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Katie Van Slyke - Katching Up With Katie
Ocala Experience, Broken Backs, And Voluntary Horse Show Attire
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Welcome back to catching up with Katie. I think it's been a few weeks, honestly, because we've been traveling. Just so much has been happening. So I brought on my crippled employee Rachel to talk because in the events that we're going to talk about in this episode, she wasn't crippled. She was actually very helpful and amazing and it was awesome. We went to Ocala. We had a great time at the horse show. Unfortunately, Lindsay was sick, like, the day of us leaving, and so Rachel had to hop on a plane and had to fl. Florida. And so it all worked out. But we'll talk about that a little bit. But first I think we just need to address the. The crippledness. So what. What happened?
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What happened?
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What happened? My horse bucked me off.
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Was it use your error? Yes.
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No. Maybe. I don't know. Like. So he just got injections and I think he was feeling really good. And we usually do a lot of hill work and we were racing up a hill, me and my friend.
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Oh.
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And he just got real happy.
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Okay.
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For the folks back home, they're not supposed to do that.
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So what ailment did it cause when you fell off? Tell us the verdict from the doctor.
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Is a transverse process something fracture. It's the little, little bone that comes off your spine.
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Chat. I did that same thing.
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Yeah.
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But I was hurt back. I wasn't. I wasn't 40. Pushing 40.
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Yeah.
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I. When I was 18, I had a little horse shorty who was like a little cow pony. He was like. I don't even know if he was 14 hands, but his back was this short. Like, he was so short backed and then his butt was this big, you know, he was just like this huge chunky pony. And so like he got me off. I won't go into the whole story and turn it about me, but same thing, transverse process, which they're like. Since it's only fractured and it's not completely broken, you don't need surgery. But it's just going to hurt. Yeah.
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And it. It does.
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Yeah, it does. I. But my. So in your case, you went to the doctor like the next day. My mom made me go to school for a week before she would take me to the doctor. So anyway, I was supposed to be. This is what I told her. I was like, I've done this before and I was younger when this happened. So that's even. It's even more important that you listen. I was on a horse within a month with my back brace on. You can't do that. You can't do that. And I, years later, like, went to the chiropractor, and because I had never gone back for adjustments or had never, like, done PT or. Or anything, my muscles had, you know, formed around how my spine was, and because of the impact, my, like, spine had, like, rotated. So then my muscles are just, like, keeping it there.
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Yeah.
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And so if you go get things fixed early and, like, earlier the better. Yeah. How.
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I mean, how soon can you go get adjusted with a fracture?
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I'm not telling you that. Your doctor's going to tell you that,
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but you can get messed up that way, too.
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Yeah. Yeah, that's.
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I was like, I don't know, but I waited, like, years.
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Yeah.
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And, like. So let's see. This happened in February. I went to the Dixie Nationals, which is usually in February, because I had to qualify for the World show, and qualifying ended in May, and we only had so many shows, and I needed, like, a lot of points. And so I remember going to the horse shows for that first, like, four months, and literally, like, getting on, undoing my back brace, doing the class crying by the end of it.
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Yeah.
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Back brace back on. Doing, like, nothing at the show because. And looking back, I'm, like, just not smart.
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I proposed to my wife in a back brace, and I'll actually never forget because I was, like, in the house with my roommates and whatnot, and I couldn't do anything. She had, like. We had been dating for, like, two months, by the way, which is a little bit. A little bit.
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Wow.
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A little bit of lore. But I was, like, laying in my bed, and I remember. I'll never forget it. I was listening to Marry Me by Train.
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That was our wedding song.
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Little tear ran down my eye, and I was like, you know what? I'm going to Walmart. I went to Walmart. Like, I stuffed, like, a bunch of ice packs down my back brace, and I, like, hobbled into the car, which I don't recommend either. I got in the car, like, I can't. I can't turn around and look behind me and whatnot. So I'm totally relying on my mirrors. And I went to Walmart, and I'm, like, hanging on the cart, just putting, like, some Christmas lights and whatnot. And by myself in the back brace. I decorated my room with, like, a bear and Christmas lights and all that good stuff.
