CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER
Biography &
Career Highlights
Colleen is an international 5* event rider for Team Canada. Having competed at the Tryon World Games, Rio and Tokyo Olympic Games, and attending Paris as the Olympic team reserve she remains one of the most successful eventers in the country. A part of the bronze medal team at the 2015 and 2019 Pan-American Games and the 2023 Gold medal team at the Santiago Pan-American Games, Colleen is an influential member of the sport since becoming a member of the Canadian equestrian team in 2015.
Colleen was the top placed Canadian rider at the 2018 Kentucky CCI 5*-L with her long time parter Qorry Blue D’argouges. Other top placings include 2nd in the 2022 CCI4*-L at Tryon International with Peter Barry’s Vermont, 4th in the 2023 CCI 4*-L at Bromont with her own FE Golden Eye, who she also rode to a 1st place finish at the 2024 Tryon International CCI 4*-S and the Bromont CCI 4*-S in August of 2024.
Along with her top horses Colleen has a deep love of developing young horses to their true potential and having the chance to build a relationship with these animals through all levels of the sport.
Born and raised in the Eastern townships of Quebec, Canada she started riding at the age of 4 and completed her first horse trials at 14. Based out of fellow Olympian Peter and Susan Barry’s Maple Hill Farm in Dunham, Quebec since 2005 Colleen competes all over North America and spends the winter months in Ocala, Florida.
