WHOA Versatility Show - Pleasant Valley Farm
The last WHOA Show of 2015
helped WHOA finish the season
with a flourish. Weather predications caused a change of location
but did not appear to hurt the
show. Held on the beautiful Pleasant Valley Farm, located between
Shelbyville and Wartrace, Tennessee,
the show drew horses from Arizona,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina,
Virginia, and our home state of Tennessee. It was really neat to close the
season with so many nice horses in
attendance and the chance to reunite
with our horse show friends from as
far away as Arizona and Florida. The
Pleasant Valley facility is second to
none and it was a pleasure to be able
to show inside as the day grew more
and more chilly. WHOA extends a
huge THANK YOU to the Rippy
family for the use of their facility.
The smiles on the faces of the
owners and exhibitors as they won a
class or placed in a class and suddenly realized that this very win
escalated them into top place in
their division for the year or maybe they realized that they had just
completed a long term goal such as
achieving their ROM was a thrill for
me. The folks participating in the
WHOA Register Of Merit become
like family members to me as I
watch them struggle to complete
their goal and those last points become so darn elusive. It is a pleasure
to see them complete their goal and
know that maybe I helped in some
small way.
–Sis Osborne
Faye Lynn Coffey brought a truck load of
talented walking horses along with equally
talented and pretty young ladies to show the
horses. This stable took several blue and red
ribbons back to Murfreesboro. Excellent
riders all!
Pictured are long time WHOA supporters,
friendly competitors and friends Douglas
Ann McGovern, Tom Gossard, and
Terry McGovern right before they cast
friendship aside and ride for the win. Both
D.A. and Tom won blue ribbons aboard
their nice Racking Horses while Terry videoed their appearances.
20 • Walking On
Lead line exhibitors included Blake Johnson
led in this class by his Dad, Chuck Johnson.
Blake is aboard Rev’s Treasure. Blake has
been on hand to help me by getting the stick
horse exhibitors in and out of the ring in a
timely manner at several of our shows and I
thank him
Mary Ann Couch is pictured with her
superlative driving horse, My Private Eye.
Mary Ann and My Private Eye are always
in the top of the ribbons in the driving
events. WHOA appreciates this very adept
reins woman supporting the shows with her
fine entry.
Discussing show ring strategies prior to
their award winning rides and drives are:
Rhonda Martocci, Dr. John Gladney,
and Stacy Richards.
Putting the finishing touch on the MacGregor Stables entries are: Lynn MacGregor
( hard at work while hubby is out of state
judging)Sarah Beth Arnold and motherin-law, Marilynn McCloud who made two
award winning rides