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I thought you meant you went to Walmart to get the ring.
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Me, too. Okay. I was like.
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We used her grandmother's ring.
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Okay, Okay.
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I had that.
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Why were you in a back brace?
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Because I had back surgery.
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It worked out, though, because now he's having another baby, by the way. Like, well, he's not, but his beautiful wife is, like, really soon. So. But anyway, we all. We all have messed up backs. It's great. We're all just in our youth and most of us.
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And not twenties going on, well, Rachel. How old are you, Rachel?
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34. I keep forgetting you're so much younger than me because I'm about to be 30. I'm about to be 30 in, like two years.
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How old are you?
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I think I'm. I don't know. I think I'm either going to be 28 or 29 this year.
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What year were you born?
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97.
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You're a year younger than me then. Okay. Oh, my gosh.
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I was born in 91. I know.
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I know you. And I think Becca was 90.
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Yeah.
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Oldies, old birds, oldies. I will say as a 29 year old, I do not get around like a 29 year old. If I sit here like this, I get up and I'm like, yeah, we match hobble around.
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So.
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So. But that's what I'm saying. Like, I still have bad back stuff, so don't do that. Learn from me. I was dumb, but I'm like, also,
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like, you were young, but so inconvenience. Such an inconvenience injury, though.
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Oh, my God.
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You can't do anything. And if you're somebody that does a lot of stuff.
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I couldn't even put laundry away. Yeah, I was almost in tears, literally.
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Okay. Also, this pissed me off the day you got to work. She was being weird, but I was like, I was avoiding her. It was a busy morning, though, so I was like, whatever. And so she was being weird. And then she was like, hey, I have a doctor's appointment today that I forgot about. Can I get off early? I was like, yeah, I don't care. Sure. Then she comes in the next day and she doesn't even tell me. Who tells me.
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I sent you a text.
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Yeah, you sent me a text that night. That's what it was with the paperwork
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that said I fractured my spine.
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It was. I was at dinner.
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Get a doctor's note.
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I did give her a doctor's note.
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What was I at dinner for the funeral?
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Oh, yeah.
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Okay. Yeah, we had a whole thing. So we were at dinner with, like, family, and I get this text and I was like, okay, what the heck? Like, I think I was like, how? And so the next day we were like, don't do anything. Like, good Lord. Because she insisted on coming to work. That's my whole Snapchat. Is everyone being like, you're such a terrible boss for making her come to work. I'm like, hey, don't you get.
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Which is why she did it though.
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Yeah, you're welcome. Because I mean, she does have more of like. Like she has lots to do where she can just sit and hang out, but.
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And I can't stay at home. If I stayed at home, I'd be so depressed. I would sit there in my misery. I do.
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But she did that day. She looked so miserable. And so I was like, call your husband right now. Because the only way I could comfortably lounge when I broke mine was like, we're a lazy boy family. We always had like a recliner in our living room. And that's how I slept. But that I had. I have a smaller one. So I was like, come get it. So Reese came and got the smaller recliner. That's when you see her tick tocks lounging. It's hit my recliner. But we had one that was like bigger than this. Like, it was like really big. And so I just like pillowed it up and made it and it laid back really far and that's where I slept for weeks. Yeah, I didn't have a husband to roll me over at that point at night.
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That's where I've been resting. So.
