Here's the Scoop with Vessels, Little & Pozzi

This week “Here's The Scoop”: with Vessels and Pozzi goes on the road for the second time. We take you to a town of champions. Norman, Oklahoma — home to University of Oklahoma, and its seven National football Championships, ofcourse. Also(just a few miles south across the Canadian River) it is home to the elite of the elite equine champions and Stallions. The Quarter Horse world's “Gold Standard in Stallion Farms, and racing breeding operations is unlike any other. Taped last Thursday, our own Colt Vessels tours what is the farm that is the gold standard in American Quarter Horse Breeding. The place that stands the AQHA's leading sire: Apollitical Jess, also stands: FDD Dynasty, Flying Cowboy 123, Mr. Apollitical Dash, and Hes Relentless.Colt also sits down with Phillip Stewart, a man who went to high school with Kristi Peterson, the famous world champion barrel racer. Phillip would go on to start at the adjacent, Moore Family owned Broad Acres Polo Club, as a polo field mower in 1982, in 1985 he began cleaning stalls at Bob Moore Farms and then became manager. Phillip is according to the farm's site “one of most respected individuals in the Quarter Horse Racing industry. He sits on the AQHA Racing Committee, Racing Council, and Graded Stakes Sub Committee. A former OQHRA President, he remains a director emeritus for the association and is on the board of directors for Heritage Place Sale Company. Phillip is well respected in the breeding business for his knowledge of pedigree and commitment to providing the best mare and foal care around.”Moderator and Host Penn Little said, “I've known Phillip Stewart since I was a freshman playing polo at the adjacent Broad Acres Polo Club, just adjacent to the farm, he was as willing to provide advice, assistance, and still does today. I don't think I've met someone who knows more about the business of Quarter Horses, or all horses for that matter.” He's probably forgotten more about racing data, bloodlines, and the history of the breed and horsemanship–than I'll ever know.”Colt Vessels also get's to interview a very special guest, FDD Dynasty (by First Down Dash x Dinastia Toll Brz, by Tolltac)Then Colt talks about the future for Bob Moore farms, Makayla Yonkers, graduated from Micigan State University's horse management program and is primed to lead Bob Moore into the next generation with Phillip serving as Senior advisor.

"Here's the Scoop" goes on the road for the first of a two episode week. Co-Host Rachel Pozzi, while on the way to Whitesboro, Texas, stopped for a few days in the Cowboy Capital of America: Stephenville, Texas. In that time, she took the opportunity to sit down with Mr. Sid Miller, Texas' 12th Commissioner of Agriculture, 21x World Champion (in all breeds, 20 of which he was the rider) calf roper (tie-down & breakaway). Penn hosts and introduces the taped interview from Memorial Day 2022. Mr. Miller kindly hosted Rachel at his home office in Stephenville where the expert in environmental studies talked politics pertinent to Western Horsemanship and a bit about the "Sid Miller Way" of breeding, training, and developing championship roping horses at breed shows as well as in the PRCA. Rachel learns more about Big Smokin Wonder, aka "Pearl" who took 16-go-rounds at the NFR with Cody Ohl aboard, as well as many other horses from the "Big As I Am" line of Sid and his family's that have taken the world of calf-roping by storm over the last quarter century.Also Sid discusses major political, agriculture, socioeconomic, and environmental issues in which Rachel is well trained. Here's The Scoop Thanks Mr. Sid Miller for his time and his service.MODERATOR & CO-HOSTS NOTE: This is Penn Little and Mr. Sid Miller discusses a business relationship that we have regarding a foal-sharing agreement involving another co-host Mr. Colt Vessels, therefore, Penn chose to limit his involvement to avoid journalistic conflict. Furthermore, Mr. Vessels did so as well; so as not to invite any conflictual information learned trough this Q&A.

Kentucky Derby Winner Rich Strike's Owner: Rick Dawson; 14 x AQHA Trainer of the Year: Paul Jones; and Feature Guest: 9 x PRCA World Champion (including 7 x All-Around Champion), expert horseman, and "Racetrack Brat" Ty Murray "The King of Rodeo" join Colt Vessels, Penn Little, & Rachel Pozzi hosting THEIR FIRST episode of "Here's the Scoop" a Podcast focused on the world of Western Horsemanship. Our Premier Pilot Episode talks racing, including dialogue with all guests. It leads into the feature interview with Ty Murray, who seeks to advocate "for the horse" daily. In the case of the Kentucky Derby, Murray addresses his controversial comments last week, which drew praise and criticism. Murray discusses his call for open-mindedness, advocacy, and empathy for the horse. The show features Ty sharing his successes, failures, and rationale for his passion for understanding how the human brain and horse brain interact and what improvements we can all make.