caitlin gooch

Caitlin Gooch’s passion for the Western lifestyle began during her childhood on her family’s horse farm.  Growing up surrounded by horses, she had always dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but her focus shifted when she got to college and decided she wanted to help people instead.  Upon graduating with a B.S. in Sociology, she found...

Saddle Up And Read (SUAR) is on a mission to encourage youth to achieve literary excellence through equine activities. In 2017, founder Caitlin Gooch noticed the literacy rates in North Carolina were low, and acted immediately by creating an incentive with a local library. As a prize for reading, this incentive included a day at her father’s horse farm. The only requirement was for...