Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse

60th
Anniversary

The Official Breed Journal • March/April 2022

RWGC National Trainers’ Show

MACH 1 Walking Stake
CHAMPION
& Jimmy McConnell
Unanimously!
Owned by
The Molly Walters Family
Rancho Mirage, CA

photo by Shane Shiflet • unretouched

With Jimmy McConnell

National Trainers’ Show

Four-Year-Old
Stallion Champion

Unanimously

Owned by
LaRue, Ann & Bart McWaters
Shelbyville, TN & Ashford, AL

Photo by Shane Shiflet

MCF 2XWC, RWGC

AND TYLER BAUCOM MCF

National Trainers’ Show And Lorraine Rosbury
Three-Year-Old Stallion
National Trainers’ Show
CHAMPION Five-Year-Old Amateur Stallion
Unanimously! CHAMPION
Unanimously!

RWC

AND TYLER BAUCOM

2021 WORLD GRAND CHAMPION
Two-Year-Old
2021 WHTA Two-Year-Old
Horse Of The Year

60th
Anniversary

The Official Breed Journal
March/April 2022 • Volume 61 No. 2

Features 39

12 54th Annual National Trainers’ Show
22 2nd Annual Walking In The Smokies
30 2021 WHOA Banquet
12 54th Annual National Trainers’ Show
34 PJ Wamble
35 Betty Sain’s Ride To Victory For Women Everywhere
39 Blaise Brocard
40 55th Annual Southern Championship Charity
44 Over And Around
45 TWHYA Restores Painting
47 Horse Moms and Their Kids
60 TWHBEA Futurity Changes

Every Issue 60th
Anniversary
6 TWHBEA Executive Committee and Staff
10 From The President The Official Breed Journal • March/April 2022
51 TWHBEA News
58 Fond Farewell
64 Calendar Of Events
64 Advertisers’ Index

RWGC National Trainers’ Show

MACH 1 Walking Stake
CHAMPION
& Jimmy McConnell
Unanimously!
Owned by
The Molly Walters Family
Rancho Mirage, CA
photo by Shane Shiflet * unretouched

On The Cover:
MACH 1

Owned by The Molly Walters Family

©Barr Studios 53 Walking Stake CHAMPION
2 National Trainers’ Show

3xWC & RWC

With Tyler Baucom
& Allyson Armstrong

Walking In The Smokies

Pro/Am Champion

Thank you to Tyler, Kayla and
Jeanette for all that you do!

Owned by Ad Sponsored by Baucom Stables Champions
Allyson Armstrong Jim Armstrong Subaru Inc. are groomed with

Hickory, NC

Ally Jo Jacobs
And

Ain’t He Grande

National Trainers’ Show
Equitation 11 & Under

CHAMPION
Unanimously

Owned by And though she be but little,
Ally Jo Jacobs she is FIERCE
Murfreesboro, TN

Photo by Shane Shiflet

Brain Power

And Jake Jacobs

National Trainers’ Show
Amateur Canter
CHAMPION

Owned by
Ally Jo Jacobs
Murfreesboro, TN

Photo by Shane Shiflet

931-359-1574 • Fax: 931-288-6135 TWHBEA Executive Committee
250 N. Ellington Pkwy. • Lewisburg TN 37091
President
www.twhbea.com Jack Heffington
Senior Vice President
TWHBEA Staff Charles Gleghorn
Secretary
Executive Director Robin Webb, Esq.
Mark Farrar Breeders Vice President
Chief Financial Officer David Sisk
Thomas Derickson Owners/Exhibitors/International Vice President
Voice Managing Editor Carrie Benedict
Paulette Ewing Training Vice President
Database Administrator Thom Meek
Rickey Clardy Equine Welfare Vice President
Administrative Assistant Bill Stricklend
Jessica Ozburn Marketing Vice President
Receptionist Melanie Lawrence
Gloria Rambo Administrative/Fiscal/Audit Vice President
Registry Dr. Kasey Kesselring
Annette Rodgers, and Marilyn Walker Performance Horse Vice President
Membership Recruiting/Magazine Sales Lance Meisenheimer
Carol Wakefield Pleasure Horse Vice President
Amanda Wright
Member At Large Bylaws/
Enforcement Vice President
Tom Kakassy
Member At Large/Youth Vice President
Dee Cantrell
Immediate Past President
Mike Floyd

The Voice Magazine Staff

Managing Editor • Paulette Ewing • [email protected] • 931-359-0593
Ad Sales • Carol Wakefield • 931-993-6333

