Better Horses

This week on Better Horses Radio Carl Bledsoe with Bledsoe Horsemanship from Georgia, talking about the biomechanics of the horse. https://www.carlbledsoehorsemanship.com/ Ken McNabb with the upcoming Diamond McNabb Ranch Horse Sale in Douglas, Wyoming. https://www.dmhorses.com/sale-horses Josh Spain owns and operates the Goat Ranch in South Greenfield, Missouri, hosting the annual Baker-Spain Stampede. June 22-28. https://www.goatranchevents.com/

This week on Better Horses Radio:  Darrel Bilke, Executive Vice President and COO, and Jenna Hanson, Director of Communication with the Pinto World Championship.  June 6th and June 20th.  Ricky A Trahan, DVM, with Wilhite and Frees Equine Hospital Royal KC Draft Show with Scot Soendker May 21st through May 23rd.     

This week on Better Horses Radio:  Ronda Martin, owner of Equine Mechanix, is an expert in equine biomechanics. https://www.facebook.com/rhondamartin63 Dr. Chad Zubrod, board-certified equine surgeon, also owns and runs Zubrods Percherons out of Guthrie, Oklahoma, https://www.oakridgevet.com/about-us Dr. Chris Blevins, head of the equine field service group at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. https://www.vet.k-state.edu/  

This week on Better Horses Radio:  CJ Perry Quarter Horses in Leoti, Kansas, with over 40 years of experience, CJ talks about training authentic ranch and performance horses. https://www.perryquarterhorses.com/ Professional Horse Trainer Matt Jobe from Windsor, Missouri a top-tier clinician in the Cowboy Mounted Shooting. https://www.cbarj.com/matts-bio.htm A dynamic duo, Mark Jenkins https://markjenkinshorsemanship.com/ and Jim Greendyk https://jimgreendykhorses.com/, two professional trainers, riding and talking about training techniques. 

This week on Better Horses Radio:  Mark Mayfield, business author, lobbyist, and Hall of Fame Motivational speaker, discusses the changing face of agriculture. https://markmayfield.com/ Joe Holeman Halter Horses has been making waves with  Multiple World Championships. https://holmanhalterhorses.weebly.com/about.html Chris Sourk with Merck Animal Health, keeping our horses "Equine Strong." https://www.merck-animal-health.com/products/equine/

This week on Better Horses Radio:  From the National Pony Express Association, President Fred Leslie from Salt Lake City, Utah. https://nationalponyexpress.org/ Kenda Lenseigne six-time Overall World Champion in the sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting. https://www.kendalenseigne.com/  

This week on Better Horses Radio:  President of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, Mitchell Kramer.  Shanna Weaver, Publicity Manager for the legendary Ft. Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Kerry Kuhn, a professional horse trainer from Medicine Lodge, Kansas.       

This week of Better Horses Radio:  Tammy Sronce - Director of Operations for Road to the Horse. https://roadtothehorse.com/ Katelyn Victoria Razumovsky - USDF Medalist, FEI Trainer https://www.kvdressage.com/  

This week on Better Horses Radio:  Chris Cox is a four-time undefeated Champion in Road to Horse. Inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.  https://www.chris-cox.com/ Craig Cameron, creator of the popular EXCA Extreme Cowboy Racing,  https://www.craigcameron.com/

This week on Better Horses:  Justine Staten, Executive Director of the Kansas Horse Council, celebrates the 29th annual Equifest of Kansas.  https://www.equifestofks.com/ Elliot Holtzman, Professional Trainer and co-owner of Versatile Horsemanship in Nocona, Texas.  https://versatilehorses.com/about-us    

This week on Better Horses;   Josh Rushing, a consummate professional horse trainer with Shoe-n-Ranch.https://www.facebook.com/shoenrhorseman/ Mark Beeler, long-time trainer at the prestigious Saddle & Sirloin Club https://saddleandsirloin.com/contact-us Jason Olmstead is a name known as the leading trainer in the Quarter Horse racing world.     

