R'surene Kantamos arrived on June 9, 2014. Sired by the two time World Hunter Pleasure Champion MEM Bailamos and out of the undefeated sport horse/hunter/in hand mare R'surene Carasu, "BB" as he is affectionally called, solidifies the best of both bloodlines. BB gets his beautiful head and springy trot from his sire and the conformation, size, and coloring of his dam.

BB arrived after a great deal of research. When Carasu broke her knee we were informed that she had a 50-50% chance of carrying a foal to term and she would probably have to be put down when the foal was weaned. With that in mind, we picked what we wanted for our one shot. That stallion proved to be a golden cross with Carasu. Carasu was overseen at the University of Tennessee Equine Hospital from insemination to actual foaling. For the last three weeks of her pregnancy she was in ICU to make sure that once she had the foal she could stand and allow him to nurse.

To the left are pictures of BB taken on September 9, 2014, his three month old birthday. Chris is teaching him to fetch a ball and I wanted to share those pictures here. Kantamos is special in every way and he has the Morgan personality in spades.

On February 15, 2017, BB was sent to Ken Swanson of Tara Farm, Raleigh, NC. to get qualified for the 2017 Grand National. BB exceeded everyone's expectations at Southern and at the Blue Ridge Classic. Since Tara Farm was not showing, we elected to bring BB home and condition him ourselves for the Grand National. Both Chris and I showed him; Chris in hand and myself in Classic Pleasure Driving. This was quite a feat for us oldies but we had always wanted to show an "R'surene" at the Grand National under our colors. We were officially Grand National bound! BB won his class with Chris showing in-hand. He took 4th with Sue in Classic Driving 3yr old and under followed by a top ten in the Junior Classic Pleasure Driving Championship. 

Due to a rear hoof injury BB was forced to stay at the farm in 2018. Driving on the 600 acres helped BB regain his athleticism. Last year he was shown by Chris and Sue exclusively.   

Today BB is in training with Stan Bodnar of Merriehill Stables in Marengo, Illinois. Below are posted his winnings for 2017 and 2018. Stay tuned for his Midwest debut this spring in Classic Pleasure Saddle and Driving.

1st stallions in hand