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& Janice
Fostek

Owned by National Trainers’ Show
Janice Fostek Amateur 15.2 & Under
Stallion Champion
photo by Shane Shiflet Unanimously

WGC & 4XWC

AND JOE MANIS

Walking In The Smokies
NCWHA Members Only

CHAMPION

RWC

AND KELLY MANIS

Walking In The Smokies
Amateur Four-Year-Old

Mares & Geldings

RESERVE CHAMPION

Owned by
The Manis Family
Laurinburg, NC

WGC & 3XWC

AND KAITLYN PEELER

Walking In The Smokies
Youth Show Pleasure
CHAMPION

Trained by

Baucom Stables Champions
are groomed with

From The
PresidenT

Jack G. Heffington

Members of TWHBEA are always anxious for Spring and the arrival of new
foals, horse shows, and trail rides. Spring is here and the foals are on the
ground; Horse shows are happening and the trails are being ridden.
TWHBEA is continuing to experience the best times it has in the last several years
with the membership, registrations and transfers trending in a positive manner.
Two new employees, Mark Farrar, chief executive officer and Thomas Derickson,
chief financial officer, are doing an outstanding job and should be the driving force for
TWHBEA for many years to come.
The semi-annual meeting of TWHBEA is Saturday May 28th, 2022 at the TWHBEA
headquarters and all members are welcome to attend. Come join us at the meeting,
tour our office and meet everyone and remember our motto; “Rida a Tennessee Walk-
ing Horse today own one tomorrow”.

Sincerely

TWHBEA President

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Back In
The Saddle
Again

National
Trainers’ Show
Model Champion
Unanimously
Two years in a row!

Owned by
Lisa Teel &
Sherrin Pittman

54th Annual WHTA

National Trainers’ Show

The 54th Annual National Trainers’ Show was held were special flag presentations and trivia each night.
March 16-19, 2022 at the Calsonic Arena in Shel- Mach 1 and Jimmy McConnell were crowned 2022
byville, Tennessee. This years show had 329 entries. WHTA National Trainers’ Show Champions by a
Dean Byard, Smokey Carswell and Robbie Spiller unanimous decision of the judges. Mach 1 is owned
marked the cards for the 72 classes that were held by The Molly Walters Family. Reserve went to Walk
over 4 nights. One night was added to the schedule For Roses and Russ Thompson.
without adding any classes making each session end
before 10 pm. Other things that were added this year

Deborah and Bob Adcock Rhonda Thorson and Allison Thorson Newman

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Coach Bella
& R. M. Kellett

National
Trainers’ Show
Four-Year-Old
Mares & Geldings
Reserve Champion

Bred, Raised and Owned by
Charles Gleghorn
Petersburg, TN

Photo by Nat Douglas

Jesse Lawwell Keith and Lorraine Rosbury Ally Jo Jacobs

Annie’s Lined With Cash and Khloe Aymett McSwain with Bruce MacDonald
family and friends

Switchblace with owners LaRue, Ann and Bart McWaters and Sherrie Kessler joins Blacklist and Carrie Martin DeJarnatte.
friends
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And Khloe Aymett McSwain

Owned by National Trainers’ Show ©Shane Shiflet
Khloe Aymett McSwain Youth Show Pleasure
Atlanta, GA and Shelbyville, TN Trained by
CHAMPION Carl Edwards & Sons Stables

Unanimously Dawson, GA

Mr. Southern Comfort

& Kailin Kesselring

National Trainers’ Show Trained by
Amateur 15.2 & Under
W
Reserve Champion D
S
Owned by

Maureen Kesselring
Wartrace, TN

photo by Shane Shiflet

WGC & 6xWC

& Carrie MartinDeJarnatte

National Trainers’ Show

Trail Pleasure Champion

Owned by Trail Pleasure Grand Champion Trained by
Sherry Kessler
Mt. Juliet, TN Unanimously! Carrie Martin Training
Lewisburg, TN • 352-242-7683
photo by Shane Shiflet

& WAYNE CONLEY

Walking In The Smokies
Amateur Park Performance

Five & Under
CHAMPION

Owned by National Trainers’ Show
Wayne Conley & Sherry Rouse Amateur Park Performance

Morristown, TN Five & Under
CHAMPION
Snappwood Champions
are groomed with

AND KALA BURGETT

National Trainers’ Show Trained by
Novice Pleasure
Owned by CHAMPION
Kala Burgett Unanimously
Fredericktown, OH

