RHOBH Star Sutton Stracke In Horse Riding Gear Poses With Kyle Richards

It’s been a volatile season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for Sutton Stracke (esophagus-gate, anyone?), but she knows the best way to shake off any drama is to get outside in the fresh air. Stracke, 52 shared a picture of herself riding her beloved horse Santos, dressed in the fancy riding gear we would expect from the luxury-loving reality star. Also featured in the snaps are castmate Kyle Richards and fan favorite Avi Gabay. “Santos makes another appearance as well as @avi_gabay_ (my true love),” she captioned the post. Here’s how Stracke lives her best real life.

1. Horseback Riding

Stracke displayed her love for horses and horseback riding on RHOBH, introducing the world to her beautiful horse Santos. “Riding a horse for 45 minutes at a walk, trot and canter can burn up to 200 calories,” Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horse specialist and professor in the department of animal science Dr. Dennis Sigler tells the American Heart Association. “If you do something a bit more strenuous such as cutting or reining, that can come out to nearly seven calories per minute for the entire length of the riding period.”

2. Inspired By Castmates

Stracke is inspired by her Bravo castmates, even when they don’t always see eye to eye. “Being around a group of strong-minded women makes you have to step-up, so I’ve definitely learned to speak up. Even witnessing the filming of last season showed that to me,” she told Beverly Hills Lifestyle magazine. “The girls are not only mothers, they’re actresses and businesspeople and it was amazing to see how they’re juggling everything. It was great because seeing them gave me the impetus to do more and now I have the knowledge that I can. They were really great role models to me in that sense.”

3. Luxury Boutique

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Stracke has a luxury boutique “Sutton” in Beverly Hills, which keeps her busy when she’s not filming. Research shows working at a job you genuinely love is good for mental health. “The whole space is like a cottage,” she told Beverly Hills Lifestyle magazine. “I wanted it to feel like part-closet, part-boudoir, part living space, and part dining room, because those are the key elements in all of our lives.”

4. Garcelle Is Her BFF

Stracke has genuine friendships on the show, especially with castmate Garcelle Beauvais. “I have a very real friendship with Garcelle,” she told Hollywood Life. “We text, we call, we visit — we’re going on vacation together this summer. We’re really best friends and I love her so much and we love our families together and everything.”

5. Living Her Best Life

Stracke is always true to herself, on screen and off. “Success to me means that you live your best life every day,” she told Digital Journal. “Whether it is being the best mother you can be, the best wife, the best businesswoman, the best friend that you can be. It’s not about awards or accolades, it’s about being true to yourself and attempting to achieve your goals, no matter how big or small.”

"The Real Housewives" series, known for its glamour and capital-D Drama, also showcases a diverse array of wellness and beauty routines from its cast members. This list delves into the personal health and fitness journeys of these dynamic women. From yoga aficionados and skincare enthusiasts to diet and exercise gurus, each housewife offers a unique insight into maintaining wellness amidst the chaos of reality TV. Their stories are not just about looking good, but about feeling empowered and balanced in their hectic lives. Let's explore how these real housewives stay fit, fabulous, and focused.

1. Jenn Pedranti

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Jenn Pedranti is the newest member of The Real Housewives of Orange County. She is also a fitness expert, and shares her tips on Instagram. Pedranti loves to practice yoga, and shared this photo of herself in the studio. She captioned the post, “Tree Pose✨🌳✨Standing rooted to the earth, while reaching to the heavens. To stop amid all the noise, pause... and simply say..’Thank you.’”

2. Sonja Morgan

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Sonja Morgan joined the original cast of The Real Housewives of New York in its third season. She shared some of her favorite healthy foods in an interview with UsWeekly. “Sour cherry juice is known to help you sleep, it’s very calming and it cuts down on uric acid. If you hang out with a party group like mine, sometimes it’s not a bad idea.”