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Yeah. So Rachel's broken. And before we get into Ocala, let's thank the this video's sponsor. Okay, real talk, there are just some smells in your house that don't go away. Trash pets, dirty hunting clothes, you name it. For the longest time I was just covering up the stench with air fresheners until I came across Azuna. And it's been a life changer. Instead of masking smells with strong fragrances, Azuna actually neutralizes odors at the source using plant powered ingredients like pure Australian tea tree oil to help create a cleaner, safer and more welcoming indoor space. What's so convenient about Azuna is how easy the setup is. You'll fill up your pod with the desired scent, place it anywhere in your home, and the pod will work continuously for up to 90 days. I like that. It doesn't smell like I'm trying to hide something. The space just smells clean. It's also made in the US refillable and just feels like a more natural way to keep your space fresh. If you're over the heavy air fresheners, I definitely check out Azuna. Use the code Katie vans like 30 to get 30% off your order at the link below. And now back to the video. And we're back. So let's talk about Okala. So that was an unexpected trip for you. We were, you know, so excited for Florida for the fact that I'd be showing for the first time, and I couldn't tell you how long. I had a new horse that we were meeting. And I was also training with people that I've, like, looked up to for, like, my entire life. And then we were going to go to Universal, and, like, there's so much fun stuff. So I'm going to ask you both what was your favorite part of the trip?
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Okay. My.
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Because Matt didn't go to get. Go to Universal, unfortunately. He only came for the first half because he has a cooler other part of his job and he had to leave and go be with a band.
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But I have two. Just being at WEC in general is like. That's like a childhood dream for me. Amazing.
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It's only been there two years, Rachel.
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Well, just, like, being at, like, a big show, okay. Like a giant show with, I mean, all the trainers there and all the amazing horses.
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Yeah. Like, the $100,000 trail. Watching that was insane.
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Yeah, that was insane. And then I got to meet Phil
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Harris, which is Phil, love you, but that's hilarious. That. That's like.
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I don't.
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I'm just, like. I just. I've just talked to them my whole life.
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Well, you're so cool.
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I am. Dylan. Phyllis.
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I'm just a little piddly old girl from Montana.
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You know, it's really. It's really. Don't you forget is cool going to those horse shows, though, and seeing how, like. Because I had that realization, this show as well, about, like, certain trainers where it's like, they're just people that are goofy and like. Like, they all have their just special interests. Like, you know, they're just really good at what they do, which makes us idolize them and makes us put them on a pedestal. But then they're just, like, really good people, you know, and they're really, like, kind and. And it. It's really cool. So, like, my whole thing was, like, working with High Point.
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Yeah, sure.
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I've had my stallions with them. I've still had them up here, which. I still have them up here.
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Oh, yeah.
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Don't get that wrong. But when you're like. Like, I, as a youth kid, can remember watching the youth girls that were with High Point and the amateurs with High Point, and, like, you know, they were back in the day when I was showing. They were showing. Vital signs are good. They were showing Harley dzip. They were showing all these ridiculously amazing iconic horses. And so in my head, like, they don't mess up. No, they don't. Like, oh, well, they don't do that, you know. And so then hearing all the stories. So like Hollywood, my new horse, Nothing compares. He's 18. He's been there, done that. The trials and tribulations that made him into that. Been there, done that horse, like Charlie was telling me, he was like, we had to take him to this show for five years before we could get him shown because he kept spooking at that one spot in the arena. And so we would just pet him through it and we would just like, yeah. And I'm like, it, you know, it's just, it really humanizes and brings you back to earth that like, we're all, we're all doing the same thing. Everyone messes up. Everyone has like this journey. Nothing's just perfect from the get go. And it was, it was really cool to, to sit and chat like that. But Matt, what was your favorite?
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I was gonna let that slide and bring it up at the end. I was like, I didn't get to say what my favorite part was. I did actually enjoy this one a lot more than last time because we
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were actually doing stuff.
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Yeah, I think so. I don't know. I enjoyed the drive.
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Oh my.
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Okay, well, I enjoyed it all. I mean, it's like I enjoyed. I enjoyed the vibe of this one a lot better.
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Well, in the years past, it's like I was just. I wanted to go to a force show so bad. So we'd go and we'd watch Denver or whatever and Ocala. Last year he got hurt right before, like he got that abscess or whatever and it was like, oh, he can't go. And so then it was like, oh, we're just gonna. I guess we gotta go. We bought all the things and so we just hung out and tried to make the best of it. And so actually having things that were like, I don't know, have to be there for. Included in and like, I mean, I enjoyed showing.
