Casey Bieroth is a rancher and cowhorse trainer from Mountain City, NV. Join Joe as he sits down with another "founding father" of Cowboy Week as he share his story from the ranch to the show pen. Topics discussed include conditioning futurity prospects, the increasing value of the ranch horse, and the slow process of becoming a better trainer.

If you'd like to learn from top hands like Casey, you can access Nick Dower's online learning platform, Cowboy Week by going to https://nickdowers.com/cowboy-week/.

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Dr. Fabian Roa is a doctor of veterinary medicine currently working for the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, VA. Originally from Costa Rica, Dr. Roa developed his passion for animals while working on his family's cattle ranch and learning to ride the Costa Rican Pasos his family bred. Once graduating vet school, he spent time in Weatherford, Texas and Dubai before coming to Virginia for his residency. Dr. Roa joins Ben and Joe to share his international experience in veterinary medicine. Topics discussed include life on a Central American ranch, dancing horses, and the people side of veterinary medicine.

In this episode of On The Move, Ben and Joe welcome a very special guest Kayleigh Burke, a horse trainer from Blacksburg, Virginia, and Joe’s wife and business partner.

Kayleigh shares her journey from growing up in a Northern Virginia lesson program to riding on a collegiate team and later coaching college riders herself. The trio dives into the realities of running a horse training business with your spouse, and Kayleigh offers her honest perspective on teaching in lesson programs, the importance of foundational horsemanship, and how those early experiences shape her approach to training and showing today.

Together, Joe, Ben, and Kayleigh explore the balance of life, horses, and horses and running Joe & Kayleigh's business, McDonald Equine.

Tune in for an open, down-to-earth conversation about building a life—and a program—around a shared passion for horses.