3. Cynthia Bailey

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Cynthia Bailey was a cast member on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She has amazing skin, and shared her favorite products in an interview with PureWow. She says that she makes sure to keep her skin oil-free. “I’m really lucky—I have very small pores so sweat isn’t a big issue for me. However, I keep NYX Professional Makeup Blotting Paper on deck to remove any excess oil off of my face throughout the day.”

4. Whitney Rose

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Whitney Rose is a cast member of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. She shares a lot of her favorite workouts on Instagram. In this post, Rose is seen going paddleboarding. She is also doing some yoga poses on the board. Rose captioned the post, “Paddle board yoga anyone? Down dog, up dog, head stand… Which pose is your favorite?”

5. Heather Gay

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Heather Gay appears on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. She shared some of her skincare tips in an interview with BravoTV.com. “My favorite one [is] Iris and Beau’s Whitney’s Glow,” she said. “It’s just, like, a moisturizer, but it gives your face a little glow and it smells so good and it’s s lightweight. You can put it over your makeup any time…As much cream and moisture that I can put back into my body that the mountain air takes away, the better.”

6. Heather Dubrow

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Heather Dubrow rejoined the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County last year. She and her husband, Terry, opened up about their diet in an interview with HollywoodLife. “We call it the 12-8-4 plan. Basically 12 hours of fasting, eight hours of keto friendly food and then four hours of a diet where we’re reintroducing carbs.”

7. Kyle Richards

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Kyle Richards has been a cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills since the first season. In this Instagram post, Richards talked about lifestyle changes she’s made. "Now that I am the weight I want to be, I will have the occasional small amount of pasta etc once in a while. But no alcohol since July 15. I workout every day. Chasing it up between running, cycling, hiking and yoga. Weights & stomach everyday.”

8. Lisa Rinna

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Lisa Rinna was a long-time cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, joining in season five. She revealed to People that she loves cardio and flexibility workouts. “I really love the combination of SoulCycle and yoga,” she revealed. “It keeps me balanced and sane. I’ve been my own dietician and workout therapist for years. I think you have to listen to your body.”

9. Lisa Barlow

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10. Teresa Guidice

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Teresa Guidice is the current longest-running housewife on Bravo, having been a cast member on The Real Housewives of New Jersey for thirteen seasons. Guidice shared her skincare secrets with Glamour. “I love to get Hydrafacials ($199) [the treatment whereby an aesthetician uses a vacuum pen to clean your pores]. They're amazing. I just got one about a month ago, and I’m going next week to Jane Ruffo at Omni Aesthetics in Oakland, New Jersey. I try to do it once a month at least, and I make sure to take care of my skin in between. And, yeah, I get Botox. I go to Dr. DiBernardo (about $600 every three to five months) in Montclair, New Jersey. I don’t usually like to talk about it, but why not? It came out for a reason, so why not use it, right? I love the way I look so much better now compared to when I first started doing the show. I feel great.”

11. Jennifer Aydin

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Jennifer Aydin currently stars on The Real Housewives of New Jersey. She talked about using Absolute Nutrition and making changes to her eating habits with Page Six. "I’ll have a week where we go out to a few dinners and going out to dinner is part of my demise. I see it coming right on right away. So then I stop for a second, I’m like, 'Okay, I gotta calm down. We gotta make some better choices, and I gotta get back on the bandwagon.'"

12. Gizelle Bryant

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Gizelle Bryant has been a cast member of The Real Housewives of Potomac since the first season. She revealed to E! News that she has joined Nutrisystem to help her lose weight. “With Nutrisystem, it gets delivered to your door so I didn't need to worry about going out and buying all this junk, all this stupid stuff that I was eating...The pounds just literally fell off."

13. Meredith Marks

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Meredith Marks is a cast member on The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. She revealed her secrets for sleeping better to Us Weekly. “It’s hard for me to like settle down and it’s also hard for me to stay asleep during the night,” she says. “So, I like to sleep with an eye mask because it forces me to keep my eyes closed. If I could open them, I’m going to open them and like start working on my phone or doing something. I’m a restless person. I’m wired. I usually have like a glass of wine too. That usually helps a little.”

