1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 February Voice RS | Page 28

RUSSELL PATE STABLES
Russell Pate has been bragging about his barn to us
for months, so we decided to stop by and see it. Well,
everything he says it true, as he has combined a com­
fortable barn with the workability necessary to pro­
duce top horses.
The barn has 28 stalls and they are full, with Rus­
sell working 24 head of show stock. Included are eight
two-year-olds with a PERFECTION filly causing the
most excitement to date. Russell also showed us a
two-year-old B. MAJOR WILSON colt that looks like
he could turn out to be a top horse. The colt is owned
by that well-known Virginia gentleman, E. Carl Hengen.
The four-year-old black mare, SILHOUETTE’S SUE,
is coming along fine. This mare is a half-sister to GO
BOY’S HURRICANE and is owned by Frank Parnell.
Mr. Parnell is the co-owner of a three-year-old SUN’S
DELIGHT colt that looks real good. Porter Norman
is a co-owner with Parnell on this horse.
Bill Tomlinson’s MASTER COPY, by CARBON COPY,
is doing real well, as is Billy Hale’s two-year-old full
brother to EBONY’S OLD CROW.
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BUD SEATON STABLES
Nestled in the rolling hills around Milton, Tennessee
is a new stable that is causing a lot of excitement.
Bud Seaton and wife Mina completed construction of
their stable just a few weeks after the Celebration and
already have it jam-packed with impressive stock.
Bud has a coming-two-year-old stud, MACK K’S
FIRECRACKER, that he co-owns with Mr. and Mrs.
C. Ray Carter of Lynchburg, Va. This colt is showing
very favorable signs of making a great horse. Three-
year-olds will be in the spotlight as Bud hits the ring
with SUN’S SOCIETY MAID, a black mare owned by
J. Mac Carter of Murfreesboro, and MACK K’S JET,
a sorrel gelding owned by Lowe, Stites and Reeves,
Cookeville.
Heading the amateur classes is MY EBONY, a four-
year-old black stud that can really get down and get
the job done. He is owned by Mr. and xMrs. C. Ray
Carter, and will be showm by Mrs. Carter. MAGIC
ACE, a five-year-old black gelding, is owned by Mrs.
Janie Beech, who will show' him in the Ladies Classes.
Bud will also be presenting EBONY’S DOLLY to the
four-year-old classes. This mare, owned by Billy Hale,
can set back and show' you what a Walking Horse is
supposed to do. BRONZE MASTERPIECE, a beautiful
Walking Pony that Kenny Hale show-ed very success­
fully last season, will return again this season with
Bud as the advisor.
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DAVIS & SUGGS STABLES
Right at the southern end of C-hickamauga Battle­
field, Don Davis and Bobby Suggs have been operat­
ing a training stable since last fall. They are riding
about sixteen horses at present and are planning on
entering the showring at the first of the season in the
North Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama area with
some good stock. Chickamauga, Georgia is a very
convenient location to all these states.
BLACK BOMBER, the amateur horse that W. L.
Brow'n of Signal Mountain, Tennessee did so well with
the last few years, is now owned by Don and Bobby,
and will be headed for stake classes this year. In the
aged mare classes they will also be showing a familiar
name around this area - PENNY POKER, owmed by
Ernest Crane, Rossville, Georgia. They have a real
nice black tw'o-year-old filly for Carlos Brown, Chicka­
mauga. She’s by MACK K and should really be ready
this spring.
In Amateur classes, Louise Copeland of Chattanooga
will be showing MIRACLE DIAMOND, her liver chest­
nut stallion, and in Walking Pony Classes Peggy Ed­
wards of Chattanooga will be showing her chestnut
pony.
NEIL ROBINSON STABLES
Our annual visit to the GLL Barn Party provided us
with the opportunity to visit with the popular young
trainer, Neil Robinson, in Collierville, Tennessee. Neil
is running his own barn and reports that things are
going well. Neil pointed out that a trainer needs both
good horses and good owners, and he has plenty of
both.
Unfortunately there were not too many of his cus­
tomers around when w'e stopped by on a cold and
rainy morning, but he did show us some of his good
VIC THOMPSON
STABLES
SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE
PHONE: [phone]
FOR SALE
FIVE-YEAR-OLD BLUE ROAN MARE.
LADIES AMATEUR OR CHILD.
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