Major League Eventing
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Eventing conversations from inside the barn.
Major League Eventing Podcast is built around eventing people talking through the sport from the inside. The tone is casual and fan-first, moving from five-star weekends and young professional guidance to horse behavior, rider confidence, and barn-dog product stories.
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Major League Eventing Podcast is a conversational show for people who follow eventing closely and want the sport’s working details, not just polished outcomes. The episodes center riders, eventing professionals, and familiar figures from the circuit. It is relaxed. The show often begins with sponsor chatter or barn-life anecdotes, then settles into longer discussions about horses, travel, five-star experiences, training decisions, and the mental demands of competition. Recent conversations include Lizzie Hoff returning as a 2026 USEF Eventing Development 25 Athlete, Ariel Grald talking through horse development and five-star readiness, and Frankie Thieriot-Stutes describing support for young professionals. The show is especially strong when guests explain process. A horse that can jump, gallop, and go bravely may still need months of basic rebuilding if the dressage is unraveling. A rider recovering from fear may need to meet that fear directly before deciding whether the danger of the sport is still worth it. A young professional may need blunt guidance on voicemail, sponsors, school schedules, or which barn fits the next step. Those details give the show its shape. It is not a slick highlight reel. It is closer to a table conversation at an event, where people swap practical advice, funny horse stories, and hard-earned perspective. The register is warm, chatty, and deeply insider. New fans can learn the rhythms of eventing culture, while experienced fans get candid accounts from people managing horses, careers, pressure, and public competition. Product mentions are frequent and sometimes lengthy, especially around Mane & Tail. Still, the core value is the access to riders’ decision-making and the community bonds around the sport.
Made for: For eventing fans, riders, and horse-sport followers who enjoy long-form conversations with competitors and sport insiders. It also suits newer fans curious about the culture behind five-star weekends and everyday training decisions.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its unpolished proximity to the eventing world: warm-up stories, horse-management decisions, young professional advice, and mental recovery sit beside casual barn chatter. It feels local to the sport rather than broadly produced for casual sports audio.
Major League Eventing (MLE) is an independent marketing and promotional organization dedicated to creating an international platform for the exciting sport of eventing and providing eventers with increased exposure to fans and sponsors. With this goal in mind, the MLE podcast hosts eventing professionals from various sectors and levels of the sport in engaging conversations aimed at entertaining existing fans and cultivating new supporters for the greatest sport on four legs.
Five-star ambition meets missing front teeth, and you hear why riders still choose the next fence.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A steady comeback story that pairs horsemanship, humor, and the careful work of rebuilding a horse's dressage.
Ariel Grald's conversation starts with a story that feels almost too specific to be invented, and that detail gives the episode immediate charm.
A grounded look at the mentoring and planning that keep eventing moving.
This episode stays close to the everyday work that sits behind the bigger moments, with mentorship, trust, and the small decisions that shape young riders taking center stage.
A clear look at how fear, belonging, and safety shape whether eventing still feels worth choosing.
It treats belonging and self-protection as intertwined, showing how a person can shut down in ways that look like simple lack of confidence. The piece keeps its focus on the mental side of eventing and equestrian sports, and it does so in plain language that makes the fear feel…
Patient, practical conversations about racehorses and their lives after the track.
Second careers, told from the barn aisle.
Horse people telling the long story.
Dressage guidance with horse-first honesty.
Kelly Williams describes classic three-day eventing as a five-day commitment that tests horse care as well as competition skills.
Holly Alwood returns to the Major League Eventing Podcast after nearly eight years to discuss Jolly Bo, her new horse Levino, and plans for the Pan Am Games and Los Angeles Olympics.
Allie Anderson describes progressing from a childhood first ride on Impossible Dream in St.
Rebecca Barber Tyler scheduled jump schools around Wednesday chemo, and Kim Severson arrived at her isolation room with a notebook.
This episode discusses Lizzie Hoff's return as a 2026 USEF Eventing Development 25 athlete while also featuring a sponsor segment about Mane 'n Tail hair products.
Hosts discuss their experiences at international eventing competitions and promote Mane 'n Tail hair products.
The hosts discuss their sponsor Mane 'n Tail's hair strengthener product for humans, blending equestrian and beauty topics.
The hosts discuss their horses' naming themes and a recent skin rash issue treated with Mane 'n Tail Protect product.
The hosts discuss treating a horse's skin rash with a medicated shampoo product.
The hosts discuss using Mane and Tail Protech 9 shampoo to treat a horse's skin rash, sharing vet advice and product details.
A conversation about a rider's first five-star event at Maryland and a discussion of Mane and Tail hair products.
Five-star eventer Ariel Grald returns to the Major League Eventing Podcast for the first time since 2019, recapping a period that included team silver at the Aachen team championship, 11th place at the 2022 World Championships in Pratoni with Simon Lemoore Master Plan, and a traumatic January 2022 in which Simon kicked her in the face, knocking out all 11 of her front teeth.
Frankie Thieriot-Stutes returns to the Major League Eventing Podcast to discuss her broadcast career, the Behind the Barn interview series at Kentucky Three-Day, and her rider management company Athletics.
Natalie Hummel, a transformational life coach and nervous system practitioner, returns to the Major League Eventing Podcast to discuss her 'How to Heal' and 'How to Perform' programs alongside equestrian coach Hannah Sue Holberg.
Hosts discuss horse care issues like skin rashes and allergies, promoting a product while sharing personal anecdotes.
The hosts discuss their dogs' sleeping arrangements and a horse's skin rash, then promote a horse care product.
A rider recounts a surprising win after a poor show jumping round, emphasizing the three-phase nature of eventing.
The hosts discuss a personal experience with their horse Stanley developing a skin rash and share veterinary advice on using Mane and Tail Protect line products for treatment.