1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 May Voice | Page 20
TARHEEL REVIEW
by Elaine and Harold Thacker
Rt. 5, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Hi folks,
Here we are again sounding off
about Walking Horses in the Tar
heel State.
The Twenty - Ninth Annual
Sedgefield Charity Horseshow was
held on April 30-May 3 in Sedge-
field, N. C. There was an extra
large number of exhibitors and
spectators, even with the unfavor
able weather conditions.
The Walking Horse judge was
Mr. J. W. Noblin from Florence,
Mississippi. This was the best job
of judging North Carolina has seen
in the ’64 show season. Mr. Nob
lin has been associated with Ten
nessee Walking Horses all his life.
Mr. Noblin exhibited and trained
one of the greatest show horses
ever seen by Mississippi or any
other state. This fine horse was
THE SOCIETY PLAYBOY. We
hope to see Mr. Noblin in North
Carolina again real soon.
One of the most outstanding
Juvenile Horses showing in the
two Carolinas and Virginia today
is SPUR’S SECRET, owned by Cle
ment Stables, Hickory, N. C.. and
ridden by fourteen-year-old Ron
nie Clement. Ronnie and trainer,
Sam Cecil, Jr., have done a great
job with this fine bay roan.
Sam Cecil, Jr. and TRIPLE
THREAT made a fine combination
winning the open Stallion and
Gelding Class and the $500.00
Championship Stake. We hope to
see more of these two in the fu
ture.
Sam also won the Two-Year-Old
Class on a very fine colt, EBONY
TREASURE. This young horse
with a lot of motion and stride is
heading for many top honors
throughout the State. When you
go to a show you don’t know what
to expect from Mr. Cecil.
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The Open Walking Mare Class
was won by Mr. Kenny Price on
an outstanding four-year-old black
mare named LITTLE EGYPT.
LITTLE EGYPT which has the
breeding of a champion is truly a
champion. Her sire was a great
horse, SUN’S JET PARADE. Mr.
W. H. Lenthicum of High Point
owns this fine mare.
In the blues in the Stallion and
Gelding Amateur Stake was MY
MIDNIGHT MIKE owned by F.
Willis Fisher and J. S. Liverman
and shown by F. Willis Fisher.
MY MIDNIGHT MIKE is one of
the top amateur mounts showing
in North Carolina today. This
horse has won many top honors
in the past and will surely be on
top in all shows in the future.
Dr. B. E. Snider of Lexington,
N. C. rode MIDNIGHT DARK
MELODY to victory in the Ama
teur Walking Mare Class.
MELODY and her owner and ri
der Dr. Snider are very well-known
throughout the Carolinas as a
great team in the show ring.
The Amateur Classes are becom
ing more and more popular every
show season.
This class is a class especially
for riders who are not profes
sionals and therefore, do not make
their living from riding and train
ing horses. They mainly ride for
the love of the sport.
The fact that these riders are
not professionals does not alter
the enthusiasm of the audiences.
In the Tarheel state many Walk
ing Horse Classes are devoted to
amateurs.
The saying “You have to start
somewhere” is true even in the
cases of the best and most exper
ienced trainers. These people didn’t
become expert showmen over
night. Perhaps many of them got
much of their experience in the
ring from showing horses in these
Amateur Classes. These classes
give valuable experience to those
sincerely interested in becoming a
better rider.
The next time you go to a horse-
show and watch an Amateur Class,
take special note of the riders. Who
knows? There may be a future
trainer among them.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL
THE WINNERS AT SEDGE-
FIELD. KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK.
SO LONG UNTIL NEXT
MONTH.
Elaine and Harold Thacker.
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