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Helen Crabtree (Helen Kitner) was born on 14 December, 1915 in Jacksonville, Illinois, is an equestrian. Discover Helen Crabtree's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

Popular As Helen Kitner
Occupation Horse trainer, riding teacher, author, horse breeder
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 14 December, 1915
Birthday 14 December
Birthplace Jacksonville, Illinois
Date of death (2002-01-04)
Died Place Simpsonville, Kentucky
Nationality United States

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Helen Crabtree Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Helen Crabtree worth at the age of 87 years old? Helen Crabtree’s income source is mostly from being a successful equestrian. She is from United States. We have estimated Helen Crabtree's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

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2002

Helen Crabtree died January 4, 2002. She was 86 years old. At her passing, it was said that she helped make Shelby County, Kentucky the "Saddle Horse Capital" of the United States and "changed the face of the Saddlebred industry."

1970

While in Arkansas, they adopted their son, Redd, a horse-loving boy from a nearby orphanage. Helen Crabtree became a notable equitation coach and taught many young girls to ride, including Mary Gaylord McClean. Crabtree preferred to teach children in groups, pairing less skilled riders with more talented ones, and did not allow longe line riding. In 1970 she wrote the book Saddle Seat Equitation, which she revised in 1982, and was re-released in paperback in 1999. Helen Crabtree received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Horse Shows Association (now the United States Equestrian Federation) and was also the United Professional Horsemen's Association Instructor of the Year.

1915

Helen Crabtree (December 14, 1915 – January 4, 2002) was an American equitation coach in the discipline of saddle seat riding as well as a breeder and trainer of American Saddlebred horses. In 1970, she authored the book Saddle Seat Equitation which remains a primary guide for equitation riders. Crabtree Stables, in which she ran with her husband Charles and son Redd, produced 75 World Champion American Saddlebred horses and 22 winners of the National Equitation Championships.

She was born Helen Kitner in Jacksonville, Illinois on December 14, 1915 and began riding by the age of four. By the age of seven she was showing horses for other people and by age 11 she was training horses for a dollar a day. She attended MacMurray College to become a schoolteacher and later became a riding instructor. She met Charles Crabtree at Missouri Stables, where she taught riding lessons. The couple married after a two-year engagement. They trained horses at Clayton Riding and Hunt Club in St. Louis, Missouri, before moving to Arkansas, then Tennessee and ultimately to Kentucky. They trained at the Rock Creek Riding Club in Louisville for several years. The Crabtrees bought their own farm, Crabtree Stables, located near Simpsonville, Kentucky, in 1958.