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Rick Weitzel

Chief Regulations Officer (CRO) and co-founder of YEDA (Youth Equestrian Development Association); owner of Equine Differences equestrian facility in Oberlin, Ohio with 30+ years of experience training and coaching riders.

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APPEARANCES

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PODCASTS

Jun 2, 2026

Horse Show Bestie

Horse Show Bestie

How YEDA Is Creating Horse Kids Without Buying Horses... and How Trainers Can Benefit!

Jun 2 · 1h 11m

Scott CooperHOST

35:32

Um, but I would love to hear about what, what that looks like.

Rick WeitzelGUEST

35:34

So our, our, so our, our season starts, like, around September when school gets back in.

Rick WeitzelGUEST

35:39

It mirrors the IHSA schedule.

Rick WeitzelGUEST

35:41

We run until about April, and then we, we cut it off, and then we get our, our final, um, you know, students who have made it to the nationals.

Rick WeitzelGUEST

35:51

Okay? So unlike IHSA, so we do s- do things a b- little bit differently.

Rick WeitzelGUEST

35:57

More like the breed associations.

Rick WeitzelGUEST

35:59

You make it to nationals by the body of your work, not by, "Okay, hey, I qualified my region or my district or whatever," and then it's a tiered system from there.

33 MINS LATER

Krista BrownHOST

69:32

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