Leanne Williams, right from an early age, always had a dream to own her own horse she spent many of her younger years riding her friend’s horses and going to a riding school. At 19, she purchased her first horse and along with an older car and float, her dream was about to begin.

She went to as many riding lessons as she could afford, backing that up with going to many, many clinics as a spectator to learn as much about riding and training horses as she could. These clinics were in all aspects of horse riding or training, including dressage, show jumping, horsemanship and teaching, initially at Pony Club level

In 1992, she purchased a horse she would ultimately call Avoca Black Saint. He was a 5yo, 50/50 Clydesdale Thoroughbred cross and in her eyes perfect, black with four white socks and a star. They spent many years together, initially show jumping up to C Grade level, then eventing, up to 1* level before finally deciding that dressage was going to be the career for them.

In 1994, Leanne and her husband John bred their first foal who also became their first stallion, Avoca cardinal During the years that he was alive, Leanne had a full breeding program and at their peak had a band of 6 broodmares. There were foals born every year and these were kept on farm for all their training up to and including the breaking in process. Leanne bred her second stallion in 2005, Avoca Flaunt It . He still currently stands at stud..