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Piper speaks with top hunter and jumper rider and trainer Samantha Schaefer about growing up in this sport and her ethos on training horses today. Brought to you by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services.

• Host: Piper Klemm, publisher of The Plaid Horse 
• Guest: Samantha Schaefer is a top rider and trainer who had the good fortune of riding with some of the very best trainers in the business during her junior career. Samantha had amazing success in the pony hunter,  junior hunter,  junior jumper, and equitation divisions –winning national titles for many years with countless horses and ponies. Samantha rode for Baylor University and led the country in the Amateur Owner Hunters before becoming a professional in 2017. She now has wins and national titles in the International Derbies, High Performance Hunters, and Open Jumpers. Samantha works alongside her mother and fellow trainer Kate Conover at Shadow Ridge Farm. 
• Title Sponsor: Taylor, Harris Insurance Services
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