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Tracy Dopko riding Gypsum
Gypsum - Tracy Dopko up
German Verband Hanoverian Mare
Over $10,000 in lifetime hunter earnings. Winner of 4 Hunter Classics


Tracy Dopko

Tracy Dopko is the owner/operator of Daventry Farms and has shown successfully on the Hunter/Jumper 'A' Circuit as well as the Dressage 'A' Circuit over the last twenty years. Tracy got her start with horses by taking vaulting lessons for several years. She later continued her training in dressage and then concentrated on the hunter/jumper circuit. Tracy's most notable mount, Quest, went on to become two-time CSHA Canadian National Hunter Champion with her. Tracy has competed successfully in everything from Hunters to Pleasure Driving, and has even won National Championships in Western Pleasure and Trail.
After University, in which Tracy majored in Animal Physiology and Behaviour and minored in Sports Psychology and Physical Education, Daventry Farms opened in 1991. Tracy taught the advanced lesson program, which incorporated dressage, hunter/jumper and equitation training for nearly fifteen years until deciding to focus solely on resales. Due to a severe car accident in 2005, Tracy was forced to retire from her professional career and now competes as an amateur.
Besides showing and training, Tracy can be found judging throughout the year in both Canada and the United States. She holds her EC Recorded judges cards in Hunter, Equitation and Hack and also holds her EC Senior Welsh Pony, General Performance and Western judges cards. Tracy is one of only two people to hold the highest level of all four North American Welsh Judges Cards and is on the USEF Welsh Judges Committee in the United States. She is also the only Canadian to hold a USEF Connemara, Welsh & Western Judges cards. She was asked to be the clinician for the 2010 Welsh Pony & Cob Society of America Judges Clinic in Lexington, Kentucky.
Tracy is a Lifetime Certified Equine Appraiser with the American Society of Equine Appraisers. She currently shows Goldhills Brandysnap on the Welsh, Dressage and Hunter/Jumper circuits and continues to show her resale ponies on the Welsh and Hunter/Jumper circuits. In 2009, Tracy rode Brandysnap to eight Canadian National WPCSC Titles and Daventry Farms was named the 2009 WPCSC #1 Leading Owner of the Year for the second year in a row.

Tracy Dopko riding  Watch Me




Watch Me - Tracy Dopko up
American Trakehner Gelding
1996 ATA Horse Of The Year
Multiple Hunter/Jumper Champion








Tracy Dopko riding Goldhills Brandysnap
Goldhills Brandysnap - Tracy Dopko up
Section D Welsh Cob Stallion owned by Goldhills Welsh, Herald, California
Eight-time WPCSC Canadian National Champion
Five High Score Dressage Awards
Photo Credit: Sarah Pay Photography



JUDGING CARDS

United States Equestrian Federation Registered Welsh Judge
United States Equestrian Federation Registered Western Judge
United States Equestrian Federation Recorded Connemara Judge
Equine Canada Senior Welsh Judge
Equine Canada Recorded Hunter Judge
Equine Canada Recorded Hack Judge
Equine Canada Recorded Equitation Judge
Equine Canada Senior Western Judge
Equine Canada Senior General Performance Judge
Welsh Pony & Cob Society of Canada Approved Judge
Welsh Pony & Cob Society of America Approved Judge
Welsh Pony & Cob Society of America Technical Delegate
American Welara Pony Approved Judge
Junior Inspector for the Canadian Conemara Pony Society


JUDGING HIGHLIGHTS

2005 Sunrise Hunter/Jumper Show, Edmonton, Alberta
2005 Killerney Hunter/Jumper Show, Edmonton, Alberta
2006 Killerney Hunter/Jumper Series Finals, Edmonton, Alberta
2006 4-H Regional Warm-Up Show, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
2007 Tulsa Area Pony Gold Show #1 & #2, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2007 SLW&PA Summer Gold Show, Paso Robles, California
2007 Heart Of Minnesota Welsh Classic Silver I & II, Sauk Centre, Minnesota
2007 True North Jurassic Classic Hunter Show, Calgary, Alberta
2007 Interior Provincial Exhibition, Armstrong, British Columbia
2007 CSHA BC Breeder's Classic, Langley, British Columbia
2008 OWPS Gold Summer Kickoff Show, Albany, Oregon
2008 Heartland Gold Welsh Show, Rochester, Indiana
2009 USEF Bonnie Blue National Horse Show, Lexington, Virginia
2009 USEF Penn MaryDel Horse Show, Bel-Air, Maryland
2009 Heart Of Minnesota Welsh Classic Silver I & II, Sauk Centre, Minnesota
2009 Canadian Horse Association Rocky Mountain District Annual Show
2009 Carolina Fall Classic Welsh Show, Pinehurst, North Carolina (TD)
2010 Clinician for the WPCSA Welsh Pony Judges Clinic, Lexington, Kentucky
2010 B.C. Sporthorse Fall Classic, Vancouver, British Columbia
2010 Nominated to judge the Clifden Connemara Pony Show in Ireland
2010 Nominated to judge the International Welsh Pony Show in England


