1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 August Voice RS

Tennessee Three-Year-Old Championship. MISS AM- ORET and Mrs. Paul Randolph have already won the Ladies Class in Winter Haven and the Trainers’ Show in Nashville this season and will be heading for the Ladies Owner-Amateur Class. Wallace will be in the saddle as this fine mare enters the Four-Year-Old Mare Class. EBONY’S ELEGANCE, "the gray mare with the elegant flair,” will be shown in the Three- Year-Old Mare Class for Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Vaughn of Clarksville. MONEYTREE’S SHADOW and Laura were the 1968 World’s Champions of the Amateur Ladies Class at the Celebration, and recently won the Shelbyville P-TA and the Spring Jubilee shows. 'Nough said. Another horse for the Randolph Farms is LIMOUSINE’S MAS TER. He will be shown in the Amateur Ladies Gelding Class by Mrs. Randolph and in Aged Gelding compe tition by Wallace. He was the Winter Haven Champion and recently won the novice class at Lexington, Ky. First at Manchester in the two-year-old class was THE WALKING SPIRIT with Wallace riding for Mor rison and Bob Lowe of Cookeville. Billy Morgan is back working for Wallace and Laura. He will be showing a two-year-old gelding, FRITO BANDITO, for Hickory Hills Farm. He will also be showing DOUBLE TROUBLE in the three-year-old gelding class for the Randolphs. MACK K’S SPUR is the Junior Champion from Winter Haven and Tampa, Florida this year and will be shown in that division and in the Amateur Gelding Class at the Celebration for Dr. and Mrs. William J. Thompson, Franklin. In the Four-Year-Old Stallion Class will be MIDNIGHT SENATOR for John Woods. They are very excited about a RODGERS PERFEC TION two-year-old colt sold to Carson T. Kidwell of Franklin recently. Just to mention some of the other stock in the barn (we could write a whole magazine on all the stock there): a three-year-old mare for the McFarlin Brothers; a three-year-old MIDNIGHT SUN colt for Shannon-Miller-Eaton; a black walking pony out of a RODGERS PERFECTION mare for Willey E. Bailey of Little Rock, Ark.; a two-year-old filly by TRIPLE THREAT for Gottlob Koenig, Daytona Beach, Fla.; a two-year-old SHADOW filly for Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Clifford, Nashville; a three-year-old black MID NIGHT SUN colt for Harlinsdale Farm; a three-year- old MERRY GO BOY stallion for the Elrod brothers, Woodbury; a two-year-old filly by SPIRIT OF MID NIGHT out of SUPER SPORT’s dam for Gene Jordan; a two-year-old filly by SENSATIONAL SHADOW that looks like a great one and a two-year-old colt by ACE OF SPADES for the Davis brothers. Wallace empha sized that some of these horses are just green broke. Pay a visit to Hickory Hills Farm and Wallace and Laura Brandon during the Celebration. It’s on the highway to Harlinsdale Farms. City, Arkansas. They will be showing in the 12-14 Juvenile Class at the Celebration. Mr. Tarkington and his gelding, SUN’S BIG JOHN, are working betr ter at each show. They won the Amateur Class and the Amateur Stake at Vivian and Forrest City. Jake Crow of Elaine, Arkansas and his three-year- old stallion, MAC K’S COMET, took the blue at Viv ian and are ready for the Celebration. Earl Chastain of Holly Grove, Arkansas and RAMB LING ROSE won their class at Vivian and are still placing high, as they have all year. C. L. Frates, Oklahoma City, and PERFECTION’S MISS OPERATOR; and Morris Collier of Fayetteville, Arkansas and ROCKY HILL will be seen in the Ama teur Class at the Celebration. Jackie Gardner has a number of horses he has trained and will be showing at the Celebration. Among them are a two-year-old stallion, KING OF THE ROAD, owned by Jack Oliver of Little Rock; SHAD OWS CHAMP, owned by H. E. Riffey, Wheatley; and a two-year-old mare, MERRY GAY H, owned by Bruce Harris of Lamar and Wilson Jones of Clarksville, Ark. MIDNIGHT SUNDOWN THE THREE-YEAR-OLD STALLION TOM YOUREE STABLES Tom Youree and John Peels are making that final survey of the stock before heading for the Celebra tion. One of the best horses at the Mount Juliet, Ten nessee stable is MIDNIGHT SUNDOWN, a three- year-old by Ole SUN and out of a GO BOY mare. One of the top three-year-olds in the nation, he was started and carried on by Tom Youree. After tying high in the Celebration as a two-year-old, he has won five blue ribbons this year, stirring up a lot of talk and interest. Owner Nelson Holt of Goodlettsville says he thinks MIDNIGHT SUNDOWN is ready for the Celebration. DELIGHT’S SUN, a much-publicized four-year-old purchased by Mr. Holt from A. S. Dean about five months ago, has surpassed all expectations. He had only been worked about 90 days when he was bought and, according to some who saw him, was doing more than any horse they had ever seen with that amount of work. This liver chestnut has been worked carefully and steadily, and will be shown in stake classes next year at all the better shows. He is by SUN’S DE LIGHT and out of a three-quarter sister to DELIGHT. His ability and breeding have attracted many pros- | pective buyers. Tom is working a good four-year-old, GO BOY’S TARKINGTON STABLES i RAM ROD, for Nelson Holt, also. RAM ROD was the Reserve World Champion Yearling Colt at the 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tarkington and trainer Jackie Gardner of Cotton Plant, Arkansas, have been more Celebration, and will be in the Sale of Champions. than well pleased with the horses they have worked Tom also has three other four-year-olds. John Peels is working a good two-year-old filly by and shown all year. They are now getting ready for SUN’S DELIGHT. DELIGHT’S STAR has won four the Celebration. blues, including the Tennessee State Show at Nash Brucene Tarkington and her mare, HANDSHAK ville. She is a model pushbutton filly, ready and waitr ER’S LADY K, have really been bringing in the blues. ing for the Celebration. Owners are Peels & Youree. Out of eleven shows, they have placed first in 8, sec Tom and Nelson Holt have a four-year-old stallion, ond in one, and fourth in two. Their latest wins were at Vivian, Louisiana; Amory, Mississippi; and Forrest ' SUN’S ROYAL FLUSH, that they plan to take to the (Continued on page 96) 50 Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse

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