About Us

Tina Wagner B.Ed is an Equine Canada Licensed Coach as well as an NCCP Competition Jump Coach.  

She taught school for over 10 years (until she had her son), mostly in High School Mathematics.  

She started riding in 1981, and coaching in 2002, working first for Paramount Equestrian and then for Teesdale English Riding School before starting on her own as Chinook Winds in 2008.  

Coach Tina has been extraordinarily fortunate to have been able to work with some of the top trainers in Western Canada such as long time mentors Jim Ifko and Frank Selinger, as well as Rodney Tulloch, Andrew More, Erin Taylor-More, and dressage trainers Val Hellerud, Joely Mann and Sue Hewton-Waters.  These influences have combined to develop a one-of-a-kind program in which Tina focuses on what each horse and rider need at their particular stage in development and competition.

Yes!  Tina is available to come to you!

Coach Tina Wagner develops the horse and rider through a  progressive program, which is designed to improve not only skills, but also satisfaction and confidence. 

With the rider's goals as well as their horse's level of fitness and ability taken into account, Tina creates a Yearly Training Plan for each competitive horse/rider team.  This allows for a comprehensive plan, from which individual lesson plans are developed. 

 Horses have reasons for what they do.  As a trainer, Tina endeavors to find the cause of any 'road blocks' and alleviate them.  Most road blocks are due to physical weakness, lack of confidence or lack of understanding.  Which can be resolved.  The other common cause is pain.  If a horse hurts when it does something, we shouldn't be surprised when it doesn't want to do so.  Working with a great team of veterinarians and alternative health practitioners (Body Workers, Chiro, and PEMF for example), the cause of pain can be discovered and plans made from there.

Rome was not built in a day.  Success requires commitment.  Riders wishing to compete or want to significantly improve their riding and their horse need to be dedicated to that goal.  Training rides are also available, but it is not a substitute for the experience gained by spending time in the saddle.

Tina will not put any horse or rider in the show ring if she is not positive that it can be a positive experience for both.  Success in the show ring requires hard work on the part of the rider, but it is an Olympic sport after all.  The rider is just as much an athlete as the horse, requiring equal consideration.