Walking On Volume 3, Issue 3, March 2016 | Page 21

WHOA Show • Shelbyville, Tennessee • Feb. 27 The WHOA Schooling and Academy Show held on the beautiful Clearview Horse Farm grounds certainly started the show season off with a flourish! Clearview, located in Shelbyville Tennessee is a great place to host a winter show since they are equipped with an inside ring and warm up space. You can contact Clearview Farm for more information on what this horse farm has to offer at 1-931-684-8822. Tennessee had been experiencing very cold wet weather for at least two weeks prior to the Schooling Show and I was very doubtful that horses would turn out to show. HOWEVER 143 entries representing 15 states came thru the entry gate to compete on a clear, sunny but chilly day to prove me wrong, AGAIN. Judge Eli Murphy had his work cut out for him, but he rose to the occasion very admirably It was great to see the Roby family from Avalton, Kentucky showing in Tennessee. I am used to seeing this family show their talented Tennessee Walking Horses at the Kentucky Incentive Shows but this was a first for them to travel to Tennessee and they did very well taking top ribbons back to Kentucky with several new young horses. Then I was con- fused (not hard for me to be) when I thought I saw The Milkman (previously owned by the Roby family and usually with Jessalynn winning the blue ribbons) enter the ring with Rebecca Jackson Bonnick aboard. It really was The Milkman who now lives in Mobile with his stablemate No Tango Dinero and is now trained by Jennie Jackson for new owner, Tammy Kimbrell. Both horses won top ribbons for their new owner. Very nice start to the new show season and good to see Jennie back in the show rng. Also starting out the show season with a blue ribbon was the good walking team consisting of My Sophia and Emily Cotten. This combo will be a winning threat in the youth division. The young horses presented at this show were simply awesome and promise us a season of tough competition. The older horses showed that a winter of rest and light work had been a benefit to them as well. Several of the older horses had changed ownerships, some had changed trainers but all were in top form and really made it very tough to decide who should be awarded the blue. Several classes could have gone two or three ways the compe- tition was so close. Very exciting to start the WHOA Show season on such a high note. THANK YOU to all who brought a horse to show. YOU made this our first show of the season a rounding success. –Sis Osborne Flat Shod First Year Rider winners Tammy Kimbrell and The Milkman with Jennie Jackson. Emily Cotten and My Sophia, All Day Pleasure English winners, with Joe Lester and Amanda Manis. Amateur Owned & Trained Country Pleasure victors I’m Orion and Tami Steinbrecher with Wallace Steinbrecher. Photos courtesy of Walking Horse Report Douglas Ann McGovern with Scot MacGregor and Commando Pete following their win in the Racking Pleasure class. Let’s Get Rowday and B.J. Richards, Two & Three-Year-Old Country Pleasure class winners. 21