Ellen Levy

Ellen Levy grew up on a relatively large dairy farm located in Black River, a small community in Nova Scotia. She started riding at the age of 4 and began participating in local shows on her pony, shortly thereafter.

By the time she was 11 she graduated to a larger mount, an Appaloosa/QH and took riding lessons from BJ Wilson, an instructor who started her love of riding and especially jumping. For the next couple of years she showed in Appaloosa and open shows as well as traveling to the CEF Hunter/Jumper shows with her older sister where they competed on a horse they had trained and so was born the "training bug".

After graduating with honors from high school she enrolled in the Nova Scotia Agricultural College Pre-Vet Program. While still in college she drove 2 hours home every weekend to give beginner riding lessons and train some other local horses. It was at this time that she finally succumbed to the "training" dream and managed to stumble (with great luck) into a person who had connections to the horse industry in Alberta.

Fully intending to return to school, she worked here with us for the summer of 1996 and it was then that she made the decision to stay on, full time, at Soderberg Quarter Horses. Much to her parents dismay, the horse crazy child had finally settled on a career in the equine industry and has been happily riding ever since.

Making the transition to life in Red Deer has been very rewarding to Ellen. She has gained knowledge in all aspects of the equine industry and more specifically in the breeding and training of the American Quarter Horse. Working at Soderberg Quarter Horses has proved to be everything she dreamed of in an equine career and currently she is beginning to gather and breed a small herd of her own mares and is looking forward to training and promoting their resulting offspring.

Sam Adie

Sam Adie,born in High River, Alberta, has been riding horses since before she could walk.When she was two years old, her family move north west of Rimbey where her parents own and operate a large Horse and Cattle ranch. Sam spent her early childhood riding a wide range of horses, from, Bubbles, a welsh-pinto pony, to Jo and Jezebel, old ranch horses. She spent hours with her dad learning how to start and break ranch and rope horses.

When she turned nine, her parents decided to give her her very own horse. A red dun QH weanling by the name of Misty.With help from her dad, Sam trained and showed misty in 4-H and local shows. By the age of thirteen, she wanted to try riding English, and compete in Jumping and Dressage. After taking a couple of lessons at Cromdale Stables, under the guidance of Kippy Maitland-Smith, she decided that she really enjoyed it and became more involved in that aspect of training and showing. Sam rode, trained, and showed a wide assortment of horses in a number of different disciplines including, jumping, dressage, barrel racing and other gymkhana events, ranch horse competitions, cutting, reining, and in open shows and 4-H; western pleasure, horsemanship, hunter under saddle, equitation, showmanship and trail. She also helped her dad out by giving riding lessons to beginners.

After graduating high school with honors, Sam had every intention of working at home on the ranch for a year, while deciding what to take in college. But, when her cousin needed a roommate in Red Deer, she decided to move out and get a job.She stared working with us september of 2006, and decided, not to go to school, but do this full time. Sam's time working for Soderberg Quarter Horses has been very rewarding and educational to her and she is looking forward to continuing in the equine industry.