RUNNYMEDE STABLES - Key Persons
Lee Troup Johnson has more than 40 years experience in the equestrian industry.
Lee specializes in training a rider to understand their horse. Her greatest reward is to give the rider and horse a new start, and watch it flourish from a new beginning. She works with the horse and rider to establish a bond of trust so the two can work together as a team.
Lee Troup Johnson is carrying on the family tradition into the third generation as Runnymede's proprietor. Lee Troup Johnson was the first woman to be selected to train with the United States 3-Day Olympic Equestrian Team.
Lee's teaching philosophy is all about creating a strong bond between a horse and rider. She cares about each student and takes great pride in seeing each one succeed.
Sean Johnson, Lee Troup Johnson's son, was born while the family still lived in Harrisburg. Sean was once asked how long he had been riding, to which he calmly replied, "I have been riding since nine months before I was born." Lee was not the type to quit riding because she was pregnant.
Sean began his riding career in earnest at thirteen when he was given his first horse to break. He has been competing in eventing since 1994 and has also competed in western reining, hunter, carriage driving and trail.
Eventing was Sean's primary equestrian sport until 2002. He was selected to compete in the North American Young Riders Championships in 1999 as a representative of Area V and qualified for NAYRC both in 1999 and 2000. In 1999 he worked with Jim Graham in Florence, Alabama. In 2000, he is spending the winter with David and Karen O'Connor in Altoona, Florida.
Since 2002 he has been riding reining horses. He now has his own facility, Johnson Performance Horses.
Sean Johnson was one of the youngest riders to be accepted for the prestigious U.S. Equestrian Team.
Sean in his career has been short listed for both United States Eventing Team and The United States Raining Team. His Mother Lee Troup Johnson was the first woman to be accepted to be accepted to train The United States Eventing team in 1964 (A Family Tradition Woven in Excellence)