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Yeah. But yes, it was cool to have like, like someone to root for. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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And then at the next horse show we go to, it's gonna be very fun. Like we just went to one already, which we'll do a whole other thing about that, but because I'm get Rebecca on here and talk about like her coming back to that horse show. But the next one we go to where I'll be showing Hollywood. We're taking Kennedy, we're taking Molly. Where Denver's gonna be there. Hollywood's gonna be there. Like it's just gonna be all of them. So it's gonna be a lot.
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That's gonna be a lot. Yeah, we're gonna. It's gonna be like quick change.
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Well, I don't even know if that though because, like, I don't know that I'll show Kennedy and really more than the pleasure or maybe the horsemanship. So it's like she's a one or two class horse. And. And then Molly's just going to be riding around and then Denver's going to be showing in the western riding and I might show him in a pleasure class. I don't know yet. And then Hollywood, I'm only doing the western riding and trail. And so at those big shows because there's a lot more people. It's spread out usually. It's not like you have a lot more time.
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Yeah.
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So. And it's beautiful there. It's at Lexington Horse park, so.
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Never been.
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It's amazing. It's like we went last year.
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Yeah.
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And it's like mostly outside, which is my favorite. I love showing out.
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It's pretty.
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So, yeah. Back to. Back to Ocala. We're just jumping everywhere. I forgot how to do this thing. We haven't even filmed one of these in a minute. I showed. I won. I was the circuit champion in the novice amateur Western writing. And then by default, I was the circuit champion in the amateur western riding. Because circuit champion is when like. So at this show there was two sets of judges because you can't show to more than four judges at a time. So in order for a show to like be worth it, like, people want to go and get as many points and show to as many judges as they can. So they usually do like three and three or whatever. And so a circuit championship is when is the cumulative winner of like all the judges. And so you have to show to all of them to win it. And I was the only one that showed both days in the amateur and didn't school like everybody else in at least one of their rides schooled and got disqualified.
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So still counts.
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Tis. Tis how I won. I know I kept saying that at the show. And they're like, don't tell people that. Just. Just take the w. I loved going to see the miniature horses as well. We went and saw Jack.
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Yeah.
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And Gretchen.
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It was just nice weather.
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It was. It was beautiful. Were you shocked by any of, like, the. The mini stuff?
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Like, at the trainer, the baby was really tiny. They always take me by surprise whenever you see one, how tiny they are.
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We're about to have another one.
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Yeah, I know.
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Like here. Stupid, if you didn't know.
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Yep. Cat's out of the bag now.
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I was gonna wait till the end to reveal her, but she's here. She's always here. She's always here. Anyway, that's why you're not a horse show dog. Kimmy. She'd be too. She'd be too loud. She'd bark at everything. Anyway, I had a great time getting back into the show pen. I do realize, like, I'm not nearly as versed in the trail as I am the western riding. The western riding. I felt back at home, you know, it's like he felt Hollywood. Feels so much like my longtime show partner, Calvin. Not at the trot, but at the lope. It's like, it's really big. You're just pushing the whole time. Like, it's great in the trail because his trot sucks. I can say it. Like, he just. He doesn't have, like, a lot of lift in his trot, and it just feels gross. It looks better than it feels. And so in the trail, getting him, like, over the poles and having enough impulsion, like, it just. You have to work really hard. And I didn't quite figure it out by the end of it, so we've got to go back in.
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But that was your second time riding him first.
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Yeah. So I've gotta. I've gotta go. The show was my first time riding.
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Yeah.
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So I've got to go back to Texas sometime soon to go ride some. Both him and Denver. Hopefully before we go to the show. So, like. So like, next week.
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Next week.
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Yeah. He said. Aaron said he wanted me to come after the madness. They're at the madness right now. So it would be probably next week. And I'd probably go for, like, two days in the middle of the week, so. Yeah.
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Were you, like, nervous going in to your class?
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Not really. I don't know why. False.
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I heard you barfing that one morning.
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It's not.
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Yeah, we can talk about that a little bit.
