Showing breeder and HOYS winner dies

Showing breeder Barbara Samwells has died aged 75.

She died peacefully in her sleep on 1 March in Hereford Royal Infirmary.

Mrs Samwells was also a racehorse trainer, breeder and won the hack title at Horse of the Year Show three years in a row with Lady Teller in the 1960s.

This article was first published in Horse & Hound magazine (27 March 2014)

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