President:  Jody Chu

Jody Chu is new to MSFTA.  She loves and lives to trail ride.  She has been in Co since 2005.  She has been around horses since she was born except for a few short years in her childhood and then a short absence again while serving in the USAF. Jody was introduced to gaited horses as a teenager and had her first gaited horse at 19. The gelding was a single-footing grade horse. She now has a Tennessee walking horse gelding (Magic) that she has had since he was 18 mos old.  He was too young to ride so she did lots of trick training using the clicker style of training. Some of Magic’s tricks include bowing, fetching, saluting, lying down and sitting.  

Jody is also studying to become a barefoot trimmer.  She has been trimming her horse for years now and is starting to take it to the professional level.

Vice-President:  Open

Treasurer & Web Master:  Peggy Sandbak

Fox Trotters have been a part of my life for over 15 years.    Growing up in Wyoming, horses were always a way life.  Trail riding the mountains of Colorado and being with fellow equine enthusiasts is what I love to do!   I have three Fox Trotters, which keeps me very busy!

MSFTA is a great organization with many fine people.  Over the years I have worked on many  different committees in many different capacities.   I have enjoyed every aspect of being involved with the organization.  

Secretary:  Susan Peters

"My name is Susan Peters and like many "horse fans", I, too caught the bug as a very young girl. Lots of begging finally earned me a horse at 13 - a Saddlebred. Since then I have owned many different breeds of horses and loved them all. A FoxTrotter I bought in the mid 90's was my introduction to the Fox Trotter Club, and I have been a member ever since. My passion is trail riding - day rides, camp rides, resort rides, competitive trail rides, and perhaps some endurance rides this summer. I currently own three horses.

The greatest value to me from this club has been the really good people I have met through the club and the neat places I have been able to ride. This is my second tour of duty on the board, and my objective is to give back to an organization that has given me so much. Hope to see you on the trail. "

Board Position #1:  Peter Hoogendyk

Board Position #2: Dee Overholt

2010 is my 2nd year as a  member of the MSFTA Board. Like most horse people bitten with the "horse bug" I was about 10 when I started begging and pleading for a horse. My folks found a grade gelding for me. He remained my friend and instructor for many a year. Since then I have owned many horses, mostly paints and quarter horses. I came late to a Fox Trotter, as age and disintegrating body parts demanded a smoother ride.

Board Position #3: Linda Irwin

I have been a member of the fox trotter club for around 4 or 5 years.  However, I didn’t always have a fox trotter.  I started out with a quarter horse who is now retired, and then a mustang that we called a rock trotter because of her rough gait.  Don’t get me wrong I love my old quarter horse and the mustang but once I rode a gaited horse that was it.  I never wanted to ride anything else.

Then I was given this horse to try out for the weekend and I fell in love with her.  Her name is Cricket and a fox trotter. We were a perfect match and together we have covered lots of ground.   We are inseparable and I can always count on a smooth and fun ride with Cricket.  Furthermore, when my husband rode cricket he had to have a fox trotter also.  That’s  when we bought Rain.  I guess you could say we are a fox trotter family.

I love this breed and I am committed to this club in promoting the fox totter horse.  There is something magical that happens when a group of people get together with a common interest.  The individual learns a lot and the group excels in their goals.  I have always had a blast with are day rides, camping trips, horse clinics and horse shows. 

I am counting on this year to be more of the same and even better.

Board Position West Slope:  Christy Burch

Board Position New Mexico:  Alicia Morrison

Alicia’s love of gaited horses started with her grandfather, a horseman from the beautiful rolling hills of west Tennessee.  In 1995 Alicia thought she might never realize her dream of breeding, raising and training gaited horses, as the big "C" crossed her path. 

She acted on another life dream after the cancer. That goal was to breed, raise, and train Missouri Fox Trotters.  Along with her husband, Art, they own Star Gait Ranch which is located in Moriarty, New Mexico and currently home to a herd of around 17 horses. Her favorite mare for general riding and mounted shooting is Star—her first horse post-cancer. Art’s preferred mount is Gunner, a Fox Trotter gelding. "With a herd like ours there are lots of others to ride as well but those two are our personal mounts." She can be reached at 505-328-5883. Email is aliciamorrison@hughes.net. Moriarty is east of Albuquerque. The web sight is www.stargaitranch.com.

Trail Ride Committee: 

(& Membership & Librarian): Susan Herzberg

"Didn't every girl grow up dreaming of horses?  I remember that we had just gotten a lovely, calm, Palomino mare to take care of for a short while.  I woke my sisters up before the crack of dawn the next morning, got them dressed warmly, and went down to see our new horse (more like a pardner).  I will never forget the thrill of being on her back, hair blowing in the breeze as we rode bareback all over the hard with our little legs sticking straight out, trying to hang on.  To say the least, mom was furious when she found out we weren't in our beds.  Growing up on the beaches of California, there was not much opportunity for me to get involved in horses.  The dream was always in the back of my mind. 

I moved to Colorado in 1997.   I bought by first Fox Trotting mare Reba, bred her a few years after that to  wonderful Charlie horse (Oldendorf) and now have a spunky 7 year old.  He is my main riding horse now, although Reba and I still take a cruise periodically.  Even at 25, she is still a handful.  I have thoroughly enjoyed being involved as a member of MSFTA these last few years, and getting to know so many of our members." 

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