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RICHARD MARY STABLES
The Richard Mary Stables of
Baton Rouge. Louisiana is again
working hard to achieve recogni­
tion in amateur, equitation and
horsemanship classes in many of
the top shows of the nation. In a
recent talk with Mr. Mary, who,
along with his wife, Faye, is re­
cognized as being among the most
renowned equitation teachers in the
business, we learned that they are
still specializing in this particular
phase of Walking Horse activity
and with much success. Having
produced five Celebration winners
in Horsemanship, Mr. and Mrs.
Mary apparently feel that their
success and the future of the
business lies in teaching young­
sters the art of horseback riding.
Faye Mary, who works at the
Livestock Show office of the Loui­
siana State University and is Se­
cretary' of the fabulous Dixie Jubi­
lee Horse Show, is also very ac­
tive in assisting her husband with
the running of the stable. They
have just moved into a new barn
and a new home located on a beau­
tiful five acre spread just outside
Baton Rouge. The stable, con­
structed of redwood, has 18 stalls,
12’xl2’, is 160’ long and has a 20-
foot wide indoor riding hall. The
stable has a 13-foot wide shed roof
that extends the full length of the
barn. In discussing the layout of
the stable, Mr. Mary pointed out
one innovation that was suggested
by a long standing friend, Mr.
Hewitt Bordelon, that has saved
much time in working horses. They
have located the tack room be­
tween two separate cross-tie areas
which allows grooms and riders
to work in both directions without
conflict.
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The Mary’s have a six horse van
with a tilt cab that has proved ex­
cellent for transporting their stock
to horse shows. Among those who
are most active at the stables is
Diana Armstrong of Baton Rouge,
who is currently showing EPI­
TAPH, a 6 year old chestnut geld­
ing out of the same mare as TOMB­
STONE (very appropriate names?).
Cindy Verret from Lake Charles,
La., is now riding DIAMOND LIL’S
BIG MAN, an eight year old geld­
ing that won the horseman­
ship class at the Celebration with
Liz Hampton up. Gayle Moore of
Lafayette, La., is still going strong
on SON OF DIXIE, the easy going
nine year old gelding on which
she won the horsemanship class at
the 1963 Dixie Jubilee.
Among the outstanding amateur
riders at the Mary Stables at the
present is Mr. W. T. (Bill) Bay-
nard of Baton Rouge who is getting
along fine with his chestnut stud
PERFECT PRECISION. This big­
going amateur horse with the flax
mane and tail won the 1962 Ama­
teur Stake at the Spring Jubilee
and is certain to win many more
blues with Mr. Baynard in the
saddle.
Richard Mary also has several
good horses in training at this
time. MIDNIGHT PERFECTION,
a black MIDNIGHT SUN mare,
owned by Frank A. Barber of Ba­
ton Rouge and shown by Mr. Mary,
is attracting a lot of attention. Mr.
Barber bought this horse as a colt
at the Harlinsdale Sale. A 2 year
old filly owned by Joe Jones of
Baton Rouge is also showing a lot
of promise. This chestnut colt is
by HAPPY DAY’S K out of PLAN­
TATION GAL. Mr. Joe Torrey of
New Iberia, La., has a 2 year old
bay filly by SUN’S QUARTER­
BACK in training and has great
hopes for the future.
CORLEY BUYS JET'S
MISS AMERICA
We learned from Mr. Charles
Corley of Tulsa, Oklahoma that
he has just purchased JET’S MISS
AMERICA from Vic Thompson for
$10,000. Mr. Corley’s daughter,
Dianne plans to ride the horse
and hopes to show her in the Cele­
bration. Vic will continue to train
the horse.
Diane has been showing since
she was seven years old and is an
experienced juvenile rider. She
has showed CHANCE’S BLACK
MAGIC to the blue twice in Tulsa
and has been showing MAGIC’S
HIGH NOON for the past two
years out of the Wallace Brandon
Stables of Grapevine, Texas. She
tied eighth in the Celebration on
this horse. Congratulations to the
Corleys.’ We wish them much suc­
cess with their new horse!
NOBLIN STABLES
J. H. Noblin of Jackson,
Mississippi appears to be off to a
“running walk” again this year
with the SOCIETY PLAYBOY
owned by Mr. M. L. Cashion of
Jackson. This terrific stallion is a
stake horse by all comparisons and
under Noblins’ guidance is unde­
feated in 1964. Also outstanding
here is TOM CAT, a stud owned by
Mr. W. E. Lang that is being shown
by Mr. Noblin and is doing quite
well. Mrs. L. J. Spencer is making
excellent progress with her out­
standing mare GO BOY’S RHODA
and should be a real threat for top
honors in ladies and open amateur
classes from Jackson to Shelby-
ville. The Spencers’ also own
SEMINOLE DANITY, a mare that
could develop into one of the best
going.
STAR JET, a mare which is be­
ing trained and shown by Noblin
is going strong and should prove
to be one of the top mares in the
business. She is as yet undefeated
in the show ring. DARK COM­
MANDER, a four year old stud
owned by Karon Turner of Fort
Lauderdale, Florida is also show­
ing much promise and PRIDE’S
PARADER, owned by Juvenile
rider Shelby Rogers of Jackson is
doing his part to assist his capable
rider to reach for the blue ribbon
every time out.
Noblin Stables now has 22 horses
in training and should provide
some of the hottest competition in
most classes.
COKER STABLES
We had an opportunity to talk
horses with Johnny Coker, of Co-
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