SUSAN (Susie) Lanigan-O’Keeffe was a gifted horsewoman who saw the Suma prefix, established over 40 years ago with partner Marily Power, reach global heights in 2018, thanks to the phenomenal success of the ‘Millionaire Mare’ Suma’s Zorro.

Bred by Susie and owned by Joanne Sloan Allen and Sameh El Dahan, she is by Ard VDL Douglas, one of the continental stallions the avant-garde Suma Stud was instrumental in introducing to Ireland, in tandem with their mission to preserve outcross Irish Draught bloodlines.