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A . P . “ SONNY ” HOLT
On January 1st , “ Sonny ” Holt , returned to the stables of Mr . H . L . Fairchild & Son in Hattiesburg , Mississippi . Tommy Fairchild is currently working hard on his
CHAMPAGNE TREATY , a bay gelding that is doing quite well in Juvenile Classes . “ Sonny ” has some top prospects in the making and some good horses currently under saddle . Among the best are HOT CHOCOLATE , a MERRY GO BOY stud that was purchased from the Jimmy Holloway Sale . He also had a PRIDE OF PANOLA two year old stud that shows great promise . He is working two horses for Smith Oil Company of Yazoo City , Mississippi . One , a three year old mare by MERRY GO BOY and MERRY BOY ’ S FLAME , a six year old gelding . Both are doing well . “ Sonny ” is also working a good three year old gelding for Mr . W . M . Gatewood . This young trainer has the ability to become one of the best and given the stock to work with , and a little time , should produce some of our Champions of the future .
ED COROTHERS STABLES
One of the standard fixtures of the Middle Tennessee “ horse scene ” is trainer Ed Corothers of Franklin , Tennessee . Ed has been in the business for quite a spell and he has a beautiful spread just off Expressway 1-65 outside of Franklin . Ed is standing MIDNIGHT ON PA RADE K , a nine year old black stallion . He says that 1966 has been a good season and he can still breed a few more mares . Currently in training is a good two year old stallion by his stud . He also has a two year old filly owned by the Jamesons that is a half sister to LU ’ S LU LU . She is going to make a top mare one of these days . Mr . Bryant Turner of Nashville , has a black three year old stud in training and a Mr . Perry from Indiana has a five year old chestnut stallion doing well . Ed pointed out that this stallion is currently for sale and is priced right .
HALL McNABB
We recently received word of a major transaction at the S . W . Beech Stables involving a top yearling stud named GO BOY ’ S BLACK ROOSTER . This colt is a full brother to GO BOY ’ S BLACK JACK and was sold by Hall McNabb to Capt . E . A . Self with S . W . Beech acting as agent . The price was reported to be $ 7,000 , a near record for such a young colt this time of year . We hear on good advice that everybodv got their “ moneys worth .”
BELNEMUS FARMS
Powhatten , Virginia , is the home fort for the Walking Horse activities of Mr . Nick Elam . Nick points out that his Belnemus Farms is doing quite well with their brood mare operation and colts . They currently have 20 Tennessee Walking Horses , nineteen of them being mares with excellent breeding . Six of these mares are due to foal this year and the rest will probably be bred to MR . NAMRON , a fine stallion owned by Belnemus Farms . Outstanding blood in his brood mare band includes GO BOY ’ S SOUVENIER and MERRY GO BOY . With this type of blood crossed with NAMRON breeding . they should get some good stock on the ground next year .
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BUD DUNN STABLES
No trip to Florence , Alabama would be complete without a trip to the Bud Dunn Stables . Bud , as most Walking Horse lovers know has a reputation of being able to put about as many top horses into the showring on a given night as any trainer in the business . This year
is no exception !
Bud Dunn was never one to bubble over with enthusiasm but we had to give him a boost regarding one horse . Everyone knows that his top stake horse , GO BOY ’ S SUN DUST , is one of the all-time greats of the business . Bud made a strong bid with him last year at the Celebration and wound up fourth in the big stake . He came back strong in the Deep South Circuit , tying Reserve to the third place horse at the Celebration . . . BUT , and get this ! He came back to beat the Celebration second place horse in the Southern Championship in Montgomery .
What does all this add up to ! Simply this ! That any top horse , on a given night , with unbiased judges , can beat any other top horse . In other words Bud Dunn . . . you keep what you ’ ve got and we believe you have an excellent chance to win the Celebration with GO BOYS SUN DUST .
Bud is working thirty three horses this year . He has another top stake horse in SUNDUST PERFECTION , who is owned by Dr . and Mrs . B . S . Henry , whose daughter Janis owns GO BOY ’ S SUNDUST . It ’ s a family affair ! The horse that has a lot of people talking this year in his four year old , SUN DUST PRECISION . Jack Brewer is justly proud of this four year old black stallion and we understand he has turned down a lot of money for him . Watch for him in the Junior Class this year . Bud has an excellent chance in this one too !
Mr . Lloyd Moore , who sold SOCIETY SUN last year , again has a top two year old in training . They purchased this colt from Wink Groover in the winter and he is a good one . SINKING SUN is his name and he is about right . Happy Innman of farway Columbia , South America , also has a two year old in training . His name is EBONY ’ S CELEBRITY and he is also doing well . GO BOY ’ S LADY SUN DUST ( Bud likes these Sun Dust horses ) is a two year old filly owned by Dr . and Mrs . James Lowery of Lawrenceburg , Alabama .
Lewis Biggerstaff and Bud jointly own a good three year old stud colt named SUN DUST SECRET . Mr . Biggerstaff also has SUN DUST UNTOUCHABLE , a j five year old bay stallion in training . Other three year » olds include SUN DUST TWENTY GRAND , owned by Willard Smith and SUN DUST JULIET , a chestnut sorrel mare .
When the SUN turns to DUST , we believe Bud Dunn will get his share of the glory !
ROBINWOOD STABLES
Trainer Dude Prestwood of the Robinwood Stables at D lo , Mississippi is working at a brisk pace trying to get his stock into shape for the remainder of the show season . Dude is doing a fine job at Robinwood and is anxiously looking forward to the rest of the shows .
At present Dude is working some top stock and he took time to tell us about some of his promising prospects . Mr . and Mrs . K . W . Allison of Mendenhall , Mississippi have two horses in training with Dude . MERRY BOY ’ S DELIGHT is a real good looking five-year-old mare and MAU GREY ’ S CHALLENGER is an aged gelding with
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