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Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse
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'Sfers Of 1963 Shine In Striking Chattanooga Pilot Club Show
Prospective bright stars of the Ten­
nessee Walking Horse World for 1963
were projected into the spotlight of
competition Saturday night, April 27,
at the Chattanooga Pilot Club Charity
Horse Show before a cheering indoor
audience of some 2,000 men, women
and children.
Seventy-eight entries competed in
the seven Fast Walking Horse classes.
Scoring a double victory that surely
jruts him among the early front-run­
ners for top competition is Shadow’s
Hotshot, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Shedd of Rt. 2 Winnsboro, S.C., with
Charlie Martin of McFarlin Stables,
Murfreesboro, Tenn. in the saddle.
Hotshot Look both the Walking Stal-
lions-Geldings class for 4 years old and
over, then repeated in the Walking
Plorse Championship where the purse
was SI20 with a fine trophy.
Consistently Shown For First Time
It was a scintillating season-opener
for this son of Go Boy’s Shadow out
of Merry Hotshot. This horse is to be
shown consistently this season for the
first time. On the indications of his
April 27 display of speed and stamina,
the black stallion should be a factor
to deal with all season long. Mr. Shedd
is a timber dealer in Winnsboro and
a relative newcomer to the Walking
Horse ownership field.
Sharing the 4-year-old and over
focus with professional riders up was
the World’s Champion Mare of 1961
—Beloved Belinda—who swept cheers
of the crowd and the nod of the judge,
Rex Watts, Hudson, N.C. Belinda
took the Walking Mare class and
proved that as a 6-year-okl she looks
faster and better than -when she won
the championship at the 1961 Celebra­
tion as a 4-year old. Charlie Martin
rode this beloved grey horse with the
fla