1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 July Voice RS | Page 55

MURFREESBORO HORSE SHOWS BRINGS OUT LATE COMERS

As the mid-season closes and we head down the stretch toward the Celebration, we are often priviledged to see a group of late-comers that are bound for honors in the show ring. The recent Murfreesboro Tennessee Horse Show held Friday, July 5th, in the same arena as the Tennessee State Colt Futurity produced a large share of such horses. SHAKER’ S SHOC­ KER attracted a lot of attention and was awarded the blue in the Stake Class. There was another horse that definitely dominated the limelight as being the outstanding horse on the showgrounds. GO BOY’ S BLACK ANGEL, with Charlie Bobo up, put on a show that

led a lot of observers to state that she was " the best aged horse seen out this year, bar none.” This great black mare won the Mare Class in fine form and the crowd was delighted to see Charlie make a pass after receiving his ribbon that stimulated a lot of speculation as to whether or not she was bound for the stake class at the Celebration.

Two-Year-Olds were in fine form at this show and SHADOW GO BOY ridden by Larry Lunsford for Boyd Beveridge took top honors in the Stallion and Gelding Class. A lot of attention was focused on the Two-Year-Old Filly Class as Dude Crowder made his first Middle Tennessee appearance since dominating the Class at Columbia. COPY’ S RECORD was in fine form as she again topped the field and owner W. H. Medlin can be justly proud. The Juvenile Class was one of the best and MID­ NIGHT STORMY GIRL with Sue Henderson up made a fine show in a class of sixteen good contenders to take the blue. In the Three-Year-Old Stud and Gelding Class it was Elmore Brock and JOHNNY JR. that stirred the crowd. A lot of rail-birds thought he was riding another top Three-Year-Old but later they learned that it was the JOHNNY MIDNIGHT colt instead. He won the blue in a good class. Walking Ponies are always crowd pleasers and they put on a great show here. It was a good show with ECHO’ S LITTLE MAN, a fancy gray pony ridden by Larry Martin edging out SETTING SUN’ S APOLLO with

Lynn Doughty up. MISS AMORET, ridden by Wallace Brandon, was

outstanding in the Three-Year-Old Mare Class. This fine black mare is getting better as she heads toward the Celebration and she has already defeated the best out this year. It was Forrest Paschal riding JUDGE S

CHOICE( not to be confused with another two-yearold filly by the same name) that captured the blue in a fine Walking Pleasure Class. In the Junior Stud and Gelding Class we saw one of our favorites, EBON OLD CROW, take another impressive blue for owners Hale and Gillen with trainer Donald Paschal up.

The Amateur Walking Horse Class is always a good one and this was no disappointment. \- G. e GOCHNEAUR came on strong on APRIL EUV^ to capture another top spot for his Fashion Two w y Stables in an impressive class. The Walking

Championship saw a bevy of good ', ie,° Jl honors and it was SHAKER ' S SHOCKER and Betty

Sain that captured the vote of all three ju ges > solid and consistent performance.

0 __ prv The Murfreesboro Exchange Club??, "' rp nessee effort to make this one of the fine Mid paui Shows and this year they hired three j »

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" Whitey” Whitehead, Ed Ezell and Zollie Derryberry

were working on the " Celebration System” and did a good job of judging. Master of Ceremonies was the

ever-poputar Bob Jennings, the " happiness” man himself and Jimmy Richardson entertained with his usual fine program of organ music. An extra added attraction was Steve Hill presenting the colors on SENSA­ TIONAL SHADOW, a fine black aged stallion owned by Roy and Bonnie Davis of the Bel Aire Stables. If

attendence and horse entries are any indication of the success of a horse show then this one must have been a winner. There was an abundance of both at Murfreesboro. Complete results are found elsewhere in this issue.

WATCH FOR MIDNIGHT SUNDOWN

ACE’ S SENSATION SWEEPS CHAMPIONSHIP AT ROSSVILLE KIWANIS CLUB SHOW

The Seventh Annual Rossville Kiwanis Club Horse Show had many problems this year but came through with a fine show despite their problems. Eight other horse shows were scheduled the same day and an afternoon rain and threatening weather kept the crowd and number of exhibitors down.

The highlight of the show was the appearance and impressive victory of ACE’ S SENSATION and Wink Groover in the Championship Class. SENSATION is a four-year-old but Wink decided to try his horse in aged competition with excellent results. This big black stud really turned on the speed to capture the nod from judge Buddy Black of Tullahoma, Tennessee.

This year’ s show featured two sessions with over $ 3500 in prize money being offered. The show manager was Billy Robinson of Chattanooga who did an

excellent job.

The Junior Class was won by SHOTGUN and Jim Babb. This cocky little black stud put on a solid performance in all three gaits to win the class. Reserve honors went to EBONY MUSIC MAN with Wink Groover up.

The Three-Year-Old Stud and Gelding Class was also won by Wink Groover aboard LITTLE ACE. This fine young horse has plenty of ability and Wink showed him to best advantage. The Mare Class was won by Billy Morgan and PRINCESS SUNDANCE. This fine mare ties high consistently and Billy always gives a good accounting of himself.

The Two-Year-Old Stallion and Gelding Class saw RIDGELEA’ S DELIGHT and Bob Cooley sweep the blue * ribbon over some top entries. Mack Motes tied reserve on SHADOW’ S ROYAL FLUSH. The Men’ s Amateur Class was won by Howard Hundley on GO BOY’ S DREAMER. Howard is an active competitor and did a top job in showing his horse at this show.

Over 220 Walking Horses competed in the fourteen classes in the afternoon and evening sessions. Complete results of the classes can be found in the Horse Show Results section of this magazine.

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