Legendary Horsewomen Presenters

Clinicians

Sandy Collier :

Born in Massachusetts and raised in New England, Sandy Collier's love of horses began at an early age. She competed in her first horse show at the age of 6, then continued to compete in events throughout her school years. After deciding that college was not for her, she traveled across Canada, and in 1972 ended up in Santa Barbara, California. At the age of 19, she found work that suited her at the Tajiguas Ranch where her main responsibilities were feeding, grooming, training and shoeing the ranch's horses. Saddlemaking, tack braiding and breaking horses were duties that were added to her ever widening range of tasks.

With the help of Doug Ingersoll, Sandy began to compete in events of the California Reined Cow Horse Association showing Quarter Horses. In 1979, she moved to Santa Ynez where she worked for trainer Tom Shelly for one year before going out on her own. She managed a full barn while working part-time as an emergency room technician for a mobile life support company and then in a hospital emergency room. In the early 1980's, she began to make a name for herself in CRCHA events with wins that include an open bridle championship, a year-end open hackamore championship and a Snaffle Bit Futurity open finals placing and ladies division reserve championship.

In 1991, Sandy won the herd work preliminaries on Skip To My Joye in the Snaffle Bit Futurity's open division. Then in 1993, she won the NRCHA World Championship Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship on Miss Rey Dry. To date, she is the only female rider to win the world's toughest cow horse event.

Barbra Schulte :

Barbra Schulte has been involved with horses her entire life. She loves her life in the horse world because it includes two distinct, yet intertwined passions. She is a professional cutting horse trainer and a certified Personal Performance Coach.

Professional Cutting Horse Trainer

In her cutting life, Barbra enjoys both training and showing young cutting horses on a national level. Her world-class horses have won over $800,000. Barbra has made history many times as the first woman to win national championships, including the NCHA Derby, NCHA Superstakes Classic, and the prestigious Augusta Futurity. She is internationally recognized as an expert clinician and imparts her expertise to cutters through her cutting clinics.

Certified Personal Performance Coach

Barbra’s second passion is helping riders of all disciplines develop confidence and reach their full potential. She is a gifted teacher and brings this talent to you through her Mentally Tough program. Barbra trains recreational and competitive riders from the inside out. She is a Personal Performance Coach, certified by LGE Sports Science who is the world leader in personal performance training. Barbra pioneered the integration of personal performance training into the equestrian world.

Superstar Equestrian Career

Barbra has served as vice-president of the National Cutting Horse Association. She has made television appearances on “Good Morning America,” ESPN, and the Outdoor Life Network. She is a regularly featured guest on several nationally syndicated radio programs. Barbra has produced a variety of training resources, and is an author. Articles in many national publications continue to feature her work.

Barbra, however, believes her greatest joy is her family and being the mother of one son, Zane.

For more information on Barbara click here or visit her website at: www.barbraschulte.com.

Sharon Camarillo :

Sharon Camarillo, National Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductee, has been written about many times as an accomplished horsewoman. Her career has encompassed many facets of the western and equestrian world. Sharon believes in goal setting as the primary resource to realistically organizing one's life. As a Southern California raised, "Cowgirl at Heart," she always dreamed of owning a ranch and all the ranch life encompassed: wide-open spaces, horses and cattle. What surrounded Sharon's young life were beaches and summer vacations around national parks with her parents. To their dismay, the pack stations and feedlots were the scenery that drew Sharon's attention and stirred her interests. After gaining some livestock experience at the San Jacinto Livestock Commission Company, Sharon was able to hone her riding skills. Riding, roping and goat tying college rodeo scholarships helped her graduate with a Bachelor's Degree from California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, a university famous for its rodeo team. Sharon holds a degree is in Agricultural Business and Economics and she believes in the power of education. Sharon has traveled to 35 states and five foreign countries, and all provinces of Canada during the last 30 years as a clinician. She has worked with over 10,000 students and their horses. Among Sharon's numerous awards, she has been recognized by the National Cowboy Hall of fame as the recipient of the prestigious "Tad Lucas" award and by the Western and English Manufacturer's Association as their "Top Hand" award in 2005. 

Visit Sharon's website at www.sharoncamarillo.com.

Who else but Jane Savoie wears so many hats in the horse industry?  Her visibility as a dressage competitor, coach, instructor, clinician, speaker and author makes her truly unique.

Jane Savoie is one of the most recognized names in dressage, and for a good reason.  Her accomplishments and the breadth of her influence are impressive.  She has been a member of the United States Equestrian Team and has competed for the US in Canada, Holland, Belgium, France and Germany.  She was the reserve rider for the Bronze medal winning Olympic dressage team in Barcelona, Spain.  She ahs been long-listed by the USET with several horses and won nine Horse of the Year awards and three National Freestyle Championships.

