As EquiGym's founder, I have trained and raced
Thoroughbreds, Quarter horses, and Appaloosas, in California, Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana, Montana and Idaho since 1973. The “cutting edge” study and
practice of Equine Exercise Physiology, Nutrition and Equine Behavior has always
been in the forefront of my training programs
Joining the AESM (Association for Equine Sports
Medicine) during its inception in 1982, combined with pioneering the practice of
alternative methods for conditioning racing horses, has made me aware of the
need for longer, more controlled training sessions than the race tracks could
offer. This brought the realization that in order to effectively train my
equine athletes; I would need to be able to “train-to-the-races” from the
relaxed environment of a farm
Having determined that the use of a high speed
treadmill could greatly aid race training from the farm, helped me make the
decision to purchase my first treadmill in 1989. As a tool, the treadmill
would safely condition and strengthen my equine athletes on an all weather
surface that would stay consistent, controllable, and available 24/7. This
also makes it possible to accurately collect repeatable data with which to
analyze the effectiveness of my conditioning programs in addition to being able
to collect inherited physiological data from young racing prospects, prior to
training, in order to make better business decisions as to their futures
After utilizing a High Speed Treadmill for several
years and putting these theories into practice, I performed a five year
retrospective study of my training program. This study showed a 94 percent
success rate of getting young horses to the races fit, sound, and racing
to100 percent of their capabilities, while the national average for trainers was
and still is around 37 percent
Pioneering by trial and error for several decades, I
experienced and published both the advantages and disadvantages of using High
Speed Treadmills. Unfortunately, the only available high speed treadmills
were manufactured by companies whose personnel had never trained racing horses
themselves, therefore never realizing what was required of the equipment that
they produced
Through all this, the realization that good quality
equipment designed for safety, speed, reliability, stability and ease of
maintenance was essential for its successful use as a training tool.
Consequently, my company has been designing and manufacturing horse exercising
equipment for the past 16 years, proving our own designs while training select
horses. Our first commercial High Speed Treadmills were manufactured under
the name of Stratton Equine Enterprises, Inc. and hit the market in 1994.
In February 2001 we became EquiGym Products, LLC, and in February 2005 my
company evolved into EquiGym, LLC
EquiGym, LLC has expanded the equipment manufacturing
capabilities to a new generation of quality and technologically advanced
exercising machines and horse farm equipment as shown in this website. We
pride ourselves on being able to design and implement new ideas for specific
needs. Our latest innovations includes an Over Head Horse Exerciser
attached to the underside of our own designed and engineered steel roof
structure that will leave the center open for a usable round corral
EquiGym, LLC has a new project for 2010, and that is we
are opening a Equine Performance Testing Laboratory at our farm in Lexington,
KY. The Laboratory will include all the latest in sports testing
equipment, including our High Speed Treadmill, V02 analyzer, NIRS, Cardiography,
Thermography, Hypoxic Training, Gait Analysis, Lactate Analysis and much more.
We will be updating our website as we progress in our endeavors
I welcome any comments or questions, so feel free to
contact me anytime on my cell phone at 859 621-7723
Sincerely, Ms. Leonie Seeesing