This week on Better Horses:   Katelyn Connolly, professional trainer with Connolly Equine: https://www.facebook.com/connollyequinesales Professional Farrier - Kit Gillihan brings 26 years of experience and advice to the horse owners.  Professional trainer Dana Hokana is one of the top female trainers in the Quarter Horse Industry.   https://www.hokana.com/

This week on Better Horses:  Ed Adams and Susie Arbo walk through challenges and solutions in running boarding barns.  The owner of Sitter Downs Horse Boarding Arena is Kelly Sitter-McComb. https://www.sitterdowns.com/ Professional Dressage Trainer Alexis Losey at Crown One Farms. https://www.facebook.com/alexis.losey    

This week on Better Horses;   The Commissioner for the National Reining Horses Association (NRHA), Dr. Billy Layne Smith. Professional Rider Hope Glynn from Roseville, California. Professional Horse Trainer Jacqueline Zacharias with "Successful Horsemanship."   

This week on Better Horses:  Reporting on the EVH-1 Equine Outbreak From the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, Lynn M. Martin, DVM, MPH, DACVIM.  https://cvm.missouri.edu/ Dan Wall - Vice President and General Manager of the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma  https://lazye.com/about/

This week on Better Horses:  Director of the Department of Agriculture - Chris Chinn https://agriculture.mo.gov/director.php Ben Brown -  Senior Research Associate, Agriculture Extension Specialist https://fapri.missouri.edu/staff-member/ben-brown/ Dan McMurtry - Wildlife Services with USDA Jenna Van Loan with Convoy for Hope https://convoyofhope.org/ Karen Faukenbusch with Agribility https://extension.missouri.edu/people/karen-funkenbusch  

This week on Better Horses:   Professional Judge at the Color Breed Congress - Karen Craighead https://www.facebook.com/karen.craighead.7 Professional Horse Trainer - Amy Kirkland https://www.facebook.com/amy.l.browning.kirkland Clint Ramsey - Professional Horse Trainer https://www.facebook.com/clintramseyperformancehorses

This week on Better Horses:  Professional Horse Trainers: Scott and Shelley Rystrom with Rystrom Quarter Horses. https://www.scottrystromquarterhorses.com/ Susie Arbo, Co-host and Better Horses contributor.  Susie is an experienced and motivational speaker who unlocks the mental challenge of horse training. https://www.countrycrossroadscounseling.com/kansas-city-speaker-susie PHD Equine Nutritionist - Katie Young with Kentucky Equine Research https://ker.com/equinews/staff/katie-young-ph-d/

This week on Better Horses:  Leman Wall - Manager of the "Working Ranch Cowboys Assoc." (WRCA) https://wrca.org/ Executive Director of Western Dressage Association of America (WDAA) Dini Swanson  https://www.westerndressageassociation.org/ Dylan Lutter - Clinical Professor of Equine Surgery at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine.  https://www.vet.k-state.edu/

This week on Better Horses;  Kyle Elwood, Manager of Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co.http://www.fandrlive.com/ Professional Horses Trainer Katelyn Connolly, with Conolly Equine.https://www.facebook.com/connollyequinesales/?locale=mt_MT&_rdr  

This week on Better Horses:   Rex Buchman - Professional Horse Trainer at the Bar U Ranch in Kansas.  https://flinthillsranchin.com/ Professional Trainer from Kingston, MO.  David Alexander https://www.facebook.com/p/David-Alexander-Horsemanship-100063671975155/ Chairman of the Missouri Horses Council, Brenda Wasser. https://www.missourihorsecouncil.com/

This week on Better Horses:  Justine Staten - Executive Director of the Kansas Horse Council.  Announcing Equifest https://www.equifestofks.com/ Professional Trick Rider Ginger Duke from LaFayette, Georgia https://www.facebook.com/gingerduketrickrider/ Scott & Shelly Rystrom with Rystrom Quarter Horses https://www.scottrystromquarterhorses.com/  

This week on Better Horses:  Gold, Silver & Bronze Dressage Medalist Katelyn Kok Professional Dressage Trainer in Kansas City.  Professional Reining Cow Horse Trainer Luke Jones from Iowa.   

