Anne Carter & Show Me  1971 

Immediately after receiving my BA degree  in the 1970's, I moved to Sewickley, PA  to work under brothers Brian and Kevin Lenehan and Leslie (then Lenehan) Howard.

Kevin was just beginning to show A Touch of Class (an off-the-track TB mare) in the green hunters. She required a fair amount of preparation and free time for which I took a great deal of responsibility.  In 6 short years, A Touch of Class advanced to win the Individual Gold Medal for Show Jumping with Joe Fargis in the 1984 Olympic Games.

Brian was also competing a gorgoeous bay gelding called Chads Ford, the leading green comformation hunter in the U.S.  Chad was my charge from the time Brian stepped off his back until he jogged back for the winner's lineup.  I was responsible for his impeccable turn-out, everything from the perfect braid job to his oiled hooves.

AC and a young hunter who started training 6 weeks earlier

A native of Virginia, North Carolina became home for family and AC in 1982.  Her credentials are evidenced by many honors and accomplishments awarded the last 35 years.

In 1969, under the tutelage of Bet and Clyde Poarch, she held the destinction of being the youngest competitor (at age 11) ever to ride as a VHSA Hunter Seat Medal Finalist.  In 1971, Anne Carter won the High Score Award for the trial year of the VHSA Pony Equitation competition and in '72 won the VHSA Pony Equitation Finals.

Equitation mount "Edgewood's Show Me" & Anne Carter 

Due to a shoulder injury in 1974, her final year competing as a junior was nearly erased. Able to ride just three days prior to the VHSA Equitation Medal Finals, Anne Carter placed FIRST in the written test phase (which counted 33% of the competition) and 5th in the flat phase.

Just 7 weeks later, she rode amirably in the national AHSA (USEF) Medal Finals at Harrisburg, PA aboard her self-trained 3 yr. old TB mare, Enchanted Sea  (below)