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title in the stake with SHADOW’S
MOTION MAN and Marvin Wilson
rounding out the top three.
The junior competition was equally
as good as the aged classes, with
the Junior Champion, DELIGHT’S
PERFECTION, being ridden by Mar­
vin Wilson for Senator Eugene Hol­
ley of Augusta, Georgia. Wink Groov­
er won the stallion and gelding pre­
liminary earlier in the week on THE
HUSTLER, a fine competitor owned
by the Groover-Spears Stables of
Etowah, Tennessee. The Junior Mare
Class went to Doug Wolaver and
HANDSHAKER’S LADY KIM for
owner Candace Williams of Fayette­
ville, North Carolina. Reserve in the
championship went to LADY KIM
and Doug, with the number three
spot going to Paul Smith and DE­
LIGHT’S DEBUTANTE, owned by
Roy Thornton of Palmetto, Florida.
The Three-Year-Old Championship
for the 1969 Mobile Show went to an
exciting new contender named EB­
ONY’S BLACK MARKET. This pow­
erful black stallion is owned by Billy
Hale of Gallatin, Tennessee, and
was ridden to this most impressive
victory by Wink Groover. Wink won
both the championship and the pre­
liminary on this horse. The Three-
Year-Old Mare Class was won by
Hershel Talley riding ACE’S BETTY
for Crawford & Davis of Montgom­
ery, Alabama. Rounding out the top
three awards in the stake were Jim­
my Ellis and EBONY’S MASTER
COPY placing second for W. R. Mit­
chell of Mobile, with Hershel and his
horse placing third.
The two-y ear-old division saw three
separate and worthy winners. The
preliminary filly class was won by
Don Bell and BLACK ELEGANCE
for owner Bill Burns of Huntsville,
Alabama. The stallion and gelding
preliminary was captured by Wink
Groover and DEMOCRAT COPY for
GLL Farms of Collierville, Tennes­
December, 1969
see. In the championship, Jack Moor­
man and LIVING LEGEND were
not to be denied as they won the
title in impressive fashion. This po­
tentially great horse is owned by
Whiteway Farms of Forest, Missis­
sippi. The reserve award went to
Wink and DEMOCRAT COPY.
The amateur competition featured
four events and three individual win­
ners. The Amateur Championship
was won by CLOWN’S SPUR and
Lloyd Wood, following their impress­
ive victory in the Men’s Amateur
Class. The Ladies Amateur Class
was won by RAMBLER’S SATIN
DOLL and Airs. Newton Turrentine
of Greenville, South Carolina, while
the Open Amateur Class was swept
by SHADOW’S MOTION MAN and
Lindsey Apel. Reserve in the champ­
ionship was Mrs. Turrentine’s SATIN
DOLL.
The juvenile division offered ex­
hibitors three classes and the Gary
Edwards Stable of Albany, Georgia
won two of the three events with
different horses. The Juvenile 13-17
Class was won by HIGH MACK’S
MAJORETTE and Carla McClelland,
while her stablemate MIDNIGHT
DYNAMITE and Debbie Gerst tied
third. In the Juvenile Championship,
Debbie and her horse won the honors
with Carla and MAJORETTE finish­
ing a close second. The Juvenile 12
and L'nder Class was won by MR.
TWIST and Jim Haygood, a talented
team from Florence, Alabama
The Pony Championship of Mobile
was won for the second year in a
row by the strong entry of Priscilla
OXE OF FIVE - Wink Groover receives one of ihe five blue ribbons he won at Mobile. Here Wink is
riding the Mobile Three-Year-Old Champion and winner of two classes. EBONY’S BLACK MARKET,
owned by Billy Hale of Gallatin, Tennessee.
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