Welcome to the American Hanoverian Society Podcast. In this episode, Laura St Clair from the AHS Education Committee, talks to Michael Bragdell and Emily Miles about starting young horses - we’ll cover training philosophies, managing owner expectations, what your youngster needs to know before starting undersaddle training, and we’ll ask - who are the young horse trainers of the future?
Michael Bragdell is the training director at Hilltop Farm in Maryland. Originally from Sweden, Michael joined the Hilltop team in 1995. He is well-known for his success with young horses and has twice won the USEF Four-Year Old National Championships and three USDF Dressage Final Championships on horses he started. Michael is a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist and is a USDF Certified Instructor. Last October, Michael and Qredit Hilltop, a stallion Michael has known since he was a yearling, took the victory in the Devon CDI4* Grand Prix and Freestyle.
Emily Miles of Wally Woo Farm in Kansas has been training young horses since she was a kid herself. Emily is also a Bronze, Silver and Gold USDF Medalist, and she has won numerous national titles, including the U25/Brentina Cup and every Young Horse and Developing Horse division at the national championships. Emily has represented the United States at the World Championships in Verden, Germany and Ermelo, Netherlands with WakeUp, Sole Mio and Daily Show.
You can reach our guests through their websites, for Michael, go to hilltopfarminc.com and for Emily, it’s wallywoofarm.com. And if you enjoyed the conversation, please subscribe and recommend the AHS Podcast to a friend. We look forward to many more lively and educational discussions in future episodes so stay tuned.
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