1965-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1965 May Voice | Page 28

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FIELDSTONE FARMS
BOYD HUDGINS, trainer for the
Fieldstone Farms of Mr. FRANK
TALBOT. Macon, Georgia, is one of
the few trainers that we have seen
that had just about all of his stock
"ready to go" at the first of the
season.
We recently made a trip to Macon
to see Boyd and watch a few horses
working in the bright new all-metal
stable. The Talbots have put a lot
of effort and thought into their Walk­
ing Horse operation and ha ve a beau­
tiful farm that is a credit to the
business.
Boyd is working 25 head of horses
and Champagne Jet probably heads
the list of "top horses.” This five-
year-old black stud already has a
reputation throughout this part of
the country and should bring home
a string of blues this season for
owner Frank Talbot. Another out­
standing age horse is Midnight Shad­
ow, a black stallion belonging to
FRED MATHIS of North Augusta,
South Carolina. Boyd also has Go
Boy’s Hot Shot, a bay belonging to
Fieldstone Farms, in the age classes
this year.
In the Junior ranks, a big-going
mahogany bay mare named Lovely
Easter Again, owned by WILBUR
TUCKER of Macon, Georgia, put on
an impressive performance for us
and should do as well in the ring.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. HARDAGE of
Milledgeville, Georgia are the proud
owmers of Man of Rhythm, a Junior
stud colt that is doing quite well.
Lil Abner, the Two-Year-Old Gelding
Champion at the 1964 Montgomery
Show, is also comin'g on strong. He
is a bay and is owned by Dr. B. S.
HARDMAN of Gainesville, Georgia.
Merry Boy’s Son. a sorrel gelding
owned and shown by MERRIL TAL­
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BOT, won the class with Merril up
in Montgomery and Mobile lastyear.
She is doing fine with him this year,
also. A black mare, Go Boy’s Black
Label, owned by Fieldstone Farms,
is also doing fine this year. In the
Ladies Amateur classes, Fieldstone
Farms will have CAROLYN TAL­
BOT riding Go Boy’s Headline, a
chestnut stud with plenty of action.
Boyd also has two other good age
stallions in Sun’s B. C., owned by
Hudgins and Talbot, and another
big chestnut stud with a flax mane
and tail that is owned by Fieldstone
Farms. Midnight Georgia Belle is a
fancy black mare owned by Mrs.
CHARLES WEBB of Macon, who will
show her in Amateur classes this
year. BILL ASHMORE of Macon will
be showing Gray Pride, a beautiful
gray gelding, in Juvenile Classes
this season.
Of the 25 horses in training, Boyd
has 7 two-year-olds, including Mer­
rill’s Marauder, a black stud colt that
was ready to show the day we saw
him. The others are coming along
fine and should join the Fieldstone
Farm’s stable of top Tennessee Walk­
ing Horses in the show ring shortly.
Whenever you are "down South”
and have the opportunity to visit
the Fieldstone Stables in Macon,
get ready for hospitality and for
some mighty good horses. There’s
plenty of both here! owned by Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS
BRANDON; Go Boy’s Cindy Sue,
a sorrel filly owned by Mr. and
Mrs. PAT B. POWERS, Nashville,
Tennessee; Shadow’s Blondie, a sor­
rel filly with white mane and tail
that was purchased at Montgomery
Bailey Sale by Mr. and Mrs. PETE
IRBY of Murfreesboro and Charles
Martin; a black Midnight Sun filly
out of a Shadow mare owned by Mr.
and Mrs. JAMES ROWLANDofMur­
freesboro, Tennessee.
Charlie has three top three-year-
old fillies to take to the shows this
year: Sun’s Playmate, Jr., a bay
Setting Sun that was shown last
year, winning several blues, and
should win this year; a Go Boy bay
mare owned by H. G. FRENCH of
Barnhill, Illinois; and a Midnight Sun
bay mare owned by THOMAS E.
FOX and WALKINS BROWN of
Nashville, Tennessee. She is a half-
sister of Debutant’s Boy, the three-
year-old stallion that was purchased
by JIMMY WADDELL from Fox and
Martin last year.
Speaking of mares, Charlie has a
top mare that’s already in compe­
tition this year owned by Mr. and
Mrs. LYLE CASHION, JR. of Shel-
byville. This is a big fine mare that
has three good gaits. Watch for her
this year.
CHARLIE MARTIN STABLES PUCKETT STABLES
It was at the Montgomery Show
that Mr. LEWIS AITA decided that
Prince Royal, a five-year-old sorrel
stallion by Wiser’s Go Boy, was too
good for an amateur horse, so he
will be shown as a stake horse this
year by CHARLES MARTIN. This
stallion is fat, slick, and looks like
a Prince with good front end and
tremendous style. Billy High Fire,
a sorrel stud by Billy Sunday, was
also purchased during the Montgom­
ery show by Mr. Aita of Franklin,
Tennessee and Charles Martin. This
stud has never been shown, but is
one of those big lick, going horses.
He’s ready to make his debut and
top horsemen say he will be hard
to beat.
Along with the two-year-old Invas­
ion’s Persuasion, whose story was in
the April VOICE, Charlie has the
following two-year-olds that are all
coming along in fine shape: Linda
Lou, out of a Rhoda Allen mare, On a recent trip to Albany, Geor­
gia, we had the opportunity to spend
the afternoon at the stables of Mr.
and Mrs. BOB PUCKETT of Shell-
man, Georgia. These folks have the
right approach to the Walking Horse
business and are making every ef­
fort to enjoy much of the "hard work”
as well as the pleasure of the horse
business. Bob and his lovely wife
ANN have built the stables and other
facilities out behind the house and,
with the help of young GARY ED­
WARDS who is attending college
nearby, work with their children
(PAT, PATRICIA, and BEBE) in ge