Changing Rein
by Karen Luke and Meta Osborne
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I Live for Eventing — But I Live for the Horses More | With 5*…
I Live for Eventing — But I Live for the Horses More | With 5*…
About this podcast
Join friends, Karen Luke and Meta Osborne, as they take a lighthearted and lively look into the serious task of making equestrian sport and racing sustainable into the future. The show's key ingredient is exploring new perspectives and not shying away from tough conversations. Curious to learn how leading scientists, jockeys, journalists and practitioners see future for horses in sport? Then buckle up for this fun adventure as we start Changing Rein!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 49 episodes
- I Live for Eventing — But I Live for the Horses More | With 5* Eventer Matt Brown and FEI Dressage Rider Cecily Clark · 56 minWhat if the problem in equestrian sport isn't the riders who make the headlines, but the culture that produced them? In December, five-star eventer Matt Brown and FEI dressage…
- The Stories We Inherit About Risk in Racing | Jessie McCarthy on Welfare and Social Licence · 48 min · Season 6 Episode 7"It's in their constitution to be injured." "We've bred them to be like this." Both of these came up in the same conversation — and the paradox sitting between them is one of the…
- When Love Isn't Enough: What We Owe Our Animals · 47 min · Season 6 Episode 6We love our animals. But is that enough? Captive animal welfare specialist Georgina Groves joins Karen and Meta for a conversation about the uncomfortable gap between what we…
- S6 E5 "But My Horse Is Well Cared For" and Other Stories We Tell Ourselves | Erica Cheung · 53 min · Season 6 Episode 5Erica Cheung is a horse owner, mixed-practice (including equine) vet clinic co-owner, and PhD candidate living in rural central Alberta, Canada. She obtained a Bachelor of…
- The Dressage Rule That Shocked Us - Rein Releases are Penalised · 28 min · Season 6What happens when you look — really look — at how dressage is judged? In this episode of Changing Rein, PhD researcher Cristina Wilkins shares a finding that genuinely surprised…
- S6 E4 Under Pressure: Rein Contact, Blood Rules and Who's Really in Charge - a conversation with Cristina Wilkins · 1 h 19 min · Season 6 Episode 4In this episode, we're joined by Cristina Wilkins to explore some fascinating - and important - questions emerging from elite equestrian sport. Drawing on her recent article in…
- S6 E3: Every Breath They Take - Inside the Innate Health Assessment with Prof Dan O'Neill · 1 h 3 min · Season 6 Episode 3The Innate Health Assessment tool developed by Prof Dan O'Neill and a team from the Royal Veterinary College has been described as revolutionary. In a podcast dedicated to the…
- S6 E2: A View From the Bridge - A conversation with Lucinda Creighton · 57 min · Season 6 Episode 2Lucinda Creighton truly bridges two worlds - a former member of the Irish Parliament and a Government Minister with responsibility for European affairs, she also served on the…
- S6 E1 The Room Where it Happens - a conversation with Prof Nat Waran · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 1This episode kicks off our new season of Changing Rein, in which we hope to step back and take a ‘big picture’ look at how welfare policy happens in equestrian sport, and what…
- S5 E6: Lessons from the wild: prey animals, social beings or both? Part 2 of a conversation with Bonny Mealand · 49 min · Season 5 Episode 6We had so much to talk about that we split our chat with Bonny Mealand into two episodes which are interlinked. We discuss how free-living equids offer vital insights into the…
- S5 E5 Lessons From the Wild - Prey Animal, Social Being or Both? Part 1 · 1 h 0 min · Season 5 Episode 5Summary In Part 1 of our conversation with Bonny Mealand, she shares her journey into equine podiatry and the development of her HELP model, which emphasizes a holistic…
- S5 E4: What Are We Seeing? Dressage and Training Through the Eyes of a Judge. A conversation with Kristen Closson · 59 min · Season 5 Episode 4Kristen Closson possesses a unique trifecta of expertise. As a rider that knows how it should feel, a coach who knows how to create it, and a judge who knows how to assess it…
- S5 E3: Culture of Contradiction - Perceptions of Horse Welfare in Canadian Dressage. A conversation with Dr Megan Ross · 1 h 1 min · Season 5 Episode 3Karen and Meta share an interest in Systems Thinking and its potential applications to horse welfare in sport. So when Dr Megan Ross and her co-authors published a paper on…
- S5 E2: Measuring What Matters: Horse Welfare and the BestTUPferd Tool · 1 h 1 min · Season 5 Episode 2Dr. Miriam Baumgartner is a veterinarian and equine scientist with over 15 years of experience researching horse-friendly husbandry. Her work focuses on how equine behavior and…
- S5 E1 Where There's a Wall There's A Way · 57 min · Season 5 Episode 1In this episode we chat with Prof Paddy Wall about his recently published report into the scandal involving a horse abattoir in Ireland in 2024. Prof Wall is a vet and medical…
- S4 E6: Horse Welfare That Works in Practice - A conversation with equine vet Imogen Burrows · 1 h 3 min · Season 4 Episode 6Equine vets are at the heart ofequine welfare - working with owners to provide optimal health care and management whilst always striving to put the needs of the horse first. Our…
- S4 E5B Gems from Gemma Pearson: Insights into equine behaviour with Dr Gemma Pearson · 1 h 0 min · Season 4 Episode 5Our guest Dr Gemma Pearson has so much to say that we decided to offer her episode in two versions - this one is the condensed version, in which Gemma discusses the highlights of…
- S4 E5A Gemma Pearson Uncut: All things equine behaviour with Dr Gemma Pearson · 1 h 18 min · Season 4 Episode 5Our guest Dr Gemma Pearson has so much to say that we decided to offer her episode in two versions - this one is the extended version, in which Gemma discusses with us her…
- S4-Bonus - A crisis in gymnastics + Who is the right winner? + Regulating coaching · 39 min · Season 4This week, Karen and Meta discuss two recent events, and what they found interesting and potentially helpful in building a better future for equestrian sport. We discuss World…
- S4E4 - The Changing Rein Challenge with Dr Jake Veasey · 40 min · Season 4 Episode 4Will you be our next Changing Rein guest star? Read on to learn how! This week we are replaying an episode that many of our listeners ranked as their favourite - our chat with…
