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Tonya Johnston, Mental Skills Coach speaks with top junior rider Taylor Cawley about her impressive medal finals successes, winning the Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals - East and the ASPCA Maclay National Championship, and Shawna Karrasch & Jessie Hillegas about positive reinforcement training. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.   

• Host: Tonya Johnston, Visit her Website, Facebook and buy her book Inside Your Ride 
• Guest: Taylor Cawley is a top junior rider who won the 2024 Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals - East , the 2024 ASPCA Maclay National Championship and the WEF Equitation Championship. Taylor rides with Stacia Madden and the team at Beacon Hill Show Stables, as well as her parents Molly and Chris Cawley. Oki D’Eclipse was her partner for the year, a horse whose only experience in the equitation ring has been with Taylor.
• Guests: Shawna Karrasch is a pioneer in the use of Positive Reinforcement Training with horses. Jessie Hillegas started riding traditionally as a child and continued through adulthood learning from some of the top hunter and jumper trainers in the industry and then started her own breeding and training business. Jessie and Shawna now work as partners, joining their powerful and humane behavioral training techniques that are an eye-opening experience for equine professionals, competitors, and amateurs alike. They have produced books and videos, and traveled worldwide to teach the concepts of bridge conditioning and positive reinforcement for horses.
• Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance Services
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• Sponsors: Laurel Springs School, LAURACEA, Great American Insurance Group, Purina Animal Nutrition, BoneKare, Show Strides Book Series, Good Boy, Eddie and Geoff Teall on Riding Hunters, Jumpers and Equitation: Develop a Winning Style