Ashleigh has been a dressage competitor for over 16 years. Coached by her Mother, Leslie Steele, Ashleigh was a very successful competitor winning numerous championships, including Provincial, Regional and National Championships from Training through to Medium and JR. F.E.I. levels. Ashleigh was the first ever Canadian National JR. F.E.I. Champion in Canada in 1999, when the tests were first introduced to North America.

Ashleigh worked on the family farm throughout her high school years. Westwind Farm training centre has both racing and performance horses. Ashleigh's mother has coached professionally for over twenty-six years, her father David has bred and run thoroughbred race horses for over twenty years. As part of the Westwind team Ashleigh has been responsible for mare and foal care, stallion handling, breaking and training of young stock and riding instruction. The farm often has more than forty head of horses that are boarded and managed.

After graduating Ashleigh accompanied her mother's coach, Canadian Olympian Leslie Reid to Germany to work in the barn of German Master Udo Lange and Canadian Olympic Dressage rider, Chrisilot Boylen. After six month's in Europe Ashleigh returned home to compete and work with her parents on the farm. Leslie Reid arranged for Ashleigh to compete on Jill Whitehead's F.E.I. gelding Ivor. After a very successful summer Ashleigh went once again with Leslie for the winter months to train and compete in Arizona and California.

Ashleigh enjoyed a very successful California CDI tour, winning the Rancho Murieta CDI Young Rider division and placing ninth in the Los Angeles CDI in the Prix St. George and II. Ashleigh finished the season with qualified scores for Pan American Games and NAJRYR Championships and as the leading Canadian YR qualifier. At the age of 19, Ashleigh became short listed with Ivor for Canadian Dressage Team in 2003 and then again in 2004. Since then, Ashleigh has competed in the FEI ring on her own horse, Lombardi LA and on Susan Wong's Nero, achieving scores in the high 60 percentiles.

Ashleigh currently competes with her equine partner Uniek, an eight year old KWPN gelding by Gribaldi. Uniek was found for Ashleigh by her coach Steffen Peters and is owned in partnership by Ashleigh and her friend, sponsor and client Sally Williams of Sheffield Farm, Michigan. Ashleigh and Uniek have just returned home from a wonderful summer of training full time with coaches Steffen and Shannon Peters.. Together the team worked hard and had a lot of fun. This resulted in a very strong showing at Del Mar in September, where Uniek earned a score of 70.89 at the Prix St. George, finishing second and debuting his II and winning the class with a score of 64%. Ashleigh and Uniek finished the 2009 season with two more shows and two more scores of 71 and 74.4 % in the Prix St George and I1. Ashleigh hopes to continue her regular training and competing with the tutelage and support of Team Peters on the road to their goal of making the Pan American Team for Canada in 2011.