Jay began riding at the age of 4 at his parents farm in Edmonton, Alberta. His father, Fred Duke, has won the Canadian Cutting Horse Championship 4 times as well as the Canadian Calf Roping Championship. In 2001 he was inducted into the Canadian Cutting Horse Hall of Fame. Jay’s mother, Cheryl Anderson, attended a famous riding school in Ireland and has a long list of students who have been successful in the show jumping world. One of her better known students is Mark Laskin, Canada’s current Co- Chef D’equipe of the Canadian Show Jumping Team.
Jay began competing at Spruce Meadows at the age of 8 and went on to a very successful junior career. He went on to win the Canadian Junior Hunter Championship 3 times and the Canadian Junior Jumper Championship in 1987. Jay was also part of the bronze medal team for Alberta at the NAYRC in Virginia. Currently Jay resides in Calgary with his wife Lisa Duke and their 4 children, Zachary, Mackenna, Karter, and Halle.
Winner of:
$25,000 Grand Prix of Tucson (3 times)
$30,000 Crown Royal National Western Stock Show Grand Prix
$25,000 Thunderbird Grand Prix
$25,000 Grand Prix of Seattle
$20,000 Derby
$20,000 Grand Prix of Victoria
$30,000 Grand Prix of Victoria
Leading Male Rider Spruce Meadows North American
Member of the Nations Cup Team representing Canada for the Washington International Horse Show, National Horse Show of New York, Toronto Royal Winter Fair
Short-listed for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
Trained and rode the USEF 1st year green hunter Reserve Champion
Trained the USEF Amateur Jumper Horse of the Year
Trained Elizabeth Gingras to a bronze medal on King David personally owned by Jay Duke at the NAYRC.
Coached 2 riders to the 2011 NAYJRC in Kentucky.