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Let's talk about that.
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That was not because I, like, I didn't feel nerves, though. Like, I think my body was maybe nervous, but my mind wasn't, if that makes sense. So, like, I got queasy that morning while I was getting ready, like, of the first morning that I showed and I did.
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I said right after Lindsay said she was sick.
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Yeah.
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And then the next day, I hear you barfing in the bathroom.
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But it was just because I think I got a little worked up that, like, by myself. But then, like, really going into any show, I. I won't say that I won't ever get nervous again, because who knows? But I think ever since I've been, like, 16, I kind of conquered that. I don't know why, I don't know how, but, like, I kind of conquered that. Of, like, if you're nervous, you're gonna suck.
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Yeah.
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And so you just can't be nervous, and you can't put too much pressure on it. Like, I think a lot of people probably would have put a lot of pressure on, like, okay, I haven't shown this at this level in a decade. I'm going in on a new horse.
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I'm, like, being trained by Charlie Cole,
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and it was so fun. He's gonna, like, roll his eyes at that. Like, hearing that. He's gonna be like, why are you saying that? But, like, seriously, he's such a big deal. And, like, I am so excited that I get the little bit of time that I do being trained by him. And so, like, there was a lot of things on that. And then the fact that I put myself out there to so many people, and a lot of people are praying on my downfall.
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Yes.
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That I, you know, I think I very much could have gotten nervous, but I'm just like, what's that going to help? I don't know. Like, that's wild. That's just not going to help anything. So we're just laugh it off if it sucks. I don't know. I mean.
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Yeah.
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So I think. I think I was okay on that because the Western writing truly, like. And you can watch the video. I don't know how they're gonna edit it because I haven't seen it yet. But, like, I wish I was mic'd up during it, because every time I'd walk in, I would just go.
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I could visually see you doing that.
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Yeah. And just let it out. And then we're good.
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Yeah.
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And we'll just.
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Yeah. She locks in.
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Yeah.
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But I was a blackout. Like, like, at the end of it, I'm like, what just happened? It's like, I'm back because I just black out. Couldn't tell you go into show mode. But. And that. That is something that, like, I'm grateful I had all the background, even though I've had such a Big break. Because that is helpful when you get into it. You just. It. It just comes with time.
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Yeah.
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But I. A lot of people that have followed, they don't know show, Katie. Like, they don't know me as someone that, like, knows how to ride or knows how to show. And so I am excited, though, to be like, I. I know how to do that.
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I know what to do.
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I know how to do that. I'm back. Like, I don't suck, you know? Like, I'm not saying I'm the best, but I don't suck. So I'm excited. I think it'll be fun. Hollywood's so honest and so fun, and I'm very grateful for the opportunity to ride such a horse. Like, he's the type of horse where you at a horse show and you meet people because of him, which. That's how my old show gelding was, too. Like, he had just been around the block so much because I got him when he was 16. And so I would meet trainers, I would meet judges, I'd meet people because they'd be like, is that Calvin? And so, same thing with Hollywood. They're like, oh, yeah. Going to have so much fun on Hollywood. And it. Yeah, it's. It's fun. You did get to do a little twirl on him. I did.
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But side note, I did not have spurs, so he is very hard to get.
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Moving is so lazy.
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Like, I was digging my heels in.
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I don't know if you can tell when I'm riding with spurs how hard I'm working to get him to just, like, keep a pace, but it's hard. Yeah, it's very different, too. And that's why I'm like, I'm just having to go through the trenches at the beginning because it'll be really good later going between him, Denver, Kennedy, Ethel, like, all these horses that I'm trying
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to show are, like, so different.
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All so different and so coming back into it. That's definitely adding a difficulty factor. But once you get through it, then you're like, oh, I can write anything. So Hollywood is, like, dead. You're having to just, like, push the whole time. You're having to, like, work every single step that you're on that horse. But that's actually my favorite. I love working the whole time. I don't want to have to, like, have surprise. Like, I want to. I want to be pushing and know what I have. Denver's, like, kind of the perfect medium. Honestly. Like, Denver's just perfect.
