1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 May Voice RS | Page 34

1968
PILOT
CLUB
HORSE SHOW
DRAWS BIG
AT
CHATTANOOGA
The 1968 edition of the Chattanoo­
ga Pilot Club Horse Show saw Wink
Groover ride his way to four blue rib­
bons in the two-day, three-session
show. Wink was the leading ribbon
winner but many other top horses
and trainers got their share of the
awards.
Wink captured the Three-Year-Old
Class, the Four-Year-Old Mare Class,
the Four-Year-Old Stud & Gelding
Class and the Walking Mare Class.
Wink also tied high in several other
classes to round out a strong show­
ing for his stable.
The officials of the show were well
pleased with this year’s effort. A
morning rain on Saturday apparent­
ly dampened the spirits at the af­
ternoon session but by night things
were going full blast again.
Humane Association officials from
the local office were on hand for the
show but found little to report. There
was a brief misunderstanding on Fri­
day night which was more concerned
with personalities than with horses
but this problem was quickly cleared
up by members of the Trainers As­
sociation and their valuable trouble­
shooter, Jim Burns of Shelby ville.
Judge Jimmy Waddell excused a few
horses during the early classes of
the show and this discouraged any­
one from showing horses that were
not in top shape.
Jimmy did a real good job in judg­
ing this show. There was some con­
uired^'recelvi'ng^heAwards1 for
Robinson of Chattanooga.
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T BIRD
Babb are p,c
Stake at the Pllot Club Show. T BIRD is owned by Billy
fusion in the Stake Class regarding
a horse than had used up the allot­
ted time for replacing a shoe and
had to be dismissed when he threw
a second shoe. Jimmy had no alter­
native but to dismiss the horse, al­
though the crowd was apparently
unaware of the rule.
The winner of the Walking Horse
Championship was BIG SHOT’S T
BIRD with Jim Babb of Battleground
Stables in the saddle. T BIRD is in
the midst of a comeback effort and
his show at Chattanooga was cer­
tainly a step in the right direction.
Reserve honors in this class went to
Wink Groover on SUNS REGAL AIR.
The Juvenile Class had some top
entries and drew the cheers of the
crowd as everyone picked a favorite.
Winning the blue in this highly com­
petitive class was SHADOW’S GAY
LADY and Sarah Hickerson. This
fine horse has been a consistent win­
ner for years and displayed the form
that has enabled her to be such a
winner. The reserve tie went to MID­
NIGHT with Chuck Williamson do­
ing the riding.
Jimmy Richardson, the top horse-
show organist in the country, is due
a special vote of thanks by officials
of the show. Jimmy always does a
great job but this year he was at
his best.
The Four-Year-Old Stallion & Geld­
ing Class was won by Wink Groover
on EBONY’S MUSIC MAN, owned
by A1 Miller of Chattanooga. Tying
reserve to Wink was Elmore Brock
on SENOR PERFECTION. Elmore
had his horse just about right and
kept the pressure on Wink through­
out the class.
Other class winners can be found
in the results of the show listed in
the "HORSE SHOW RESULTS’’ sec­
tion of this issue.
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