Uncinched: The Unfiltered Horse Podcast
Jun 25, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
Let's Chat! You know we love to talk... The horse industry is facing challenges from every direction—rising costs, shrinking participation, lack of…
Today, we're diving into a topic we think of a lot and stuff that we've discussed behind the scenes often.
And honestly, it's one that seems to be coming up more and more in other conversations just naturally.
So you'll hear people say sometimes the horse industry is dying or nobody wants to be in horses anymore.
Maybe things like things just aren't the way they used to be.
And while those statements might seem very negative, they do raise some very important questions regarding our industry.
And some of those questions are, is the industry actually shrinking? Why are some people leaving? Why does it feel harder more now than ever for newcomers to get involved in the horse industry? And what responsibility do we have as horse people to make sure that the industry continues to grow? We want to have a real conversation about the challenges facing the horse industry today from rising costs and accessibility issues to community culture and honestly, just the way we choose to treat one another in the industry.
But more importantly, we also want to talk about some solutions.
And it's easy to point out what's wrong.
It's really easy to just say, hey, this sucks.
It's much harder, and honestly, it's a lot more productive, too, to have conversations of how we can make things better and what we can do to help grow our industry and combat some of these challenges.
Today, we're diving into a topic we think of a lot and stuff that we've discussed behind the scenes often.
And honestly, it's one that seems to be coming up more and more in other conversations just naturally.
So you'll hear people say sometimes the horse industry is dying or nobody wants to be in horses anymore.
Maybe things like things just aren't the way they used to be.
And while those statements might seem very negative, they do raise some very important questions regarding our industry.
And some of those questions are, is the industry actually shrinking? Why are some people leaving? Why does it feel harder more now than ever for newcomers to get involved in the horse industry? And what responsibility do we have as horse people to make sure that the industry continues to grow? We want to have a real conversation about the challenges facing the horse industry today from rising costs and accessibility issues to community culture and honestly, just the way we choose to treat one another in the industry.
But more importantly, we also want to talk about some solutions.
And it's easy to point out what's wrong.
It's really easy to just say, hey, this sucks.
It's much harder, and honestly, it's a lot more productive, too, to have conversations of how we can make things better and what we can do to help grow our industry and combat some of these challenges.
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