The 1889ERS Society

Peggy Richardson
photo courtesy the Richardson family.	Peggy Richardson, an 1889ER Life Member, devoted her life to training horses and teaching children to ride. The nationally acclaimed horsewoman and equitation instructor, who taught hundreds of Oklahoma children to ride, died February 19, 2002 in Oklahoma City. She was 56. Death came after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She had owned and operated Richard Stables in Edmond since 1985 where she trained horses and riders for national competition as well as for pleasure riding.
Her riders were truly inspired by her; she was not only their trainer and teacher, but also their friend and mentor. Everyone who learned under her or worked with her knew her philosophy: It is important to be the best rider you can be, but it is more important to be the best person you can be. By her own account, she was ?a good horse trainer, instructor and judge, a fair musician, a poet, and a not-too-bad tap dancer, who wanted to be great.? She was also a loving friend and a wonderful sister and aunt who had a joyful enthusiasm for life and an unshakable faith in God. She prayed each day, thanking God for His abundant blessings, especially for her many friends, and asking that He help her to make a difference on this earth. In the 1889ERS family, Peggy was the sister of Tom Richardson and the cousin of Charlotte Leach and Bob Howard.