Poetry in motion

How proud can a person be of another person's accomplishments? In the case of Samantha Sampson and Canadian Guard...pretty damn proud!

Sam is a 14 year old riding student of my daughter Sarah and Canadian Guard is a 24 year old 1/2 Arabian-1/2 Saddlebred gelding who is owned by Ann Marie Burrows, a client of Sarah's.

Sam just recovered from ACL surgery, a soccer injury from last fall, and has only been riding again for a couple of months or so. She is quiet and determined, and she loves this horse. He was a former English Pleasure Horse, and then was sold to Ann Marie several years ago, and dropped down a notch to Hunter status. He is still pretty stylish as you can see!

"Guard" is sired by National Champion Al Marah Canadius. He is tall, dark and handsome, and Ann Marie lovingly calls him "Romeo" and she graciously lets Sam ride and show him. Sam's proud parents are Jeff and Traci Sampson.

He takes care of this young girl and she doesn't let him get away with any nonsense.

A pretty pair competing at their very first "Class A" horse show.

Proud as peacocks might be the words that describe how we all feel about this ribbon winning combination.

p.s. this pair now fully meet the requirements for "generation gap"!