Team PracChef d’equipe of the U.S. Dressage Team Christine Traurig is widely regarded as a excellent coach of riders and young horses. Born and raised in Germany on the farm where her father bred horses, Traurig developed her passion and skill for riding young horses early in life.
Traurig, who currently resides in Carlsbad, California, has a fervent passion for helping both young riders and horses learn and commit to basic horsemanship principles. At the age of 12, she started riding at the National Riding School at Hoya with legendary trainer Otto Meyer. She rode sale horses for German National Trainer Holger Schmezer before moving to the U.S. in 1982.