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WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE FOLLOWING
AUSTRALIAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
2018 HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEE
MURRAY & SHIRLEY DAVIDSON Q-32917
The Australian Quarter Horse Association
honours Murray & Shirley Davidson
with induction into the Hall of Fame.
Murray and Shirley Davidson, from Swanpool, Victoria have been involved
with Quarter Horses since the early 1970’s. They purchased a first cross
Quarter Horse mare in 1970 and registered her ANNLEE LADY JILL A-158.
She would be the first of 89 horses registered with the ANNLEE prefix. Over
the next 48 years, Murray and Shirley have continued to be involved in the
Quarter Horse industry.
Murray was a professional cutting horse trainer. He took many horses through the
early NCHA cutting futurities that were held at Moonbi, NSW. He won the first
Pleasure Futurity on the imported stallion NAVY BAR. He is also a trained saddle
maker.
As competitors, Murray and Shirley have excelled across the board. In the early days,
Shirley was a competitive Barrel racer, winning many events and awards. Murray
started out in the rodeo arena but soon moved to the new and exciting sport of cutting.
The couple purchased their first cutting bred horse, CLOVER STOCKMAN R1-2168,
from one of the early Clover Leaf sales and he went on to take Shirley to Highpoint
Lady Cutter of Australia. F
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