Schleese Livestreams – September 2023
For further information contact Marie-Claire Duquette, Marketing Manager,
Join us for one of the livestreams listed below at your convenience and educate yourself on the latest developments in saddle fitting! Mark your calendars!
1. Mia Hickey – https://www.instagram.com/_
Mia has always loved animals and has been riding for 9 years. She started out in both English and western, then fell in love with jumping.- riding and competing in hunters, jumpers and equitation. She is a working student at a hunter jumper barn and a member of her university’s equestrian show team. She is also pursuing an Equine Welfare certificate through Guelph University’s online program.
2. Alexisandra Travis – https://www.instagram.com/
Alex Travis 29, disabled veteran from Arizona. Masters Degree in animal comparative biomedical sciences. 8 equines; 2 registered quarter horses, 5 mustangs, 1 draft cross mustang, 2 donkeys.Alex’s training emphasis is on meeting the 3Fs and LIMA protocols, exclusively trains with positive reinforcement and most of her program is at liberty. She primarily works with feral/untouched horses and ones that have had a violent or aggressive history.
3. Emily McDorman – https://www.instagram.com/
Hailing from Washington state, Emily McDorman is a rider with over 8 years of experience under her belt, primarily focusing in eventing. Emily has since moved to Colorado to pursue her education in Equine Sciences. Her passion and love for all things horses has inspired her to pursue education in all aspects of their care. She is part of the United States Pony Club which helped her start learning about horse care early in her riding career.
4. Meaghan Monahan– https://www.instagram.com/
Meaghan grew up in Massachusetts. The culture of horsemanship modeled for her was science and health- veterinarians, saddle fitters, massage therapy, chiropractors, farriers, and taking care of the horse from the ground up. She interned with a sports medicine veterinary clinic and worked at SmartPak Equine’s only retail location. Meaghan went out west to Colorado State University for Equine Sciences in 2009 and got a crash course in western culture, learning from the wisdom of real cowboys and how a well fitting saddle was crucial in keeping a horse and rider both safe and healthy. Competitive Trail Rides (NATRC organization) have been a welcome home. Meaghan qualified for ApHC World Championships the last few years and hopes to go this year. Her organization with Appaloosas is classified as an educational nonprofit (501c3), founded in the memory of Clyde Al Maxey. (www.maxeyappys.com), and platforms of TikTok (@SassyAppys) and Instagram (@Sassy_Appys) reach people around the globe.
5. Hannah S. – https://www.instagram.com/
Hannah (silversnaffles) is an English polo groom and equine manager based in Fredrikstad, Norway. After graduating with a Film Studies degree from the University of Warwick, she took on a social media internship at The Norwegian Polo Club which soon evolved into her becoming their groom and equine manager! With four horses and ponies of her own, she has always been a weird horse girl who is unapologetically obsessed with horses and how to improve their wellbeing.
6. Shelby Dennis – https://www.youtube.com/@
Shelby Dennis is a lifelong equestrian residing on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. She is an IAABC certified Equine Behaviour Consultant and has done extensive post-secondary studies in the equine science field, in addition to dabbling in journalism and human psychology. She is the author of “The Other Side of Horsemanship” and is a repeat guest with Schleese.
7. Alyssa Neilson – https://www.instagram.com/
My name is Alyssa Neilson. I’m a horse owner who uses Positive Reinforcement training methods, and an equine welfare advocate who is studying to become a behaviorist.
8. Zoey C. – https://www.instagram.com/
Topic: 9 points of saddle fit (points 4-9)
Zoey is an occupational therapy student from Florida, USA. Along with her horse Caspar, she enjoys pleasure riding and sometimes jumping. Zoey is keen to learn more about how saddle fit affects her seat, position and ultimately her relationship with her horse.
9. Amanda Neilson – https://www.instagram.com/
Amanda is a Certified Equine Massage Therapist based in WI, USA. Her passion lies in always putting the horse first. She is pursuing education in saddle fitting and has a keen interest in learning about the link between poor saddle fit and long-term damage/ physical pain in horses.
10. Emily Setton – https://www.instagram.com/
With 22 years in the saddle, Emily Setton has experience in the jumper, dressage and US pony club worlds. Emily has experience as a working student for a well-known trainer in the Chicago area with expertise in both the dressage and jumper worlds where she was introduced to Schleese and the science behind their saddles. Later, as a USPC member she was constantly reminded about checking tack fit and what to look for, what was right, what was wrong. It was when she began riding with other people outside of her barn, either through USPC or showing, that just how many horses had poorly fitted tack was evident and began to truly appreciate the role Schleese has played in keeping horses happy and healthy. Spending some time at WEF 2021, she was once again struck by how saddle fit was so often overlooked.
11. Kate Kudelko – https://www.instagram.com/
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 who have very wide shoulders in comparison to the size of their body.