Head Trainer, Susie Straus
“Born to ride,” that’s
what Susie’s family and friends have said. Susie started her life with horses around at the age of four with her pony
“Finally mine.” From there she continued her riding, spending her junior years showing in the hunters and equitation.
She excelled in the junior hunters and won numerous hunter and show jumping medals in the southwest as well as the west coast.
Becoming
an amateur in 2000 and after spending many years in the equitation ring,
Susie decided it was time to move to the jumpers. Since then she has shown successfully and obtained great mileage on such
upper level jumpers as Levity, Tristan, and Araucano. Susie attended the
University of Arizona to study the education of children. After graduating
from the University of Arizona with her degree in elementary education, and spending a year teaching first grade, Susie knew
that her life was meant to be spent with horses.
Entering the professional ranks in 2005,
Susie continues her success in and out of the show ring producing horse and rider combinations with an emphasis on safety
and quality. In her own words “Horses and riders are brought along slowly and methodically with a lot of commitment
and hard work. It is not a process that can be rushed.”
