Welcome to Barn Banter, the official podcast of Horse Illustrated. In Barn Banter episode 41, sponsored by CareCredit, hosts Susan Friedland and Horse Illustrated Editor In Chief Holly Caccamise chat with author Natalie Keller Reinert.
To end the episode, Susan and Holly chat with April Perry, equine technician for Kentucky Humane Society in Simpsonville, Ky., about Demara, this month’s ASPCA Right Horse adoptable horse.
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Barn Banter Episode 41 Sponsor
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Natalie Keller Reinert, Author
Barn Banter episode 41 guest Natalie Keller Reinert.
Natalie is a full-time author whose work has been featured in People, Variety, EQUUS, and Sidelines. Her fiction is deeply rooted in real-life horse culture, written for readers who crave authenticity, emotional honesty, and complex characters. She writes for the young women who never stopped loving horses, for the professionals keeping barn life alive, and for anyone who’s ever tried to make sense of their identity through the things they love.
Natalie’s new book The Jump from Flatiron Press is releasing March 24.
Adoptable Horse of the Month, Demara
Photo courtesy Kentucky Humane Society
Demara came to Kentucky Humane Society from a case where her owner couldn’t afford to meet her needs anymore, so she was very underweight and a State Investigator recommended the horses be signed over to KHS. With a dental, deworming, and a bit of pasture/hay/feed, Demara is much healthier and is even ready to be ridden again. She was good for her evaluation ride and seems to be a gaited Saddlebred. Demara would make a nice occasional leisure riding horse, or with a little bit of tuning back into a routine she could be a star on your lesson string (for someone kind, who doesn’t “use up” their lesson horses, of course). She clearly knows her way around the arena and just needs somebody to kindly bring her back into the swing of under saddle work.
Her DNA was sponsored by a kind person, and KHS found out she is registered as “Early Girl Tomato.”
In addition to Barn Banter episode 41, you can check out all previous episodes of Horse Illustrated’s podcasts here.
