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Tribute to Shadow - Shadow has passed away and will be greatly missed. |
Samantha Gault: |
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Samantha Gault has been involved with horses all her life. It all started with pony rides from friend's horses in Georgia. When she was five she moved to Long Island, New York with her father. Her dad started her in weekly riding lessons at Glen Head stables in Glen Cove, New York. She was hooked from then on. Samantha had instruction weekly and sometime tri-weekly from that point on and started her show career at age six. When Samantha was twelve she started to volunteer at a trail barn called Park Stables in Old Bethpage, New York. For five years she did trail rides, cleaned stalls and took care of the trail horses. At age sixteen she started to teach summer camps there and took on some of her first students. While teaching and riding there she attended a two-year large animal care course at BOCES. After completing the course, she bought her first horse- Shadow. Showing many other horses for clients and friends she focused on just her and Shadow. They went in to a huge show schedule and won lots of ribbons, trophies and year-end awards. All the while she had a client base of twenty. They ranged from age six and up. Samantha taught and rode for Gold Coast Equestrian center in Brookville, New York. Sam started college and was the captain of the riding team there and coached the team at shows the first year. After college she moved to Georgia again and taught at a few barns and showed Shadow and had fun. |
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In 2002 she bought a Mustang named Devil and trained and showed him around Georgia and winning a few ribbons. (He is now one of her prized lesson horses). She bought a few paint horses and showed in APHA shows for a year in Hunt seat, halter and Over fences and western pleasure. In 2004 she started to teach at Camelot Farms in Newnan, Ga. and wanted a place of her own. The search was on and in 2005, her husband, Harry and Samantha found what is now Shadow Run Farm. Samantha's life long love is her horses. Nothing makes her happier than having her horses home with her and teaching people how to ride and go to horse shows. Samantha plans on perusing her show career in APHA and IBHA and Open horse show and also bringing her students. |