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There's a version of this industry that looks effortless from the outside. Ally O'Neill will be the first to tell you it isn't.
Ally rides, breeds, coaches, and judges at an EA level, all while working full time. From the outside it looks like she has it all figured out. But this conversation gets into the real side of what building that life actually looks like.
We talk about the rollercoaster of breeding, the patience and heartbreak that comes with bringing young horses through, and what it feels like when a horse you have poured everything into starts to become the horse you always knew they could be.
We also get into judging, what Ally sees from the judge's box that most riders never hear, and how stepping into that role has changed the way she rides and trains.
This one is full of the kind of honest, grounded advice that only comes from someone who has genuinely lived it.
Listen now via the link in bio. 🎙️
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Most people who love horses dream about a life built entirely around them. Steph Dunnachie is actually living it.
Growing up with non horsey parents in suburban Melbourne, Steph had no connections, no blueprint, and no shortcuts. What she did have was an obsession that never went away and the drive to turn it into something real.
Today she runs Lancefield Bloodstock with her partner Mitch from their property in Merton, Victoria. Training, coaching, sales, buyers advocacy, and a community around her that she is genuinely proud of. But the road to get there wound through riding schools, cattle ranches in California, the racing industry, the Australian Brumby Challenge, and competitive reining at a national level.
In this episode Steph gets really honest about what it takes to survive in this industry, how you keep going when it's hard, how you set boundaries in a business that is also your whole life, and why despite everything, it is absolutely worth it.
She gave some of the most practical and grounding advice we've had on the podcast so far. This one will stay with you.
Listen now via the link in bio. 🎙️
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David Shoobridge has spent decades doing something most people only dream about, building a life entirely around the horses he loves.
At Salisbury, his property just outside Lancefield in Victoria, David trains, coaches, imports, and breeds at an elite level. He is one of Australia's most respected Grand Prix dressage riders and the kind of person who has built something genuinely his own in a traditional and often unforgiving industry.
In this episode we did something a little different. Instead of sitting down across from each other, we walked through his property together. We talked about what he looks for when importing horses from Europe, why he chose to breed his own, what a real day at Salisbury actually looks like, and what it has taken to build something sustainable when your whole life revolves around horses.
This is the behind the scenes that most people never get to see. The decisions, the reality, and the mindset behind one of the most respected names in dressage, not just in Australia, but worldwide.
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In this episode I'm sitting down with Hannah Basetti, founder of Equestrian Trade and Business Australia, creator of the Equine Business Summit, and the woman behind The Riders Pod, an equestrian app she built from scratch and sold to international company Equilab.
We get into the reality of building and selling a business, what the equestrian industry gets wrong about community and connection, and why Hannah got tired of feeling alone in a space she loved and decided to do something about it.
This one is for anyone who has ever felt like the odd one out for wanting more from this industry.
Listen now. 🎙️
