“I’ve grown up at the horse track. I don’t look like a horse wrangler, but I spent 18 years on a 10 acre, no name horse ranch.”
Jason Sammons, Huntington Texas Junior, is part of a horse breeding, racing and winning family.
Sammons stated, “Over time, I grew up into a love for it. It was my Dad’s passion. It wasn’t mine. I hated having to get up early and help with them. I wanted to be out with my friends.”
“I’ve helped my dad raise three good racers. I’ve saddle broke every one of our horses. I grew up to appreciate the animals. They are beautiful, smart, loving and you can talk to them.”
“When they win a race, it’s cool because I have a connection with them.” According to Thoroughbred Times magazine, R B J ‘S Blaze, won a $24,000 purse in March 2005. Another stud, Won C C was a winner at Sam Houston Race Park in November 2002. Both were Stakes Race winners raised by the Sammons family.
Sammons continued “The foundation mare is gone. You couldn’t ask for a better bloodline. Her name was Callie Callie and she produced both of the winning colts. RBJ’s Blaze is her final colt. A leg fracture has kept him off the track for over a year but he is back in training. “
Sammons said he decided to major in Journalism at SFASU because, “I want to go into advertising, I love selling to people.”
He said that all of his experiences “help me to figure out what people need and get it for them. I’ve always been pretty good at it. I want to see what happens.”
When asked to describe himself, Sammons said, “I am six feet tall, blue eyes, brown hair, and I’m pretty scruffy with a beard, right now. You know, that sounds a little like a horse wrangler, doesn’t it?”
