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The Central State Fall Roundup in Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 16th through the 18th brought a close to the horse show season in our area. Everyone has put away the new show gear and brought out the old to settle down for a hard winter’ s work. Horses will be getting fat and sassy through the long winter months and will be starting next year’ s season with a bang!
Walking horse classes were filled at the Central State Horse Show. The well known and noted Judy Wiser came up for the horse show from Tennessee where she is a student at the University of Tennessee. Mr. Joe Martin of Gallatin, Tenn., the new trainer for the Escue Stables, showed SHAD OW’ S JET, Miss Wiser’ s 1961 World Champion pony. Joe won the open class Sunday afternoon and came back to win the stake class Sunday night. Judy and Joe plan to be married in December and are going to be permanent residents of Northern Kentucky. Welcome, Joe and Judy, from all the horse people in our area. We are glad to have you and will be looking forward to seeing you both on the show circuit. Mr. Stan Rothman of Middletown, Ohio won the Amateur class on his spirited stallion, BIG STRIDE’ S RIFLE.
A lovely party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sharrett, Dayton, Ohio after the show on Saturday night. Their oldest daughter, Diane and son, Jimmy, were present bringing laughter and entertainment to everyone. The team of brother and sister have done a fine job of showing their Walking horses this season. The two youngest daughters are horse lovers also and will be riding when old enough.
WALKING HORSE WORLD
By BETTY MARGRAVE Box 168 Union, Kentucky
Mr. Gene Kelly, owner of Kelly Green Acres, Independence, Ky., a newcomer to the walking horse world, did a fine job of showing this past season with his famed black stallion, THE REPLICA. Mr. Kelly is looking for a good walking pony for his son Pat to show. Have any of you horsemen got any ideas for Mr. Kelly. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly have three sons, the oldest son Tom shows horses also and the youngest son Russ will be a rider too when he gets a little older.
The Escue Stables, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Fray Escue, located on U. S. 25, one mile South of Florence, Kentucky invites everyone to stop in and visit them. Mr. Escue is bringing his 1963 World Champion SUN’ S DELIGHT, up for the winter months and Miss Judy Wiser will have her World Champion pony of 1961, SHADOW’ S JET, stabled with Mr. Escue. Mr. and Mrs. Escue’ s sharp young daughter, Nancy, has a beautiful bay mare, MEET MIDNIGHT MERRY, which will be her mount for 1965. Nancy made the younger set stand up and take notice this past season with her handsome gelding, CHARLIE H. BROWN. The Escue stables also have a number of young horses coming on; a sorrel stud. GO BOYS RED SAIL’ S by GO BOY, MIDNIGHT HOOT ENANNY, a black stud by MID NIGHT SUN, and GO BOYS FAN CY NANCY, a black filly by GO BOY. Mr. Escue is also looking forward to his first foal from SUN’ S DELIGHT in January.
The Calico Farm, located in the beautiful Indian Hill Village of Cincinnati, Ohio has purchased several young horses recently which trainer, Willard Tenpenny will bring out this coming year. Willard is working a two year old chestnut stallion, GO BOYS MER RY SECRET, which is one of the best young prospects that is around. GO BOY’ S RASSLE DAS- SLE, a power packed black stallion that goes like dynamite set off is another one of Calico Farm’ s fine prospects. Mrs. Jacqueline Kroll, owner of Calico Farm will be showing THE MILLIONAIRE, a black stallion which Willard is getting ready for her this winter
Be sure and send me any news you have to Box 168, Union, Ky.
BARN STORMING( Conid.) DARK SHADOW and MERRY SOUVENIR. More news from the Judy Gross Stables will be forthcoming as the season wears on. C. E. BRADSHAW STABLES
From Florida comes word of the activities of trainer Johnson Mc Donald of Orlando. Working a string of show horses belonging to Mr. C. E, Bradshaw, Johnson is looking forward to the brief rest he will get before the Florida Sunshine Circuit gets underway sometime in February. At present he has about forty horses in training and has a string of seventy-five brood mares that are in an intensive breeding program.
Outstanding studs of the C. E. Bradshaw Stables are MIDNIGHT MOONGLOW, GUNSMOKE( Johnson pointed out that this was the original old GUNSMOKE, a gray stallion), GO BOY’ S BLACK RAMBLER and STERLING SIL VER. All these horses represent top blood lines and along with a few mares bred to outside studs, should produce another string of excellent colts for the Walking Horse market. Show horses wearing the Bradshaw banner are SHADOW’ S RO VER, a four year old stud that has had a good season this year, RAM BLER’ S ROOSTER, a two year old sorrel stud colt, SUN DUST HO NEY, a blue roan two year old filly, RAMBLER’ S GO GIRL, a black Junior Mare and RAMB LER’ S SUN BANDIT, a two year old colt should give Mr. McDonald a full schedule of daily activity while preparing for the 1965 season.
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