Dr. Beau Whitaker--Pre-Purchase Exams
The Business of Barrel Racing
Dr. Beau Whitaker specializes in Lameness and Sports Medicine, Equine Rehabilitation, Regenerative Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging at Brazos Valley Equine Hospital in Salado, TX.
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Maggie Poloncic—Magic, Mindset, and Making it Happen
The Business of Barrel Racing
Maggie shares key insights and tools that have made her thankful for early challenges, given her the confidence to try unconventional strategies, and helped her loosen the grip that negative social media can have.
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No Really--You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet
The Business of Barrel Racing
Aint Seen Nothin Yet's person, Lisa Miladinovich, shares the stallions rise to stardom and gives insights into how mare owners can do their part to ensure the best experience for all involved.
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Myers Performance Horses--Past, Present, and Future
The Business of Barrel Racing
For today’s episode I sat down with Bill and Deb Myers. They started from scratch riding colts like a lot of us have, and they’ve built not only a financially successful operation, but they’ve really made an impact on the barrel racing and rodeo industries as a whole that will felt for decades.
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Discovering Depth of Pedigree
The Business of Barrel Racing
Industry leading breeder Alan Woodbury shares his perspective and strategies on using pedigree to reduce risk and optimize performance potential.
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The Business of Barrel Racing
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info_outlineDr. Beau Whitaker specializes in Lameness and Sports Medicine, Equine Rehabilitation, Regenerative Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging at Brazos Valley Equine Hospital in Salado, TX. Brazos Valley Equine was onsite for the WPRA Finals and Dr. Whitaker agreed on an impromptu podcast interview to talk about pre-purchase exams.
I feel like a good pre-purchase exam is a non-negotiable part of buying a performance horse or any arena prospect. There is enough risk between the time you acquire a horse until the time they reach the arena that I try as hard as I can to start with a good clean slate. It’s an expense that I know I have to just eat if the horse doesn’t pass the exam, but in the end it’s going to be a lot cheaper than buying a horse that could fall apart or have an unforeseen issue in the future.