1964-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1964 April Voice | Page 26

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ness and that he feels that with
Mr. Nichols’ support and that of
others connected with the stable
they should have some good horses
in the ring. But he also realizes
that making a stable of top show
horses is a long term proposition.
Don started with Mr. A1 Goodman
in Asheville, N.C. and has worked
for “Lightening” Gregory in Green­
ville, S.C. and also Paul Harold in
Morristown, Tennessee.
With the coming of spring, activities
around the training barns have in­
creased in tempo as the professionals
and the amateur riders make the most
of the good weather to put the finishing
touches on their horses for the early
shows. The VOICE staff has been visit­
ing a number of stables and has re­
ceived reports on several others.
While in Knoxville to cover the
Dogwood Arts Festival Horse
Show, your Managing Editor decid­
ed to make a Saturday morning
tour of the Walking Horse Stables
in and around Knoxville. On in­
vitation of Mr. E. C. Nichols, we
were up bright and early to visit
the Beaver Brook Stables.
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Beaver Brook Stables
Two independent show horse
organizations have moved into big
Beaver Brook Stables. Halls Cross­
roads, just outside Knoxville,
which was purchased recently by
V. G. Kennedy, Jr.; E. C. Nichols
has transferred his Southbrook
stable of Walking Horses from Ford
Valley Road to Beaver Brook.
Don Galloway has transferred
from the Mohler Stables at Beck-
ley, W. Va., where he worked for
Dr. A. E. Glover and Mr. Ed Mohler,
and will train Walking Horses at
Beaver Brook for Mr. Nichols and
others. The Nichols Walkers are
well known and his granddaugh­
ter, Debby Pollard, captured the
1963 East Tennessee Horse Show
Association Juvenile Walking
Championship with her Nichols
mare.
In talking with Don, who is 32
years old, married and has three
children, we learned that he is
glad to be closer to the more ac­
tive center of Walking Horse busi­
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BEAVER BROOK STABLES — New
location of the E. C. Nichols Walk­
ing Horse operation.
Don now has 15 horses in train­
ing including: a 6 year old mare,
DREAM AT MIDNIGHT, shown
by Debbie Pollard; TREE’S SHA­
DOW, a 3 year old blue roan stud
that should be a top prospect;
SUN’S MAJORETTE, a 3 year old
sorrel mare that is big and bold
going. We saw this mare work and
later in the season she will be a
real threat in the junior classes.
Don also has SHADOW’S SUBUR­
BAN, a 3 year old black roan stud;
GO BOY’S GLORY H, a 2 year
old filly owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Koella of Rockford, Ten­
nessee. Don is standing POPE’S
SON OF MIDNIGHT, who is by
MIDNIGHT SUN out of MERRY
BLACK. We enjoyed our visit with
Don and Mr. Nichols and wish
him much success during the 1964
season.
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Roy Thurman Stable
We traveled all the way back
across Knoxville, fighting the
peak moring traffic coming into
town for the various “Festival”
activities, and wound up at the
Roy Thurman Stables on the old
Maryville Highway. This is one of
the finest Walking Horse training
layouts we have ever seen. There
is nothing particularly fancy about
their facilities but the arrange­
ment of stables and riding areas
is excellent.
Trainer Mike Janaway has 85
beautiful rolling acres on which to
work horses. He also has a regula­
tion size outdoor ring and a can­
tering ring close to the main sta­
ble. We got there in time to see
Mike working MAID’S MERRY
DAY, a fancy 2 year old filly colt
owned by F. P. Lacy and daughter
Betty Jean of Knoxville. Here is
a real prospect that has “show
mare” looks and manners. Mike
has 17 horses in training now in­
cluding TROUBLE’S MIGHTY
MAID, a top mare that won her
class in the Knoxville show with
Mike in the saddle. He also has
SUN’S TROUBLE MAKER who
was reserve in the 1963 East Ten­
nessee Walking Horse Show As­
sociation ratings; MERRY BLACK
ACE, a three year old black stud
and BOY’S BLUE BOY an impres­
sive 2 year old stud that tied forth
in the Knoxville show. Mike has
nine two year olds either started
or ready to start to work.
Mike is from Greenback, Ten­
nessee. He is 19 years old and
worked at the E. C. Nichols Sta­
bles before going to work for Mr.
Thurman. Mike plans to make a
career out of training horses. If
the stock we have seen so far this
year is any indication of his ability,
he will have a successful career.
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Mike Jannaway, trainer for Thurman
Stables, is pictured on one of the nine
two year old colts now in training.
Watching is F. P. and Betty Jean
Lacy and Mr. Roy Thurman.
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