Farewell to producer with rare ability to spot diamonds in the rough and turn them into champions

Farewell to producer with rare ability to spot diamonds in the rough and turn them into champions

By Sue Phillips Samuel McAteer, the leading producer of show horses has died, aged 81, following a brave battle with illness. Sam passed away peacefully at home on the farm in Northern Ireland, where he had lived his whole life. Sam had such an eye for a horse and there was no one quite like him for the ability to spot a diamond in the rough and turn it into a champion. His record at Dublin and Balmoral was testament to that; he won his first Du…