BC Bridlehorse Heritage Association

Christa Miremadi - Christa brings a lifetime of diverse horsemanship experience to the judge’s panel at the Art of the Bridlehorse. She began her journey in the Hunter Jumper ring as a youth and later briefly studied dressage. For more than 25 years she spent her summers guiding trail rides and overnight base trips and teaching youth at a ranch camp in the foothills of the Rockies. Throughout the rest of the year, for the past three decades Christa has been dedicated to training and starting horses across multiple disciplines, Christa has also managed boarding, training and lesson barns for more than 25 year and holds multiple certifications through the Certified Horsemanship Association, including Level 4 Equine Facility Management, Level 3 Western Horsemanship and Level 1 English Horsemanship. Christa’s horsemanship emphasizes relationship, respect and a deep understanding of the horse’s mind and body, she’s studied equine anatomy and biomechanics for over 20 years with the goal of supporting both physical and mental well-being throughout training. She has also spent the past two decades sharing her knowledge through workshops in mountain trail, working equitation, stockmanship, back country riding, general horsemanship and bridlehorse development but her deepest passion lies in the study and practice of the Old Californio Bridlehorse tradition and her Kiger horses. For more than a decade now she has devoted herself to this system, developing horses with balance as signal and applying horsemanship to real world activities where partnership benefits both horse and human. Since 2006 Christa has operated Rock’n Star Ranch, a boarding, training and education center dedicated to keeping horses as naturally as possible while fostering authentic partnerships between people and horses. You can find out more about Christa and the Rock’n Star Ranch by visiting our Judges Page at www.bcbridlehorse.ca