The Greater Cincinnati Charity Horse Show Features Top Walking Horses
The Greater Cincinnati Charity Horse Show Features Top Walking Horses
By Janey Sawyer
The annual Greater Cincinnati Charity Horse Show was held May 4-7 . Ralph Lovett did a tremendous job as president . The honorable judge was Mr . H . H . ( Preach ) Fleming from Orlando , Florida . All of the Walking Horse classes were well filled with plenty of top horses .
MR . FASHION TWO TWENTY walked away with the championship for Mr . V . G . Gochneaur of the Fashion Two Twenty Stables of Aurora , Ohio . Coming in with a very close second was B . MAJOR ’ S ANNE , Bob McQuerry up for Triple T Stables , Lexington , Ky . A long way from home , David Welsh tied third on the good GO BOY ’ S REBEL O for Leeswood Farms , Oaks Cor : ners , N . Y .
Leading up to the championship , B . MAJOR ’ S ANNE won the mare class with Bob McQuerry up . Tommy Plott came in second on MY FAIR WARNING for White Star Farms , Canton , Ohio . Third place in this fine mare class went to CALICO ’ S QUEEN K , Willard Tenpenny riding for the Calico Farms of Cincinnati . The blue in the stallion and gelding class -was carried away
by RHYTHM RED FLASHER for the Kibler Farms of Mt . Orab , Ohio , Paul Whitehead riding . Reserve went
to Berry Coffee up on MR . TWIST for Frances Conrath . Third place went to White Star Farms ’ MR . SHOWMAN , Tommy Plott up .
The amateur championship class was one of excitement with MOONLIGHT SENSATION walking away with the blue for Mr . Forest Margrave of Union , Ky .
and I must say that he did an excellent job . Second and reserve amateur champion was MR . SENSATION , Mr . Melvin Dunaway , the owner , riding . Third place went to Mrs . Jacquie Kroll on WALKING MATILDA owned by the Calico Farms , Cincinnati , Ohio .
All of the amateur classes were good . Mr . V . G .
Gochneaur made a good show on this MR . FASHION TWO TWENTY to win the amateur stallion and gelding
class . Mr . Forest Margrave came in second on his good MOONLIGHT SENSATION , and third went to MR . SENSATION , owned and shown by Melvin Dunaway , Hamersville , Ohio , Nancie Escue did an outstanding job on her mare , MEET MIDNIGHT MERRY , to win the amateur mare class . Mrs . Jacquie Kroll came in second on WALKING MATILDA for the Calico Farms , and Julie Lovett and QUEEN OF DESTINY made a good show to tie for third .
SHADOW ’ S JET , in his usual good form , took the ladies class with owner Nancie Escue up from Hebron , Ky . Candy Gochneaur and her mare , FASHION LADY ,
made a good show tying second for the Fashion Two Twenty Cosmetics of Aurora , Ohio . Mrs . C . L . Lee , Leeswood Farms , Oaks Corners , N . Y ., came in third on SO CIETY SOUVENIR .
The Juveniles came out for a good class and Greg Gochneaur on his horse , ME AND MY SHADOW , walked on for top honors . Heidi Blakeland , up for Calico
Farms , tied second with WALKING MATILDA and Nancie Escue came in third on her SHADOW ’ S JET .
The Junior Walking Horse class for horses four years old and under showed what the youngsters could do — and do it they could ! DELIGHT ’ S PLAYBOY won this out-
EXHIBITORS PARTY : Seated around table from front : Mrs . C . L . Lee , David Welsh , Mrs . Stanley Rathman , Mr . Rathman , Mr . Fray Escue , Mrs . Escue , Dr . John Sawyer , Mr . Herman Ingram , Mrs . John Sawyer , Mrs . Ralph Lovett , Mr . Lovett . Standing behind table left to right , Sally Sawyer , and Nancie Escue .
standing class for the Escue Stables with Marvin Wilson up . MAJOR BIG DEAL , with Paul Whitehead up for the Kibler Farms , came in second and Mr . V . G . Gochneaur showed LITTLE SPREE to tie third for the Fashion Two Twenty Cosmetics , Aurora , Ohio .
For further results see Horse Show Results in the back of this issue .
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