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JOHN T. CARTER STABLES
Occasionally we run across a ' diamond in the rough’ and we certainly saw one when we recently visited the John T. Carter Stables in Kingsport, Tennessee. To say that his two-year-old SUN’ S DELIGHT stud colt was " the best in the country” would perhaps be a disservice to some other fine colts we have seen, but you can bet that he is " one of the best.” Named DE LIGHT’ S ADONIS( which means the finest in male perfection), this black stud has everything. He was a late colt but is already fifteen-two and is still growing. " Beautiful” adequately describes him and he has natural ability to match his looks. ADONIS is presently owned by Bob Piercy and H. B. Hauk of Kingsport. All or part of him has been swapped around considerably in recent months and to date he is valued at S25,000. Some horse! John and Mike Carter are working a barn full of fine horses. Among the young horses that are outstanding are a bay SUN’ S DELIGHT stud colt owned
by Fray Escue and a black SPIRIT OF MIDNIGHT filly owned by Hauk and Waggoner. The bay stud is
doing very well and the filly, named SPIRIT’ S JUNE BRIDE, is making good progress. John T. owns a fine
black MIDNIGHT BEAU stud colt that is looking for a new owner. He should make the grade also. Jimmy
Frazier and Bob Piercy have a fancy sorrel gelding with a flax mane and tail that is going to be a real
threat in two-year-old gelding classes. He is by SUN’ S DELIGHT and can really march on for a young horse.
JANE’ S DELIGHT, a three-year-old sorrel mare, is one of the finest around in her class. She was a top filly last year and has improved for 1969 with a fine canter. She is owned by H. B. Hauk. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Branch are proud of their black three-year-old mare by MIDNIGHT SUN. She’ s coming on strong for 1969. J. L. Huston has a four-year-old sorrel stallion by MERRY GO BOY that has great promise.
Heading the list of age horses is, of course, the 1968 Reserve World Champion Junior Horse, SUN’ S CHAP ARRAL. owned by Roy Carr. Mr. and Mrs. Carr also own JET’ S RHYTHM, a fine black stud that can hit a big lick. DEACON JONES is a bay gelding that can get things done, and owner H. B. Hauk is pleased with him. G. B. Nelson is pleased with the progress of SUN’ S SHADOWETTE, a pretty three-year-old filly by MIDNIGHT SUN. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Burgan of
Lincolnton, N. C. have a three-year-old golden sorrel stud named SUN’ S SUNDAE, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Overstreet of Roanoke, Va., have their three-yearold stud by SUN’ S ROCKET in training. Another age stud in training is a sorrel owned by Clifton Webb of Leatherwood, Ky. One young horse that everyone is watching is a TRIPLE THREAT three-year-old owned by J. B. Sherrill of Gastonia, N. C.
Another top horse in the barn is MR. MASTER PIECE T., owned by the Terry Brothers of Bulls Gap, Tennessee. This horse will be shown in amateur competition and John T. may show him some also. With these and about fifteen other horses to work, John T. Carter has his hands full. If you’ re ever up that way, drop in to see them for yourself.
FORRESTER’ S STABLES
Danny Forrester, trainer for the Leon Forrester’ s Walking Horse Stable in Martin, Tennessee, is busy preparing for the 1969 show season. Danny is presently working thirty horses, specializing in juvenile and amateur horses. Danny has introduced a new juvenile rider every year, and each year they have brought home some of the Celebration colors.
This year will be no exception. Johnny McAdams
will be presenting his Walking Pony, DELIGHT’ S MOLLY McA., and she may very well be the best yet.
Clara Forrester, Cyndy Rawls, and Nancy Burchum are all ready to receive the honors of the 1969 season.
MIDNIGHT MISCHIEF W., owned by Austin Willett of Freehold, New Jersey, just could be the dark horse of the junior division with Danny in the saddle. Watch for these horses and many others from this stable during the coming season.
RICHARD PATE STABLES
During all the hubbub in West Tennessee last month, Dick Pate stayed home and tended to business. The results, we understand, have been fruitful. Dick is working a barn full at his stable over in Covington, and has a good supply of just about everything. The big news was the sale of EBONY’ S OLD CHARTER, 1968 Reserve Champion Two-Year-Old. He was purchased by the well-known team of Beech & Hale, who reportedly already have some feelers on a re-sale. Dick says the fancy deep sorrel stallion has improved with age and has taken his canter in fine form.
Another sale at the Pate Stables was COPY’ S STAR, a fine three-year-old black filly that Dick showed well last year. We hear that she brought a top four-figure price and that her new owner is mighty pleased with his purchase. We will surely hear more about this filly later on.
Two-year-olds are plentiful but several head the list as being tops in the Pate barn this year. We did not get a report on all of them but have heard some mighty encouraging words about two in particular. One, a black filly by CARBON COPY, is coming on well. Her name is BARBARELLA, and all of you who saw the movie by the same name will want to see her " do her thing.” Another top colt, that we have watched since he was a weanling, is a big bay named GO BOY’ S FURY. He was raised by D. T. Clippinger of
VIC THOMPSON STABLES
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