Kristina Harrison-Naness

Kristina Harrison-Naness fell in love with horses as a young child and began riding at the age of six, when she got her first pony. In 1992 she discovered her life’s passion in dressage, and rode her former hunter Gilligan to the advanced young rider level. She currently operates Angele Farms, a successful dressage training stable based at The Paddock Riding Club in Los Angeles, California. Kristina enjoys teaching as she loves to ride, and her clients thrive in a supportive, positive environment where the horses come first and classical principles are adhered to.

 
Kristina won the 2003 Bayer/USET Intermediaire 1 Championships held at the USET headquarters in Gladstone, New Jersey. She was also on the 2003 Gold Medal Pan American team. Rociero XV, a stunning white Andalusian stallion owned by Margaret Carrera of Auburn, California, is Kristina’s current FEI partner. With Kristina, Rociero XV won the coveted title of United States Dressage Federation Intermediaire 2 Horse of the Year. In 2007, Rociero’s first year at the Grand Prix, he and Kristina racked up impressive scores and placed third at the prestigious USEF National Grand Prix Championships, held in June 2007 at Gladstone. They currently hold the 8th place spot at the USEF National Grand Prix Championship/Olympic Games Selection Trials.

Kristina is on the USET developing rider list and trains with Olympic Silver Medalist Debbie McDonald. She spent a month in 2006 Training with McDonald at her home based at River Grove Farm in Hailey, Idaho.