Susan judges dressage shows and horse trials all around the Southeast, teaches students at Four Winds Farm, and conducts clinics around the state. Her students are currently showing through the FEI levels.

            Born and raised as a city kid in Providence, RI, Susan begged, borrowed and practically stole in order to get her first riding lessons, then subsequently did competitive trail riding as a teenager, but her visit to Boston to see the real Spanish Riding School perform when she was 12 was what galvanized her determination to do dressage. However, it wasn't until she met Bill Woods ten years later that she finally found someone who was able to open that door for her.

            Since then, she has participated in numerous USDF National Instructors' Seminars and in 1987 was chosen by the USDF to teach Regional Instructors' Workshops. A USEF "R" judge for dressage shows and horse trials, she has also judged dressage at combined driving events. She has shown at all levels from Training through Intermediaire, trained horses at Grand Prix, created and ridden Musical Freestyles, and ridden Pas de Deux in exhibitions.

            Susan is a self-taught environmentalist, working many hours a week on land use, farmland preservation, and water management issues in north central Florida. She is founder and president of the Floridan Aquifer Legal Defense Organization and networks daily with many like-minded people via her email lists. She is also a certified National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat Steward.

        And as if that weren't enough, she is a Reiki Master, an animal communicator and shamanic practitioner in the tradition of the Qero people of the Andes. Now you can understand why she never has time to clean her house.

(If you don't already know)

What is Reiki? Click here:

Read Susan's Interview with Reiner Klimke  Click here:

 

Read Susan's: Confessions of a Recovering Dressage Queen
(Originally printed in Dressage Today ) Click here:

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The land, the water, our county. Farmland preservation, springs protection. Susan's passions extend beyond her horses. Click here:
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Susan calls your attention to a variety of books, movies, and worthwhile websites which she feels deserve a look.

Click here for her list.

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