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He.
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You're. You're able to push him. You're able to use your feet, you're able to use your seat, but he's not. You don't have to take everything out of yourself to keep him going. But he's also, like, a little forgiving if you're, like, a little off on timing or a little whatever. Not quite as forgiving as Hollywood. Hollywood's like, I know what you want. I'll change leads. Denver, you still have. He's still young, so you still have to know your timing. Then there's Kennedy. Kennedy. And I'm sure she'll get better as it goes with training and her being back in the swing of things. Kennedy is like, if I. If I put my foot. Can we please slope off?
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C
Please? You think she says please?
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A
No, I say please.
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C
Oh, oh, oh, oh. I'm like.
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A
I say please to Kennedy. Kennedy's like, you put your foot an inch too far back. I'm going to tell everyone. Like, she's so sensitive and so unforgiving, but she's fine. But it's a whole different feel. It's a whole different feel. And then Ethel is like, yeah, she's a whole different feel as well, but she's got this, like, different cadence to her where it's like she's really big and lofty, but she gets real trashy if you don't keep her belly up. So then you're just working to keep, like, lift on Ethel. But you can use a lot of leg on Ethyl, too. I don't know. They're all just completely different. None of them are necessarily, like, run away with you type horses. So, yeah, we got that going for them. They're all like you. They're not gonna just run off. But, yeah, it's been fun getting back into it. So we'll have to. We'll have to continue on the horse show path. I know. I don't think people's. When I told them I was getting back into horseshoeing, I don't think they knew that I meant, like. Yeah, no, we're.
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C
I mean, every month we have a horse show.
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A
Matt, did it give you the horse show bug? It gave Nate the horse show bug.
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B
Yeah. To, like, enjoy them, not to.
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A
Not to participate in them.
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B
Yeah. I, Like, I would encourage me to find out when we went to the shops that, like, there were people that went and got, like, English, like, show attire just to, like, walk into the hotel and, like, be apart. Like, there were people that did that.
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A
They did.
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B
Yeah. That's what the shop lady said. Like, People do it all the time. Because I expressed my interest of, like, I would do. I would just get the outfit and just walk around because I think I
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A
told you to do that.
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B
I think the drift is great.
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C
For Kentucky. Can he have an outfit?
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A
I told you. I've offered so many times to get you a cowboy hat.
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B
Not a cowboy hat.
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C
No, he wants English.
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B
The English.
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C
He wants the breeches.
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B
Like, the breeches.
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A
That's so interesting that that's where you gravitated towards.
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B
I just. I love the way that looks very sharp. And I would get the outfit just to have the outfit.
- [26:34]
C
Like, you'd wear the breeches around?
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B
Yeah. And the lady at the shop encouraged me by saying that people do that all the time.
- [26:43]
C
I think you should for Kentucky.
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B
But then I might get some questions that I'm not prepared to answer.
- [26:48]
C
Well, that's fine. What size shoe do you wear? I got some boots.
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B
12.
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C
Never mind.
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B
Come on, Rachel. Let's be honest. We know that works.
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A
I'm just. I don't know. It just surprises me. And it's fine that you gravitate towards the English side of things.
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B
Like, I like the. Who was I telling the other day? Or yesterday, the day before, or whatever
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A
that, like, I wish, like, Rebecca's outfit that you saw at the horse show. Like, the helmet.
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B
Yeah.
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A
The jacket there.
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B
Yeah.
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C
Yeah.
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B
Like, I would do western stuff that you do if, like. But I would want, like, a trench coat type thing. Like a wider type.
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A
I'm sorry. Why does this keep going off?
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B
Because you have your sounds on.
- [27:29]
A
Yeah. Okay. I got it. You'd want the trench coat?
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B
Yeah, I'd want it to look.
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C
What kind of. Is that? Like, Morgan. Yeah.
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B
They have the trench, like, you know, nice. Like, nice vest, tie. Like, bolo tie or, like, boat tie thing situation. Trench coat.
