1967-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1967 September Voice RS | Page 4

ABOVE—After the dust settled
and the big black stallion had been cooled out, Douglas
Wolaver and the family of Dr.
B. S. Henry pose with their new World Grand Champion—
GO BOY’S SUN DUST.
GO BOY'S SUN DUST WINS 1967 CELEBRATION
Douglas Wolaver Pilots His Third Victor
"This guy is either the greatest trainer in the busi­
ness, or he is the Bear Bryant of the horse world.”
Thus was the comment of one observer as Douglas
Wolaver of Cornersville, Tennessee headed for the
barn after winning his third Grand Championship at
the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration.
His horse? GO BOY’S SUN DUST, a seven-year-old
black stallion owned by Dr. and Mrs. B. S. Henry
and Janis Henry of Russellville, Alabama.
The 1967 Celebration victory represents a three­
time effort on the part of both horse and rider. The
rider was making his third serious tour of the big
ring in quest of a blue. He won it in 1961 on
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K’S HANDSHAKER and again in 1965 °”
THREAT. The horse, by comparison, wa* De * the
paigned for the third time as a serious
big stake.
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