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PINS for R. D. Keene, while BIANCO
took the blue in the Three-Year-Old
Gelding Class, with Marianne Leech
riding for Rodney Leech. George Witt
again rode the reserve winner in the
Championship Class, as he piloted
HANDSHAKER’S SNIP to the sec
ond spot behind Wink. The number-
three entry in the Championship was
EBONY’S MASTER COPY with Jim
my Ellis in the saddle.
The Junior Division at Montgomery
featured the reigning World Champ
ion, HANDSHAKER’S DELIGHT,
and Donald Paschal. Donald and his
horse put their title on the line and
came away with two more blue rib
bons to hang on the barn wall for
owners Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Sexton.
This black stallion with the big lick
won the preliminary and the champ
ionship, looking particularly impres
sive in the stake. In the other two
preliminaries in this division, Wink
Groover and THE HUSTLER cap
tured the honors in the gelding class
and Doug Wolaver and HANDSHAK
ER’S LADY KIM won the mare pre
liminary. Wink’s mount is owned by
the Groover-Spears Stable and also
won a class at Mobile. Several people
have expressed an interest in buying
this horse, and Wink reports that he
is for sale. HANDSHAKER’S LADY
KIM needs no introduction to horse-
show followers, and she certainly
made owner Candace Williams ex
tremely proud at Montgomery.
Battling Donald and his horse for
the Junior Championship and tying
reserve were Huck Moss and EB
ONY’S MR. POSSUM, with George
Witt and SHADOW’S SUN UP round
ing out the top three.
Wink Groover and Huck Moss shar
ed the honors in the open competition
with each winning two blue ribbons.
Wink guided ACE’S SENSATION to
the Grand Championship for the sec
ond year in a row for proud owner
Randall Rollins. ACE was the com
plete horse at Montgomery, winning
the stallion preliminary and then sur
viving a gruelling workout to claim
the championship. Huck won both the
mare and gelding classes, with SIL
VER SHADOW’S REPLICA the geld
ing winner and MISS RHYTHM the
mare class champion. Both fine en
tries are owned by Cissy Best.
The Grand Championship was well
worth the price of admission for all
five nights. After the preliminary
workout, eight horses were put on
the rail for the final fling and here
is where the water got deep. Judge
Yarbrough apparently couldn't get
enough, as he kept the horses on the
rail for a lengthy workout that would
seemingly never end. When it did,
the worthy winners were Wink and
ACE, their second championship in
a row at Montgomery. The reserve
award was won by Jimmy Ellis and
MR. FREEWHEEL. SENSATIONAL
SHADOW with Wallace Brandon up
rounded out the top three. It was a
great class and a great finish to this
horse show and the season.
Not all the fireworks were in the
professional classes - the five ama
teur classes were loaded with top
horses and riders. Lloyd Wood and
CLOWN’S SPUR won the Amateur
Men’s Class and then the Amateur
Championship, duplicating their feat
AMATEUR WINNER - Lloyd Wood and his great stallion. CLOWN'S SP UR,
won the Amateur Championship with their usual strong performance. Lloyd
and his horse won two classes at the show.
December, 1969
of two weeks previously at Mobile.
Other blue ribbon winners in ama
teur competition were SUN’S AN
GEL and Frank Roper in the Ama
teur Over 50 Class; Joyce Datson
and MY LADY MAJOR in the Lady
Amateur Class; and HURRY SUN
DOWN, the 1969 Reserve Amateur
World Champion, and Patti Reams
in the Amateur Open Class. HURRY
SUNDOWN and Patti put on their
typical great show in winning the
open class, lying a close reserve to
CLOWN’S SPUR in the Champion
ship was EBONY ROSE, ridden by
owner Charlie Warren of Fayette
ville, North Carolina. Charlie kept
his horse in the thick of the battle
all the way to win the well-deserved
Reserve Championship.
The two juvenile classes attracted
their usual high calibre of entries at
Montgomery. The Juvenile 13 & Un
der Class was won by Jim Haygood
on MR. TWIST. Kim Henley and
PRIDE OF SPRING were the re
serve winners. The Juvenile 14-17
Class was won by the veteran team
of SHADOW’ S GAY LADY and Sara
Hickerson, with DELIGHT’S DEBU
TANTE and Roy Thornton finishing
a strong second.
The Pony Class brought a highly
successful season to a close for Pris
cilla Talley and EAGLE'S ACE, own
ed O. M. Cook of Birmingham. The
team finished the season unbeaten
in Alabama after having won the
Pony Class at Mobile. The reserve
pony champion was BLACK MAS
TERPIECE, ridden by Pattie Dis-
mukes of Nashville.
Several things occurred this year
TWO-VEAR OLD CHAMPION - Herman Dot" Warren and SHADOW'S DOM
INO thrilled the crowds winning two blues and the championship over 50
entries in this division.
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