Since the age of one, when her parents bought her a rocking horse for Christmas, Tiffany Foster’s life has included horses. She began taking lessons when she was eight years old at the North Shore Equestrian Centre in North Vancouver, BC.
Tiffany eventually moved to Thunderbird Show Stables in Langley, BC, to train with Brent and Laura Balisky. She later worked riding, teaching and managing the Balisky’s Thunderbird Stables until she was 21. Under their guidance, Tiffany had the distinction of winning both the Running Fox CET Medal and the Jump Canada Medal at the 2001 Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.
In 2006, Tiffany began working for Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze and is now a head trainer at his Torrey Pines Stable. Pursing her own grand prix show jumping career alongside her coaching duties, Tiffany exploded on to the international show jumping scene in 2011.
Tiffany’s first major career victory came during the 2011 Spruce Meadows ‘North American’ tournament in Calgary, AB, when she won the $80,000 TD Cup riding Victor, a horse owned in partnership by Lamaze’s Torrey Pines Stable and Artisan Farms. That win paved the way for Tiffany to accomplish her goal of riding on the Canadian Equestrian Team. Aboard Southwind VDL, Tiffany made her Canadian Team debut in the $350,000 BMO Nations’ Cup at the 2011 Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament, helping the team earn a second place finish. She was subsequently named to the Canadian Team that competed in the 2011 CSIO2* Buenos Aires, Argentina, riding Victor, and, in 2012, she was a member of the Nations’ Cup teams in Wellington, Florida; Lummen, Belgium; and Linz, Austria, all riding Victor. As a result of their success, Tiffany and Victor were named to the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Tiffany has also enjoyed great success in the young horse classes aboard Quilea de St. Druon, owned Artisan Farms. During Tiffany’s first European tour in 2011, the pair earned impressive wins in Chantilly, France; San Patrignano, Italy; and Valkenswaard, Holland, to qualify for the 2011 World Young Horse Championships held in Lanaken, Belgium.
Southwind VDL
1999 chestnut Dutch Warmblood gelding by Baloubet de Rouet x Ahorn
Owner: Tiffany Foster and Artisan Farms LLC
La Toya 44
2002 bay Hannoverian mare by Le Cou Cou x Argentinus
Owner: Artisan Farms LLC
Victor
2002 bay Dutch Warmblood gelding by Elmshorn x Grandeur
Owner: Torrey Pines Stable and Artisan Farms LLC
Cyber van Vryhern
2002 chestnut Belgian Warmblood stallion by Perhaps v/h Molenvondel x Feo
Owner: Artisan Farms LLC
Verdi
2002 grey Dutch Warmblood gelding by Heartbreaker x Mr. Blue
Owner: Artisan Farms and Torrey Pines Stable
Whitney
2003 bay Dutch Warmblood mare by Oklund x Iroko
Owner: Artisan Farms, LLC and Torrey Pines Stable
Quilea de St. Druon
2004 chestnut selle francais mare by Diamant de Semilly x Florissant
Owner: Artisan Farms LLC
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