Suzy Huizenga and Fiesta Thunderbird Show Park 2012

Suzy Huizenga and  her husband Mike have been owners and operators of Twin Maples Farm in Lynden, Washington
 since 1981. 

Over the  years Suzy has trained and shown in Dressage, Combined Training, Hunters and Jumpers.
 In the early 1980's Suzy co founded  the Whatcom County  Pony Club, and served as District Commissioner and Instructor for a number of  years.

In  the  1990's , Suzy and her daughters Michelle and Kristi focused on showing Ponies, Hunters and Jumpers on the local level and A circuit.  

Daughter Michelle has continued in the business , and after 7 yrs working as an assistant trainer to Olympic Show 
Jumping champion Chris Kappler,  in Pittstown , NJ., she is running her own business,  riding, teaching and coaching at horse shows in New Jersey.

Suzy has  enjoyed training many more  students and their mounts  to become polished competitors in the show ring.  
She also has assisted  intercollegiate teams from WWU, WSU and UW.

After spending four years  of intensive training with instructors from the Parelli Natural Horsemanship program, Suzy 
has  been incorporating the concepts of Natural Horsemanship training into classical training and the demands of training the sport horse.

A native  of Seattle, Washington Suzy was trained as a working student at  Evergreen Equestrian Center, in Kirkland, WA , and worked at local barns in Whatcom County while attending Western Washington University.  She graduated in 1980 with a BA in Physical Education/Recreation.
Suzy can  be reached at  s_huizenga@msn.com