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

02/07/25 • 36 min

Tonya Johnston, Mental Skills Coach speaks with show jumping rider Taylor Kain, who is set to compete in Abu Dhabi as part of the US team this month. Tonya also shares thoughts on "beginner's mind" and the value of goal setting to organize effort and create success strategies. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.

Host: Tonya Johnston, Visit her Website, Facebook and buy her book Inside Your Ride
Guest: Taylor Kain was a sought-after catch rider her entire junior career. She rode and showed extensively as a young professional, and in 2016, she established Horseshoe Bend Sales with her husband, Geoff Case. Between her time in the saddle competing, she also added teaching and sales to her resume, along with splitting her time between the hunter and jumper rings. In 2023, Taylor and Geoff moved Horseshoe Bend Sales from their previous home base of Wellington, Florida, to The Netherlands. The move allowed her to focus solely on high-performance jumpers, which helped her not only grow her sales business, but also gave her the time to dedicate to her riding career. From there it has been a quick rise to the top of the sport. Taylor has now represented the United States in the Nations Cup in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, where the team finished on the podium and will head to Abu Dhabi in the coming weeks to ride for the US Team in the season opener of the League of Nations (which is the top 5* Nations Cup series in the world). Kain is in the top 20% of riders worldwide in the FEI Rankings.
Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance Services
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Sponsors: Foxhall Equine, Show Strides Book Series, Good Boy, Eddie and Geoff Teall on Riding Hunters, Jumpers and Equitation: Develop a Winning Style

Host: Tonya Johnston, Visit her Website, Facebook and buy her book Inside Your Ride
Guest: Taylor Kain was a sought-after catch rider her entire junior career. She rode and showed extensively as a young professional, and in 2016, she established Horseshoe Bend Sales with her husband, Geoff Case. Between her time in the saddle competing, she also added teaching and sales to her resume, along with splitting her time between the hunter and jumper rings. In 2023, Taylor and Geoff moved Horseshoe Bend Sales from their previous home base of Wellington, Florida, to The Netherlands. The move allowed her to focus solely on high-performance jumpers, which helped her not only grow her sales business, but also gave her the time to dedicate to her riding career. From there it has been a quick rise to the top of the sport. Taylor has now represented the United States in the Nations Cup in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain, where the team finished on the podium and will head to Abu Dhabi in the coming weeks to ride for the US Team in the season opener of the League of Nations (which is the top 5* Nations Cup series in the world). Kain is in the top 20% of riders worldwide in the FEI Rankings.
Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance Services
Subscribe To: The Plaid Horse Magazine
Sponsors: Foxhall Equine, Show Strides Book Series, Good Boy, Eddie and Geoff Teall on Riding Hunters, Jumpers and Equitation: Develop a Winning Style

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Full Book- With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard SPANISH VERSION

Please enjoy the entirety of With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard by Traci and Carleton Brooks with Rennie Dyball and narrated by David Vega in Spanish on The Plaidcast. Share with your friends!

Print copies and in English available here: https://www.amazon.com/Purpose-Balmoral-Standard-Carleton-Brooks-ebook/dp/B0BGYQM96F

Carleton Brooks and Traci Brooks share their decades of knowledge, expertise, and winning ways in their first book, With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard. Carleton is a widely respected horseman, a large “R” judge, and member of the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame, and Traci has spent more than 30 years developing horses and riders, guiding them to victory at the biggest shows in the country.With Purpose is divided into three sections: On Horsemanship, On Training, and On the Industry. In each section, you’ll uncover a wealth of information gleaned from Carleton and Traci’s careers. They will also walk you through:

• Analyzing and refining your stalls and
turnout to best care for your animal
• Why horses gravitate to certain people
• Why going forward solves most riding
problems
• The rider’s four bases of support
• Detailed notes and suggestions for
flatwork and jumping exercises
• Demystifying “The Distance”
• Coping with show nerves
• Showing through the judges’ eyes

With “CB” and Traci’s signature wit and warmth, With Purpose provides
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The Plaidchat: Geoff Case on Course Technicality

Welcome to The Plaidchat- an extension of The Plaidcast where we expand upon conversations in our sport and discuss the most recent issue of The Plaid Horse Magazine. Today, Piper speaks with USEF “R” judge, FEI trainer, and clinician Geoff Case about what makes different courses of the same height more challenging, more technical and harder. Listen in and share with your friends!

Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
Guest: Geoff Case is a USEF “R” Judge, FEI Trainer, and Clinician originally from Lexington, Kentucky. Upon graduating from Johns Hopkins University, Case chose to follow his passion to train and grow the next generation of horses and riders. As a rider, Case has produced horses that have represented Team USA in International Competition, placed at Medal Finals and hunters that have claimed championships at major competitions throughout the US. As a trainer, his students have had wins and top placings in Medal Finals on both coasts, Young Rider Medals, and countless hunter championships. As a 'R' USEF judge, Case has presided over major horse shows throughout North America, including WCHR Week at the Winter Equestrian Festival, The Capital Challenge Horse Show, and the WEC Equitation Premier Cup. Case and his wife Taylor Kain relocated to Europe in 2023 where Kain has earned a meteoric rise in the World Rankings, from unranked to the top 20% in the world in less than a year. They continue to follow their passion for developing horses and riders to the highest levels possible for them. In addition to judging, Case is a renowned clinician worldwide known to focus on teaching the mechanics of riding while encouraging horsemanship and self-belief to grow each rider’s ability, goals, and to pursue higher competition.
Read the February Issue of The Plaid Horse Magazine
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Sponsors: Taylor, Harris Insurance Services, BoneKare, Show Strides Book Series, Good Boy, Eddie and Geoff Teall on Riding Hunters, Jumpers and Equitation: Develop a Winning Style