Schleese Livestreams – April 2025

For further information contact Madison Loach.
Schleese Marketing Lead at Madison@schleese.com.

• Violet – https://www.instagram.com/hoovesbyviolet/
  April 7, 2025 @ 3:00 pm EST
  Bio TBD
• Emma Hayford – https://www.instagram.com/the.emo.cowgirl/
  April 7, 2025 @ 4:00 pm EST
  Bio TBD
• Madeline Boast – https://www.instagram.com/balancedbaynutrition/
  April 8, 2025 @ 4:00 pm EST
  Madeline is an independent equine nutritionist based in Ontario. With a passion for improving equine well-being, she began her educational journey with a bachelor’s degree in equine management at the University of Guelph. During this degree, her beloved mare, Piper, struggled with weight loss after an injury, which heightened her interest in nutrition. Madeline pursued a master’s degree in equine nutrition at the University of Guelph. She then launched Balanced Bay, a full-service equine nutrition consulting company dedicated to working one-on-one with the horse owner to curate optimal, personalized nutrition plans that are practical to implement. Through Balanced Bay, she has worked with hundreds of horses across North America and globally. Her primary focus is to create optimal and personalized forage-based nutrition plans and educate horse owners on equine nutrition. Madeline is passionate about staying up to date with the latest research to ensure that a scientific approach is at the forefront of her recommendations while also being mindful of practical challenges horse owners face. In addition to her consulting work, Madeline regularly conducts workshops and seminars, educating the equestrian community on the importance of nutrition in equine health.
• Bevin Allison – https://www.instagram.com/apbeauregard/
  April 8, 2025 @ 3:00 pm EST
  Bevin has worked with horses in the UK and US, with her foundation in the UK in the late 90s studying under the BHS system. In 2000, she returned stateside and got her first horse, a Standardbred mare from an auction who was surprisingly pregnant. She was the first horse Bevin backed, and her foal was the first foal Bevin brought along. Since then, Bevin has worked with many horses and sometimes humans in various capacities. Her current horse, Beau, was out of a mare she’s had since around 2006. Beau is coming 7 in April and was just gelded. He’s registered both Half Arabian and Full Oldenburg and is a challenge to fit a saddle to.
• Tristram Hokenson – https://www.instagram.com/tmhokens/
  April 9, 2025 @ 11:00 am EST
  Inspired by her grandpa’s horsemanship, Tristram grew up riding and owning horses. After college, she started learning more about western horsemanship. Tristram took every opportunity to learn from her trainers by analyzing what they asked the horse to do and how the horse was supposed to move. Tristram currently breeds, raises, and trains quarter horses. She takes in horses each month for training, ranging from colt starting to tune-ups. Her primary horse is an 8-year-old mare that she competed with in ‘skijoring’ this past winter. Tristram intends to show her mare in working cow, stock horse, or versatility shows.
• Shelley Thomas – https://www.instagram.com/shelleythomas_equinephysio/
  April 10, 2025 @ 9:30 am EST
  Shelley is a physical therapist who has been treating people for 24 years and horses for 7 years. She has a busy practice treating horses and riders in-person and virtually. She is also a rider and competitor in eventing and showjumping. Shelley recognizes that we ask horses to do repetitive work, travel long distances, and live in unnatural environments leading to problems. She believes improving body alignment and strength as a rider helps the horse but lessens our risk of injury. Shelley worked as a physical therapist for over 20 years, helping people with orthopedic and neurological injuries, and loves mixing traditional medicine with a holistic approach. She has received additional training to work with horses and is a Certified Equine Rehabilitation Practitioner and a Permitted Equine Therapist for FEI competitions. Her business was inspired by her horse, Intrepid, who was her partner for 10 years. ‘Trep’ taught Shelley so much about horsemanship, riding, loving, and being true. He inspired her to take a risk, pivot away from traditional healthcare, and pursue living a passionate life. ‘Trep’ was her horse, and she was his person.
• Kate Kudelko – https://www.instagram.com/painted__dressage/
  April 10, 2025 @ 11:00 am EST
  Kate is a young professional based in Brooksville, Florida, specializing in training ponies, small horses, and rescues in dressage. Most of her client’s horses are paints and stock crosses, so she has run into her fair share of complications fitting horses with wider shoulders in comparison to the size of their body.
• Scout & Michelle Murphy – https://www.instagram.com/scoutstrail/
  April 10, 2025, @ 4:00 pm EST
  Michelle and her daughter, Scout, started traveling full-time with their 3 horses and 2 dogs in 2019. Seeing America on horseback to improve their mental health was the goal. They moved continually for the first 3 1/2 years, riding mainly in wilderness and remote areas within the U.S. Then, Scout learned to gentle an untouched, wild-born mustang at liberty. Now, they stop traveling in the winter so they can gentle mustangs to find them forever homes. When it gets too hot in the Arizona desert, they hit the trails again, following good weather and beautiful trails.
• Bex Meadows – https://www.instagram.com/jaybirdequestrian/
  April 11, 2025 @ 11:00 am EST
  Bex is currently getting certified in equine massage therapy and wants to combine that knowledge with saddle fitting. She is an equine student at Delval and hopes to start her own business after school to specialize in equine massage and bodywork. She is passionate about advocating for the mental and physical well-being of the horse, specifically with positive reinforcement training. Bex would love to combine a background of massage and saddle fitting with training and exercise to help create happier and healthier horses.
