The NRG Podcast – The horse that asked why and other stories

Ross and Glen went to the US, had fun and met some amazing people.  This is the first episode talking about their journey.

Something new.  You can now watch this episode on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@nrgpodcast.  

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This man´s name has kept coming up again and again so we just had to chat to Rob Cudmore about horses, polo and the dangers of travelling first class.

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We were lucky enough to visit Park House Stables and chat with Andrew and Anna Lisa Balding about their life in racing.

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We chat to Mark Tomlinson about his playing, young horses, horse management and of course the impact his mother had on him and polo.

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Ross and Glen chat to 6 time olympic medalist Andrew Hoy about his incredible achievements and the Hoy bun!

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We chat to the wonderful Missy Morgan fresh from her win in this years Mongol Derby.

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Ross and Glen have dinner with Alan Kent international polo star and all round legend where they turn the clock back!

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Glen chats to Australian polo player and race horse trainer Greg Bennett 

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We chat to Karl Ude Martinez about being a knight, jousting, acting, losing a spleen and getting hit in the face with a water melon.  Fun times!

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We welcome back Christian Langeder who we first spoke to way back in episode 30 and see what he has been upto and where his journey has taken him.

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In episode we talk to 7 goal player Jesse Bray about his playing life split between Argentina and the US.

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We chat to Tommy Panelo about polo, horses family and going to 10 goals.

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We talk to Nico Pieres about polo,  horses, family, golf and the best pass he has ever received!

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We talk to the Chairman of the HPA - Will Lucas about his life with horses and polo and his role in the HPA.

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We talk to Fergus Gould about his role as the Executive Director of the USPA Umpires LLC and some of the challenges they have faced and how they have overcome them.

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We catch up with Antony Fanshawe, Manager of Guards Polo Club for a great insight into what to expect from Cartier Queens Cup.

Two apologies:
1.   We had a major issue with our sound and we have done the best job we could with the limited technical ability we have
2.   This is was recorded almost three weeks before its released so the introduction is very out of date

We are really sorry about both and will try harder to do better

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Nick, Ross and Glen

We chat to Marty Leachy about the training of unbacked horses and his training process.  A long one but alot of information

We sincerely apologize for some of the language used in this episode but Ross Ainsley drove us to it.

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We talk to Nick Roberts, horseman, ex-showjumper, equine dentist and polo enthusiast about the experiences of the team at Adelaide Polo Club and some of the challenges they have faced and how they have overcome them.

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After a whole year we were lucky enough to catch up with Peter who took the time to clarify a few things. Everyday is a school day!

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BIG NEWS.  We chat to  Michael Esteves from Polocam about filming and livestreaming polo.  We also make a surprising announcement! We are so excited.

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We chat to former racing trainer and current racing pre-trainer Harry Whittington about racing and what he looked at to improve performance in equine athletes.

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As we head into our third year we wanted to record our planning session of where we want to take things.  Obviously you are a big part of that so if you have any ideas or anything you`d like us to do more, or less of we´d love to hear from you.

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We talk to Katie Potter about how she went from critical care nurse to Exercise Induced Pulmonary Hemorrage equine diagnostic ninja.

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We talk to the guys from Synergy Cloning about this amazing topic.  Sadly the sound on this episode is not as good as we woud like it so we really apologize and will push for better in our future episodes.

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We chat to the CEO of the Hurlingham Polo Association the amazing Anna Hall about her journey and where the HPA is going.  Glen was in a very echoey room so please accept our apologies for his sound.

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After a month apart Team NRG has a long, rambling and occasionally (hopefully) useful catch up.

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We talk to one of the leading lights at Scone Polo Club , Anto White about his life in polo and his passion for coaching.

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We chat to Jay Winborn, polo player and Executive Director of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) and former Executive Director of the National Reined Cow Horse Association about horses, cutting, polo, the Yellowstone effect and some of the lessons polo might learn from other growing equine sports.

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We chat to Monty Roberts.  Probably the most influencial horseman of our time.  There´s not much more to say.

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We talk to the legend Memo Gracida about horses, horsemanship and polo.

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We talk to the female player most recently raised to 10 Goals Hope Arellano about, life, polo, horses and racoons.

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We chat to Sapo Caset about polo, horses and induced coma´s

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We talk to some bloke that Ross and Glen met in the pub.  Name escapes me but seems to know a bit about horses and polo.

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Shotter and Byers equine veterinary practice support some of the best polo players and teams on the UK High Goal circuit and internationally.  We chat to Murray Shotter about his journey with horses and his experiences in supporting our equine athletes

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We talk to Eduardo ´Ruso´ Heguy about polo, penalty taking, coaching and horses.

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We talk to Jane Marriott again but this time about coaching.  Ross actually prepares some questions!!

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We talk to Jane Marriott, Australian national Polocrosse player and internationally renoun coach.  We talk fitness, horses, playing, mental resilience and much more.

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We chat to David Ashby of Oxford Polo about some of the challenges of setting up a polo club

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We chat to Amanda Anderson of Saddlefitting.us about the importance of saddle fit and the damage a poorly fitting saddle can do.  

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We chat to David Morley and get some amazing insights.

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We had the chance to speak to one of the world´s best umpires.  We had so much fun and learnt so much despite Ross trying to derail proceedings.

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We chat to Ronnie Tongg from Hawaii, amateur 7 goal player and a man who held the title of the youngest player to win the US Open for 35 years! A true gentleman and student of the sport. 

