Kalley Krickeberg
About Kalley
Kalley Krickeberg is a time-tested horseman and trainer with experience in dressage, reining, hunter/jumper, ranch work, and polo. Her Balanced Horse Training program and horsemanship philosophies reflect this rich foundation and her thoughtful, effective approach.
Like many trainers, Kalley started young, riding and competing in 4/H, Hunter/Jumper, Combined Training, and youth rodeo. But what accelerated and deepened her horsemanship and training skills was working a 640-acre cattle and row crop farm in Illinois using off-the-track-thoroughbreds for 15 years. Using the “real world” ranch work of managing 300+ head of cattle, Kalley has trained and transitioned over 200 retired thoroughbred racehorses for a future beyond the race track in Polo – her passion sport.
Her extensive horsemanship expertise extends further – from Foals and Young Horses to high level Liberty performances, and Kalley has trained more than 12 different breeds of horses. Kalley has one of the highest success rates in the industry for rehabilitating the Problem and Troubled Horse and also occasionally helping the high-level (Olympic or World Equestrian Games) destined horses. This success is attributed to her broad knowledge base and experience coupled with her common sense approach – a fair, deliberate, and graceful approach. This skill set and experience has culminated in the creation of her unique and groundbreaking Balanced Horse Training Program and in 2024, she launched the OTTB Transitional Training Program.
About Balanced Horse Training - BHT
Kalley Krickeberg’s BHT provides comprehensive and integrative horse training and education that brings rider and horse in balance for achieving goals and creating a fulfilling horse partnership. We do this through helping the horse understand their work through clean and clear communication in training and through the development of innovative tools and illustrative instruction for the rider.
Kalley Krickeberg and BHT strives to respect the time, effort and investment made by its customers and students by being exacting in communications and training methods and by employing fresh and extraordinary instruction. BHT engages in next generation development of tools and instruction set on improving standardized elements already in use, making signals between horse and rider clean, clearer, developing a more balanced and succeessful relationship.
Why it Matters
Without a Balanced Horse Training foundation, many horses fail to achieve their full potential at their owner’s chosen discipline. Horses are highly capable and trainable, but they are flight and fear based animals which is where the clash of they prey/predator relationship begins. Developing a quiet mind and controlled emotions enables the horse to be able to work, perform and interact to its highest ability. A Balanced Equine Mind is required for Confidence, and Confidence is required for Excellence. To the rider/horse owner, The Balanced Horse Training program provides a path that meets you where you and your horse are at. The instruction breaks down into essential sessions, and the coaching is fresh, down to earth and simple to understand, allowing you to absorb and apply it more easily and more effectively.
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