14. Kandi Burruss

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Kandi Burruss has been a cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta since its second season. During the pandemic, Burruss revealed on social media that she wanted to lose weight. On Instagram, she talked about changes she’s made. "I stopped eating sweets and bread for 2 months (December & January) & drank only water. No juice, no soda ... Lost about 17 lbs."

15. Nicole Martin

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Nicole Martin is a cast member on The Real Housewives of Miami. She shared her secrets for productivity with E! News. "A few years ago, I read The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod and since then I've made it a point to set my alarm clock 30 minutes earlier than I need to be awake. Having this extra time, while everyone is still sleeping, makes a huge difference in my day. I spend that time focusing on gratitude, I do a quick 5 min meditation, make a daily to-do list, and some stretching/foam rolling. Those 30 minutes of quality "me time" sets the tone for a positive and productive day."

Sutton Stracke is enjoying her European summer vacation in her swimsuit! The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star shows off her fantastic figure in a bathing suit while lounging around the Italian Riviera in one of her latest social media posts. “#nofilter Saturday. #italy," she captioned the Instagram snap. How does the reality star stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Sutton Stracke stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Drinks Spirits in the AM

Sutton does not restrict herself when it comes to drinking. “I have a drinking regimen that I do," she told Behind the Velvet Rope. "At around 10 [a.m.], I think that's OK for your first cocktail of the day. And then ... I try to ... it's just consistency through the day. Then I'm nicer." She added: "You know what they say: When you monitor what time you're allowed to drink, that means you have a drinking problem. Why can't you have a drink at 10? What makes 5 o'clock so special? Give 10 a.m. the love, too! ... Just have it. Don't deny yourself right now, no." Just remember: "Drinking alcohol in moderation generally is not a cause for concern. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, drinking is considered to be in the moderate or low-risk range for women at no more than three drinks in any one day and no more than seven drinks per week. For men, it is no more than four drinks a day and no more than 14 drinks per week," says the Mayo Clinic.

2. She Gets Botox

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Sutton told Page Six Style castmate Kyle Richards “dragged” her to get Botox for the first time a few years ago. “I had never gotten Botox before. I was 47 and I had never done it!” she said. “Kyle dragged me to go get Botox with Nurse Jamie.”

3. She Uses a Beauty Roller

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​​While visiting the celebrity dermatologist with Richards, she discovered a beauty tool that she uses regularly. “And that’s actually how I ended up getting my roller,” she said about the Nurse Jamie Instant UpLift Massaging Beauty Roller she uses to quell anxiety. The device has a rotating head covered with 24 tourmaline stones to help improve skin tone and texture.

4. She Believes True Beauty Comes From Within

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She tries not to obsess over aging and instead, inner beauty. “We can get so fixated on that. I mean, we all want to look good and we all want to stay young,” Sutton told Page Six Style. “But really, I think our youthfulness comes from our heart.” She tries to teach her daughter these types of lessons. “I have a daughter and so I want to make sure that she learns from me. The biggest lesson is that looks are secondary. Who you are as a person is first and how you live your life, being a leader and leading by example is what’s most important,” she continued. “Because you can look amazing, but it doesn’t matter if you’re a terrible person.”

5. She Golfs

While Sutton doesn’t discuss her exercise routine, she does like a certain outdoor sport: Golf. “Finally! A day off. Golf lesson Oceanside. Happy #humpday,” she captioned this photo from an oceanfront course.

1. Horseback Riding

Heinle has been horseback riding since her parents got her a Shetland pony. “I was interested in sports, but I loved horses,” she says. “I don’t know how my parents swung it. Sandy wasn’t the nicest pony; she stepped on my feet all the time and threw me off a lot. But it was a good learning experience... We used to ride like crazy when we were kids—bareback, no helmets, just crazy stuff.”

