Laine Ashker’s love of horses began in the womb as her mother Valerie, a huge advocate for the Off-the-Track-Thoroughbred (OTTB), competed at the preliminary level in eventing up until she was seven months pregnant. Born and raised in the foothills of Sacramento California, Laine joined Sierra Gold Pony Club where she worked her way up through all of her C ratings.
It was then Laine got her first OTTB, Fishbones (found by her mother) and eventing became Laine’s top passion. Valerie and Laine soon moved out to the east coast near Richmond Virginia to pursue a professional eventing career for Laine. Since then, In Eventing, Laine has taken four horses up through the five-star level, three of which were OTTBs.
She also attended the Junior Olympics for eventing four times, earning two team bronze and one individual silver medal. Laine has been honored to represent our nation abroad at the Hong Kong Olympic Test Event in 2007 and countless FEI competitions through the five-star level, including Blenheim CCI4* and Burghley CCI5*. Laine also won the National Eventing Championship (Advanced level) in 2013 aboard her long-time partner Anthony Patch.
Switching hats to the dressage world, Laine has ridden two horses to the Grand Prix level and has achieved her USDF Gold Medal status. She has ridden successfully at CDIs such as Global and Dressage at Devon and has achieved top placings multiple times at Grand Prix through Prix St. Georges at the Region 1 Championships. In May of 2023, Laine won her first CDI with one of her current upper-level dressage horses, Zeppelin. Lainey is honored to work with such extraordinary horses, and her goal is to continue this journey and cultivate these partnerships as far as they can go. Let’s reach for the stars, all five of them!
In addition to riding at the top levels of equestrian sport, Laine graduated from the University of Virginia on Dean’s list in 2006 in addition to completing an accelerated business summer program from the University of Richmond in 2009.
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