{"podcast":{"title":"Horse Person","slug":"horse-person-7041983","podcast_index_feed_id":7041983,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/545512/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/545512","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/4/4/c/c44cc3e47e7c256ce55e3c100dce7605/HorsePerson_PodcastThumbnail-01_resizedforlibsyn.png","author":"Caroline Culbertson & Beth Behrs","episode_count":53,"summary":"Being a horse person is like this: the more you learn, the more you realize you know nothing... at all. So, with all the different \"bubbles\" of the horse world, how can we all get into the same room to share a little bit of curiosity, perspective, and humanity with each other? Welcome to Horse Person, the equestrian podcast hosted and produced by 3x award-winning podcaster Caroline Culbertson. Part education, part human-(horse?) interest, all with the ultimate goal of supporting and encouraging you on your journey to become the best horse person you can be.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T20:17:44.589925+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-person-7041983"},"episode":{"title":"The Dover Saddlery Collapse, And Who's Left in Its Wake","slug":"the-dover-saddlery-collapse-and-who-s-left-in-its-wake","published_at":"2026-05-24T18:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-person-7041983/the-dover-saddlery-collapse-and-who-s-left-in-its-wake","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-person-7041983","url":"https://79b2102c-3fd6-423a-a765-ff527b31a91a.libsyn.com/the-dover-saddlery-collapse-and-whos-left-in-its-wake","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/79b2102c-3fd6-423a-a765-ff527b31a91a/PiperKlemm.mp3?dest-id=4703547","summary":"For decades, Dover Saddlery was part of the fabric of horse sport in America. But after store closures, liquidation, and reports of unpaid vendors sent shockwaves through the equestrian industry, bigger questions began to emerge. In this episode, Caroline sits down with Piper Klemm , publisher of The Plaid Horse , to unpack how the story unfolded behind the scenes, what private equity's growing presence in horse sport could mean for the future of the industry, and why this moment may reveal deeper economic fragilities within equestrian sport itself. Read Piper's piece about this topic HERE","meta_description":"For decades, Dover Saddlery was part of the fabric of horse sport in America. But after store closures, liquidation, and reports of unpaid vendors sent sh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2264,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/horse-person-7041983/episodes/the-dover-saddlery-collapse-and-who-s-left-in-its-wake/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-person-7041983/the-dover-saddlery-collapse-and-who-s-left-in-its-wake.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}