Christine Vitkus, Instructor and Owner

Christine began her love of horses at age 10, where she attended weekly riding lessons and summer riding camps in Fairfax County.  At age 16, she acquired her first horse, which she cared for daily and showed locally.  In college at the University of Maryland, she taught weekly riding lessons to children and college students, and competed on the University of Maryland’s Equestrian Team in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.  By her senior year, she was captain of the team. She also rode and groomed racehorses for Laurel and Pimlico racetracks.  After graduating, she married and worked a corporate job for 10 years, but also continued to instruct individuals in pleasure riding, specializing in young children.  She also rode and trained horses.  After the birth of her first child, Christine ran a busy home daycare business for 4 years in Great Falls, Virginia.  In 2003, she purchased Red Gate Farm and has managed all aspects of the farm business, including planning, construction, boarding, sales, summer camps and teaching.  She now fox hunts and competes her horse, Bourbon, in dressage, jumpers and eventing at the training (3’3″) level.