A brief biography
Sam & Bucky 1951
Sam's first horse was a Milking Shorthorn steer named Bucky. She could be seen riding the roads and trails or driving about town in a cart. Her first real horse was an ancient retired harness racehorse named Dolly Dare which she rode 365 days a year through rain, sun and blizzards.
Graduated in l960 from the University of New Hampshire, she worked at Chatham Hall Girls' school in Virginia as Head of Riding. While in VA she rode with the Bedford County Hunt as a Whipper-In.
Married in 1963 to Kenneth Morrison, she had 3 children, The family travelled about the midwest as Kenneth attended various colleges.
In l974 the family of 3 children, 10 horses, 7 Bassethounds, 20 chickens a rabbit and a cat moved to a smalll farm in Michigan while Kenneth worked as an immunologist at Wayne State University and did cancer research for the Michigan Research F oundation in Detroit. Sam set up her riding program and began competing and coaching other riders in Dressage shows and Combined Training Events, riding her home bred Thoroughbreds and winning many Michigan Combined Training Awards. While in Michigan, Sam discovered Sally Swift. Upon seeing and feeling the affects of Centered Riding techniques, she stopped competing and began learning to ride all over again. She attended one of Sally's first instructor courses in 1983. In Michigan she also attended several United States Dressage Federation seminars and workshops for instructors.
In 1986 Kenneth and Sam purchsed the 200+ year old farm in Greene, Maine, coming back to New England after 25 years in the midwest. The farm was appropriately named Welcome Home Farm.
Sam has studied and worked her way up the Centered Riding instructor levels eventually becomming a Level IV Certified Clinician. She continues to study and practice T'ai Chi, Alexander Technique and other bodywork modalities. For the horses she studies and practices Ttouch, Tteam, Reiki, massage and other bodywork techniques She organizes clinics at WHF and occasionally schooling shows.
Welcome Home Farm is the headquarters for the Primetime Riders Adult Riding Club.
Sam travels to other farms in Maine and other states and occasionally to Europe, giving Centered Riding Courses and clinics.
"Walk the words you Talk and Talk the Words you Walk"
When training your horse -
BE CLEAR * BE CONSISTANT * BE FAIR
FMI 207 402 2672 wlcmhome@live.com
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