26 SIDELINES MARCH 2012
FOR HORSE PEOPLE • ABOUT HORSE PEOPLE
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Judy Richter
is the
Consummate
Horsewoman
By Lauren R. Giannini
Judy Richter, based at Coker Farm in Bedford, NY, is
known around the horse world as a rider, trainer, clinician,
judge, author and old fashioned horseperson.
Judy credits George Morris with being her major mentor.
“George gave me my frst student,” says Judy. “Sue Mutch
Pinckney was really a student of George’s. We met while
I was teaching at Rosemary Hall. I loaned her a horse
for the fnals and that frst year she was sixth. The second
year she was second. She was a very successful rider and
a great gal. She married Ronnie Mutch, the horseman and
they ran Nimrod Farm, a frst class training facility.”
A Horse of a Lifetime
Her favorite horse turned out to be the best thing that
came out of her years as an English major at Smith. Judy
had a college friend whose father was master of foxhounds
at Metamora Hunt in Michigan.
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Judy and her son Philip Richter at Devon in 2009, after his win
on Glasgow, another horse of a lifetime, in the High Amateur
Jumper Classic
Photo by James Leslie Parker
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