Kaleigh Marie is an international entertainer and clinician dedicated to helping people understand the importance of prioritizing connection in their relationships with horses. She grew up riding and working with animals of all kinds, and developed her skills as a trainer through hands-on experience with horses, donkeys, mules, and oxen—learning firsthand how communication, trust, and emotional awareness transcend species. Influenced by trainers from around the world and shaped by years of traveling, teaching, and performing internationally, Kaleigh has developed a unique, connection-based approach to horsemanship.
Her program is built on the Principles of Connection, guiding both horses and humans toward emotional and physical development through liberty work, classical dressage, and positive reinforcement. Through inspiring performances with her own horses and the practical tools she shares in clinics, lessons, and through her online Connection Academy, Kaleigh embodies the belief that true success in any discipline begins with relationship—and that working at liberty helps us become who our horses need us to be.
Kaleigh Marie's Clinics
Friday, February 27, 2026
Starting Your Liberty Journey
Description: Discover the core foundational exercises of liberty work and learn how to build trust, focus, and clear
communication from the very first steps of your horse’s liberty journey.
Body Control for Advancing Liberty
Description: Learn how to develop advanced body control and precision with your horse, using progressive liberty
exercises that refine balance, responsiveness, and self-carriage to take your partnership to the next level.
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Helping an Anxious Horse Find Connection
Description: Learn how to use connection-based, liberty principles to reduce anxiety in nervous horses while building a
toolbox of skills to strengthen trust and communication across a variety of everyday situations.
Participant: one horse that displays anxiety while traveling and in the expo setting. Anxiety can included pacing, calling, jigging, lack of settling, etc.
Working Liberty Teams
Description: Learn how to build trust, clarity, and communication with multiple horses at liberty, and discover the step-by step principles that turn individual partnerships into a confident, synchronized team.
Clicker Training for Connection
Description: Learn how to use clicker training as a practical tool for building clarity and connection, and how to seamlessly combine it with other training methods to create confident, motivated, and willing partners in our horses.
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Trick Training 101
Description: Learn the step-by-step process for teaching popular tricks while discovering how trick training builds your horse’s confidence, emotional engagement, and physical strength in a fun, rewarding way.