About this episode

The episode features a discussion with judges Bret Day and Smith Lilly about their judging processes in the fine harness world and comparisons to the draft horse industry.

This episode we sit down with two well known judges from the fine harness world, Bret Day and Smith Lilly. They join Kyle and Mark for an honest conversation about how their judging process really works, what they are looking for in the ring, and how decisions get made when things are tight. We also spend some time comparing the fine harness side to the draft horse industry and where the two worlds line up and where they don’t. Good insight, good conversation, and a few moments that might mak...

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Hosts: Kyle, Mark

Guests: Bret Day, Smith Lilly

Topics covered

• judging
• fine harness
• draft horse industry
• competition
• evaluation process

Keywords

• judging
• fine harness
• draft horse
• evaluation
• competition
• judging process
• horse industry

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