This week on Better Horses:  Professional Dressage Trainer Alexis Losey at Crown One Farms, located in Pleasant Hill, Missouri.  https://www.facebook.com/alexis.losey Professional Horse Trainer Mike Davis https://www.facebook.com/davis.horses.2025  Certified Farrier (CF) and Journeyman (CJF) Ed Reardon shows new tips on horse care. https://www.facebook.com/ed.reardon.10

This week on Better Horses:  Darrel Bilke, COO of the Pinto Horses Association Jenna Henson, Director of Marketing & Communications Professional Horse Trainer Lee Hart from Kentucky competing at the UHCA (Ultimate Horseman Challenge Assoc.)  Professional Farrier Robert McClaran from Odessa, Missouri. 

This week on Better Horses:    The Missouri State Fair  Randy Conklin, Equine Supervisor at the Missouri State Fair  The USDA, Melody Johns with Dept. Natural Resource Conservation Services Cattle Rancher Seth Phillips with Phillips Farm in Dover, Missouri  David Rugan, Rabbit Superintendent with the Missouri State Fair   

This week on Better Horses:   Professional Hunter/Jumper Rider, Coach, and Clinician Hope Glynn from Roseville, California President of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Assoc. Mark Marley.   From Rystrom Quarter Horses in Trumbull, Nebraska, Scott & Shelly Rystrom. 

This week on Better Horses:  From the Royal KC Draft Show, Professional Draft Trainer Scot Soendker.  Professional Horse Trainer David Alexander from Kingston, MO.   Sarah Dawson Performance Horses LLC from Perrin, Texas.  (940) 902-4242  

This week on Better Horses:   Executive Director of War Horses for Veterans,  Bret Cortright https://www.warhorsesforveterans.org/ Professional rider Ryan Wood with Woodstock Eventing, Ryan competed in eventing's top levels. https://woodstockeventing.com/ Co-host Merle and Susie Arbo broadcast at the Palomino World Show in Springfield, Ill.  https://www.palominohba.com/    

This week on Better Horses:   Professional Horse Trainer Laurel Walker Denton at the Bar U Bar Ranch in Skull Valley, Arizona.  https://www.facebook.com/lwdenton Media & Communications Director Callie McCarthy-Boevers with the National Reining Cow Horses Association.  (NRCHA). https://www.nrcha.com/ Kevin Keegan, DVM, MS, DACVS-Equine, Professor at the Veterinary Health Center University of Missouri. https://vhc.missouri.edu/equine-hospital/meet-the-team/  

This week on Better Horses:   The Pinto World Championship with Darrell Bilke - COO of the Pinto Horse Association of America. https://www.pinto.org/ Dr. Suzann Dunkerly, DVM, MS  Professional Horse Trainer Katlyn Connolly https://www.facebook.com/connollyequinesales/ Esther Kulhmann, Coach at Northland Equine Lessons and Training, Kansas CIty, Mo.     

This week on Better Horses:  The Horse Guru, Michael Gascon from Poplarville, Mississippi.  https://www.gethorsehelp.com/pages/meet-the-gascons Professional Horse Trainer Kerry Kuhn with Kerry Kuhn Horsemanship. https://www.kerrykuhn.com/ Youth Riding Instructor Amy Kirkland with Kirkland Performance Horses. https://www.facebook.com/amy.l.browning.kirkland/

This week on Better Horses:  President of the ApHC (Appaloosa Horse Club) Lori Wunderlich.   Dr. Dylan Lutter: Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Equine Performance Medicine & Surgery at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine.  Elain Griffen an equine enthusiast with a Law Degree Washington University and Authur of a historical fiction novel:  "Shadows in the Pleasure Gardens"  based on Robberies and Racehorses.     

