Dubious at first, deep pride grew in gifted T-bred
Riding a T-bred she once looked at with skepticism, her heart now thundered with pride as the pair captured two major awards at the Woodside Spring International Horse Trials. JoAnna Saunders and her ex-racehorse Ansel Adams (JC: Marino Lad) seized the Preliminary Challenge (Rider) and the CANTER California OTTB High Point Award last month after a poor dress rehearsal that day, and three years after a less-than-magical introductory meeting. In this Clubhouse Q&A, Sunders admits she was not immediately bowled over when she first met the dappled gray she nicknamed Easton. After six months of looking, and three failed vet […]
