1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 July Voice RS | Page 30

the class at the Searcy show. SHADOW’S MARIA, own.
ed( by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Alexander of Eva, Alabama,
is a fine looking two-year-old bay filly. This little filly
tied second at the Searcy show.
GO BOY’S LE-LE is a top three-year-old walking
pony. MISS DISTANT STAR is a four-year-old mare
that has tied second in two straight shows. This mare is
owned by Mrs. Joyce Keith of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
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M c M innville stables
The McMinnville Stables has just opened up and things
look real good for all concerned. The three owners, L. T.
Adcock, Frank Henegar, and Hammond Penny, are very
enthusiastic and have plans calling for future expansion
of the stables.
The owners are real pleased they were able to land
a trainer of the calibre of Buddy Kirby. Buddy is trying
to get moved down from Athens, Ohio, but a bad stomach
is not helping a bit. Buddy has been hospitalized but
it takes more than a few doctors to keep a good trainer
down. He hopes to have the sable in full operation by
the end of July but his plans for the Celebration are pret­
ty much up in the air.
The sable itself features 21 stalls with a 44 foot wide
and 180 foot long hallway. A modern air conditioned
office and a big working ring in front give Buddy real
fine working accomodations. The stable is located on
44 acres of land on the Nashville Highway just outside
of McMinnville. Behind the stable is plenty of room for
working horses and a lake adds to the beauty of the
grounds.
The owners plan to hold a colt sale on the grounds
behind the stable in the future and are leveling a big
area for the sale. There is also plenty of room back of
the stable for any future expansion.
At the present time there are only 8 horses in the barn
but Buddy expects to bring between 8 and 10 with him.
He has a couple top two year olds and expects to have
the stable full in a matter of weeks.
The stable is well constructed and of modern design.
However the owners were primarily interested in the
“workability” of it and thy built it with this in mind.
Buddy is anxious to get back in Tennessee and is
very pleased with the new stable. You can look forward
to hearing about this stable in the future.
J. B. COKER STABLES
J. B. Coker is keeping busy working horses at the
stable and is looking forward to many more blue ribbons
this season. He is busy showing eight two-year-olds this
year, six mares and two stallions. Some of the top horses
at the stable were described for us and they are certainly
not letting anyone down. At the Searcy, Arkansas show
the J. B. Coker Stables carted off four ribbons, two of
them blue.
MISS SILVER CITY is a two-year-old grey roan
that is looking good. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Black­
man of Sneed Crossing, Alabama, this young horse won
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FASHION TWO TWENTY STABLES
Word comes from reliable sources that Mr. Wallace
Brandon, well known Walking Horse trainer, has re­
cently taken over the training and managing duties at
the Fashion Two Twenty Stables of Mr. V. G. “Red”
Gochneaur of Aurora, Ohio. He was scheduled to begin
as of Tune 1st. Heading the list of truly outstanding horses
under his care will be MR. FASHION TWO TWENTY,
himself, a rip-snorting black stallion that rolled up suf­
ficient points in the Florida Sunshine Circuit to take home
High Points awards for the Circuit Walking Horse
Championship.
Also, Wallace will be working with talented and deter­
mined Greg Gochneaur, who was also a winner in the
Florida Sunshine Circuit with his SUN DUST GAL.
Greg is an excellent young Juvenile showman and should
do quite well under Wallaces’ competent guidance.
Another note of interest was the recent wedding of
Wallace Brandon and Miss Laura M. English of Nash­
ville, Tennessee. They were married on June 7th while
in Houston, Texas, for the Pin Oak horse show. Laura
capped a busy day by winning the Amateur Mare Class
on her MINT JULEP. The Brandons will reside in
Aurora, Ohio.
CARR STABLES
A much discussed young man in Middle Tennessee
these days is Mr. Clyde Carr of Woodbury, Tennessee.
Clyde broke up established precedence by showing up
some well known and experienced trainers in the Lebanon
Horse Show with a black filly named BLACK CINDY.
She is by WISER’S GO BOY and shows the best of her
breeding. Thus far this season, he has shown her in the
best company and has gotten his share of the blues.
CINDY is a rare, big-lick filly that has action to spare.
She should be one to watch at the Celebration.
MARTIN STABLES
A recent visit to the George Livingstone Stables in
Shelbyville, put us in contact with some fine Walking
Horse enthusiasts from Amarillo, Texas. The Tommy
Martin family was in Middle-Tennessee just looking
around and we had an opportunity to talk with them
about their horse activity. Mr. Martin revealed his plans
to construct a major training facility in Amarillo, with
eighty (80) stalls. The stable will be 120 Ft. x 250 Ft. and
will have facilities for training all types of horses, includ-
ing Tennessee Walkers.
They currently have a stud colt by MERRY BOY’S
SKIPPER, who by the way, died about six months ago-
SKIPPER was owned by A. B. Cole in Bowie, Texas, and
did much to promote the Walking Horse business in that
part of the country. Other horses owned by the Martins,
include four mares, two by GO BOY’S SHADOW, one by
SUN’S GO BOY another by AFTER SUN. They hope
to have some young colts this year. More on the Martin
Stables later!
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