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.