Unbridled and Legendary: Equine Stories

About Unbridled and Legendary: Equine Stories

Unbridled and Legendary is a podcast for people whose lives revolve around the equine world and the pursuit of mastery within it. It goes beyond training, competition, and care to explore the mindset and values that define true connection between people and horses. Through in-depth conversations, listeners gain a rare look into the habits, struggles, and philosophies that shape those who have devoted their lives to horses. Yes, you'll hear about training breakthroughs and competition strategy. But more importantly, you'll discover how the discipline required to connect with a 1,200-pound athlete translates directly into leadership, resilience, and purpose that reach far beyond the barn. These conversations explore what it really takes to forge genuine partnerships with horses, and why those same principles apply whether you're building a business, raising a family, or pursuing any form of excellence. Hosted by Dr. Chad Hewlett, the show brings together voices from every corner of the equine world: riders pushing limits, veterinarians solving impossible puzzles, farriers who understand biomechanics like artists, coaches shaping champions, competitors who've tasted both victory and defeat, and other industry professionals. You'll discover insights that sharpen your craft with horses while transforming how you approach challenges in every corner of your life. Unbridled and Legendary isn't just about success in the equine world, it's about people who've made excellence non-negotiable, period.

Publisher

Chad Hewlett

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Mar 2026

Latest episode

10 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Sept 2026

   Scott McClure: What Makes an ELITE Equine Surgeon?

   Thirty years of veterinary medicine doesn't just build a career…it forges a philosophy, and Dr. Scott McClure has lived every mile of it. Dr. Chad Hewlett sits down with his oldest friend and mentor in the profession, the founder of Midwest Equine Surgery and Sports Medicine in Boone, Iowa, for a conversation that spans two men's shared roots in southern Iowa ag country, the mentors who quietly opened doors neither of them knew existed, and a surgical career that has taken one of North ...

2. 

   27 Aug 2026

   How Kyle Lucas Willed His Way to His First NFR

   Twelve years. That's how long Kyle Lucas spent on the edge of rodeo's biggest stage, good enough to hang around but never quite making it through the door… until the year everything changed. Dr. Chad Hewlett sits down with Kyle Lucas to trace the unglamorous, decade-long grind of a Canadian cowboy chasing the NFR through broken-down loops, tight budgets, and the humbling reality of competing on the same ground as the best ropers in the world. Lucas is a tie-down roper out of Carstairs, ...

3. 

   11 Jun 2026

   Get Back on the Horse: Eight Decades of Mastery with Muffy Knox

   She fell off the horse at six years old, and her mother gave her a choice: go in the house and cry or get back on. Muffy Knox chose to get back on, and she never stopped. In this conversation with Dr. Chad Hewlett, Muffy traces eight decades of life in the saddle, from a barefoot childhood on a Calgary-area farm in the 1940s to becoming one of Alberta's most respected equine educators, coaching four 4-H clubs simultaneously, teaching the first certified Western coaching program at...

4. 

   28 May 2026

   How CVS Controls Founder Lyle Kurtz Changed Canadian Rodeo Forever

   What does it actually take to build something that lasts nearly 50 years and then hand it off to the next generation without losing a single step? Lyle Kurtz didn't set out to become one of the most quietly influential figures in Canadian rodeo history. He was a Saskatchewan ranch kid who came to Alberta for the oil and gas industry, spotted an opportunity, and launched CVS Controls with his wife Marie on August 13, 1978, with no money, one handshake deal struck on a Mediterranean...

5. 

   14 May 2026

   Everything Happens for a Reason with Two-Time Champion Taylor Manning

   Everything happens for a reason, especially when horses are involved. In this episode, Chad Hewlett sits down with Taylor Manning to trace her journey from growing up in Edson, Alberta, surrounded by barrel racing, to becoming a young CFR competitor with a deep respect for training, pressure, and perseverance. Taylor reflects on the horses that shaped her, including Silver, Tivio, Matlock, and Bling, while giving credit to the strong women who guided her, especially her mom, Shell...

6. 

   30 Apr 2026

   The True Cost of Building Something Legendary

   Most people think an overnight success is built overnight. Dustin and Marla Gonnet know better…they built theirs on blizzard-blocked mountain passes, two blown transmissions, a baby born while Dad was at the cutting pen, and a barn raised from an empty quarter section with borrowed money and family hands. Dr. Chad Hewlett sits down with his closest friends in the industry, Canada's most accomplished cutting horse trainer and the woman who has been the quiet engine behind every mil...

7. 

   16 Apr 2026

   The Quiet Discipline That Nobody Sees and Every Champion Practices

   What separates the average from the legendary when talent is the same? Dr. Chad Hewlett shares a powerful early career story about how humility, mentorship, and relentless repetition shaped his journey as a young veterinarian. Working in Oklahoma under the guidance of farrier legend Mark Milster, Chad witnessed firsthand the discipline that true mastery requires. Night after night, Milster forged horseshoes, often discarding hours of work in pursuit of improvement. Through t...

8. 

   2 Apr 2026

   Endure, Adapt, Advance: The Mindset That Built Energy Equine

   The moment the ground disappears beneath you is the moment you find out what you're actually made of. Dr. Chad Hewlett strips away the polished version of success and tells the story that built him: the February morning in 2004 when he was fired, left without a visa, without a practice, without a phone number, and with a pregnant wife and $15,000 borrowed from friends. What followed was not a rescue, it was a reckoning. Dr. Hewlett walks through the raw decisions of that win...

9. 

   26 Mar 2026

   Hunger Over Everything: Brian Coleman's Road Back to the World Championship

   Before the accident, Brian Coleman was already a legend. Nine world titles. Forty years behind the lines. A client roster that reads like a Forbes list. But on an ordinary spring morning in 2022, a runaway pair of draft horses put him in a ditch with a broken neck, three shattered vertebrae, a collapsed lung, and eight weeks until the Calgary Stampede. What happened next is the part nobody outside the draft horse world knows and it's the part that defines everyth...

10. 

    18 Mar 2026

    Unbridled and Legendary Podcast Trailer

    In the equine world, there's no faking it. A horse knows. They know if you've put in the work. They know if your mind is somewhere else. They know if you're operating at the level you said you were. I'm Dr. Chad Hewlett, founder of Energy Equine Veterinary Services. I've spent my career at the edge of equine performance — and what I've learned is this: the discipline it takes to truly partner with a 1,200-pound animal doesn't stay in the barn. It shapes everything. This is Unbridled and Legen...

11. 

    18 Mar 2026

    What Do Horses See in You That You Can't See in Yourself?

    The barn has always been a classroom…and if you've spent enough time in it, you already know that. Dr. Chad Hewlett, founder of Energy Equine Veterinary Services and one of Canada's foremost performance horse veterinarians, opens not with a mission statement, but with a provocation: the horse world doesn't just teach horsemanship…it forges people. In this debut episode, Dr. Hewlett lays out the philosophical architecture of everything this podcast is built on, drawing from 30-plus...

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