1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 February Voice RS | Page 18

WE'VE GOT R FULL HOUSE...........
The immediate success of our SELLEBRATION SALE leads us to
believe that there are more horses for sale than there are BUYERS
for them. Since we announced this new sale (still six months away)
we have received over two hundred fine colts by top stallions and
have been forced to close our entrees.
The next thing we have to do is find BUYERS for these colts and we intend to do just that. If the
Walking Horse business is to continue and prosper we must get new people interested. To do this
we must ALL strive to sell nothing but the best and to stand behind what we sell. With YOUR help
we can make the first SELLEBRATION SALE a mile-stone in the history of this great breed.
Mark your calendar now! If you have friends interested in purchasing
a good colt but just don’t know where to begin. START WITH THE
SELLEBRATION SALE. Here they can buy with confidence and know
that they will get a good horse of which they can be proud.
OWNERS
C. A. BOBO & SON
FOR INFORMATION
contact
C. M. WATERS, JR. SELLEBRATION SALE
c/o C. A. Bobo & Son
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE
SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE
PROFESSIONALS ON PARADE
The horse that really got the Luna name into the
top ranks of the business was GO BOY’S BLACK
LADY, owned by Tom Johnson and A. D. Luna. This
horse won 28 straight blue ribbons and was fourth at
the Celebration.
From Athens, Alabama, Gaynes moved to Marion to
work at the Spur Ranch of Mr. William Coffee. While
here he produced such horses as SILVER TEMPTA­
TION. SPUR'S DESTINY, SPUR’S MAGIC MAN, and
SPUR’S DECEMBER BRIDE, who was shown by Mr.
Coffee in Amateur classes.
Speaking of "bride” ... in 1962 the former Diane
Wilkes of Lewisburg, Tennessee became Mrs. Gaynes
Luna and since that time has taken an active part in
the training and showing activities of her husband.
They now have two children, Mike and Michelle, ages
five years and two years.
In 1963 Gaynes Luna went into business for himself
and opened a stable in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Here he
developed GLORY CELEBRATION and showed elev­
en times, never tying out of the money. In 1964 he
moved to the well-known Solitude Stock Farm inGood-
lettsville, Tennessee to work for H. L. Worrel. The
stock that he worked here came into prominence in
the horse business and the names of MY PALOMINO
PAL and ROYAL BLOOD and SUN’S GOLD PIECE
will be familiar to all. In October of 1964 the Lunas
moved back to Lewisburg, Tennessee, and Gaynes
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started construction of his own stable on the Shelby-
ville Highway.
At present Gaynes is working seventeen horses. He
has great pride in the care he takes with his horses,
especially young stock, and for a long time has been
a leader in showing "clean” horses. Since opening his
own training operation in 1965, Gaynes has been con­
tent to stay somewhat in the background. He has
been actively showing a select group of horses for the
past two years and has been carefully building his
string of horses. 1969 could be the year that Gaynes
has been working toward. When the gates open in the
spring and Gaynes rides in on MACK K’S HEAD­
LINER it could be a year of surprises. Owned by J. B.
Thomas and Company of Nashville, HEADLINER is
an aged stallion that can go with the best. A stable-
mate of note is EBONY’S STRUTTER, a three-year-
old black stallion owned by Guy Wallace of Nashville
that has all the traits to become the best young horse
that Gaynes ever rode. Time will tell! He also hopes
to make a ripple in the tide with a fine grey filly by
MACK K that is making great progress as a two-
year-old. The name of Gaynes Luna will not remain
anonymous for long if he makes the big break in 1969.
We have seen his stock and believe that this just
might be "the year” for this trainer.
Whenever you are in Lewisburg, make a special ef­
fort to visit the Luna Stables. We assure you that you
will be pleased with the surroundings and you just
might see some of the best stock in Middle Tennessee.
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse