Meredith Hodges

Quick Facts

Full Name	Meredith Hodges
Occupation	American Author
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1950(1950-02-05)
Age	74
Birthplace	Minneapolis
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Aquarius

Meredith Hodges Biography

Meredith Hodges is one of the most popular and richest American author who was born on February 5, 1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Meredith Sue Hodges, nee Schulz, was born February 5, 1950. She is an American equine trainer and competitor.

Hodges, a Colorado-based NARHA-approved therapeutic riding programme, has supported Colorado’s Hearts & Horses financially since 1999. He also donated two mules to the program’s expansion. Hodges is an advocate for horse and mule rescue. Hodges is involved in efforts to stop horse slaughter and horsemeat consumption overseas. She also advocates for ethical and humane management of wild horses and burros, which is overseen by the United States BLM.

Hodges’s mother is Joyce Steele Doty (née Halverson, formerly Lewis), mule breeder and developer of the first “quality” mules in the United States. Her adoptive father was cartoonist and Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. Hodges grew up as one of Schulz’s five children, and did not learn until she was an adult that he was not her biological father. Hodges was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after which her family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado where her younger brother was born. The family eventually moved to Sebastopol, California. After graduating from The American School In Switzerland, Hodges attended Sonoma State University, where she studied psychiatric nursing. During this time she began work at Sonoma State Hospital with a rotation at Napa State Hospital as a psychiatric technician. Her career choice seemed far removed from where life would take her in the future, but, today, Hodges attributes her studies in psychology—especially her work in behavior modification science—to be at the core of her understanding of and her ability to communicate with mules and donkeys. In 1973 her mother enlisted her help in tending to the many mules and donkeys on her Windy Valley Mule Ranch in Healdsburg, California. Hodges became an assistant trainer and worked with her mother, on and off, until 1979, when her mother sold the Windy Valley Ranch. Joyce Doty gave Hodges the last mule, Lucky Three Sundowner, and the last jack, Little Jack Horner, that were born at Windy Valley Ranch in 1980. Little Jack Horner became the Sire Supreme of the Lucky Three Ranch lineage in Colorado.

Concurrently, Hodges’ evolving technique proved successful in showing her animals in both horse and mule shows. In 1984 Lucky Three Sundowner became the World Champion Bridle Reined Mule at Bishop Mule Days in Bishop, California. He then became the World Champion 3rd level Dressage Mule in 1992, and again in 1993, while working at home at 4th Level Dressage.

Little Jack Horner was her champion jack donkey and jumped four-foot in an exhibition at Bishop Mule Days in 1990. He won a Special Award, making him the only formal jumping donkey worldwide.

Meredith Hodges Net Worth

Meredith Hodges is one of the richest American Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Meredith Hodges 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1969, she married Gary Fredricksen. Meredith and Gary Fredricksen managed the Sonoma Craft Magic Leather Shop, making original leather clothes. They did this from 1970 to 1975. She also worked as a waitress, and a skate instructor at the Redwood Empire Ice Arena in Santa Rosa. Dena, her daughter was born in 1974. Gary Fredricksen was drowned in a swimming accident at Bear River in Grass Valley in California in 1975. Meredith then went to Windy Valley Ranch to help her mother with her equines. In 1980, she married Gary Hodges and bought the land that would become Lucky Three Ranch. Meredith and Gary Hodges split in 1982. She is the mother of two brothers and two sister.

Hodges bought a 10-acre (40,000m) abandoned sheep ranch in Loveland Colorado in 1980 and named it Lucky Three Ranch. She started breeding and training a high-quality line, including some future champions, of donkeys and mules. She wanted to show that mules can do all the same things as horses in recreational equestrian disciplines in order to increase their use in America. She began to learn more about the personalities and abilities of these horses and developed her own training program using her observations and her experience in behavior modification. She gathered her knowledge and techniques over the next ten year, using the resistance-free techniques of Richard Shrake, and combining the knowledge of numerous trainers from different equestrian disciplines, such as Major Anders Lindgren for dressage, Rick Noffsinger for driving, Bruce Davidson, Denny Emerson, and Al Dunning for Combined Training.

During the 1970s and early 1980s, most competitive equestrian events were closed to mules and donkeys. In 1986 Hodges lobbied at the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Convention, wrote letter campaigns, and held forums and discussions with various breed organizations in an effort to change the USDF rules to include mules and donkeys in competition. This was done, but the American Horse Show Association (AHSA) still would not accept them. Mules were limited to schooling shows only and not allowed at the upper levels in the USDF shows that were governed by the AHSA. Hodges continued to work with other mule enthusiasts to get mules accepted by the AHSA. On January 18, 2004, mules were finally accepted by the AHSA, now the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF). The rule was approved with consideration. Mules were now accepted in the Dressage Division of the USEF.

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Meredith Ranked on the list of most popular American author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Meredith Hodges celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.