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the top of the ladder of success and the ownership of
Randall Rollins. He was first sold to Roy Davis of
Calhoun, Georgia for $250 by Carmage Walls. He
was shown twice as a two-year-old by Harold Kennedy
before being purchased by Wink and Buddy Black in
October of his two-year-old season for $5,000. Wink
and Buddy retained ownership of ACE until May of
his three-year-old season, when he was purchased by
S. W. Beech and Billy Hale for $15,000. ACE went on
to win the Three-Year-Old and Junior World Champ­
ionships under their ownership before being purchased
by Randall Rollins for a six-figure price on the day of
the Grand Championship Stake at the Celebration
in 1968.
Mr. Rollins’ reasons for buying ACE were simple —
he was looking for the best horse showing, and that
horse was ACE’S SENSATION. Anyone who knows
Mr. Rollins appreciates his approach to everything
he does ... if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.
He has applied this philosophy to the horse business,
and it has paid dividends.
But the life story of ACE’S SENSATION has been
told before, and the attention of horsemen is now on
the future of this great black stallion. The immediate
future holds more rest for ACE —• he is currently at
the Rollins’ spread in Atlanta enjoying some time off.
He will be bred some this year to the excellent brood­
mares that Mr. Rollins has purchased the past sev­
eral years. After this assignment and several months
of rest, ACE will be back in training.
Wink and Mr. Rollins plan to go after that Grand
Championship in 1970 and they will do it in much the
same manner that they have followed in the past.
ACE will be shown — in fact, Wink plans now to show
him every three weeks at representative shows re­
gardless of the judge. Wink and Mr. Rollins will draw
up a schedule early in the season and will follow it
faithfully. Ace reached his present success by show­
ing, and this is no time to stop.
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