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YOUR BEST MOVE
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TUSCALOOSA
ALABAMA
for the 3rd Annual Junior Welfare
CHARITY HORSE SHOW
JUNE 12-13
TUSCALOOSA RIDING CLUB
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WALKING HORSE JUDGE —CARL EDWARDS
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MRS. E. S. BRANNON, JR.
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Box 28, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
“THE SHOW WITH A FUTURE”
pion. He also helped break MID­
NIGHT MERRY, who won the
three year old Junior Stake and
the big Stake at the Celebration
the same year. Willard broke and
showed SOCIETY BELL by SO­
CIETY MAN and tied third at the
Celebration as a two year old.
When Willard left Steve’s, he
trained horses for Dr. Burch in
Shelbyville. After Dr. Buch sold
out, Willard moved to Ohio, where
there was a desperate need for
Walking Horse trainers. He opened
a public stable and worked many
horses for Ohioans, who were ra­
pidly becoming more and more in­
terested in this breed of horses.
Willard has been in Ohio almost
twelve years and says that it is
fantastic how interest in the Walk­
ing Horse has developed, in qua­
lity as well as quantity.
Almost three years ago Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Kroll of Cincinnati,
Ohio, persuaded Willard to man­
age and train the Walking Horses
owned by them. They were new­
comers to the breed, but under the
supervision and direction of Wil­
MAY, 1961
lard (plus a tremendous enthu­
siasm and love of Walking Horses)
they have acquired some fine show
horses, dabbled in breeding enough
to acquire some top young off­
spring, build a spanking new sta­
ble with twenty - four stalls,
straightaway, cooler, ventilating
system, and a regulation training
ring outside.
The now familiar Calico Farms
is located in the heart of Indian
Hill in Cincinnati's horse country.
Willard brought Calico’s GO BOY’S
MAY GIRL to the limelight last
year as Tri-State Champion Mare.
For the first time he is bringing
out a truly top gelding which he
has kept under wraps and de­
voted many, many long hours of
careful training and handling in
order to produce a horse ready for
the best of aged competition. W r
for MACK K’S MR. CALICO. Wil­
lard has also brought finish and
polish to WALKING MATILDA,
Mrs. Kroll’s jet black ladies mare.
Willard’s theory or secret to
success is simply time and patience.
He feels that the Tennessee Walk­
ing horse is a fine breed, and get­
ting finer all the time. He says
that these are the greatest show
horses we have today and that the
true quality of the breed can be
brought about in a natural way if
given the proper time and unend­
ing patience. Willard lives in
Loveland, Ohio with his wife.
Wanda, and his thirteen year old
daughter, Sharman.
We are pleased to make Willard
Tenpenny our Professional on Pa­
rade for the month of May and
the invitation to visit Calico Farms
in Cincinnati, Ohio stands open to
all Walking Horse enthusiasts.
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