With over 25 years experience riding, training and competing Dressage horses through the FEI levels, along with a certification in Equine Massage Therapy, Val Geist has an eye and feel for balance and comfort in the horse, and the correct position of the rider. She is the owner of the Whileaway Ranch in Park City, Utah, a full service boutique Dressage Training Facility with Saddlery headquarters slated to open in 2022. As an active professional, Val understands the unique partnership between horse and rider, and what the saddle must achieve to provide the perfect communication. When she is not busy fitting saddles, Val trains and competes her own horses, including Mylo, a 9-year-old imported Friesian gelding who loves his N2 Cadhu saddle, and who is preparing to soon compete at the FEI level.