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Tommie Turvey Equine Extremist

May 19, 2015 by John Leave a Comment

The Lost Tommie Turvey Interview

Last year I booked Tommie Turvey for an interview. I was excited. Tommie is a big name in the horse industry. We had a wonderful, hour-long interview. Tommie described his life with horses an his experiences do everything from Medievel Times to Euro Disney to Movies and TV. Once the interview was posted however, you could not hear my side of the interview. Now, I know what you are thinking, “What could be better than an interview where you can’t hear John?”. Yeah, me too! But, the show didn’t flow. The pauses where I was asking questions were just too annoying.

To make a really long story a little shorter, I kept working on the audio. Yes, it’s been a year, but I’m tenacious and I know you would want to hear this show. I finally found the problem and I’m re-posting the show. I’ve edited out most of the comments that had dates back in 2014. Those have all passed. Don’t sign up for them. Tommie Turvey won’t know what you are talking about them. Anyway, I hope I edited them all out.

And, I take another shot at adding music to the show. One of my favorite albums is Nathan from Nathan Cavaleri. I’m not the best music reviewer, but I really want to add a bit of something outside of horses in the show. I whope you enjoy it. Either way, feel free to let me know. My email is John@WhoaPodcast.com

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Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship. I am your host John Harrer. Along with my wife, Ranae, each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse. It could be feeding or supplementation. It could be bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots. We cover training problems, or competing in shows. We talk to farriers and horse chiropractors. We talk about movies, books and magazine articles. And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse. That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

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John & Ranae

Episode #061

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Saddle-Less ~ Bareback On Jessie

December 18, 2012 by John Leave a Comment

Going Saddle-less

From December 2012

Going Saddle-less ~ Bareback on Jessie. I’m not sure why I chose to try riding Jessie saddle-less. I had never done it before. I don’t even remember riding any horse bareback as an adult. Oh yeah, I had don the Jeffrey Method on her and she remained calm. I think there is something about the winter months. This day it threaten rain off and on. We did not want to get caught out in it. Yes, we are wimps. We decided instead to just screw around in our little riding area. We had done all the groundwork and were probably getting a little bored. The saddle was all the way over in the tack room. So was the bridle. Why not just go saddle-less?

Guys have a distinct anatomical disadvantage riding bareback. I don’t know how those Indians galloped along in all those westerns I watched as a kid. If anyone has any tips, I would appreciate hearing them. The equipment just gets in the way. There is a distraction though. It’s falling off. There really isn’t anything to hold on to. Your balance is really tested.

I was very pleased with the way Jessie took to the cues. Looking back on this after a couple of years I can see my riding style was very good back then. I had my feet a little forward. I remember wondering how much pressure to use with my legs. My wife was telling me to grip with my upper legs, but I could not separate that pressure from my lower legs. Pressure with my lower legs just made her want to go forward.

The other thing I remember about this “going saddle-less” day was want to lope but not quite being confident enough to break into a canter. There is that little moment in the transition from trot to canter where Jessie’s gait gets a little extra bouncy. I knew if I could get through that I would be okay. I just could not get there. I would start bouncing all over her back, get a little worried and ask for a whoa. The good thing about Jessie is she loves the word whoa.

I put this video to one of my favorite artists, Jeff Healy. “I Think I Love You Too Much” is from is from his Hell To Pay album. Jeff Healy was a great blues and Jazz guitarist who died way to soon. Check out his music at JeffHealy.com