1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 August Voice RS | Page 58

Where are
they now?
ACE'S SENSATION - 1967World
Champion Three-Year-Old Walking
Horse. This fine stallion has not
changed owners nor rider as he ap­
proaches the 1968 Celebration and
the Junior Championship. Owned by
GO BOY'S SUN DUST — 1967 Beech and Hale and ridden by Win1
World Grand Champion Tennessee Groover of Etowah, Tennessee, Iv
Walking Horse. Owned by Dr. and reported to be much improved si
Mrs. B. S. Henry, Russellville, Ala­ last season. Undefeated this seas,
bama, our current champion was of­ and winner of the Columbia Spring
ficially retired in an impressive cere­ Jubilee, ACE’S SENSATION is re­
mony at Montgomery with Douglas ported to be in great shape for the
Wolaver in the saddle. He was re­ Celebration and one of the hottest
tired to stud and opened the 1967 classes of the show.
season at tl^e S. W. Beech Stables in
Lewisburg, Tennessee. He has prov­
en to be a most popular and potent
breeder and will not be a contender
in the showring again, despite con­
siderable effort to have him shown
again this year.
DOUBLE DELIGHT OO - 1967
World Champion Two-Year-Old Walk­
ing Horse. Considered by many to
be one of the finest horses to ever
win the Two-Year-Old Championship,
DOUBLE DELIGHT OO is reported
to have taken his canter well and is
THE ENTERTAINER - 1967 a larger and stronger horse than last
World Champion Junior Walking year. Owners Ellis, Lowe and Lowe
Horse. Owned by Rodgers and Webb report that considerable effort has
during his 1967 victory, THE EN­ been made to purchase him this year
TERTAINER was sold during the but no sale was made. Trainer El­
year to Mr. Chester Coon of Biggs, more Brock has shown him sparingly
California. He is still in training with this season and he should be ready
Joe Webb of Searcy, Arkansas, and for top competition in the three-year-
is undefeated in open class compe­ old class.
tition in 1968. All reports state that
he is a much bigger and more pow­
GO BOY'S ROYAL HEIR — 1967
erful horse than he was last season
and that he will be ready for stake World Champion Amateur Walking
Horse. From open competition in
class competition this year.
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tion honors.
MIKE’S MIGHTY MAN — 1967
World Champion Walking Pony. This
strong contender was a popular win­
ner in the Pony classes last year with
Pam Reed in the saddle. He is still
owned by Gallagher and Reed of
Gastonia, North Carolina, but is now
being ridden and shown by trainer
C. A. Bobo of Shelbyville, Tennessee
in open competition. Having reached
his full growth as an aged horse,
this stout stallion poses h imself as
a true threat again this year. He
will be ridden in the Celebration by
Mr. Bobo.
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse