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Piper hosts Plaidcast in Person in front of a live audience at Live Oak International in Ocala, Florida with Jacob Arnold, Dr. Andrew Smith and Olaf Petersen. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse
• Guest: Jacob Arnold is one of the United States’ top combined driving athletes. Originally from Snow Camp, NC, he began driving at age 8 with the family pony and went on to earn the title of USEF Junior Equestrian of the Year in 2011. He has represented the U.S. at five FEI World Championships and won the Single Horse Marathon at the 2014 World Championships. He is also a multiple-time USEF National Champion in both pair horses and pair ponies. Today, Jacob runs JA Combined Driving, where he continues competing at the highest levels of the sport while helping grow combined driving in the US.
• Guest: Dr. Andrew Smith is an equine surgeon at Peterson Smith Equine Hospital + Complete Care in Florida. A lifelong horseman who started out riding cutting horses as a teenager, he obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine before completing a surgical residency and Ph.D at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. His research has focused on advanced imaging and new treatments for osteoarthritis in horses. Dr. Smith became board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2017 and previously practiced at Woodside Equine Clinic in Virginia before returning to Florida. 
• Guest: Olaf Petersen is an FEI Level 4 Course Designer, and has designed tracks for Longines FEI World Cup Qualifiers at over 13 locations in 10 different countries. His course designing career began in 1990, and he earned his International Course Designer status from the FEI in 2002. He served as Co-Course Designer at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. He then designed the Southeast Asian Games in Manila in 2005 and the Asian Games in Doha in 2006. Olaf returns to Live Oak International for the fifth time.
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