Horse career began early for Tanya
Tanya began her life-long career with horses when she was eight. Showing all-around horses for almost 17 years, she worked with various pleasure & all-around trainers throughout her teens.
Focus on reining
In 1993 she was drawn to the sport of reining. During the course of several visits to NRHA & AQHA champion Bob Loomis' ranch a few times a year — gaining as much knowledge as possible in those meetings; and working & riding with various reining trainers including the guidance and influence of NRHA Futurity winner John Slack, Tanya decided to focus her professional training career in reining industry.
Career Highlights
In 2008 Tanya rode Mister Maserati through a year of reining Championships in the Arabian show world. Never defeated in 2008 in Arabian reining, the pair won the Open Derby Championship (all rounds and the finals) at the US Arabian Nationsals. more...
In 2007, Tanya earned a place on the NRHA's Top 20 list, due in part to her successes with Rest Our Case and Whale Of A Whiz. The NRHA Top 20 are the highest earning reining professionals of the year. The year was capped off with a Top Ten finish on Rest Our Case in the 2007 NRHA Open Futurity.
2005 was a highlight year for Tanya. At the NRHA Futurity, she took two horses back to the Open Finals, and all three of her horses back to the Intermediate Open Finals. Las Cruces Whiz won the Intermediate Open Finals AND the both go-rounds of the Intermediate Open division - going into the Open Finals 3rd over-all. Challis Whiz was another Open Finalist, and Lean Lil Dunnit was Tanya's third Int. Open Finalist.
In 2006, Tanya again rode Challis Whiz, this time into the NRHA Open Derby Finals! Read more highlights on Tanya's show results page.
An early highlight in the NRHA Futurity show pen,was in 2000 when Tanya rode Dunnits Cowgirl to place 5th in the Intermediate Open. Having raised and trained the mare herself made it an incredibly special event.
She has also been successful in the show pen on two special stallions; Sir Reminic (Reminic x Judy Came Smart) and Mae Bee N Okie (How D Mae Bee x Monika Two).
Sir Reminic was a Top Ten Finalist at the 2003 NRHA Futurity Intermediate Open; Champion in the Intermediate Open Derby at the '04 Arizona Reining Classic. Please visit his page on this site for further details on his show record & breeding information.
Mae Bee N Okie is now retired
to stud but
during the 4 years he was shown by Tanya, they marked a number of successful runs. In May of 2004, Okie was a Top Ten Finalist in
the USEF Reining Championships.He has also won Championship titles in Novice Horse
Open at the 2004 Reining By The Bay and 2003 Hollywood Charity and Reserve Champion
at 2004 NRHA Futurity in the Novice Horse Open.
