1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 August Voice RS | Page 93

Burnette and Perry, and has all the earmarks of being
a top contender for Championship honors this year.
Watch for him at the Celebration!
Preach Fleming made a fine show on SHADOW’S
DELIGHT to win the Two-Year-Old Stallion & Geld­
ing event for R. D. Keene of Orlando. This is the
second top performance he has made in a short-lived
career this season, and he will certainly bear watch­
ing at the Shelbyville classic.
Bud Seaton came on strong in the Aged Mare class
with EBONY’S DOLLY, a fine mare in any competi­
tion. Riding for Billy Hale, Mr. Seaton showed the
mare to perfection and proved that she has merit for
World Championship honors.
Also worthy of mention are: LABEL’S DANCER,
with Jimmy Waddell riding to victory in the Two-Year-
Old Filly Class; GO BOY’S BLACK BARON with Jan
Wright up in the Juvenile Class; HANDSHAKER’S
DEBUTANT and HANDSHAKER’S LADY KIM, with
Douglas Wolaver riding in the Three-Year-Old Mare
Class and the Junior Mare Class respectively; and
SCATMAN’S KITTY CAT with Pam Hawkersmith in
the Walking Pony Class. These were the blue-ribbon
winners in a great late-season show. Mr. Rowland did
a fine job of judging and certainly stands as one of
our finer men in this capacity.
SENSATIONAL SHADOW —Stallion & Gelding winner at annual Belfast show
GO BOV'S BLACK ANGEL—Impressive winner of Mare Class. Belfast. Tenn.
ACE’S SENSATION—Stallion & Gelding winner at Pulaski ’Red Carpet’ Show.
BELFAST, TENNESSEE
AUGUST 1, 1969
Judge — Paul Smith
Usually considered one of the last pre-Celebration
shows of any importance, Belfast was no disappoint­
ment this year. An extra-large crowd turned out to
see some of the nation’s finest vie for top honors in
the last big showdown before the World Champion­
ships later this month.
Starting with the Stallion & Gelding Class we can
certainly state that SENSATIONAL SHADOW made
himself known as a potential threat to Stake Class
honors as he turned in a fine performance to take the
blue in a good class with Wallace Brandon riding.
Also worthy of note as a stake class contender was
"The MARE” . . . with Charlie Bobo turning in his
final performance prior to the Celebration. In the pre­
liminary workout Mr. Bobo was content to show just
enough to stay on top; however, in the workout be­
tween GO BOY’S BLACK ANGEL and EBONY’S
DOLLY, another fine mare, he was pushed to prove
his horse. It was a great workout with both horses
turning in sterling performances. DOLLY was ridden
by Bud Seaton.
The ever-popular GOLDFINGER was adjudged win­
ner of the Amateur Stallion & Gelding Class, with
Lindsey Apel riding. He looked like his old self and
won the class handily. It was GUNSMOKE’S FIRE­
BALL that took home the blue in a top Three-Year-
Old Stallion & Gelding Class as Ronnie Spears showed
his tremendous World Champion to the bipartisan
crowd. This is one of the horses that the crowds came
to see and Ronnie didn’t let them down. He is a solid
contender for Celebration honors.
One of the big surprises of the late show season was
the emergence of GO BOY’S BLACK ROOSTER with
Sam Paschal riding. Now a junior horse, the big black
stallion has taken readily to "Mr. Sam’s” way of go­
ing and shows a great deal of potential for the Junior
Championship this year. He was pushed hard in what
a lot of observers felt was one of the hottest classes
in the Besfast Show, winning on an excellent pass on
the final reverse.
Another standout of the Belfast Show was DELIGHTS
GTO, a late-season "comer” with George Livingston
riding. This fancy sorrel stallion has been considered
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