CAREER HIGHLIGHTS


1993 CSHA Canadian National Hunter Champion
1993 CEF Alberta Provincial Adult Amateur Hunter Champion
1993 Alberta ShowJumping Association Adult Amateur Hunter Series Champ.
1993 Alberta ShowJumping Association Amateur Medal Series Res. Champion
1993 Alberta Canadian Sport Horse Association Hunter Champion
1993 CADORA Basic 1 & 2 Dressage Horse Award


1994 Alberta Canadian Sport Horse Association Hunter Champion
1994 Alberta Canadian Sport Horse Association 3/4 Year Old Futurity Champ.


1995 CSHA Canadian National Hunter Champion
1995 CEF Alberta Provincial Adult Amateur Hunter Champion
1995 CEF Alberta Provincial Amateur Basic Seat Champion
1995 Alberta ShowJumping Association Adult Amateur Hunter Series Champ.
1995 Alberta ShowJumping Association Adult Amateur Medal Series Res. Ch.
1995 Alberta ShowJumping Association Adult Am. Medal Finals Res. Champion
1995 Canadian Sport Horse Association National Versatility Champion
1995 Canadian Sport Horse Association National Hunter Reserve Champion
1995 Alberta Canadian Sport Horse Association Hunter Champion
1995 Alberta Canadian Sport Horse Association Hunter Reserve Champion
1995 Alberta Canadian Sport Horse Association Driving Champion
1995 North American Trakehner Association Hunter Champion
1995 Canadian Trakehner Horse Society Hunter Champion
1995 Spruce Meadows Battle of the Breeds Reserve Champion - Team CSHA
1995 Season - Champion or Reserve in every hunter/jumper division


Tracy Dopko riding No Mystake

Photo credit: Bonnie Herbers
No Mystake - Tracy Dopko catch riding
Edmonton Northlands Adult Amateur Hunter Classic Winner (score 90%)
Photo Credit: Jim Kleine


1996 CEF Alberta Provincial Amateur Hunt Seat Champion
1996 CEF Alberta Provincial Amateur Basic Seat Champion
1996 CEF Alberta Provincial Basic 4 Dressage Kur Reserve Champion
1996 Alberta ShowJumping Association Adult Am. Hunter Series Res. Champ.
1996 Alberta ShowJumping Association Adult Amateur Medal Series Res. Ch.
1996 American Trakehner Association Horse Of The Year
1996 North American Trakehner Association Hunter Champion
1996 North American Trakehner Association Dressage Champion
1996 Canadian Trakehner Horse Society Hunter Champion
1996 Alberta Canadian Sport Horse Association Hunter Champion
1996 Alberta Canadian Sport Horse Association Dressage Reserve Champion
1996 American Warmblood Society Dressage Reserve Champion
1996 American Warmblood Society Basic Dressage Champion
1996 CADORA Basic 1 & 2 Dressage Horse Award
1996 CADORA Basic 3 & 4 Dressage Horse Award
1996 CADORA Basic 1 & 2 Dressage Rider Award
1996 CADORA Basic 3 & 4 Dressage Rider Award
1996 Alberta Horse Improvement 5/6 Year Old Sport Horse Champ. (83.8%)

1998 Season - Champion or Reserve in every hunter division

1999 qualified for Ariat National Adult Medal in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- consistent top ten placings in Indio, California

2000 Tyrrell Farms Winter Training Series Res. Grand Ch. Baby Green Hunter
2000 Season - Champion or Reserve in every hunter/jumper division


Tracy Dopko driving Edens Winston at Spruce Meadows

Photo credit: Cansport
Eden's Winston - Tracy Dopko up
Partbred Connemara gelding owned by Bridget Wingate, Stony Plain, Alberta
Spruce Meadows Reserve Champion Battle of the Breeds - Team Connemara
Photo Credit: Cansport


2001 Reg. 17 Arabian Championships Purebred Open Working Hunter Ch.
2001 Season - Champion or Reserve in every hunter division

2002 Amberlea Meadows Perpetual Trophy Senior Dressage Champion
2002 Amberlea Meadows Perpetual Trophy Senior Dressage/Hunter Champ.

2003 EA/ADA Dressage Series Senior Champion
2003 EA/ADA Dressage Series Senior Reserve Champion

2004 Ranked 9th in the United States for Half Welsh Adult Hunters
2004 WPCSA NorthWest Reserve Champion Half Welsh Adult Hunters
2004 American Western Nationals Half Welsh Hunter Reserve Champion
2004 American Western Nationals Res. Champ. Half Welsh English Pleasure
2004 Spruce Meadows Battle of the Breeds Res. Champ. - Team Connemara
2004 Alberta Horse Improvement 3-5 Yr Old Welsh Pony Champion (80.0%)
2004 Season - Champion or Reserve in every hunter division

2005 off for the year due to a severe car accident
2006 off for the year due to a severe car accident
2007 off for the year due to a severe car accident

2008 WPCSC #1 Leading Canadian Owner
2008 WPCSC Canadian National Senior English Pleasure Champion
2008 WPCSC Canadian National Senior Western Pleasure Champion
2008 WPCSC Canadian National Senior Hunter Champion
2008 WPCSC Canadian National Senior Trail Champion
2008 WPCSC Canadian National Ridden Welsh Classic C/D Champion
2008 WPCSC Canadian National Senior English Equitation Champion
2008 WPCSC Canadian National Senior Western Equitation Champion
2008 WPCSA NorthWest Region Champion Adult C/D Hunter
2008 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior English Pleasure Champion
2008 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior Western Pleasure Champion
2008 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior Hunter Champion
2008 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior Trail Champion
2008 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Ridden Welsh Classic C/D Champion
2008 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior English Equitation Champion
2008 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior Western Equitation Champ.
2008 Alberta Provincial Welsh Senior English Pleasure Champion
2008 Alberta Provincial Welsh Senior Western Pleasure Champion
2008 Alberta Provincial Welsh Senior Hunter Champion
2008 Alberta Provincial Welsh Super Welsh Cob Award Recipient
2008 Harmony Show Series Dressage Champion
2008 Harmony Show Series Hunter/Jumper Reserve Champion
2008 Harmony Show Series English Pleasure Reserve Champion
2008 Season - Champion or Reserve in every hunter division


Tracy Dopko riding Aquarius
Aquarius - Tracy Dopko up
Daventry Farms' Homebred Hanoverian Gelding
2003 EAADA Dressage Series Reserve Champion

2009 WPCSC #1 Leading Canadian Owner
2009 WPCSC Canadian National Senior English Pleasure Champion
2009 WPCSC Canadian National Senior Western Pleasure Champion
2009 WPCSC Canadian National Senior Hunter Champion
2009 WPCSC Canadian National Senior Hunter Reserve Champion
2009 WPCSC Canadian National Senior Trail Champion
2009 WPCSC Canadian National Ridden Welsh Classic C/D Champion
2009 WPCSC Canadian National Senior English Equitation Champion
2009 WPCSC Canadian National Senior Western Equitation Champion
2009 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior English Pleasure Champion
2009 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior Western Pleasure Champion
2009 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior Hunter Champion
2009 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior Trail Champion
2009 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Ridden Welsh Classic C/D Champion
2009 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior English Equitation Champion
2009 WPCSC Western Canadian Region Senior Western Equitation Champ.
2009 Alberta Provincial Welsh Senior Western Pleasure Champion
2009 Alberta Provincial Welsh Senior Hunter Champion
2009 Alberta Provincial Welsh Senior Hunter Under Saddle Champion
2009 Alberta Provincial Welsh Senior English Pleasure Reserve Champion
2009 Season - Champion or Reserve in every hunter division
BCWPCA Gold Achievement


Tracy Dopko and Goldhills Brandysnap
Tracy Dopko with Goldhills Brandysnap
Two-time Canadian National Champion Welsh Cob Stallion
Photo Credit: Rick Kroll Photography