085- Passionate About Horseracing and Writing

Lissa Oliver is an award winning horseracing journalist and has written three novels. Born in London, she has lived in Kildare, Ireland, since 1988 and writes for The Irish Field, International Thoroughbred, European Bloodstock News, Trainer Magazine, and Australian magazines Racetrack and Track To Track, among many others. She is an Executive Officer of the Irish Writers' Union and serves on the Board of Directors of the Irish Copyright Licensing Association. Lissa lives with her husband and large menagerie of pets who include Brenda the dog, Gary the bullock and Leitmotif, retired racehorse.

A great interview with a very interesting and talented woman. Give it a listen!

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Say Whoa to Colic in Horses!

SayWhoa! is a Revolutionary product which promotes the digestive flow assisting with normal bowel movements. Horses may become dehydrated and impacted by simple acts of weather changes, feeding, and exercise.  SayWhoa!  promotes the normal flow of digestion and assists in the elimination of retained stool.

Hailed as a miracle in a bottle, Say Whoa! has a following of loyal fans with fervent testimonials. One of the most famous Monty Roberts, the Horse Whisperer. Developed three years ago by Reba Martinez.  All natural product that helps relieve horse colic, fecal impaction, sand, gas, spasmodic or watery stools.

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Episode 84 Confident Horsemanship Revisited

Anne Gage's original interview was one of the favorites from the Spring of 2015 on Straight From the Horse's Mouth. Anne's advice and tips about confident riding are always timely. 

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083- For the Love of Endurance Riding

When Ashley Tomaszewski heard that there was such a thing as endurance, riding, and it was in Ontario, she was intrigued.  After lots of research and asking questions, she was prepared to start training for her first ride. It seems like it all paid off as Ashley and her mare Splash finished their first ride at 25 miles in second place! She was hooked! Ashley’s next goal was to complete a couple more 25-mile rides in 2015 to gauge how ready they were to attempt a 50-mile ride, which they completed as their  the last ride in 2015 and she beat a number of personal goals as well. Ashley’s goals for 2016 include improving her time on the 50s and doing some rides in the U.S. Listen to Ashley as she shares her love of endurance riding!

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82- Go Horse Camping

Finally, a how-to book on horse camping. Tania Millen is the author of her latest book - Go Horse Camping. Her mission this year is to publish it her third book through a Kickstarter project. Tania Millen is an avid outdoors person from Terrace, British Columbia. She has ridden horses for over thirty years in Canada, the USA and England, has competed at a national level and was a groom for a member of the Canadian Equestrian Three Day Event Team. Since 2010, Tania has ridden over three thousand kilometers of wilderness trails. Tania's Pack 'Em Up Ride Em Out is the real out back horse camping book, but Go Horse Camping is for the average rider. 

In between horses, Tania Millen learned to fly planes and paragliders, climbed rocks and ice, won bodybuilding competitions, skied mountains, designed and built a house after renovating too many, lived in England and Australia, became a scientist and spent 14 years remediating contaminated sites, trained as a professional chocolatier, got trained by her dog, unintentionally retired at 42, and wrote a bunch of words that people seem to like reading. Listen to Tania's interview and support her Kickstarter campaign.

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