TRIPLE THREAT SELLS FOR RECORD HIGH PRICE
Port Orange Stables Owner Purchases 1965 World Champion
Right — After the sale , the principles line up with the big bay stallion just outside the stable . Below right — Harold Wise , A / Kroesche , Ellen Metzger , Gottlob Koenig and Joe Wright terminate the sale .
This past June 5 , the VOICE office was contacted regarding a proposed newsworthy transaction to take place at the Harold Wise Stables in Lewisburg . Indeed it was newsworthy ! Triple Threat became the property of Mr . GOTTLOB KOENIG and his daughter , ELLEN METZGER , of Port Orange , Florida . On hand to make the sale were owners Joe Wright , Nacogdoches , Texas , and A1 Kroesche , Dallas , Texas . Not present was Mr . Bob Guinn of Savannah , Tennessee . Mr . Harold Wise handled the transaction . The price ? A figure approaching § 130,000.00 was mentioned from a reliable source .
There is much to be said about the decision of Mr . Koenig to purchase Triple Threat . His whole approach to the big stallion was based on a colt that he owned that was sired by Triple Threat before he became World Champion . Now , as a two-year-old , this colt , named Triple Threat Again , is being described as the " greatest two-year-old ever to be sired .” This is a big order , but he defies comparison . To make matters even more complicated for two-year-old entries , this colt is now in training with Doug Wolaver and is aiming at 1966 show ring honors . Have we seen him ? Yes ! And he is everything he is touted to be ! Big . . . strong ... a picture of his famous sire . And ... he has taken to training like a " duck to water ” with every move being something special .
In discussing the story with Mr . Koenig and Ellen Metzger , we learned that they are not newcomers to the horse business . He is a retired manufacturer and distributor from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and while living there established the Evergreen Farms . He has owned and sold some of the highest-priced gaited horses in the country , including Beau Fortune , Sea Sprite and Abie ’ s Royal Irishman , well-known horses in Gaited Horse circles . His daughter began showing gaited horses as a youngster . They entered the Walking Horse business after retiring to Port Orange , Florida ( near Daytona ), and their first horse was Merry Serenade , a mare that Ellen showed . This mare is now at the Wise Stables and recently had a colt by Rock M Eldorado . The
Port Orange Stables , with trainer KENNETH BLACK
° ^ Springs , Mississippi , recently completed a firlfGr S " CC . eSSfQl " Sunshine Circuit ,” where Ellen tied
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