1969 Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1969 July Voice RS | Page 14

SENSATIONAL
SHADOW
CAPTURES
STAKE IT
TENNESSEE
STATE SHOW
NASHVILLE STATE CHAMPION - From and cen­
ter is Wallace Brandon on SENSATIONAL SHADOW
taking the state honors at the Tennessee State
Horse Show in Nashville.
I he Tennessee State Horse Show
was held in Nashville in the middle
of a heat wave that left both horses
and riders limp. The six-day show,
which featured seventeen Walking
Horse classes out of one hundred
and one events, was held at the El­
lington Agricultural Center, one of
the finest horse show arenas in the
country. It lasted from June 23 until
June 28, with Paul Smith of Fort
Oglethorpe, Georgia tying Walking
Horses. Gene Adams was originally
slated to judge, but illness in his
family prevented his working the
show at the last moment. Mr. Smith
turned in his usual fine job and little
criticism was heard. It was noticed
that he purposely worked the classes
quickly and with determination as
the heat reached the high nineties
almost every day and made a peak
performance by anyone almost im­
possible.
The "Nashville Sound" included a
new tune played by SENSATIONAL
SHADOW with Wallace Brandon rid­
ing for Roy and Bonnie Davis. The
big-lick black stallion made a strong
bid in both the class and the stake
to take top honors. He is well known
for his amazing natural ability and is
gathering a great following as we
head down the stretch toward the
Celebration.
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Hitting a few highlights of the show,
we would like to point out a few of
the best at. Nashville. Outstanding
in his class was HANDSHAKER’S
DELIGHT, the big stallion being
shown by Donald Paschal in Junior
competition this year. Donald is rid­
ing him for Dr. and Mrs. Claude Sex­
ton and has high hopes of going to
the top with him this year. Donald
made it three blues for the week as
he also won the Mare Class with
TRIPLE TREAT and the Three-Year-
Old Mare Class onCOPY’SDANCER.
C. A. Bobo came on strong to take
the Aged Gelding Class on WILD
TURKEY but elected not to show
him back in the stake. Another Bobo-
trained horse took a blue as Charles
Warren topped the Men’s Amateur
Class with EBONY ROSE.
It was no surprise when Sam Cald­
well took top honors in the Three-
Year-Old Stallion & Gelding Class
with his much-applauded DELIGHT
CAN DO. Young Sam came a long
way from Marshall, Texas to prove
that his horse really "can do.” Re­
serve in this class was another top
three-year-old named CALL OFTHE
WILD, ridden by C. A. Bobo.
Karen Cashion made it two in a
row on her fine mare, GO BOY’S
LADY ANN, as she won both the
Ladies Class and the Amateur Stake.
This top team just keeps getting bet­
ter and better as the year rolls by.
Another horse that surprised a lot of
people was THE SUPER SPORT,
ridden by Emmy Downes to win the
Owner-Amateur Class. He is now
trained by Billy Ray Parrish and
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