KRABBENHOFT STABLES
The VOICE recently received a most informative letter from our good friend, Bob Krabbenhoft of Scottsville, Kentucky. Bob did some personal barnstorming this past month and made some notes along the way. He writes:
We have had the opportunity to do some other visiting and hope that you will be interesting in getting some news from our area. John Thompson of Edmonton, Kentucky has a very interesting Walking Horse establishment. This is a relatively new barn located in a wooded area. The
setting is an invitation to stop even if you weren’ t a horse lover. This is a large, modern, well-equipped
barn just full of Mr. Thompson’ s horses. He raises some of his stock but also purchases some very fine horses. This is where the famous B. MAJOR’ S AN NIE was started. Mr. Thompson bought the filly from Claude Brown, who later paid a good price to get her back.
The star of the barn right now is a three-year-old MACK K filly out of a WILSON ALLEN-bred mare. She can put on a show to thrill anyone. The Tennessee boys will be seeing her this year. Another outstanding individual is a big black four-year-old MID NIGHT SUN horse that came from the Harlinsdale Sale. This horse has been brought on slowly and carefully. A full brother to SUN’ S BLACK MAGIC LM, " he does what a Walking Horse should.” A six-yearold double-bred B. MAJOR WILSON mare has the big bold lick and the speed that made her sire famous. A five-year-old MAN OF OLD HICKORY stallion spent some time with Sam Paschal recently and was fine-tuned for the coming season. This horse is a halfbrother to the well-known MAY MADNESS.
Mr. Thompson has EBONY’ S FIRST SON for his personal mount. This horse was shown 23 times last season and came home with 19 blues— proving that the dark bay stud is a seasoned performer. Two
MIDNIGHT SUN colts and a filly by EBONY’ S FIRST SON have been started, and these youngsters will be ready for the early two-year-old classes. It’ s a fine string of horses— one that Mr. Thompson and trainer Freddy Ray can be proud of.
Buddy and Faye Clay, the young couple from Scottsville, Kentucky, have the barn filled as usual and a waiting list that could fill each stall again. They have ten two-year-olds in training with the prospects of having some outstanding performers.
Buddy was agent for Gordon Absher of Scottsville and bought a MIDNIGHT SUN colt at the Harlinsdale Sale. This colt is out of the good LITTLE MERRY BOY mare, MERRIE BLACK A, who has produced some outstanding foals.
Morris Buchanon of Bowling Green is the owner 0f a SUN’ S DELIGHT filly that is out of the pony mare that Clay Simpson owned and showed so successfully TTlus Allen of Franklin, Kentucky has a SUN’ S Df‘ LIGHT colt out of a ROAN ALLEN, JR. mare. Tom Walden of Scottsville has an EBONY MASTERPIECE fillv out of a SETTING SUN mare. George Stewart of Russellville, Ky. has a MIDNIGHT BEAU colt out of a SUN DUST mare. A fine MIDNIGHT ON PARADE filly is owned by Virgil Wilson from Smith’ s Grove, Ky. Bill Mayhew of Scottsville has a SUN’ S EBONY DE LIGHT colt out of a PIDDLEY mare. Vickie Wheeler of Scottsville owns a filly by SUN ROYS DREAM out of a PRIDE OF HALL ALLEN mare.
Six three-year-olds are cantering and only need some final polishing. Buddy and Gene Johnson of Bowling Green have a very good DELIGHT filly. Another good DELIGHT filly is owned by Mrs. Stovall of Scottsville. Paul Carter of Tompkinsville has a MIDNIGHT BEAU horse and another BEAU horse is owned by Wayne Coker from Russellville. Buddy showed this horse to many blues last year. Neal Smith is the proud owner of a WISER GO BOY horse. Judy Wilson made a good start on her G. I. JOE pony last season, and is ready to start again.
Buddy and Faye have a fine selection of young horses and are ready for the gate to open.
Harold Terry at Upton, Kentucky has his barn full. He and Cal Pucket are really busy getting the young stock started. They also expect a heavy breeding program with the two fine stallions, GO BOY AGAIN and SUN’ S SECURITY. GO BOY AGAIN has a show record that is hard to equal and both stallions are producing fine foals.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart of Warsaw, Ky. own the good aged horse THE SUN DUSTER and an outstanding Junior horse by GO BOY AGAIN. They also own the three-year-old stud, LADY’ S BLACK JOE, which was Kentucky State Champion for 1967. Harold owns an aged MACK K horse that is working very well, and is in partnership with Mrs. J. T. Harwood of Miami, Fla. with a very good junior filly by SUN’ S SECUR ITY. Harold and Cal show up with a full load of good horses at every show.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Block of Bowling Green recently " got the bug” and purchased two horses from James Rowland. One was a beautiful MIDNIGHT SUN filly that has started very well. She is a loose headshaking youngster. They also bought a black aged gelding that is really broke and can do it all. Mrs. Block may very well be in the show ring this year. This stock is in training with Gary Cook and L. E. Walton at Bowling Green.
We do get to Tennessee once in a while. We have a horse with that " Genial Gentleman” Herman " Dot”
Warren. This barri seems to be a meeting-place for horse-loving families. We always look forward to seeing Dot and his friends. Our horse is a big bay MER RY MAKER gelding. HeJ is a pleasure to watch or to ride, and Dot lets him fly to show how a true running walk should be done. Our daughter Kathy is now in college, so TOM’ CAT is for sale. Anyone can ride this horse. Jim Bass of Nashville has a five-year-old stallion that may be the " find of the year.” He is by a son of OLD MERRY BOY and this sire was out of
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