Sweetwater Stables Trainers

Meet the Team

We take pride in the quality of care we provide for our horses. Our team provides a custom training program for you and your horse. We focus on having a family atmosphere at our barn that includes many team-building days and parties.

Lucy Alabaster - Head Trainer

Lucy

Lucy Alabaster

Lucy is the owner and head trainer at Sweetwater Stables. She was born into a “horsey” family in Minnesota, and learned to ride from her mother, Pat Bemis, who owned and operated Willow Creek Farms. She horse showed in the Midwest through her junior career before moving to Arizona in 1979. She worked as an assistant trainer for a number of well-known trainers in the southwest before starting her own business, Sweetwater Stables in 1983. Lucy has brought her students up through the ranks in local, zone, and national standings over the years with students qualifying and successfully showing in Young Rider’s, Pony Finals, and Junior Hunter Finals. Lucy has received the Shelby Shank Trainer of the Year Award twice and in 2007 she won the USHJA Zone 8 Trainer Award. Lucy is currently pursuing her “R” judging license and is a “r” USEF licensed judge in Hunters and Equitation. She is currently judging horse shows across the country and is accepting more assignments.

Bailey Fuller - Assistant Trainer

Bailey

Bailey Fuller

Bailey Fuller is an assistant trainer. She worked previously as a working student for Lionheart Training in Portland Oregon. She competed in the USHJA Emerging Athletes Program regional clinics in 2012, 2013, and 2014. She qualified and competed in USHJA Emerging Athletes Program in the NATIONAL CLINIC in 2014, winning the team gold medal the final day. And she was on the GOLD medal team at the USHJA Child/Adult Jumper Championships in 2013. Additionally, she won team gold for Zone 9 in the USHJA Horsemanship Quiz Challenge in 2013. We are so happy to have her as the latest addition at Sweetwater Stables.

Testimonials

Cannot say enough about the trainers and staff at Sweetwater! We have been riding here for almost four years and they have successfully helped my teenage daughter in all aspects of her riding, including purchasing her first horse! We have a fun, tight nit family atmosphere and enjoy spending time together both at the barn and away from it. I woulnd't entrust my daughter or our horse with anyone else. Thank you Lucy and Bailey!
- Carrie Bell
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