Hello everyone I would like to introduce myself, My name is Kristina Leduc I was lucky to be born as the 3rd generation horse trainer/breeder family. My mother was a licensed judge, gave lessons and helped me along as I started my horse training journey at only ten years old. By age 13 I was incredibly busy training horses and I was excited to have a nice little business. In my youth I was incredibly successful showing and competing in many events. Including showing English flat and over fences, western classes ( open shows) . Barrels/poles and other gymkhana events and team penning. I worked very hard at achieving my goals and studied hard to become the best I could be. I went to every clinic and read every book I could, took what I wanted from them and over the years developed my own training method that just works! Horses are happy owners are happy and I'm Happy. I believe as trainers and human beings we are never done learning and changing. In my late teens early twenties I got bit by the horse racing bug and spent a few years at Hastings park in Vancouver, galloping and grooming ponying etc. My boyfriend and I also had a barn of ten and I learned some pretty important things during those years. In 2000 I was approached about being a jockey in the interior and I accepted and spent a summer riding races until I found out I was pregnant. Over the next several years my training was put on hold as I had 3 sons. Then in 2009 I couldn't shake the horse racing bug and obtained my trainers license and had a barn full of my own. We had a string of bad luck decided to call it a year. Then tragedy struck my family as One of my sons suddenly passed away. At that point in my life everything changed. The entire way I viewed life changed. I needed more out of my life. Life is just too short. I got married in 2012 had 2 daughters, and started teaching lessons in 2011. I discovered my passion for teaching. I loved teaching people what I had worked so hard to learn all these years. Being able to help people work through road blocks, giving people confidence in their abilities and helping horses as I taught their riders how to balance and give clear direction ( signal ) the their horses. I have decided it is time in my life now to move forward with my career. My family is complete now I can move forward. I look forward to meeting many new people throughout my journey. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