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We talk to Nina about women´s polo and where she thinks its heading next

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After a false start with version 1 we bring you version 2.0 with Jedi Christian Langeder equine soft tissue therapist.

The team talk through the fall out from the New Zealand adventure and look forward to their plans for 2023.

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We talk to Rob Jornayvaz polo player, show jumper and musician (@buudrowmusic) about horses, polo, Valiente and what music means to him.  We also talk a little bit about our up and coming trip to New Zealand. Nick´s microphone was terrible so we will fix that for next time.  Please accept our apologies.

Happy New Year

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We got to talk to Pelon Sterling again, about winning the Argentine Open again! Ross messes his microphone up and goes radio silence on us.  Thanks

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The team have a fantastic and in depth chat with Charlie Hanbury. Charlie, Ross and Glen talk polo, breeding, and young horses. Nick tries not to fan girl with limited success. Thank you for listening. 

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Nick, Ross, and Glen have a little chat and catch up; Ross talks saddles, training, and nonsense, and Glen gives us an update on his laminitic mare, Molly. Nick suffers through it all. 

Stuey Gilmore is a legend in the polo world.  Instrumental in establishing Ellerston with  Kerry Packer he has had his fair share of thrills and spills. We finished part one with one of Stuey´s nights out and we start part two with him being sick.  Take it away Stuey

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First in a two part episode where the legend Stuey Gilmore runs us through his life in polo.

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We talk to one of the toughest players in polo Lucas Monteverde.  

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So we hadn´t spoken to each other for a while a got a bit over excited and talked rubbish for a bit.  Sorry about that. But if you can get past the idiocy we talked about horses and horse training with pointers from Ross and Glen.  It´s interesting. Honestly.  Trust me

The team chat to Antony Fanshawe, horseman extraordinaire and Manager of Guards Polo Club.  Sorry about the dog!

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It's episode 19.  In the episode we say its episode 20 but we've changed the sequence of released episodes so it says its episode 20.  But its not.  Sorry for the confusion we might cause.

We talk to James Harper in an information packed episode

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We talk to Nina Clarkin.  She was awesome.

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The team chat to presenter and sports commentator Hamish McLachlan about life, horses and kindness

In this episode we talk to Miguel Novillo Astrada

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Ninja vet Caroline George talks about lameness, the importance of cooling horses, tying up and ulcers and a few other things!

The team chat to Pelon Sterling.  

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In this episode we talk to Gavin Chaplin of GavSays Polo Academy (www.gavsays.com) and get some amazing coaching tips. A real master class in technique.  We all learnt ALOT.  Glen gets a new microphone which causes a few issues

This week we are talking sports psychology with Fam Gjerpen, former Norwegian Junior National show jumper and now part of the Norwegian olympic coaching team.

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We are back!! In this episode we hear what adventures the guys have been up to and we get a run down on how to set up your tack to maximize the performance of your horse.  There is also the first ever NRG Podcast giveaway but you´ll need to listen  to the end to catch the details

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This week we talk to Dan Wirth and find out a little more about this farrier, bladesmith and what its like to be Montana's favorite knight.  We hope you enjoy the episode

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This week we talk to Pam Flanagan and find out about how she balances her passion for rescuing horses with being a polo player, model, executive and attorney.  She takes the time to talk slowly and using small words to the resident MENSA candidates about breeding for colours and cloning.  Everyday is a school day for those clowns.

Due to technical difficulties during recording the sound and editing is not as good as we would have liked but we took the decision to publish in less than optimal shape rather than miss our scheduled deadline.  We will. tray harder and do better.  We promise.

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This week Nick, Ross and Glen talk about getting horses fit for the beginning of the season, and then keeping them fit and engaged over a long hard season. 

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In this week's episode we meet three time Olympian eventing ninja Vittoria Panizzon who has been part of the Italian Olympic team since 2007.  We talk all things equine including, fitness, training, jumping, breeding, travel and of course the Olympics. Follow Vittoria's adventures on vittoriapanizzon.com

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This week, while Glen wrestles with a hangover and Ross breaks the news that he still has sent nothing pink to his hero, we try to answer some of the questions about riding, playing, bandages, and so many other posed our listeners.  Keep the questions coming!

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This week we discuss conformation in performance horses.  Glen and Nick discuss in general and Ross in oh, so much detail.  An amazing insight into what to look for when selecting a horse.

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This week we meet the N of NRG. Nick May is the amateur of the team and has come to horses the long way round.  In this episode we find out a little bit more about him and his journey to where he is today.

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This week we interview Ross Ainsley.  Ross started his journey into horses as a show jumper before discovering polo.  Taking the fundamentals he learnt from his classical background Ross became a professional before turning his attention to the training of polo ponies and the development of tack.  Ross is now a world renown trainer and supplier of tack to some of the best players in the world.  In this episode we only scratch the surface of his near encyclopaedic knowledge of horses and training.  We hope you enjoy the episode.

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In this weeks episode we get to know a little more about one of our hosts Glen Gilmore.  In particular how he got started in horses and what he´s learnt along the way.  We also discuss various approaches to starting handling and training very new or very young horses.  We hope you enjoy the episode.

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Lastly if you have any questions for any of the team please feel free t drop us a line.

In this episode we introduce Team NRG (Nick, Ross and Glen) and give some insights into how they know each other and what aspects of horses and horsemanship they will be discussing in this and future episodes