Formerly known as Torrance Fleischmann, she won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and finished 4th in the individual contest.

She also organized the Over the Walls Horse Trials for five years at Great Meadowbrook Farm, which was a CIC*** World Cup qualifier in 2004 and was used as a selection trial for Canadian and U.S. Equestrian Teams for the Olympic and World Equestrian Games.

[1] In 1988 Watkins lost four of her champion horses, including Curragh and Poltroon in a horrific barn fire.

She lost most of her competition ribbons, cups and trophies as well as her 1984 Olympic 3-day event medal.

In June 1995, Watkins and her partner Erik Fleming purchased a 105-acre (42 ha) property in Hardwick, Massachusetts, which they named Morningfield Farm.