Double Dan Podcast

Our guest for this episode is Jamie Seccombe, Jamie has a long list of achievements in the sport of cutting and is one of the younger trainers going around, his story like most is very unique.   I have known Jamie for quite some time, but I have never really spent any time getting know Jamie, So I learnt a lot from this episode and without giving too many spoiler alerts away, there where a couple of significant moments that stood out for me. Firstly Jamie was never going to be a horse trainer and secondly he has a great balance between running a business and a family as well as having a great client relationships!

Our guest for this episode is none other then Mark Buttsworth!  Buttsy is another great 4Cyte trainer, rider and competitor that I'm privilege to call my friend and mentor. As you will hear I was very nervous recording this interview, as I have so much respect for Mark, I put a lot of pressure on myself to do justice to this episode. It was also hard for Buttsy as he is very humble and doesn’t like talking about himself at the best of times, little own on a recorded podcast. Mark is one of the most accomplished riders in this country of all time. He has earned well over a million dollars from both cutting and campdrafting. He is also having a real purple patch at the moment, winning most things he goes in and we will find out why, so stay tuned!

Welcome to our third episode in our 4Cyte rider series, if you haven’t already listened to the first two episodes make sure you go back and check them out! The feed back so far from both episode has been great I have had a lot of people reached out to share their appreciation and we appreciate the feed back, so keep it coming! We love hearing from the listeners, its hard when you record these episodes alone and you can’t engage with your audience to see how they are perceived, so please share rate and review it helps us greatly.  Our guest for this episode Mat Oakley is another great 4Cyte trainer, rider and competitor that I have had the privilege to ride with and have known for the duration of our time on the East coast, but even I learnt a lot more about Mat, then I thought I would from this episode.  As you will hear, the struggle is real! And you won’t find a harder worker then Mat. Mat is knocking on the door of something great, and I believe he will produce some of the best cutting horses this country has ever seen, and that’s based on his work ethic, and passion for the sport of cutting!   

Welcome to our second episode in our 4ctye rider series, if you haven’t already listened to the first episode with Jim and Lynda MacCallum make sure you go back and check that out! The feed back so far has been great a lot of people have drawn a lot of inspiration from the episode, please also keep the feedback coming, we love hearing from the listeners, its hard when you record these episodes alone and you can’t engage with your audience to see how they are perceived, so please share rate and review it helps us greatly.    Our guest for this episode, is none other than Hugh Miles another great 4Cyte trainer, rider and competitor.   As you will hear, I was pretty excited to do this interview as I have a bit of a man crush on Hugh.   Hugh has accomplished so much in such short time and there really is no celling on what Hugh can and will achieve in his lifetime.   You will also hear there is a lot more to Hugh than meets the eye.   

G’Day podcast listeners, we are back with a special 4Cyte super series, this is season 1 where Dan Steers catch's up and interviews a few of the 4Cyte sponsored team members. The first guests in our 4Cyte podcast series is none other than Lynda and Jim MacCallum. We have chosen to interview these guys as a couple, because as you will hear, Jim and Lynda are quite the team.  In this 4Cyte super series episode you will learn how Lynda and Jim are both very accomplished riders and trainers, but they have way more to their story than just this.    

Sorry folks its been awhile, but we are back for the final episode for 2020.  

In this episode of the Double Dan Podcast, Dan Steers sits down with his very first mentor Pete Webber. Dan and Pete traverse Pete's early years, from his station upbringing by the Ord River, to moving out from under the shadow of his dad (another established horseman) and charging $30 for a set of shoes.   Not long in to Pete's career as a professional horseman he took an apprentice under his wing, and that apprentice was none other than Dan Steers. As Pete's story unfolds we get to learn a little more about Dan's departure from an education he wasn't interested in, followed by his introduction to the world of horses.   Dan earns the nickname "Fluffy" and gets an eyebrow ring. Pete wrangles some stray cattle off a country road bareback and bridleless and trains a horse to be successful in four different sports. A few other industry greats get a mention as these two horseman sit down and tell tales of the years gone by.

It's official - Kym Hagon is on notice! He's MIA from this episode, in which Dan James and Dan Steers traverse the tail end of 2012 starting in Canada.   This episode is a demolition derby from start to finish! Kids are getting T-boned by trailers during shows, Dan James is thrown from a bronc before he's even on one, someone cops a polo ball to the head, and trick riders call for help from a jammed elevator - and this is all after everyone sees their lives flashing before their eyes as the truck loses control on black ice.   Dan Steers has an epic win; a credit to his horsemanship program and another reason to party. From a larrikin filled hotel room in America to a classy polo field in Perth, this episode is another uninterrupted story time with the two Dans of Double Dan Horsemanship as we learn more about the trials and tribulations of making it happen in the world of horses.

The Dans are flying solo in this episode without Kym Hagon, but his spot is quickly taken by an intruder who doesn't stop interrupting from poolside in the US! Dan and Dan jump back in to their foundations story with an in depth look at 2012, and Road to the Horse. Here, the podcast gets a bit tangential as the Dans explore the psychology of competition. Dan James talks us through every moment as a competitor, and relives the true Australian story of being the battler, and turning your luck around in glorious style. We're introduced to Swampy - a Double Dan icon, and get inside info on what it's like to fly with horses. But that's not all. There's a rowdy race track performance, a Greek Adonis who can't keep his shirt on, Pia has a stack that has Steers convinced she's broken her back, and the Dans share a moment double-dinking. This instalment of the Double Dan story is an episode you don't want to miss.

Join Kym Hagon and Dan Steers as they step back in to the Double Dan timeline circa 2011.  This is the era of the infamous rogue Amelia, prompting her excommunication from the team and one way ticket out of the country.    Steers finds himself having words with yet another event organiser and Dan James is MIA at Equitana after a few rums. Are the DD horses out of control, or are they meant to be behaving like that? That's up for debate - check out "Double Dans Horses Get Out Of Control" on YouTube!  As Equitana draws to a close the Dan's have rid themselves of that disastrous truck - but now they have to leave the country and can't find the keys to the new truck to get it off the Equitana grounds. Everyone's packed up and gone, but the Double Dan team are stranded.    Finally in New Zealand it's moments away from Equidays and the Dans are roaming the countryside trying to find horses to use in their show. Time is running out....and they don't have an act without horses!  Steers spills the beans on a few renowned horsemen getting loose, but also admits being driven home from NZs equestrian party of the year by his mum.   Before the boys wrap up 2011 they'll be on the run from the police across the Nullabor with a stowaway - of course.    It's another action packed episode and the last part of the story with both Dans together before Dan James leaves for America, and features a comment from Kym Hagon that's just too controversial to print - you'll have to tune in to find out what comes out of this wildcard's mouth!