#265 - Kacey Kobza & Lindsey Pender for Breakaway From Cancer | Focus on the Fight

This episode of In The LOOP Podcast is one of the most raw and meaningful conversations we’ve shared — a story rooted in faith, resilience, and the power of community within the rodeo and equine industry.

Inspired by 2025 World Champion Breakaway Roper Taylor Munsell, this episode brings awareness to Breakaway From Cancer and the real lives it has impacted. Jordan Jo sits down with cancer survivors Kacey Kobza and Lindsey Pender to share their journeys — not from a place of fear, but from courage, honesty, and hope.

Kacey opens up about her diagnosis with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the overwhelming support she received from the rodeo community, and how that experience reshaped her perspective on life, competition, and relationships. Now cancer-free, she gives back as a board member of Breakaway From Cancer, helping lift financial and emotional burdens for others in the equine industry facing the same fight.

Lindsey shares her ongoing battle with stage-three triple-negative breast cancer — from noticing early warning signs to navigating chemotherapy, surgery, motherhood, and faith. With vulnerability and strength, she speaks about trusting God in the unknown, accepting help, and staying present through each phase of treatment while continuing to show up for her family.

This episode is not about cancer statistics or outcomes. It’s about taking life one day at a time, refusing comparison, leaning on faith, and allowing community to carry you when you’re tired. It’s a reminder that in rodeo — and in life — no one fights alone.