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Vic Thompson in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The record now shows that this was a smart move for both men. They have made a great team and for the past two years the Thompson Stables have produced top winners in almost every category of Walking Horse competition. Now... after two years together... the team of Thompson and Wilson has won the biggest one of them all. The victory of EBONY’ S SENATOR and Marvin Wilson has come none too soon for supporters of this trainer. They have followed his career over the years and have seen him " knock at the door” many times
with great stock. He is worthy of the honor as trainer of the 1969 World Grand Champion and deserves all of the credit for making EBONY’ S SENATOR the 1969 World Grand Champion. A top horse and a top trainer is a tough combination to beat, and they couldn’ t do it this year.
Now considered permanent residents of Shelbyville, the Marvin Wilson family make their home there. Linda Wilson takes an interest in her husband’ s activity as a trainer, and their three-year-old daughter,
Janet, can often be seen around the stable watching her father work horses. We hope that every year will be as successful for them as 1969 has been.
VIC THOMPSON Little remains to be said about Vic Thompson. He has done it all in the Walking Horse business. From college in the pre-war days he came on strong as a young man in the Walking Horse field. He has personally produced and ridden as many winners as any trainer in the country and has won almost every title available at the Celebration, including the grand championship in 1957. In recent years Mr. Thompson has concentrated on amateur and juvenile horses and his riders have won consistently for years, even with different trainers working under him.
Vic Thompson has been active in many areas of Walking Horse activity. He has worked hard for the trainers and breeders in areas of their business where he felt some improvements were needed. A lot of changes have taken place since Vic Thompson first got started as a professional trainer, and he has contributed greatly to the progress of the breed.
Among the many other top winners that Marvin Wilson has produced in the past few years for the Vic Thompson Stables are GOLDFINGER, 1969 World Champion Owner / Amateur Walking Gelding with Lindsey Apel riding; MOONGLOW, JR., three-time World Champion Amateur Horse with Burt Daugette riding; ROCK-A-BYE LADY, 1969 World Champion Ladies Amateur Horse with Anne Daugette riding; and UN TOUCHABLE, three-time World Champion Juvenile
Horse for owner-rider Judy Tillett. In addition to his Grand Championship Stake victory, Marvin Wilson also took home the blue this year with DELIGHT’ S PERFECTION in the Junior Gelding Class.
O. D. " PECK” CARLTON
It was news indeed when word came that EBONY’ S SENATOR was no longer owned by Lloyd Wood of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His new’ owner, O. D. " Peck”
Carlton of Albany, Georgia, is no newcomer to the ranks of well-known owners of top Tennessee Walking Horses. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton and their daughters, Connie, Colleen and Kay, have been Walking Horse enthusiasts for almost twenty years. Although the girls never showed horses much as youngsters, they love the breed and have followed their father’ s activity with much interest. Among the better show horses that Mr. Carlton has owned are GO BOY’ S WONDER and UNTOUCHABLE, the great show mare that Judy Tillett has been showing for the past several years. In discussing their horses, Mrs. Carlton said, " Don’ t forget BEECH WOOD ACE. He was our first Walking Horse.” We hope that EBONY’ S SENATOR won ' t be their last, as it is people such as the Carltons that make this business what it is today.
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WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
At present the future of EBONY’ S SENATOR is uncertain. Tentative plans call for him to be retired at the Dixie Jubilee Horse Show in Baton Rouge, November 6-9, but this has not been finalized as of this writing. After that, he will probably take his place beside RODGERS PERFECTION at Stallion Stables and stand the 1970 season there as a breeding horse, although this has not been established.
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