge, Show Strides Book Series, Good Boy, Eddie and Geoff Teall on Riding Hunters, Jumpers and Equitation: Develop a Winning Styletheplaidhorse.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!