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The MyKalon Series: Built Because No One Else Would.
The problem was never mystery.
It was neglect.
For centuries, saddle design focused on balance — not force management.
Flocking was never created to absorb impact. It simply leveled a saddle's seat.
Because 200 years ago, impact science didn’t exist.
Today it does.
And we used it.
MyKalon combines two Greek roots:
Kalon — where beauty is not surface, but noble, moral, and ideal in form.
Myon — meaning muscular, anatomical, built on structure and supportive at its core.
I was born into a US military family stationed in Athens, Greece, in a room overlooking the Parthenon — temple to Athena, goddess of wisdom and war.
Athena was elegance and strength, wisdom and skill.
She was never one thing — she was everything.
That duality lives in MyKalon.
It is not one role.
It is all of them.
Support. Stability. Feel. Fit. The Mykalon gives you the tools of a half pad, the streamlined elegance of a full pad, and the innovation your horse deserves. It’s designed to protect, adjust, and present—without distraction, without correction on display.
I didn’t set out to make another pad.
I set out to solve a problem that saddles won’t.
Working with Olympic teams in 2012 reshaped how I viewed competition tack.
Half pads represent correction — correction also isn't protection. I realized I didn’t want to present correction on the world stage. I wanted to present perfection.
Correction hides imbalance.
Protection manages force.
So we engineered MyKalon:
A fully integrated 2-in-1 impact system — Named for meaning. Engineered for excellence.
Dressage
Eventing
Show Jumping
You are the reason why. Because if you are reading this, statstically that means you are a woman.
Women began to dominate equestrian sports in the latter half of the 20th century, following significant milestones that opened the field to female competitors.
Key Milestones:
1952: Women were permitted to compete in Olympic equestrian events for the first time. Lis Hartel of Denmark made history by winning a silver medal in individual dressage at the Helsinki Games, despite being paralyzed from the knees down due to polio. the-sun.com+3en.wikipedia.org+3nbcolympics.com+3
1956: Pat Smythe became the first British woman to compete in Olympic show jumping at the Stockholm Games.docs.rwu.edu+1en.wikipedia.org+1
1964: Lana duPont became the first woman to compete in Olympic eventing at the Tokyo Games. nbcolympics.com
While other sports advanced —with modern foam science, energy-return platforms, and military-grade force management —equestrian gear remained cosmetic.
For over half a century, equestrian gear has been stuck in the same ridiculous model:
Shrink it. Pink it. Sell it....The 1950's marketing strategy that assesed a women's focus was on colors and technology was beyond her intellect. (FYI for Millennials and younger generations... Shrink it and Pink it is a main reason why your mothers and grandmothers day drink.)
Color instead of protection.
Cosmetics instead of science.
So, this woman created the MyKalon Series: a 2-in-1 design that seamlessly blends the correctional power of a half pad with the sleek silhouette of a single-layer full pad. Packed with Technology, easy care materials and a unified design based in equine physiologically and anatomy.
They kept selling sparkle.
We engineered the most advanced equine-specific force management system ever created.
Design That Thinks of Everything.
The Modern English saddle hit the history timeline in (1700s–1800s):
Built for European cavalry.
Marked historical innovations.- Fixed rigid tree. Paraspinal panels. Billet girthing. Angled flaps.
Materials: leather, wood, metal, horsehair, wool.
Saddle design remains marginally updated after 250 years.
Saddle design never evolved into the impact era.
The Limits of Traditional Flocking
Permanently collapses under sustained force.
Fails to rebound under repetitive impact.
Creates acute pressure points as the material breaks down.
Surpasses tissue damage thresholds under real-world riding loads.
Restricts shoulder function and topline freedom.
Leads to soreness, muscle atrophy, nerve compression, and long-term damage.
Sustained external pressure exceeding 32 mmHg (approximately 4.3 psi) impairs capillary blood flow (Kosiak, 1961), with progressive soft tissue injury occurring between 4 and 6 psi in equine muscle under saddle loads (Clayton & Hobbs, 2017). Once these thresholds are surpassed, localized ischemia, lymphatic stasis, oxygen deprivation, and muscle fiber degeneration follow.
Flocking was implemented to level a saddle’s seat to the contours of the horse’s back.
It was never designed for force management.
It couldn’t have been — impact science didn’t exist 250 years ago.
| Gait | Peak Pressure | Total Force |
|---|---|---|
| Walk | 5.4 kPa (5400 N/m²) | 1123 N (253 lbf) |
| Trot | 13.6 kPa (13,600 N/m²) | 2829 N (636 lbf) |
| Canter | 26.4 kPa (26,400 N/m²) | 5491 N (1234 lbf) |
This isn’t rider weight. The kPa data represents saddle pressure mapping, measuring the load delivered to the dorsal surface of the horse after kinetic energy has been absorbed and regulated by the limb, joint, tendon, and suspensory structures. (Belock et al., 2012)
This series is the embodiment of ideal form and function.
Every material. Every layer. Built for sustained, full-body impact protection.
Detailed for Dressage, Eventing, and Show Jumping.
Constructed for impact.
Engineered for horses.
And made fully customizable — because no one knows your horse better than you do.
We engineer the technology.
You build the system for your horse.
Together, we create the scenario their body demands — and riders (including women) deserve.