Judy and Joe are working two two-year-olds for Jack Rucker, Columbus, Georgia. One is a stallion by MERRY GO BOY whose dam is a full sister to SETTING SUN, and the other is a filly by MERRY GO BOY. Dr. Harold Mclver has three horses in training, one three year old black roan stallion by STATELY GO BOY, who is an exceptionally good horse, with three true gaits. HEAVEN BOUND is Dr. Mclver’ s aged stallion and he has a three year old gelding by GO BOY’ S SPECIAL out of STATELY GAY LADY in training with Judy and Joe.
Mr. Hulon Lunsford of Union, Kentucky has a real good aged black GO BOY stallion working out of this up and coming stable. They are also working an EBONY three-year-old for Sonia Wiser. For John Smith, of Florence, Kentucky, Judy and Joe have a three-year-old stallion by SUN DUST and a Walking Pony for Richard Barrington.
In all they are working 24 horses, including a futurity colt by GOLD SHADOW owned by Mr. Walter Jenvey, Holt, Michigan, which they will be showing this year.
Judy and Joe issue a warm imitation for any visitors to their new location. They will show some exceptionally good stock including three, mares they have for sale. We hear many requests for show mares these day, so it may be worth your while to go by the Patent Leather Farm in Wartrace and see the Martins.
Donald Paschal Stables
Larry Lowman had a chance to stop by the Donald Paschal Stables just recently on a“ Barnstorming” trip and he was kind enough to let us hear about the activity at this top Tennessee Walking Horse training stable.
GO BOY’ S ROOSTER is a top two year old stud being worked at the barn. He is owned by Captain E. A. Self and is a full brother to GO BOVS BLACK JACK. Candace Williams owns an aged mare that is doing real well. SHADOW’ S FLICK A is an aged amateur mare owned by D’ Lecse Williamson that is working real well at
the present time.
Mr. Charles Bonnicie of San Jose, California has a top three year old stud in training at the stable. BAD LUCK CHARLIE is another good two year old owned by C. Ray Carter of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Carlton Pitts is aiming for the World’ s Grand Championship with GO BOY’ S BLACK JACK. The horse is working real well and everyone in this section thanks he is that No. 1 horse. Carlton and BLACK JACK could make it this year, and they have just that in mind.
Forrest View Farms
Right in the midst of those beautiful rolling hills of Kentucky stands a big white house and the stables of the Forrest View Farm owned by Forrest and Grace Margraves. With the help of Vernon Mullins the Margraves have some good stock at home, plus several horses
in training with various professional trainers. They have about 24 head on their farm, including 3 brood mares, many good yearlings and several show horses. The stock away from home includes a brood mare: GO BOY’ S HONEY BEE, a six year old mare in training with Buddy Hugh; a SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT three year old stallion with Buddy; a four vear old stallion bv MAJOR WIL SON, B. MAJOR’ S BOOMERRANG with Mose Oppcnheimer in Lawton. Kentucky and a new HANDSHAKER filly that the Margraves recently purchased from Dickie Pate that Doug Wolaver will be showing in two year old
classes this year. Her name, SHAKER’ S LADY. As Mr. Margraves pulls yearling after yearling out for
one to see, it looks like Celebration class. Their pride and joy seems to be SUN’ S PROMANADER F by MID
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NIGHT SUN out of a MERRY BOY mare. Black seems tn he the favorite color. Among the other black ones is a SUN’ S DELIGHT colt out of a MIDNIGHT SUN mare called DELIGHTS PRIDE; a SUN’ S DELIGHT filly out of a MIDNIGHT SUN marc, DELIGHT’ S PROM ISE- and a filly by MIDNIGHT SUN out of a GO BOY mare, 1 SUN’ S HIGH ACE, with a silver mane and tail.
SUN’ S JUNE BRIDE is a sorrel MIDNIGHT SUN filly out * of an old MERRY BOY7 mare and another good one
is a bay MIDNIGHT SUN colt. Two of the horses that Mr. Margraves is working at present is the bay amateur horse MOONLIGHT SEN SATION, that their daughter Betty won the Kentucky Walking Horse Amateur Open Championship with last year. He has a way above average two year old, GLAM OUR BOY, a black stallion that’ s a full brother to SUN’ S
The hospitality of Grace and Forrest Margraves, plus their beautiful farm and good stock is well worth a visit when you’ re around Union, Kentucky.
Wink Groover Stables
We can always count on a lot of activity at the Wink Groover Stables in Etowah, Tennessee, and his early season activity certainly didn’ t let us down. In our opinion, Wink has the best group of horses that he has had in years. Horse for horse, he should have a very well balanced iine-up of stock for almost every class.
With over thirty horses in training it is rather hard to select those to write about. We can only elaborate on those that we recently saw work. Heading the list is a horse that has been called“ the best Wink has ever ridden.” His name is SENSATIONAL SHADOW and he is a four year old black stallion owned by Roy and Bonnie Davis of Calhoun and Rome, Georgia. This horse won the stake class at Gainesville, Florida, and all who saw him state that he is really stake horse material. Fie won the Southern Championship three year old class with him, serving warning to all Junior aspirants that they better be just a little bit better than they were last year.
Another horse commanding a lot of attention is ACE’ S SENSATION, a black three year old stallion owned by Groover and Black. Wink is awfully pleased with this horses performance and feels that he also is one of the best around in his class this year. GOLDFINGER, the 1965 World Champion two year old, and“ hard luck”
horse of the Celebration last year, is coming along very well for owner Dewey Arnold. The popular golden sorrel
is still a stern contender in any class he enters so don’ t make him off as a“ come-back” winner in Junior classes this year.
Also coming on strong as a three year old is ELDOR ADO’ S ECLIPSE, a fine black stallion that Wink showed consistantly last year as a two year old. He has taken his canter very well and is considered much improved over last year. ECLIPSE is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Dan Clippinger Sr., of Chattanooga, and they have a right to be proud of their horse. Watch for him!
In the mare class, Wink has two top contenders. SUN DUST GAL, a big bold going chestnut mare is coming on strong and owner Camille Whittle will be showing her in Amateur and Juvenile Classes. Camille is an excellent horsewoman and should make a lot of people sit up and take notice with her mare. Creating a lot of talk at Wink s barn is a big, beautiful, black mare named SHADOW’ S WIND SONG, owned by Mrs. L. O. Ledford of Rossville, Georgia. This mare is a five year old and is responding very well to Winks techniques of training. She could be one of the top mares around by mid-season.
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