Kelly Layne

Kelly Layne (born 14 May 1975) is an Australian Dressage rider and trainer. She planned on qualifying to represent her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. However, Layne was unable to compete in the final qualifying event due to an injury suffered by her horse, Udon P, forcing her to withdraw. While born in Australia, Layne is currently based in Wellington, Florida. Layne also helped found her own riding team, "Dream Team Dressage".

Throughout her career, Layne has scored an average of 67.491 (150 classes) per competition with her highest score being a 76.613. In dressage, above a 60 is considered satisfactory.

In addition to riding Layne also helps to advise clients with finding horses and one of Layne's horses represented Japan in the 2008 Summer Olympics. By the age of 12, Layne was twice crowned the Under 12 National Dressage Champion. At 16, she finished 9th in the Open Prix St Georges at the Australian National Dressage Championships. By 18, Layne competed in her first Grand Prix, the highest level of competition, riding her mother's horse, Adonis. The same year, Layne became an Australian National Coaching Accreditation Scheme Level 1 Coach in dressage, show jumping and eventing. She attended Marymount College before moving with her parents to the Sunshine Coast. Layne has also represented Australia as a Young Rider in New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Layne was chosen to compete in the Olympic Games and would have made her Olympic debut, but had to withdraw from the final qualifying event due to complications stemming from a reoccurring injury with her horse Udon-P. as Layne did not want to jeopardize the team's chances at the Rio Games. Layne is coached by previous World Cup Champion and Olympian Ulla Salzburger.

Layne was selected for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and rode Samhitas in the Dressage event. She was not able to progress to the final.

Honors Ranked 87th in the world with her horse Amoucheur (2005) Neversfelde Feuer (2007) Amoucher (2003-2008) Raja (2008-2012) Samhitas

Personal life Layne's mother started breeding horses for Kelly to ride even before she was even born. Layne came to the United States in 2007 with her husband, an ex F-16 Fighter pilot in the Air Force who works in the aviation industry. She relocated to Wellington, Florida, which is known for as the "dressage capital of the US".