2. Dressage Dreams

Heinle got back into horseback riding and dressage after her daughter expressed an interest in it. She now rides a horse called Prince Caspian. “I knew about dressage, but I was an adrenaline junkie—I loved jumping,” she says. “But dressage is exciting in a different way. It’s a rush when he goes from this beautiful walk to a canter. He’s a big mover, but it’s like liquid. I’m just getting to know him. He’s a little shy, still trying to figure it all out because he’s new to the barn. I sing country-western songs to calm him down.”

3. Victoria Newman Legacy

Heinle knows she will always be connected to the role of Victoria Newman. “It scares me to think, like, I never thought I would be in a place so long,” she says. “Not that it’s gonna end anytime soon, but if it were, like this has become such a part of my life and the people I see on day-to-day basis is like…. This is like a legacy for me almost. I’ll be known for his, for being on Y&R because I’ve been there so long.”

4. Beauty Fails

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5. Making Time For Herself

Heinle starts work before 7 and often isn’t home until late in the day. “I might get lucky and be able to go to work, ride and get home when my kids get home from school,” she says, adding that her love of horseback riding helps with her job. “I know when I’m doing a scene exactly how I want it to go. It took this long to finally get here. That’s not to say I don’t have crappy days where it looks awful and my acting is worse than I’ve ever seen it or days when I think, ‘Why the heck am I even on camera?’ If that is what dressage is like, I’m ready—I’m prepared to fail miserably in the beginning and just enjoy it. Whether it’s riding a horse or acting on a soap opera, if you’re enjoying what you’re doing, none of the other stuff really matters.”

Sutton Stracke is steaming up the shoreline – in her bathing suit. In a recent social media post the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star shows off her incredible body and chiseled abs while lounging on the beach in St. Barths with her “friend forever” Gaby Sifter. “You look like a teenager in that second pic,” commented one of her followers. “Cutie,” added another. How does the reality star stay looking forever young? Celebwell rounded up her top lifestyle habits.

1. Golfing

Sutton is an avid golfer. “Finally! A day off. Golf lesson Oceanside. Happy #humpday,” she captioned this photo from an oceanfront course. A comprehensive review published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that golf's health benefits are extensive, including mind, body, and even lifespan. Benefits include improved longevity, decreased risk of developing heart disease or suffering a stroke, good mental health, and improved strength and balance.

2. Botox

According to Sutton, castmate Kyle Richards “dragged” her to get Botox for the first time a few years ago. “I had never gotten Botox before. I was 47 and I had never done it!” she told Page Six Style. “Kyle dragged me to go get Botox with Nurse Jamie.”

3. Beauty Roller

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Nurse Jamie introduced Sutton to a beauty tool that she uses regularly. “And that’s actually how I ended up getting my roller,” she said about the Nurse Jamie Instant UpLift Massaging Beauty Roller she uses to quell anxiety. The device has a rotating head covered with 24 tourmaline stones to help improve skin tone and texture.

4. Focusing on Inner Beauty

Sutton chooses to focus on her insides rather than her outsides. “We can get so fixated on that. I mean, we all want to look good and we all want to stay young,” Sutton told Page Six Style. “But really, I think our youthfulness comes from our heart.” She tries to teach her daughter these types of lessons. “I have a daughter and so I want to make sure that she learns from me. The biggest lesson is that looks are secondary. Who you are as a person is first and how you live your life, being a leader and leading by example is what’s most important. Because you can look amazing, but it doesn’t matter if you’re a terrible person.”

5. No Ozempic

Sutton has denied taking Ozempic to lose weight. “So fun. Thanks for having me! No Covid, not on Ozempic, I do eat!” she wrote in the comment section of since-deleted Instagram post, after someone accused her of using the weight loss drug. “Jeff, you’re always a blast and I couldn’t love [Doug Budin] more (see you in the store on Monday).”