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Michael Barnes

Aug 17, 2026

22:52
Would you agree with that?
22:53
Absolutely.
22:54
I mean, I can, for those of your listeners who don't know, I can host an event called CHIO, C-H-I-O, every year in June.
23:02
And it's really the most, in a lot of ways, it's the most special event of the year.
23:06
The crowd here is phenomenally knowledgeable.
23:08
And so they're, you know, breathing with every rider, exhaling over every jump.
23:13
It's really very exciting.
23:52
What was your feeling about cross-country day and the course and how tough it was and all that?
BraydenHOST
1:42
Do you want to just, in your own words, give us a picture of your experience with eventing?
1:47
Yeah, I mean, really, it's just that I think eventing is the ultimate horse sport.
1:50
I love my horse sports.
1:52
And so I retired early so I could travel.
1:54
So I retired 10 years ago.
1:55
Prior to that, I'd really only done the 2010 WEG in Lexington.
2:00
That was the only sort of big event.
BraydenHOST
4:18
Do you want to just share some of those experiences and what you've done around there?
Shaq
ShaqGUEST
69:49
It's true.
69:50
And I will never forget it, right? I was just talking to God driving, and I went and I parked, and I was supposed to go in the building two, and I went into building one.
69:57
And I met the Filipino, MK, Eli, and then while being around them, I met Matt.
70:02
And I said, "This gotta be a sign." You understand? My coworker just telling me all these guests asking for me 'cause I funny, and now I'm meeting a guy that wants to start a comedy culture in Kemi and wanna start the show.
70:15
He's sitting down talking to different businesses and people to open venues.
70:18
And I was like, "You know what? Let me try it." I reach out to Matt.
70:21
I, I took it, got his number from MK, and then I reached out, and then he gave me 10 minutes, and then the rest is history.
Shaq
ShaqGUEST
73:26
Mm.

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