1966-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1966 April Voice RS | Page 6

FIFTEENTH ANNUAL SCHOOL
AND HORSE SHOW EDITOR’S COLUMN
MAY 12th, 13th, 14th, 1966 TOP HORSE FEVER
As anticipation of the upcoming
Spring Horse Show Season reaches
a peak, Walking Horse enthusiasts
QUENTIN, PENN.
from coast to coast are beginning
By Atari Stevenson—Chairman, School and Show Committee
to discuss top horses. We get criti­
Thats the current big news of your will recess to the show grounds where cized sometimes for writing about
Association. All who have ever the Association’s show will be held. the various stables and referring to
attended one of our Schools will agree Saturday afternoon we will have five so many "top horses,” because those
that it is an outstanding event, one that classes. Three year olds— Juvenile in the know will point out, " there
everyone interested in Walking Horses (under 18 years of age)— Ladies- just ain’t that many good horses
should attend and contribute to its Junior and Amateur. Saturday evening around.” However, in defense of our
success. As always, the School will open in connection with the Quentin Riding
with an Early Bird Reception at the Club’s Annual Spring Show we will opinions and those of our Contribu­
Quentin Riding Club on Thursday have two classes—a mare class and a ting Editors, you must remember
evening, May 12th. Registrations will stallion-gelding class. In the classes that "they all look good at home.”
also be taken . . . time 8 P.M.
Saturday afternoon and evening there That is to say that, when viewed on
Friday A.M., May 13th we will really will be five ribbons and four cash the home ground of the trainer’s
get underway at the Quentin Riding awards. Saturday evening after the stable, most show horses look pretty
Club house. Registrations will again be show the Quentin Riding Club House good. It is when that gate opens,
taken at 9 A.M. For the School, we are will be open and all registered at the however, and all these "top horses”
planning on having outstanding School may have the privileges of the get together on the rail, that we
speakers on the subjects nearest to Club House.
separate the men from the boys and
Sunday afternoon the Quentin the really big horse comes to the top.
hearts of Walking Horse people. One of
the features of our Schools in the past Riding Clubs show will continue and
With this in mind we would like to
has been a Panel Forum with our there will be three Walking Horse make a prediction: "One of the best
outstanding Trainers taking part. This classes—Junior Stake,—Amateur classes of the 1966 Show Season
feature will be repeated this year but Stake and Open Stake. Championship
because of the many requests received and Reserve ribbons will be given with will be the Three-Year-Old events.”
(Junior horses will be four years old
we will run it for a longer period of a handsome trophy for each class.
in
1966.) It is our opinion that we
A very special feature at the School
time. We, in the Association should
consider ourselves fortunate in having this year will be the presence of Les will see more really great horses
so many outstanding men as trainers. Nelson, who, as you all know is one of exhibited in this class than have
These men really give of their knowl­ the nations outstanding photographers ever been seen before and, in many
edge. Friday will really be a School of Walking Horses. Mr. Nelson will take instances, these young horses will
Day.
pictures of your horses by appoint­ be even more exciting to watch than
Friday evening we will have our ment.
many age stake classes. Out of the
It should be a great School but its tremendous entry in the 1965 Cele­
Annual dinner which will be preceded
by the President’s reception, as usual. greatness will depend on YOU; your bration Two-Year-Old Classes (over
Association Directors will be elected at
taking part and contributing of your­ one hundred), only a few of the top
the dinner. After dinner films will be selves. We will send you further
shown and the Student Judges will take information just as quickly as plans name horses will be back in content­
their written examinations.
are formulated. The important thing ion as three-year-olds. Many of the
Saturday morning bright and early,
right now is for you to plan to attend horses that did not tie, or perhaps
8 A.M., the Board of Directors will and PLEASE if you have any sugges­ were not even exhibited, will be com­
meet. The School will reconvene at 10 tions send them in. We all want this ing on strong.
Goldfinger, the 1965 World Champ­
A.M., with the luncheon and annual
School to give YOU what you want
ion Two-Year-Old, is reported to
meeting at 12 noon. After luncheon we most.
have been sold and is being trained
for Juvenile or Amateur Classes
(more on this when it is confirmed),
so he will not be a contender. How­
ever, Reserve Champion The Enter­
tainer and third place Big Shot’s T
Bird are both reported to be improv­
ing in spectacular fashion and should
be ready to make a real top show
of it all through the 1966 season.
Another horse that has caused a lot
of talk is a black Midnight Sun stud
that is now in STEVE HILL’s bam.
This horse, raised and shown by
DIXIE WEAVER last year as a
two-year-old, was purchased during
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