WHOA Pleasure Jamboree
Murfreesboro, Tennessee • May 12 & 13
The Walking Horse Owners’ Association Pleasure
Jamboree was just that----a PLEASURE! The show, with
350 entries for two days, was a pleasure for the exhibi-
tors and a definite pleasure for WHOA! With this crazy,
weird weather middle Tennessee has been experiencing,
The Miller is a wonderful place to hold a show. Once
you unload from your trailer and stall your horse, you
never have to go back out into the elements. A person
can go from stall—to the ample warm-up ring and then
directly into the show arena. A definite advantage when
the wind is blowing 90 miles an hour and the rain is
pouring down! Adam Hall was in charge of marking the
entries on Friday night and did an admirable job as nice
walking entry after nice walking entry entered the ring.
Serving as announcer was Tommy Hall. WHOA Pres-
ident, Rhonda Martocci was in charge of distributing
the money and keeping the ribbons in the correct order.
Yours truly assisted Rhonda with the ribbon presenta-
tions.
Saturday morning started off with versatility class-
es. Eli Murphy was the effective judge for the Saturday
session of the Pleasure Jamboree. We had several new
youth riders trying their hands at the versatile events
Mallory Johnson
Wyatt Morgan
16 • Walking On
which was a very pleasant sight. Love to see new riders
trying their hands at different events. Alice Klein in-
structed two of the new youth riders and we hope she
will continue to support the WHOA Shows in the fu-
ture with even more new youth. The youth classes were
well filled much to our delight. The All Day Pleasure
Youth Class gave Judge Eli Murphy an eyeful of young
talent as 9 hard riding youngsters rode for the coveted
blue which was awarded to Wicked Times with Mallory
Johnson making the good ride. Seeing that many young
riders gave us hope for the future. Classes averaged 5 or
more entries per class
All in all the Pleasure Jamboree was a heck of a good
show with many new exhibitors. We hope the trend of
new exhibitors, seasoned competitors, friendly atmo-
sphere and good walking horses continues to bless our
shows this season. Come on out and join WHOA for a
terrific time showing your horse.
–Sis Osborne