changing the world
one cowpoke at a time		  
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OUR STAFF

Our staff includes people who love horses, riding, and teaching people about horses and riding. Their range of experience in horsemanship offers them a broad perspective on how humans and horses interact and bond, and they bring to their work both enthusiasm and diligence. They are first and foremost concerned for the safety and welfare of our students, and they practice safe riding, careful handling of horses, and good barn management techniques.

 


Shannon
Shannon started her life with horses before she would walk. After a childhood of riding in 4-H, she found her way into eventing, and she has evented competitively on the West Coast at Training level.

Shannon breeds horses, teaches riders from first-timer to intermediate, and starts young horses. Her focus in training and teaching is to make a horse pleasant to ride and to help riders become confident in their own abilities. In addition to teaching and training, Shannon is our barn manager, and she runs a very tight ship!

George
George is Miss Susie's son, and he has been her assistant and her inspiration throughout the years. When you visit the barn, you will see him mucking stalls, hauling hay, and just being the friendly cowpoke that he is. In addition to being a great help at the barn, George is an accomplished artist, whose work runs the gamut from portraiture to Western cowboy sculpture.

 

 
 

Susie Schramm
Susie Schramm, the founder and director of Once Upon A Horse, brings many years of horsemanship to teaching .Susie studied the art of teaching horsemanship in the rigorous British Horsemanship Society school in the United Kingdom, and she is a Certified British Riding Instructor. She served as the director and as an instructor at the Lake Oswego Hunt Club from 1985 to 1993.

Susie has developed the programs at Once Upon A Horse to reflect her love of children and her delight in America's Western mythology. She strives to make her barn a welcoming cowpoke-friendly place, where children and grownups can learn about themselves, about horses, and about the culture of horsemanship.

Mikala
Mikala has been riding since age 3 She became a member of 4H at age 8, winning championships in showmanship, trail, horsemanship and public speaking. She has also been involved in rodeo since 6th grade, and she joined Oregon High School Equestrian Teams freshman year, as a varsity rider, qualifying for state, and winning a medal in Team Penning. Currently she competes in all time events and performance events including barrels, poles, keyhole, showmanship, and in-hand trail. .

Katie
Katie has been riding horses since she was seven years old. She took her first lessons from Susie at Once Upon a Horse. Katie has been in 4-H for eight years and has competed in Oregon High School Equestrian Teams on the Wilsonville High School equestrian team for four years. Her two horses are a Pinto gelding named Chief and a Quarter horse mare named Della. She uses her horses in reining, western, trail, English and team penning.