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C
Like, foxtrot.
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A
I don't know, because it's.
- [27:48]
C
It's the.
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B
But I also think about that in, like, the. Like, when I do, like, the national nwtf, like, Turkey Calling Championships and whatnot, I look up there and I see all those guys. Like, I would want to be. Whether it's that. Like a horse show, like something like that. I would want to be somebody that, like, oh, this is that guy. He's like.
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A
He dresses sharp.
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B
He's just different. Like, I would go up there, like, in the National Walt Turkey Confederation with, like, Converse and, like, skinny jeans and whatnot. People would be like, whoa. And then I'd rock it. Right. And then people would know me immediately, not as one of those other people, but, like, they people remember that guy.
- [28:20]
C
Yeah.
- [28:20]
B
And I would be that horse show. Like, he may have placed six or eighth or not placed at all. But boy, look great.
- [28:26]
C
He looks sharp.
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B
Look sharp.
- [28:30]
A
I also love the English get up. I've got to find some because I want to get back into it so bad. Like when Wheezy's ready. I like, honestly, I've been kind of toodling around on Kennedy at home like an echorse. I don't think she'd do the 100 saddle, but like the Eck. I love a pattern. E is my thing, actually. Y' all don't know that about me. Y' all don't even know me.
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C
I was surprised.
- [28:51]
A
Y' all don't even know me.
- [28:52]
C
How quickly you memorize the pattern, even the trail pattern when you. You did it backwards. Like y' all practice it backwards. And then for you to go in and do it correctly.
- [29:04]
A
Because, Rachel, my brain only knows horses and showing and breeding. I don't know anything else. I don't know how to get. I still had to use my directions to get to Murfreesboro all week. I. I don't know anything else. I'm like, the amount of things where I'm like, I'm my brain. You can tell it to me all day long. I won't understand it, but you can show me a pattern and I can go show it, like my brain too early like once.
- [29:32]
C
And you're like, okay, got it.
- [29:33]
A
And I'm like, my brain filled up too early. And it's only with useless horse show things. It's not with.
- [29:38]
C
It's not necessarily useless because that's kind of your job.
- [29:43]
A
Thank God.
- [29:44]
C
Thank God.
- [29:45]
A
Like, weren't too many other options like did it would not have worked out. Like, if my brain doesn't work any. Anything else. And so I do want to do the e. I got to find a place to do. If y' all have any suggestions. I gotta find a place to get custom boots made because I got weird looking calves. I got weird, weird measurements. I gotta get a new coat. I gotta get a new helmet. I used to show it in a Charles Owen. I feel like that's probably still good. Bute said that they wanted to maybe do a little saddle something. And I gotta get like a fitter out and whatever. I do have a CWD that I could just go ahead and start riding in. But I gotta. I gotta protect my knees. So I gotta get some because my knees were hurting after this horse show this past weekend. So, yeah, we're just getting old get you injected.
- [30:38]
C
When's Dr. Matt coming out?
- [30:40]
A
Can we do that?
- [30:41]
C
I don't know. I feel like you have to. I know. There's, like, get a little.
- [30:45]
A
Ha.
- [30:46]
C
Yeah, yeah. Let's do it.
- [30:50]
A
Hyaluronic acid. All right, well, you heard it here. I'm getting back into the English pen. I don't know when, but I do need help getting my attire back because I have nothing. I have nothing. And I'm starting from scratch on that.
- [31:03]
C
So maybe there's shops in Kentucky you can start.
- [31:08]
A
Yeah, there'll be shops. True, true. All right, first horseshoe of the year was a success. The second one was also a success. But I'm gonna talk about that one with Rebecca, so stay tuned for that and let us know any questions you want me to ask for that one. And now we're just waiting on miniature baby horses. We're going to more horse shows. We did have a baby goat, so stay tuned for that video, and we'll see you in the next one. And so if you missed it, goodbye.
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B
Surprise.
- [31:43]
A
You don't even look real.