This week on Better Horses:   Professional Horse Trainer Mike Tivoli with Tivoli Quarter Horses from St. James, MO. https://www.facebook.com/MikeTivoliQuarterHorses/ Dr. Nat White, Dir. Administrative at the Equine Disease Communications Center (EDCC). https://equinediseasecc.org/about-us Professional Horse Trainer Garrett Streit with Streit Show Horses from Gainesville, Texas. https://www.facebook.com/people/Streit-Show-Horses-LLC/61562893712401/?_rdr

This week on Better Horses:   President of the Oklahoma Quarter Horses Association (OQHA), Tim Lindsey.   Tim will introduce the Redbud Spectacular Show in Oklahoma City. https://okqha.org/redbud-spectacular/ Professional Horse Trainer Dana Hokana Performance Horses,  Dana has trained multiple Youth and amateurs in Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, Western Riding, Trail, and Reining. https://www.hokana.com/

This week on Better Horses:  Simone Netherlands President of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group.  The Salt River Horses are believed to be descendants of the horses brought in by the Spanish explorers and Missionaries. https://saltriverwildhorsemanagementgroup.org/ Dr. Ricky A Trahan DVM, MS with Wilhite & Frees. https://www.wilhiteandfrees.com/ Co-Host Susie Arbo with Better Horses explains the mental challenges of show jitters. https://www.countrycrossroadscounseling.com/

This week on Better Horses:   Michael Richardson with Broken R Ranch in Hico, Texas.  Michael has devoted his life to helping others achieve success with their horses. https://www.facebook.com/brknrrnch/ Professional Horse Trainer Matt Jobe from C Bar J Ranch in Windsor, Missouri.  https://www.cbarj.com/matts-bio.htm State Board Chairman Becki Krueger with the Missouri Back Country Horseman. https://bchmo.org/

This week on Better Horses:  Professional Horseswomen Shelley Rystrom explains here full service breeding, training and showing facility from Trumbull, Nebraska  https://www.scottrystromquarterhorses.com/ Cade Swor Professional Tie-Down Roper and Cowboy, eight time National Finals Rodeo Qualifier.  https://www.facebook.com/CadeSwor/ From Abby Road Farm at Paculiar, Missouri Professional Horse Trainer and ASHA Breed Ambassador Kelly Stewart.  https://www.abbyroadfarm.com;  https://www.facebook.com/abbyroadfarm

This week on Better Horses:  Boyd Martin one of the most well-known equestrians in the World. Boyd represented the U.S. in four time Olympian with consecutive World Championships.  U.S. Rider of the Year winning eight times with winning numerous national championships.  https://boydmartin.net/ Professional Horse Draft Horse trainer Lane Soendker with the Royal KC Draft Horses Show. https://www.facebook.com/p/Royal-KC-Draft-Horse-Show-61571841787682/ Dr. Ricky Trahan DVM, MS with Wilhite and Freese Equine Hospital. https://www.wilhiteandfrees.com/meet-our-team.html

This week on Better Horses;   Professor of Ag Law Roger McOwen from the Washburn University School of Law.  https://www.washburnlaw.edu/our-faculty/roger-mceowen#:~:text=Thomson%2FWest%20publications.-,Prof.,and%20on%20the%20worldwide%20web. President of the Kansas Quarter Horse Racing Association (KQHRA) Kurt Eck joins Better Horses to discuss horse racing in Kansas.  https://www.ksqhra.com/ Wilhite & Frees Equine Hospital presents Dr. Kelsy Askew will discuss Equine Ophthalmology.   https://www.wilhiteandfrees.com/              

This week on Better Horses Radio:   Olympian Equine Medalist Kyle Carter joins Better Horses.  Kyle is one of Canada's most successful Riders.   Legendary Mustang Sanctuary, Shawn and Kathy Lewis join Better Horses to discuss the process of rescuing and preserving the Mustangs.   Professor of Ag Law Roger McOwen from Washburn University School of Law. 