• Anna Deli – https://www.instagram.com/anna_shp_hoofcare/
  April 14, 2025 @ 9:00 am EST
  Anna Deli is a certified barefoot hoof care professional and practices primarily in the Mediterranean region. She uses several trimming methods to achieve the best results for barefoot horses. Anna was educated as an engineer and worked for many years in the medical equipment and power plant industries. Now, Anna works with a variety of modern materials and most developed hoof boot brands in her barefoot hoof care practice. She was initially certified as a Strasser Hoofcare Professional at Institut of Gesundheit in Germany. Anna utilizes a holistic approach to provide the best care based on the current state of the horse and the hooves. She also provides thermography examinations. 
• Madeline Byrd – https://www.instagram.com/controlhaltdelete/
  April 14, 2025 @ 4:15 pm EST
  Madeline started her riding journey around 10 and found herself with an OTTB around 15. They dabbled in local shows but stuck to trail rides and in-hand work. Shortly after losing her heart horse, a young quarter horse fell into her lap. 100s of miles on the trails later, they found their love for eventing and will hopefully make their BN debut this season, maybe with a little yellow horse named Pickle Chip in tow.
• Brooke Bell – https://www.instagram.com/brookebackequestrian/
  April 15, 2025 @ 2:30 pm EST
  Brooke Bell is an adult amateur equestrian who rode for a decade as a kid in hunter/jumpers and eventing before a life-changing injury at 15. Brooke got back to horses 2 years ago and documents their journey riding as a plus-sized, disabled, and LGBTQ+ equestrian on TikTok and Instagram. Brooke currently works as a freelance barn hand and marketer for equestrian businesses. She loves sharing her journey and being honest and ‘real’ on social media to make others feel less alone in this sometimes taxing sport.
• Ben Longwell – https://www.instagram.com/true_west_horsemanship/
  April 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am EST
  Ben Longwell operates True West Horsemanship based in Pendleton, Oregon. He grew up in Colorado, riding horses and working cattle and spent years working for different ranches. He was an assistant trainer at a Quarter Horse breeding facility and at a big outfit in Wyoming. In 2011, Ben and his wife Natalie moved to New Zealand and began to build their horse training and clinic business. Ben received rave reviews for his clinics, which ranged from colt starting and problem solving to the Vaquero tradition. He presented multiple times at the National Horse Expo and wrote horsemanship articles for a variety of publications. The Longwells launched an online video library and podcast, “Life in the Saddle.” In 2022, the Longwells moved to Oregon and now continue to work to achieve their mission: to advance and develop practical skills and communication for the dedicated student of horsemanship. Participants of Ben’s clinics love his knowledgeable, encouraging and quiet approach to teaching. The goal is to leave egos behind and focus on the horse, resulting in progress and a great learning environment.
• Kata Szwaja – https://www.instagram.com/kata.szwaja.dressage/
  April 17, 2025 @ 11:00 am EST
  Kata is Polish and has been living in Spain for 5 years. She is a classical dressage rider and trainer. She was a student of the Royal School of Equestrian Art in Jerez, but she quit as she was not happy with what was taught there. Kata was a working student for a total of 3 years for classical dressage professors. In November, she will take up this position once again as she goes to France to learn from Philippe Karl and Bea Borelle. Kata works for a PRE horse breeder and Iberian horses are her area of expertise, although she does work with other types of horses as well.
• Liz Houle – https://www.instagram.com/thesobercowgirl/
  April 24, 2025 @ 4:00 pm EST
  Liz is a woman of faith in recovery who practices positive reinforcement horsemanship and is hoping to change the narrative about “cowgirls” from conservative or aggressive to more of an inspiring and uplifting lifestyle.
• Émilie – https://www.instagram.com/henlea.equine.wellness/
  April 28, 2025 @ 3:00 pm EST
  Bio TBD
• Alesia Willard – https://www.instagram.com/rudniktheroan/
  April 28, 2025 @ 4:00 pm EST
  Alesia has been riding most of her life. Her dream was always to become a horse trainer and she worked very hard towards accomplishing that dream. By 20, she had already successfully started multiple horses, including a once-feral mare who was untouchable when Alesia adopted her. In 2019, she adopted an 11-month-old untouchable colt rescued from a livestock auction. Alesia did everything with him, from halter training to saddle starting. He was her biggest challenge yet but he pushed Alesia to work through every fear and doubt she had in herself and her training. He’s now 6 years old and the most amazing horse she’s ever owned and met. Alesia believes in taking things slow, and because of this, their riding journey has been a positive and willing one with no negative or fear-based training methods used. It has given them a level of trust in each other that can only come with time. Alesia has noticed the difference well-fitting tack makes for her horses, and she wants to learn more about the importance of saddle fit.
• Francesca LaCosta – https://www.instagram.com/rupawellness?igsh=MTh4c3g4bHJvb2pwNw==
  April 29, 2025 @ 4:00 pm EST
• Dr. Robyn Kopala & Dr. Hannah Morrison – https://www.instagram.com/meadow_lane_equine/
  April 30, 2025 @ 11:00 am EST
  Meadow Lane Equine Clinic is based outside of Vancouver, Canada. It is a 3 veterinarian general equine practice focusing on sports horse medicine. Its veterinarians are certified by ISELP (in advanced musculoskeletal ultrasound), acupuncture, chiropractic,  and the FEI as a veterinarian.

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