Kansas City before he moved to take over this new barn.
Ray has a sixteen stall show stable and has about every stall filled with working stock. He is particularly proud of SHADOW’ S SHADOW, a top black stud that won him twenty-one blues last year and as a three year old. This horse is owned by Harry Hodgins of Kansas City and should be a winner in any competition in 1967. Ray is also pleased with a Junior Mare owned by A. A. Rieke of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. This marc carried home eighteen blues last year and will be ready for Junior classes this year.
A crop of good two year olds is headed by DANNY GO MAN GO. a fine sorrel stud owned by Huton and Murphy and a black MIDNIGHT SECRET colt named SECRET SON R. B. that is owned by Buck Henson of Kansas City.
This new stable and the hundred and eighty acres surrounding it is owned by Mr. W. W. Hutton of Lenexa, Kansas, who also has some fine horses in the making. We will look forward to more news from the new Ray Green Stables.
Mississippi Trainer Weds Florida Beauty
We know that it is not proper to mention the man first in a wedding announcement, but“ this is the horse business”. Ronnie Spears, well known young trainer for the Circle R Stahles in West Point, Mississippi, was recently married to the former Linda Pendarvis of Jacksonville, Florida. Linda, a beautiful addition to the Walking Horse business, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Pendarvis, also of Jacksonville. The couple was married in Orlando, on December 16th and make their home in West Point where Ronnie is the trainer for Pete and K. D. Robinson. We want to welcome Linda to the ranks of the Walking Horse“ stable widows” and know that she will be a difinite asset to Mr. Spears and his training activities. Congratulations and best wishes to you both!
GLL Farms
One of the most discussed Walking Horse operations is the GLL Farms in Collierville, Tennessee. Perhaps the most elaborate facility in the horse world, the GLL Farms is managed by Mr. C. A.“ Charlie” Bobo and is owned
by Mr. George Lee Lenox.“ Bobo”... as he is known to his many friends, is
working thirty two horses at the present. He has a work crew going strong from 6:00 A. M. daily( we know— we were there) and its takes a long day to work them all. When. Charlie says that a colt is the“ best I have ever had” he is saying a lot. That is what he says about a black two year old stud that they purchased from Willis Brown at the Murray Farm Sale. We saw this colt work and he is a natural walking“ something”. Charlie won the Two Year Old Stud Class last year on RISING SUN and if people arc not careful, he may get that last notch with this one.
Going down the list, Charlie mentioned many horses with pride. He has a filly by MACK K’ S REFLECTION out of a MIDNIGHT SUN mare that is doing well. He also has a filly by the same stud that is out of a full sister to COLLEGE BOY. She is a good one. Also in the 2 year old bracket is a fine black roan filly owned by Hayes and Dougan of Charleston, Mississippi.
The big conversation piece around the stable is SIR EBONY. This is a superb black stallion that Mr. GLL himself worked with as a colt. Fie was started late under saddle and Mr. Lenox also did a large part of the riding.
SIR EBONY recently won the 3 year old class at Fort Worth and gave the boys something to talk about. He is toD horse and could crowd a lot of people this year. a I ° P, r-ocvxTV A / 1 AfsTF. R PTF. OF. '
RISING SUN, already a well known horse, is doing well as a 3 year old. He is now owned by Bill Tomlinson of N. Wilksboro, N. C., and should again be a big threat this year. He also owns a black 3 year old mare that
is a good colt.
Dr R. R- Renfro of Fayetteville, N. C. sent Charlie a junior Horse named GEORGE that is“ real george”. They say he is something special and could shake things up this year. Charlie Corley of Tulsa, Oklahoma, owns two fine junior Horses that are in training at GLL.
In the Age Classes“ Bobo” will be going strong with MISS SUNDOWN R, a top Chestnut mare owned by Dr. Renfro. TROUBLE IN THE HILLS is doing well and should be a strong contender for stake class honors by Spring. He is owned by Dr. Turner Bynum of Oklahoma City. Also, BOMB’ S ESCAPADE, owned by Hayes and Dougan, will be shown in age stud classes. He is a fancy chestnut stallion that should come along well. Mr. William McGinnes of Tampa, Florida, has a Junior gelding in training and Brad Thomas of Pilot Mountain, N. C., has an aged gelding.
Amateurs wearing the GLL colors this year will be Miss Mary Laidlaw riding SHADOW’ S DARK LADY plus several fine Juvenile riders.
GLL is standing CARBON COPY, SUN’ S GUN- SMOKE and MIKES MIGHTY MAN for the 1967 season. The response to this lineup of top breeding stock has been excellent and Farm Manager Joe Johnson is getting geared up for the biggest year yet.
Russell Pate Stables
Working hard on a line-up of top 2 year olds, RUS SELL PATE, winner of the 2 year old Championship last year on EBONY’ S OLD CROW, is aiming high again this year. He has about the best 2 year olds we have seen. One, a big black EBONY stallion is really outstanding. He is owned by Billy Hale and is a full brother to EBONY’ S BLACK LADY. Not to be outdone however, is a black colt owned by D. D. Dickey of Covington. He too, is a good one. Dr. Bob Ratton of Memphis, has a good colt that is a full brother to SUPERB MASTERPIECE and Dr. Ralph E. Baney has a fine EBONY stud colt that is“ walking a hole in the ground”. Gene Davis of Louisville, Georgia, has a bay colt that is actually further along than any of the others. He responded early to training and is about ready to show now. Lie is a good colt.
EBONY’ S SKY PILOT, a good three year old stud owned by Fred Fowler is about to reach the top. He did well last year and should really come along this year. In the Age horse category, Russell will be working with a fine age mare owned by Will C. Terry. He will also have SHADRACK, a big-time stud that already has a reputation as a top horse. J. D. Faulkner of Kennett, Mo., owns him and we understand that Russell will succumb to the damands of a lot of people and breed him to some select marcs this year.
Amateur and Juveniles are abundant at this barn and Bobby Ratton will again be making the rounds on MER RY MOTION MAKER, the“ mile a minute” bay gelding that he showed last year, while the Senior Bob Ratton will be taking on all comers with OUR SHADOW, which
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