This week on Better Horses Radio:   4x NFR Qualifier Professional Barrel Racer Amber Moore.  https://www.facebook.com/webejameen Dr. Chris Wilhite, owner of  Wilhite & Frees Equine Veterinarian Hospital. https://www.wilhiteandfrees.com/ World Champion Dressage Competitor and Trainer Michael Bragdell.  https://www.hilltopfarminc.com/    

This week on Better Horses:   Professional Dressage Trainer Alexis Losey at "Crown One Farms"  Melissa Street Dir. of the Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) https://www.appaloosa.com/, discussed the 2025 National / Youth World Show beginning June 26th.  Professional Farrier David Pfefer with DP's Farrier Service explains the Farrier world and the importance to the equine industry.  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057657962576  

This week on Better Horses Radio:   The Pinto Horse Association of America presents the Pinto World Championship Show.  Executive VP and COO Darrel Bilke, along with Jenna Henson, Dir of Marketing and Communications, provides details to the largest horse show in the country.  https://www.pinto.org/ Professor of the Veterinary Medicine & Surgery Dept. of the University of Missouri, Dr. Kevin Keegan, talks about biological signals in health monitoring.  https://cvm.missouri.edu/

This week on Better Horses:   Professional Cutting Horse Trainer; Lindy Birch with Birch Cutting Horses.  Ranked among the All-Time leading money earners with over 4.2 million earned. https://www.lindyburch.com/lindy.htm Equine Assisted Program called Equestrian Bridges.  Kimberly Wary talks about this 501(c)3 company helping Families and Communities with Horses.  https://www.equestrianbridges.org/ Professional Rancher Rex Buckman https://www.facebook.com/rex.buchman with the Bar U Ranch.  Discusses the Natural Balancing Shoeing Method with horses. 

This week on Better Horses:   Joe Eddy talks about volunteering in the horse industry.  He's a Board Member of the Missouri Horse Council, Missouri Quarter Horse Assoc. and the Missouri State Fair.  Joe talks about the industry, giving back and upcoming horse facilities in the Mid-West.  Equine Veterinarian and Teaching Professor at the the University of Missouri College of Vererinary Medicine Dr. Lynn Martin. https://cvm.missouri.edu/ Professional Horses Trainer Mark Gratny trains AQHA and NRHA horses. https://www.facebook.com/markgratnyquarterhorses/    

This week on Better Horses;  Professional Trainer Kristy Lee Smith from Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania.  She's a AQHA all around skilled trainer.  Kristy's Quarter Horses; https://www.facebook.com/Kristysqh/ Carson James talks about Vaquero Horsemanship. https://www.carsonjames.com/ Kally Kuehler with Kuehler Veterinary Services improves animals quality of life and performance. https://www.kuehlerveterinaryservices.com/   

This week on Better Horses:   Dr. Taylor Johnson DVM with Wilhite & Frees Hospital explains spring time care for Horses.  https://www.wilhiteandfrees.com/ Professional Trainer Jared Lesh with Lesh Cowhorses located in Whitesboro, Texas. https://jaredlesh.com/ Equine Nutritionist Katie Young with Kentucky Equine Research provides equine nutrition tips.  https://ker.com/  

This week on Better Horses Professional Reining Trainers Brad and Becky Phillips with "Reining Horses Unlimited" https://www.facebook.com/Reininghorsesunlimited/ Mark Jenkins with MJH from Oklahoma https://markjenkinshorsemanship.com/ Co-host Susie Arbo explains the work behind the Palamino Breed Association. (PHBA) https://www.palominohba.com/show-info/world-show/  

This week on Better Horses Professional Horse Trainer Josh Rushing with Shoe-n-R Horsemanship.  https://www.facebook.com/shoenrhorseman/ Fifth Generation horseman and equestrian entertainer Nicolas Diaz. https://www.facebook.com/p/Nicolas-Diaz-Equestrian-100064113610803/ Scott Rystrum with Scott Rystrum Quarter Horses.  https://www.scottrystromquarterhorses.com/