USEA Podcast #404: Keeping Eventing's Trust with David O'Connor
Welcome back to the USEA Official Podcast! For this New Year special, we’re taking on one of the biggest conversations in equestrian sport: social license. What it is, why it matters, and how every one of us plays a role in the future of eventing. Olympic champion, five-star winner, USEF Chief of Sport, and USEA EA21 Director of Coaching David O’Connor joins the show to unpack trust, education, safety, and responsibility, and how the sport can evolve while keeping its core values at the center.
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