Team St-Georges
Suzanne Lacroix
Owner, Coach and trainer
Suzanne has over 15 years of experience in horse care and training. Passionate about dressage, she loves the journey of the training through the levels as much as getting to the goal. She applies particular emphasis on suppleness and elasticity in her work with the horses. She is a successful trainer and competitor who enjoys sharing her knowledge and passion of the horse and sport with her students in a very positive, encouraging way! Her enthusiasm is contagious!!!
Ellie Brière
Trainer and coach
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Ellie grew up on a horse's back. She has been an integral part of Team St-Georges since it's beginning in 2003. The love of the animal and sport inspires her everyday in continually challenging the horse in a new learning experience. Ellie's natural talent and very versatile riding skills help get the most out of different types of horses, whether in temperament or rideability. She accomplishes her goals with the principle that there is always room for learning, both for the horse and rider, and passes that on very effectively to her students. She has been successfully show jumping in the A circuit for many years with Nesquick, but is also now noticed with envy in the eventing and dressage rings!
Our Team
Our philosophy is that a healthy horse is a happy horse and a sound mind is necessary to have a healthy attitude toward work. We promote cross training for all horses, be it a little jumping and hacking for the dressage horses or cross country, endurance training and dressage for the jumpers. We work together on a daily basis to maximize each of our strengths when training the horses in an effort to bring the best out of each horse, or as eyes on the ground to help each other. We strongly believe in updating our own education and skills. We do not like to get stagnant in our training and always strive to learn something new and get a deeper understanding of the sport. We continually challenge ourselves with the highest level of coaching available to us. Over the years, we have benefited from the teachings of various prominent coaches like Christian Garweg (international Grand Prix dressage rider and trainer/coach), Gina Smith (two-time Olympian for Canada in dressage and Level 3 dressage coach), Albrecht Heidemann (past national coach for Junior and Young Riders for Canada), Ruth Koch (Level 3 dressage coach and ex-director of coaching with Equine Canada) and John Kersley (Grand Prix jumper rider and coach). We are currently training regularly with Robert Gharibzadeh (Pferdewirtschaftmeister - highest attainable certification as a German equine professional for training horse and rider, and dressage and jumper judge) in dressage and Angela Covert in Jumping. We also attend clinics with Dr. Christian Schacht (Veterinarian, breeder, dressage and jumper judge and trainer/coach, breeding director of Oldenburg N.A., speaker and author) and Elaine Potter (dressage judge and dressage/para-rider coach).