Peggy de Kraa

Peggy de Kraa is een Nederlandse westernruiter. Ook geeft zij trainingen en is ze coach van het Nederlandse AQHA jeugdteam.

Biografie
Peggy begon op zesjarige leeftijd met paardrijden. Ze heeft ongeveer elke tak beoefend die er bestaat: dressuur, mennen, SGW, Peggy was van alle markten thuis. Ze kwam voor het eerst in aanraking met de westernsport via Chris de Knol. Haar eerste wedstrijd startte ze in 1998 op halfarabier Boris bij de WRAN.

Sinds 2004 is Peggy coach van het Nederlandse jeugdteam van de NQHA samen met Colin Rietdijk. Dit team traint jaarlijks voor ofwel de Euro Cup Youth of de World Youth Cup.

Peggy is nog steeds actief in het westerncircuit met haar Quarter horse Secondary Asset, maar ze geeft ook trainingen in showmanship at halter, trail, pleasure, western horsemanship, westernriding, hunter seat equitation en hunter under saddle.

Paarden
Peggy bracht onder andere de volgende paarden uit:


 * Hot Lis Sis : Merrie - trail, western pleasure, western horsemanship, showmanship at halter
 * Mints N Pearls: Merrie - trail, western pleasure, western horsenmanship, hunter under saddle
 * Zip Me a Note: Bruin, Quarter horse, ruin - trail, western pleasure, western horsemanship, showmanship at halter, hunter
 * Zee the Wind: Barrelrace
 * Okies Prize Money: Trail, western pleasure, western horsemanship
 * CC Just A Sally Doll: Merrie - Western pleasure, hunter under saddle
 * Sheza Prissy Zip: Merrie, x Thirty Zip v. Tri Jet - western pleasure, western horsemanship
 * SP Dry Pepita Doc: Koffievos, Quarter Horse merrie, 2002. Peppys Dry Doc x Eddie One Hundred. Western pleasure, western horsemanship, trail

Huidige paarden:


 * Secondary Asset (roepnaam Daisy): Koffievos, Quarter horse merrie, 1999. Investment Asset x Scotch Bar Time. Western pleasure, trail, hunter under saddle, western riding
 * Show Me Tonite (roepnaam Diva): Bruin, Quarter horse merrie. Western pleasure, trail

Resultaten
De volgende resultaten zijn behaald door Peggy met haar paard Secondary Asset:

2010
World Rankings
 * 7th place All Around Hi-poit Senior Horse
 * 6th place Hi-point Senior Performance halter (mare), first place limited rider senior western riding

European Championchips
 * European Champion Open Performance Halter (mare)
 * European Championchips top 10 finalist in Senior Western Riding, Senior Western Pleasure, Senior Hunter Under Saddle, Senior Trail
 * European All Around Champion
 * NSBA European Championchips silver medal in Senior Western Pleasure

Landelijke kampioenschappen
 * German Champion Open Senior Trail
 * German All Around Champion
 * Dutch Champion Senior Western Riding, Senior Trail, Senior Western Pleasure
 * Dutch All Around Champion
 * Belgian Champion Senior Western Riding, Senior Trail, Senior Western Pleasure
 * Belgian All Around Champion

2011
European Championchips
 * European Champion Open Performance Halter (mare)
 * European Championchips, Bronze Medalist, Open Senior Western Riding
 * European Championchips, top ten finalist in Open Senior Western Pleasure, Open Senior Trail, Open Senior Hunter Under Saddle
 * European All Around Champion

Landelijke kampioenschappen
 * German Reserve Champion Open Senior Western Riding
 * German Championchips, brone medalist Open Senior Trail
 * German All Around Champion
 * Dutch Champion Aged Mares, also Grand Champion
 * Dutch Dutch Champion Open Senior Western Riding, Open Senior Trail
 * Dutch Championchips, bronze medalist Open Senior Western Pleasure
 * Dutch All Around Champion

Bronnen, referenties en/of voetnoten

 * Programma Magazine Dutch Western Riding Festival, 'Peggy de Kraa', p. 10-11
 * www.all-around-western.com