Susi took me there to get snacks and soda. There was a little Stop ‘N Go store across the street. She was the first person I met there and we hit off immediately. “I was 10 and Susi was 11½ when we moved to Florida. I looked out for my little sister and looked out for Susi, too.” “Susi and Erin are about the same age they grew up together,” David Rudder said, explaining he had met Susi and her mother, Rita Rambler, through the barn. They and Susi quickly became fast friends. While most of their horses remained there, each of the youngsters had a horse with Gray. All I could see was the white shadow roll and legs.”ĭavid Rudder and his sister, Erin ( Phinney) had moved with their family to Florida from Ohio. One of my first memories is seeing white legs waving through the mist as Tom Moore jogged Stutz Bearcat up the track. I remember going out on the track, seeing the morning dew cause the mist to rise. The first was a trip to Lexington when she was about 10 years old. Some of his students went with him to Kentucky, where Susi had several memorable moments. Gray had a nice show string for the very-competitive Sunshine Circuit. Soon Bud would take me to shows to watch.” I talked my parents into letting me take lessons. “My sister rode with Bud, and would take me with her. “As a kid, I always loved horses,” Susi said. Suzanne Rambler began taking lessons with the late Bud Gray of Hollywood, Fla. They won’t remain empty long.īret and Susi Day came to the Saddle Horse world by vastly different routes. A planned addition will bring Grey Ridge Farm up to 35 stalls. What started life as a five-stall tobacco barn on a farm Bret Day and his father bought years ago has been transformed into the home for numerous world’s champions. The lovely, pristine barn sits on Scotts Ferry Road, right in the heart of show horse country.
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