Horses have always been part of my story

Hi, I’m Katrina Race, and horses have been part of my life for as long as I can remember.

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I got my first horse when I was two years old, and because my family had land, my horses quite literally lived in my backyard. Every little girl’s dream, right? By four, I was taking riding lessons, and before long, horses had become much more than a childhood obsession—they became the thread that would run through nearly every part of my life.

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I started in Hunter Jumpers, taking lessons several times a week and beginning to compete when I was seven. I showed through age twelve before making the jump into Western disciplines, where I fell in love with speed events and rodeo. I competed in barrels, poles, breakaway roping, and goat tying through Junior High and High School Rodeo, while also competing in Extreme Cowboy Association events—fast-paced obstacle courses that challenged both horsemanship and trust between horse and rider.

But somewhere along the way, competing stopped being the only thing that fascinated me.

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Around fourteen, I began working alongside a trainer and getting my first real introduction to horse training. I learned how horses were started, how they were prepared for different disciplines, and how to help horses that had developed problems or simply needed to be brought back into consistent work. At the same time, I was learning everything I could about the horse beyond riding—from carriage driving and saddle fit to bits, bridles, soft tissue work, and musculoskeletal therapies.

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Those years changed the way I looked at horses. I became just as interested in why something worked as I was in whether it worked.

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By eighteen, I had begun competing in eventing and pursuing formal education in equine bodywork, starting with myofascial release. By twenty-one, I had already worked with dozens of horses through starting, tune-ups, and discipline-specific training in areas including barrels, obstacles, jumping, cutting, trail, and endurance. I had also completed multiple certifications in equine soft tissue specialties.

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Since then, I’ve continued training horses, coaching riders and owners, and expanding my education in how horses move, learn, communicate, and respond to the people around them.