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“Wink” started his training with
Vic Thompson working as a groom.
He and Faye were married and
started their first training job in
Canton, Georgia for Mr. and Mrs.
Tyre Jones and their daughter
Virginia. They lived in Canton for
a year then moved to Maryville,
Tennessee. Here their first child
was born in 1956, Winston Tyre
Groover.
From Maryville the Groover’s
moved to Knoxville, Tennessee
where “Wink” ran an open train­
ing stable at Chilhowe Park. Some
months later he was asked to de­
sign a stable for a group of busi­
ness men and later became man­
ager of the new Beaverbrook
Stables. There he developed two
outstanding 3 year old horses,
SUN’S PIN-UP GIRL and GENER­
AL KNOX. The latter was sold to
Dr. L. C. Smith of Beaumont,
Texas. The m