An in depth analysis and dynamic discussion around the industry as well as national trends, stats and norms. Join us the the full and dynamic discussion and drop us a note at cowboyoffice.com as to when you think 82 will be achieved?
Cowboy Office Show
by Brian Dygert
Expert Analysis and Epic Discussions from equine experts, judges and industry veterans Brian Dygert and Jody Brainard. Our mission is to assist the western horse industry in riding towards maturity. Our show will feature guests to have real, honest conversations about things that matter. It’s time for the cowboy industry to grow up, and we will have conversations that help our industry do it.
Latest Episodes
Best Little Derby of the West 2026 . Nampa Id.
The Chasing 82 series as we keep tracking the open derby competition across the industry in 2026. EP #49 is here with all the data, stats and analysis.
Is it time to run 4 years olds as stand alone aged events?
Is officiating getting better or is …
AHA is changing and leading the way.
New resolution to the by-laws, New President and New elected leadership, New CEO , New horizon.
We discuss the industry on many levels with Hoyt Rose, 40 Arabian veteran and past professional as he produces the FatBaldCowboy podcast. We take a ride around th…
Ep #48 Pegasus - The horse show software for all horse shows and horse business everywhere. Sam Baynes- CEO and master mind behind this great global product shares his pain, vision, pressure points, and now service to the horse industry. Join us for an outstanding conversation as we traverse the ind…
Complete analysis of the Open Derby Classic at the 2026 NRBC event in Tulsa, OK.
We have the data, stats and numbers as we look at the Open Derby this year and compare to last year.
Ep #44 Chasing 82 at the Oklahoma Ride and Slide Derby 2026 in Tulsa.
We review the data, stats and numbers at the Florida Classic Reining Open Derby and compare to last year.
A year in review and taking a peak into 2026
Shoeing high performance western horses in today's market.
Where is our industry headed?
What a great Ride; 75 year old Teresa Goforth qualifies on her 20 yr old gelding for the Run for the Million Non-Pro challenge 2025 in Las Vegas.
Tune in for a great discussion on many industry topics as Teresa shares her insight with the Cowboy Office.
AWWA and 2023 Champion Jesse Chase talk about the dynamic program and how good it is for him as a trainer and his horses. It builds versatility, fun and quality of working western horses. As we approach 2025 and the Ranch Horse Challenge at the Arabian Nationals in Tulsa, OK, Jesse's input is invalu…
Ranch Riding is the newest discipline to emerge in the western horse show world. Join us as we discuss the AWWA and WWA as they are focused on the Arabian Western horse and the newest open to all breed discipline, the Western Working Alliance.
2026 Rule proposal review on this episode. lessons learned as well as historical actions go into this review and where we are headed.
Arabian Working Western Alliance. The newest challenge in western competition to test your skills. Cowboy is cool. Showing horses, western skills, Arabian and Half-Arabian horses as well as all breeds as the western skills needed to work with your horse.
The Man in the Arena: Jim Kiser from Kiser Arena shares his insight, moving forward, knowledge learned and how to measure, test and manage ground for better performance in our horses. Keeping horses sounder longer and performing at their best. Multiple discipline ground demand and the investment to …
EP 34, Victor Bahna, author of Heliacal Star, the horse racing thrilling novel. We discuss the parallels of our industry's and the pressure to present a quality product to the public. Social License to Operate and much more . This episode looks at thoroughbred horse racing and the performance horse …
Epic insights from the #2 reining rider of all time, Shawn Flarida.
Lesson Learned from Spooks Gotta Whiz and The Run for a Million. Should the Run for the Million be reining's superbowl? Bringing the great Spooks Gotta Whiz back to the Run for the Million in 2024. Along with a great discussion aro…
Gabriel Borges, #8 Open Rider in 2023 and climbing the ranks fast. We discuss life after the futurity and 1 Rider: 1 Horse open aged events. Fairness and access to horsepower as life after the futurity is here.
A review and detailed analysis of the 2024 Open NRHA Derby competition. Officiating analytics from the open derby 2024 in OKC. Answering the questions and addressing the myths around officiating are analyzed and discussed. What do the results from this year's NRHA open derby say? This episode c…
Million Dollar week is in year 5 as we look at 2023 Run for the Million numbers, stats and best of the best rider' list for 2024.