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The Lothlorien farm property, 540 acres in the rolling hills of Caledon in the town of Cheltenham, was purchased in 1975 by Sue Grange (nee Campbell and MacNamara). The farm was built and horses began to move in, in the fall of that year. The farm was private, with Sue being the sole rider. It was the home of the "Cheltenham Gold Cup Horse Show" from 1977 to 1989. This horse show drew riders from all over North America - the big attraction being the World Cup Qualifier.

Over the years, there have been three professionals who have rented one of the barns at Lothlorien to run a boarding barn - Mac Cone, Torchy Millar, and Beth Underhill. However, throughout the entire time, Sue Grange continued to manage her barn as a private barn, and a separate entity altogether. It was decided, after Beth's departure to return Lothlorien to a completely private facility.

Lothlorien in 1980

Sue and Percolator		Sue and Right Pass

Today, Lothlorien is operated by both Sue and her husband John. The farm is comprised of 500 acres, a large amount of which is farmed and planted with various crops, and the remainder being dedicated to the horses. It has several paddocks and run-in sheds, riding trails, a walker, treadmill, hydrotherapy machine, water treadmill, track, two indoor arenas, a sand ring and a grass grand prix ring with several natural obstacles. There are a total of 59 Lothlorien owned horses at the present time, consisting of standardbreds, broodmares, stallions, young horses as well as the horses that are currently showing throughout North America with Yann Candele. In addition to this, there are two Lothlorien horses with Millar Brooke Farm who are currently competing with Ian Millar.

In November of 2003, Sue purchased a farm in Wellington, Florida - known as "Lothlorien South". This provides a place to winter the show horses. Lothlorien South has recently been expanded and now consists of 30 acres, 2 houses, 16-stall barn, treadmill, paddocks, large sand ring and a grand prix ring with several natural obstacles.

In February 2009, Sue purchased another 5 acre property adjacent to the Wellington Horse show grounds. This property, "Lothlorien South Show Barn" has a 24 stall barn, staff house as well as several paddocks and a sand ring. This property is used when the horses are competing, although Lothlorien South will remain the "home" farm while in Florida.

Lothlorien is considered to be one of the top private jumper barns in Canada.

In 2005 Sue teamed up with her mother, Mrs. Campbell and purchased three Standardbred mares, "Belovedangel", "Please Me Please" and "KiKiKatie". These mares, who were excellent racehorses themselves, were purchased with the intention of breeding them to RockNRoll Hanover.

RockNRoll Hanover was the 3yr old Pacer of the Year in 2005 as well as being named the Horse of the Year in the U.S.A. He was owned by Sue's mother throughout his racing career, a small percentage of ownership was kept after he was retired to Peretti Farms where he now stands at stud.

Sue's mother passed away in the fall of 2007, and subsequently Sue inherited her mother's racehorses and shares in RockNRoll Hanover.

Sue has also continued victory with Well Said, the 4yr old North American Pacer of the Year in 2009, who won the Little Brown Jug as well as the Meadowlands Pace and North American Cup in 2009.

Since this time, Lothlorien has enjoyed many successes with the race horses as well as the show horses.

Lothlorien