Leslie Reid

Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia
Birthdate: July 2, 1956
Hometown: Langley, British Columbia
Coach: Udo Lange/Christilot Boylen
Occupation: Full-time athlete

Leslie Reid began riding at the age of two on the family farm and was involved in the Pony Club while growing up, passing her "A" level in 1975.  She attended the University of British Columbia, majoring in physical education.  She holds her Level III Dressage coaching certificate and a United States Gold Medal Rider Award.  Reid has won over 40 Canadian Equestrian Federation Provincial Zone Awards and, having coached many national young rider champions, she was named Coach of the Year by the Canadian Equestrian Federation in 1989.  Her success as a coach continued when Jeremy Steinberg and his mount, Hawkesbury, won the individual gold medal at the 1996 North American Young Riders Championships.  In 1999, her student, Angela Martin, was named the Canadian National Young Riders Champion.

A member of the gold medal team at the 1991 Pan American Games, Reid, who was first named to the Canadian Team the same year, then trained in Germany for three years with Udo Lange and Christilot Boylen in order to maximize the development of her handsome and talented stallion, Seafox.  In 1995, she and Seafox made their debut at the international grand prix level.  Reid was the first Canadian rider to be named to the 1996 Olympic Dressage Team, qualifying after the first two Olympic Trials.  In November of 1996, Reid captured the Volvo World Cup Dressage Canadian League Final.

Reid had a successful 1999 season that included representing Canada at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg with Gokker Z.  She also won both the Champion and Reserve Champion titles in the advanced division of the Canadian National Dressage Championships with Ivor and Largo respectively.  With Seafox, she captured the World Cup Qualifier at Foxridge Farm in Seattle.  At the same competition in 2000, Reid won the Intermediare Freestyle with Ivor and placed second with Diamond Adoro.

In 2003, Reid won Individual Gold at the Pan American Games aboard Deryol Andrews' Mark. The pair also helped Team Canada capture the Silver Medal.

Horses

Mark
1994 brown Dutch Warmblood gelding, 16.2hh, by Edison 
Owner:  Deryol Andrews

Ivor
1990 chestnut Dutch Warmblood gelding, 17hh, by El Korona
Owner: Jill Norris

Largo
1991 brown Holsteiner gelding, 16.2hh, by Lemgo 
Owner:  Leslie Reid 

Diamond Adoro
1991 bay Dutch Warmblood gelding, 16.2hh by Wellington 
Owner:  Tee Lee Enterprises