Gayle Lampe

Gayle Lampe is a national and international leader in equestrian science. She is an instructor, coach, trainer, judge and rider. For more than 30 years, she has been an instrumental force in William Woods University's nationally acclaimed equestrian studies division, where she participated in the development of the country's first four-year academic degree program in equestrian science. She has judged horse shows in 42 states, as well as Canada, England, South Africa and Australia. She has trained several William Woods horses to world and national championships. In 1996, she coached the United States saddle seat equitation team to a gold medal in team and individual competition at the first-ever Saddle Seat Equitation World Cup. She personally won a national championship at the Grand National Morgan Horse Show in 1983 on Zephyr’s King Moro. In August 2003, she won the Ladies Five-Gaited Grand Championship at the Kentucky State Fair on her own horse, Callaway's Born to Win. Photo by Howard Schatzburg

Areas of Expertise:

• Horse Show Judging; particularly Saddlebreds, Morgans, Arabians, National Show Horses, Hackney Harness, Roadsters and Saddle Seat Equitation

• Saddle Seat Teaching

• Theory of Saddle Seat

• Equine Health and First Aid

• Horse Evaluation

• Techniques of Show Coaching

• Stable Management

• Saddle Seat Applied Riding

Education:

• M.Ed., William Woods University, 1997

• B.A., Secondary Education, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri 1968

• Associate of Arts, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri 1966

Professional Achievements:

• Faculty member, William Woods University, since 1968

• Saddle Seat Program Director/ Professor, Equestrian Science, William Woods University

• Former chair, Equestrian Science Division, William Woods University

Affiliations:

• American Saddlebred Horse Museum, Life Member

• American Saddlebred Horse Association, Life Member

• American Morgan Horse Association, Life Member

• International Arabian Horse Association, Life Member

• United Professional Horsemen's Association

• United States Equestrian Federation, Life Member

• Responsible for the donation of more than 1,900 horses to WWU

• Procurer and caretaker of exotic ducks at WWU

• "Ringmaster" for the Audrain County Historical Society

• Board of Editors, Member, Saddle & Bridle Magazine

• National Junior Horseperson of the Year Award selection committee member and spokesperson for the committee for United States Equestrian Federation

Honors and/or awards:

• United Professional Horsemen's Association Equitation Instructor of the Year Award

• Missouri Horse Shows Association "Trainer of the Year" award

• American Riding Instructor Certification Program's Instructor of the Year award

• Two time recipient of the "Distinguished Professor Award" at WWU

• American Royal 2002 Missouri-Kansas Horse Person of the Year

• Winner of the Ladies Five-Gaited World Championship at the Kentucky State Fair on her own horse, Callaway's Born to Win, August 2003

• Lurline Roth Sportsmanship Award, received at the American Saddlebred Horse Convention, Lexington, Ky., 2004

Publications:

• Book: Riding for Success, Both in and Out of the Show Ring

Photo by Howard Schatzburg