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  • Progress Isn't Always Linear
    2026/04/13

    This week's episode of The Amateur Hour with Jessica Paquette explores the concept of progress and the way it can shift and evolve through different seasons of equestrian life. Guests include Sara Ladley, an accomplished amateur based out of Bargee Farms in Pittsburgh, PA and Melissa Hubbard, the Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at Essex Classics as well as a lifelong equestrian from Massachusetts.

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    1 時間 2 分
  • The Thoroughbred Comeback
    2026/04/06

    This week's episode of The Amateur Hour with Jessica Paquette explores the resurgance in popularity of Thoroughbreds as sporthorses. Guests include professional equestrian and member of the USHJA Thoroughbred Task Force Sue Lyman, Carrie Brogden of Machmer Hall, a premier Thoroughbred breeding farm and OTTB expert Jen Roytz of Brownstead Farm.

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    1 時間 1 分
  • Everything is Expensive
    2026/03/30

    This week's episode of The Amateur Hour with Jessica Paquette explores the rising costs in the equestrian world. Guests include international show jumper Schuyler Riley, USDF Region 5 Director Heather Petersen and Katie Walsh, the owner of Turning Tide Farm.

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    48 分
  • See Something, Say Something
    2026/03/23

    This week's episode of The Amateur Hour with Jessica Paquette explores the tools available to report unethical behavior at a horse show and what safeguards are in place. Guests include Sonja Keating, United States Equestrian Federation General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer and O. King Hackley, III, a licensed judge and official based out of Wellington.

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    50 分
  • The Year of the Horse Girl
    2026/03/16

    This week's episode of The Amateur Hour with Jessica Paquette explores the evolving journey of being a horse person and what that can look like through different seasons of life and how horses remain interwoven through our self-identity even through the loss of "heart horses". Guests include amateur equestrian and life-long horse person Isabelle O'Connor and Carolyn Lavin, a decorated equitation rider.

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    1 時間 13 分
  • The Social License Issue
    2026/03/07

    In this week's episode, Jessica discusses the evolving issue of the social license to operate and how it impacts the equestrian landscape. The guests include Lisa Lazarus, the Chief Executive Officer of the Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and Olympian David O'Connor, the Chief of Sport at the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF).

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    33 分
  • Navigating the Client/Trainer relationship
    2026/02/27

    In this episode, Jessica explores the complicated topic of the client/trainer relationship. Guests include Cellar Door Farm's Kelly Jennings, longtime A-circuit trainer Archie Cox of Brookway Stables and Natasia Linnd, a Kentucky-based eventer with a broad social media following.

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    52 分