Sam began riding at the age of 2 and her love for horses has continued to grow since then. She evented throughout Area 1 in high school and college up to Preliminary level and was also a member of the Mount Holyoke College Equestrain Team.  After college she became a working student for dressage rider Arlene "Tuny" Page and became fascinated with the sport.  With Tuny she was able to travel to Wellington FL and to Conrad Schumacher's stable in Germany.  After 2 years of incredible learning with Tuny, Sam spent 5 years as assistant to Christopher Hickey of Dressage Associates.  Sam then built up her own clientele in Western Mass and operated her business out of Fuller's Horse Farm for 12 years with a 2 year position as head trainer for a private farm in Rhinebeck, NY.  Sam also returned to Mount Holyoke to teach both dressage and hunt seat in the PE program there and assisted Carolyn Fuller-Coggins with coaching the Williston Fuller IEA team.  Sam has been teaching and training professionally for 18 years, has earned her USDF Bronze and Silver Medals and has helped her students excel at all levels.  Sam has also become a competent FEI trainer and competitor, most notably on Sue Woodhouse's "Prime Time" who she competed at Intermediate 1 and her own "Realist S" aka "Relkino" who  she partnered with when he was 5 and who is now schooling at Prix St. George.  Sam's long term training influences are Leslie Kornfeld, Barend Heilbron, Conrad Schumacher and Shannon Dueck.  She has also ridden in clinics with Lilo Fore, Ulla Salzgeber, Kyra Kyrklund, Felicitas von Neumann-Cosul, Wilma van Bergen, Lucy MacLennen, Sandy Osborne and Bill Warren and has worked with Doug Cross with Natural Horsemanship.  Sam has a particular interest in young horses and has imported promising Oldenburg youngsters for clients and for sale.  She also enjoys figuring out horses who need an open mind and creative approach to gain confidence to excel.