Our regular monthly blog called the “Saddle Stitch” may include anecdotal experiences of working with clients all over North America at all levels and dealing with all sorts of saddle fit and behavioural issues resulting from poor saddle fit. Additional contributions may include: Ambassador Rider Highlights; certified saddle fitter profiles; rider testimonials; and educational courses that have recently been held.
Saddle Stitch: Your Monthly Internal Schleese News & Updates NEWS: Happy New Year 2020! Happy New Year and New Decade to you all! We hope you’ve all had a wonderful holiday season surrounded by family and friends. We’d like to take a moment to reflect on 2019 was such a phen...
Continue readingRead about Featured 3S Ambassador, Quote of the Month, Where is Jochen and more! Saddle Stitch: Your Monthly Internal Schleese News & Updates NEWS: Quartet Dressage Saddle Launch We are celebrating this special month with the launch of the Quartet dressage saddle! The Quartet is ...
Continue readingBarbi Breen-Gurley and Vindictor It is my great pleasure to share with you the success story of one of my longtime clients and friend – California trainer Barbi Breen-Gurley. I met Barbi in the mid-1980s through my wife, whose old university roommate was a good friend of Barbi’s and introduced me to her. Before Barbi committed her heart and soul to Schleese, I worked ...
Continue reading2019 Winner of Female CEO of the Year Award Talk about Girl Power! Check out this amazing award we won from the international trade council conference held in Chicago last week, highlighting Women in Business with the “Female CEO of the Year” award. They had 3800 applications with 60 finalists of which we were one. We are so...
Continue readingNEWS:2019 GO Global Awards FinalistWe are pleased to announce that we have been selected as Finalists for the Go Global Awards presented by the International Trade Council. Visit www.thinkglobalconference.org or www.goglobalawards.org for more information! Enter to Win Contest – Northern California and NevadaThis month we are launching another social media priz...
Continue readingHi Jochen, I just want to pass along to you the email that I received from Mary Thacker, my student who came to Coopersburg w/ me and Gid back in the summer, and whom you fit for a brown jumping saddle. She had the 19 yr. old TB you kept exclaiming over….Their saddle just arrived Thanksgiving weekend, and she reported today: Today's ride was even better than yesterday! It only took a few minutes to get him soft, and after a good canter he was so flexible, soft and his back was up. It was amazing. I feel so balanced in this saddle and safer. Not that I felt totally unsafe before, but I think I rode a little more guarded and wasn't realizing it. I've been galloping him around the outdoor and it is so neat in this saddle, I can't explain it. You'll have to ride in it, for sure. Maybe take Derby to the outdoor and get a good forward canter going. He just feels so different, I think because his back isn't hollowed. We are both very, very happy :)
