Appaloosa News Monthly – April 2022

We caught up with Lesli Glen, former ApHC director and Appaloosa owner and trainer, who provided 1883 with some of the Appaloosas shown on screen. 

Lesli has horses in her blood. Her family moved to Montana as a child after her father retired from the Air Force.  The first two horses the family acquired were two Appaloosa mares that were not even halter broke.  For a family that knew nothing about horses, they learned quickly.  At 6, she “stole” her father’s 16.2 Appaloosa because she hated the pony she was riding.  They rode bareback from the time she was 6 to 14 and was talked into participating in 4-H.  Lesli had to borrow a saddle to show and was immediately hooked on horse shows. 

How did Lesli get hooked up with the wranglers on 1883?  Long story short is that apparently if you say the word “Appaloosa” in Montana, everyone says, “Talk to Lesli.”

Don Pancho J was a versatile horse.  He would show at a rodeo and the next weekend move on to winning at horse shows. He fueled her fire for horses, and he stayed with the family for his entire life. 

At the age of 20, Lesli moved on to riding Jumpers and at 21 she started to work for a trainer who had Paint horses.  She trained as a professional for over 40 years and mostly showed the Quarter Horse circuit.  In 2000, a friend asked her to take on an Appaloosa for training and she ended up with 4 Appaloosas in training that year.  She took all the horses to the World Show that year.