WALKIN ’ ON BLUEGRASS
WALKIN ’ ON BLUEGRASS
by ED ASHCRAFT
7815 Dixie Highway Florence , Kentucky
The last of the show season for 1968 has ended and the talk has turned from how great they were to how great they will be . Trainers , both professional and amateur , are hard at work starting the yearlings , thinking about cantering the two-year-olds and trying to decide just what to do to make that aged horse just a little better next year .
One of the stables where all this is happening is Forest View Farm in Union , Ky . Some of the Finest horses to be found anywhere can be found here being trained and groomed by Mr . Forest Margrave , owner , and Vernon Mullins , trainer .
One of the Fine young horses here is SUN ’ S PROM- ENADER . This two-year-old stands 16.1 hands and is as black as he is big . This colt was started late last spring , as were all of the two-year-olds here , and has been brought along slowly . From the looks of things now , people had better watch out in those three-year-old classes next year .
Mr . Margrave ’ s aged amateur horse , MOONLIGHT SENSATION , was sidelined most of last season by a series of misfortunes but was coming back to form by late August when he was tied reserve in the amateur class at the Kentucky State Fair . Mr . Margrave has high hopes for this horse and , from the way he was working the last time I saw him , he has every reason to expect a great season next year .
I was very pleased to receive a letter from Joan and Bill Fryman of Carlisle , Kentucky , telling me about some of the activity in their area .
Joan and Bill are the proud owners of MIDNIGHT MOONBOW , a coming two-year-old they have in train ing with Garvey Curtsinger at his Lazy " G ” Stables in Blue Licks , Ky .
Also mentioned in their letter was Middletown Sta bles owned by Bennie Jamison and Eddie B . Waggon er . Eddie showed GO BOY ’ S DELIGHT through a very successful season this year and is looking for ward to more of the same next year . Bruce Waggoner has also been very successful this year in pony clas ses , showing BLAZING SUN . Also in training there is MIDNIGHT NIP W ., owned by Dr . and Mrs . Jack T . Morford of Carlisle .
FOR SALE PS
BROOD MARE : GO BOY ’ S RED FLAME # 621308 .
Six-year-old chestnut . Sire : MERRY GO BOY out of MERRY BOY mare .
BROOD MARE : A LADY IN BLACK # 620399 .
Seven-year-old black . Sire : MERRY GO BOY out of MIDNIGHT SUN mare .
STALLION : SHADOW ’ S MINUTEMAN # 660486 .
Two-year-old chestnut . Sire : GO BOY ’ S SHADOW out of GO BOY mare . In training . Started late .
GELDING : VICTORIOUS INVASION # 660488 .
Two-year-old bay . Sire : GO BOY ’ S INVASION out of SHADOW mare . In training . Ready to go .
TWO WEANLING FILLIES : Solid black and chestnut by MERRY BOY ' S CHANCE stud out of good GO BOY mares .
ALSO STALLION : MILLER ’ S BLACK BARON # 641436 .
Four-year-old black . GO BOY-MIDNIGHT SUN . “ He ’ s one of those kind ."
CONTACT :
CAROLYN MILLER Route 2 , Box 8 ELBERTON , GEORGIA 30635 Phones : 404 / 283-4262 Day _________________ 4Q4 / 283-3909 Night _______
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CENTRAL KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION STAGES SUCCESSFUL AWARDS BANQUET
On Sunday night , November 24 , the Central Ken tucky Horse Show Association met for its annual awards dinner at the Continental Inn in Lexington with the Lieutenant Governor , Wendell Ford , as guest speaker . The following grand champions and reserves were presented ribbons and trophies by members of the Executive Committee which is made up of Charles M . Derrickson , Morehead , President ; John Brannon , Maysville , Vice President ; Mrs . Ray Bailey , Owingsville , Secretary ; Billie Jo Caudill , Morehead , Treasur er ; Victor Gilligan , Germantown , Director ; and Giles Robinson , Grayson , Director :
WALKING HORSE : ( 1 ) GO BOYS RAMBLER K , Vicki Knauz , Lawton ; ( 2 ) MAGIC L & M , Claude Brown , Morehead .
WALKING PONY : ( 1 ) BLAZING SUN , Bruce Wag goner , N . Middletown ; ( 2 ) SUNS GOLDEN PRINCE , Burnsie Stewart , Owingsville .
AMATEUR PLEASURE HORSE : ( l ) GO BOYS ACE , Carl Stephens , Grayson ; ( 2 ) MOON MAGIC , Jill Jones , Huntington , W . Va .
AMATEUR WALKING HORSE : ( 1 ) MCGREGORS PRIDE , Henry Wilhoit , Grayson ; ( 2 ) HI-PINE DIXIE GO BOY , Roberts Stables , Irvine . JUNIOR WALKING HORSE : ( 1 ) GO BOYS BIG JIM , Ralph Sturgill , Ashland ; ( 2 ) EBONY ETERNAL , Milton Bennett , Lawton .
TWO-YEAR-OLD WALKING HORSE : ( l ) KENTUC- KY BARONESS , Bob Garland , Cynthiana ; ( 2 ) PRIDES WILDFIRE , Rossman Stables , Georgetown , O .
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse