WHO WUDDA THUNK....
Vickie Weigel grew up on a ranch in the Columbia Basin of Washington State. When she wasn’t tagging along with her father doing ranching chores, she was in the horse pen watching horses. Vickie learned at an early age that the old-times had a lot of knowledge to share. She started fixing fence and “ridin’ line” practically as soon as she learned to ride a horse.
Vickie joined her first 4-H horse Club at the age of eight. That was when she was exposed to showing. Vickie was determined to learn everything she could about horses – how to care for them, how to train them, how to read them.
At the age of 13, her father started loaning Vickie, with her horse, to other ranchers to help with round-ups, branding and other general horse-needed work.
At 16, Vickie started her formal training on the show circuit. At 17, Vickie turned “pro’ and started training and riding for clients under the guidance of her trainer. As an accomplished rider in both English and Western, Vickie qualified several horses at the Regional and National levels of competition. Vickie has since retired from the show circuit and spends her time teaching, coaching and developing new programs for horse owners.