Ms. Savoie is a well-known as a coach, writer and speaker as she is for competitive accomplishments.  She was the 1996 and 2004 Olympic dressage coach for the Canadian 3-Day Event Team in Atlanta and Athens.  She also coached several top dressage and 3-Day Event riders in their preparations for the 2000 Olympics and while in Sydney she helper rider Susan Blinks secure a bronze medal for the US Dressage team. 

Ms. Savoie has written four books that have been published both in the US and abroad.  Her best-selling sports psychology book That Winning Feeling! is in its ninth printing and has been translated into several languages. 

Her training books Cross-Train Your Horse and More Cross Training, are rapidly becoming popular reference books for riders and trainers in all disciplines.  Her fourth book, It’s Not Just About The Ribbons, is a sequel to That Winning Feeling!

Jane has also produced three instructional video tape series entitled The Half-Halt Demystified, Putting Your Horse on the Bit and her new release—Riding In Your Mind’s Eye, as well as two motivational audio tapes based on That Winning Feeling!

She is a frequent contributor to many of the leading horse magazines including Equus and Dressage Today and travels extensively to do motivational lectures. 

Ms. Savoie has also collaborated on several books apart from her own titles including:

Understanding Nervousness in the Horse and Rider, by Moyra Williams, UK
Riding For the Rest of Us, by Jessica Jahiel
Living With Horsepower, by Rebekah Witter
Winning With Horsepower, by Rebekah Witter
Along The Way, from Golden Hills Press

Insights From Experts, by Kathy Connolly
Competitive Training for the Small Dog, by Barbara Cecil and Gerianne Darnell
Of  Women and Horses, by GaWaNi Pony Boy

A highly motivational and visible speaker of sports psychology seminars for horse and dog groups, Ms. Savoie often gathers audiences of up to 7,000 people and had been featured in over 40 states as well as Mexico, Canada and Bermuda. 

Visit her website at: www.janesavoie.com

Personal:

• Cynthia won her first blue ribbon at 18 months
• Started riding horses for other people at the age of 12
• In 1970 married trainer, idol and mentor Red Cantleberry
• Has shown and trained many Quarter Horses, Appaloosas and Paint Horses for over 50 years
• Owner and operator of Cantleberry’s Golden Hill Farm, a training facility in Paso Robles, California

Accomplishments:

• Trained and Show:
• 2001 AQHA Horse Woman of the Year
• 2005 PCQHA Hall of Fame
• 14 AQHA World Champion Trail Horses
• 2 AQHA World Champion Hunter Under Saddle Horses
• 1 AQHA World Champion Western Riding Horse
• 1 APHA Western Riding Horse
• Numerous AQHA Reserve World Championships in Various Disciplines

• Trained and Coached:
• 1 AQHA World Champion Trail Horse
• 2 AQHA Amateur World Champion Trail Horses
• 3 AYQHA World Champion Trail Horses
• 1 AQHA Amateur Reserve World Champion Trail Horse

• Over 20 years of American Horse Show Association (AHSA) Champions and Reserve Champions in Trail and Western Pleasure

• Numerous Amateur and Youth Champions and Reserve Champions and the AHSA in Trail and Western Pleasure

• Over 30 years of Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Association High Point Championships and Top Ten Awards in Trail, Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle, Western Riding and All-Around Championships.

Lynn Palm :

One of the foremost and respected horsemen in the world, Lynn Salvatori Palm of Palm Partnership Training is a pioneer among women in the horse industry. For more than 30 years, Lynn Palm has championed the partnership of horse and rider, bringing her unique perspective to hundreds of thousands of horse enthusiasts around the world.

One of the few clinicians available today with a proven competition record, Lynn Palm's list of accomplishments include:

• Named 2007 AQHA Horsewoman of the Year
• Named one of the top clinicians in the United States by Horse & Rider magazine
• Featured clinician at Equitana USA
• Named the AQHA Female Equestrian of the Year by the Women's Athletic Association
• A Record "4 AQHA Superhorse Wins"
• Over 34 World and Reserve World Champions
• Over 50 Bridleless Dressage Exhibitions to Music throughout the United States at such prestigious events as the National Horse Show, the Washington International and the International World Cup
• Chosen to Perform Exhibitions during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with the Quarter Horse Ambassador "Rugged Lark"
• Chosen as the 2003 Equine Affaire Exceptional Equestrian Educator Award winner

Lynn is a regular commentator on RFD-TV and Horse TV, and is a regular contributor to many equine publications, such as Horse & Rider, Dressage Today, Western Horseman, Horse Illustrated, Paint Horse Journal, and the American Quarter Horse Journal.