Taking the Reins
Hosted by Mississippi State Extension specialist and professor Clay Cavinder, Taking the Reins is a podcast for all equine enthusiasts!
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Working with young people and helping them advance their knowledge of the horse business is exactly what Sarah Schobert does professionally. She is currently the Horse Judging Team Coach at Texas A&M where she teaches horse related courses while traveling and coaching college students for judging competitions. On this episode of TTR, Clay and Sarah share years of coaching experiences and talk shop concerning horses and people.
Closed captioning can be viewed on Taking the Reins-Mississippi State on YouTube.
Gillian Larson is a California Horsewoman who has gone where few would dare to go. She has solo ridden her horses all over the backcountry of the western US. From Mexico to Canada, across the deserts of Arizona and over the Continental Divide and mountainous terrain of Colorado, she has done it all…by herself.
Closed captioning can be viewed on Taking the Reins-Mississippi State on YouTube.
Are you ready for an interesting story?! Routinely we talk on TTR about interesting personal life-journeys into or from the world of horses. Well, Lesli Figueiredo’s story will not disappoint! Her story took her from equestrian and to NCAA coach to now being the owner of Freedom Reigns Counseling Center in Burleson, TX, where she uses horses to help people with a number of things such as PTSD, stress management, family counseling, depression, among other issues.
Closed captioning can be viewed on Taking the Reins-Mississippi State on YouTube.
Website: Freedomreigns.net
We all have a unique story of how we got to where we are today. Sometimes we have planned and mapped out our path and sometimes our paths happen in an unexpected way. Andrea Curran has a love for horses and a unique path that took her from a grade school teacher to a land and ranch real estate business owner. Through creativity and hard work she has combined her love for agriculture and people and built a successful business of her very own. Throughout this episode of TTR, Andrea describes her passion for Mississippi State, how she grew her own real estate business, and her time as a volunteer at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Closed captioning can be viewed on Taking the Reins-Mississippi State on YouTube.
If you have ever wanted to be a vet or wondered what it was like being a vet, you’ll want to hear from Dr. Joe Pluhar. Joe is a native Texan who, along with his wife Lauren, owns and operates Freedom Equine Performance, a mobile vet service based out of Navasota, TX. Joe is such a positive person and here he discusses the 4 pillars of his business model, some of the positives and negatives of business ownership, and the life of being a veterinarian.
Closed captioning can be viewed on Taking the Reins-Mississippi State on YouTube.
