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Our History and Focus

Williams Performance Horses has been professionally training horses and riders since 1998. Specializing in APHA and AQHA horses, Leanne has been involved in the development of all around horses and riders from the local to national level. By keeping her clientele small, she is able to provide personal attention to each horse and rider team, and her program has produced strong, successful show teams.

Training Philosophy

My training philosophy is for horse and rider to become a confident team and to enjoy the process along the way. I closely track the process of both the horse and rider and make any changes necessary to adapt and continue forward progress. I start with building a strong basic foundation and setting realistic goals for each team. Regular reviews of successes and areas for development keep the process positive.

Setting Goals

I am very goal oriented and believe it is important for each team to have their own program based on their individual strengths and areas for development. Without goals, the team can become less motivated to ride and practice. By setting goals and reaching them, both the horse and rider develop confidence in each other and encouraged by their achievements.

A Family Passion

Leanne began as an amateur years ago and showing is a family affair. She still enjoys showing her own and client horses, with both husband Scot and daughter Jena having successfully shown many different horses in all around events. Son Ryan loves to bull ride, hunt, and trail ride.

In the News

AQHA Journal | February 8, 2012

Leanne Williams and Robert St. Clair are first to judge in new class in New Mexico.
AQHA added ranch pleasure as an open class in January, and the Southwest Quarter Horse Association February Show was the first show to put the class on the show bill. The class yielded 41 entries and nine qualifiers for the 2012 AQHA World Championship Show. Leanne Williams of Erie, Colorado, and Robert St. Clair of Falls of Rough, Kentucky, judged the show. Ranch horse pleasure is a combined class, with open, amateur and youth exhibitors all showing in the one open-division class. They chose Pattern 1 for the first test of the new class. “What I was looking for was a horse that I would take out on a working ranch, a horse I would take on a trail to get from Point A to Point B,” Williams said. “You don’t want a slow horse, you want a forward-moving horse, bright and alert. My emphasis was truly on horses that were broke and listening, but they also needed to be somewhat smooth.”