Sam is a Quantock pony, well actually he is an Exmoor Pony.
The Quantocks are part of the hills that surround the area of Somerset where the Camp takes place. To the Northwest are the Quantock Hills and to the Southwest are the Blackdown Hills. These hills are part of Exmoor National Park. They are the home of “wild” Exmoor ponies, which is where Sam comes from.
Sam’s name is inspired by the great Poet Laureate, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was a good friend of fellow great poets of the time as William Wordsworth and Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Coleridge spent many years of his life in Somerset, especially the Quantock Hills, so it is only fitting that our fuzzy pony be named after him.
Sam’s cutie mark is a Zap Apple with a bite taken out of it. We chose an apple for him because Somerset is known as the Apple County of the UK. There are so many apple orchards and cider farms in the county, you can see why. If Sweet Apple Acres were British, you can bet this is the county the Apple family would live in, accent and all!
Sam is incredibly West Country, right down to the accent and dialect. We hope he won’t confuse you too much.