Illinois Racking and Walking Horse
State Championship

July 29th & 30th 2022 • 6:00pm each night
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

655 Executive Dr, DuQuoin, IL 62832

Judge: Dale Watts, Summit, MS

Friday, July 29, 2022 Saturday, July 30, 2022
1. Gaited Pleasure – Amateur* 22. Lead Line
2. Ponies, Amateur & Youth Walking 23. Gaited Pleasure – Juvenile 17 & Under*
3. Show Pleasure Racking 24. 2 Year Old Walking Open, Riders Cup
4. Country Speed Racking 25. Lite Shod Pleasure Walking, Riders Cup
5. 15.2 & Under Open Specialty Walking, Riders Cup 26. 4 & Under Racking
6. Park Pleasure Racking 27. Speed, Open Shod, Juvenile 17 & Under Racking
7. Plantation Pleasure Walking, Riders Cup 28. Country Pleasure Racking
8. Amateur Racking 29. Specialty Action, 2 Year Old Open Racking
9. Youth, 17 & Under Walking 30. Mares & Geldings Specialty Walking, Riders Cup
10. Specialty Action, Park Performance Racking 31. Pleasure Racking
11. Amateur Specialty Walking 32. Specialty Action, 17 & Under Racking
12. Country Pleasure Walking, Riders Cup 33. Park Performance Walking, Riders Cup
13. Specialty Action, 15.2 & Under Open Racking 34. Specialty Action, Ladies Amateur Racking
14. 3 Year Old Walking Open, Riders Cup 35. Specialty Action, 3 & 4 Year Old Racking
15. Trail Pleasure Racking 36. 3 & 4 Year Old Amateur Walking
16. Specialty Action, 3 & 4 Year Old Open Racking 37. Style Pleasure Racking
17. Show Pleasure Open, Riders Cup 38. Trail Pleasure Racking, Western
18. All Day Pleasure Walking 39. Specialty Action, Racking Stake
19. Speed Racking, Open Shod 40. Speed, Open Shod Stake
20. 4 Year Old Walking Open, Riders Cup 41. Specialty Open Walking Stake, Riders Cup
21. Specialty Action, Men’s Amateur Racking 42. Racking Horse Stake

Covered Arena • Onsite Stalls • Electric & Water Camper Spots
For Information, Stall and Camper Reservations Tona Reed 618-889-6868

Stalls-$25 per day • Camper Spots-$30 per day

Affiliated with S.H.O.W. / RHBAA / THWBEA / Riders’ Cup
Proceeds go to “Gum Drops” which helps feed children in Southern Illinois http://gumdropkidsnfp.org/

Organist: John French Bradley, Knoxville, TN • Announcer: Donald Dunn, Bowling Green, KY
Photographer: Nat Douglas • www.natdouglasphoto.com • Show Chairman: Joe Dan Carter, Wingo, KY

Entry Fees: Classes 1-38 $30 plus inspection fees • Paybacks: 1st-$70 2nd-$45 3rd-$35 4th-$20 5th-Ribbon
Entry Fees: Classes 39-42 $70 plus inspection fees • Paybacks: 1st-$200 2nd-$150 3rd-$100 4th-$50 5th-Ribbon

All judge’s decisions are final. • Negative Coggins Required • No Video or Pictures of the show without management approval.
The I.R.H.A. nor the DuQuoin State Fair Grounds are responsible for any accident, injury, theft or death.

Persons on Federal Disqualification cannot transport horses to the show and can only participate as a spectator.
*Gaited Pleasure classes are open to any gaited horse of any breed. Horses will be judged at a walk and favorite gait.

Horse does not need to be registered to a breed to show in this class. Hoof to shoe, no pad allowed.*



2nd Annual

Walking In The Smokies

The 2nd Annual Walking In The Smokies was held Also restrooms were installed on one end of the arena.
March 31 - April 2, 2022 in Sevierville, Tennessee, One of the highlights of the show was the trick riders
at the Smoky Mountain Arena. Nathan Clark, Steve performance from Dolly Parton’s Stampede.
Glidewell and Jason Hughes were judges for the three
day event. There were 323 entries in the 76 classes. For the second year in a row Knock’Em Ted and
Bobby Hugh claimed the Walking In The Smokies
From last year some improvements had been Grand Champion title for owner Jannie Chapman.
made. Two barns had been build in which the tem- Gin’s Shadow and Jimmy McConnell claimed the
porty stalls were in for those who stayed at the show. reserve honors for owner Mike Floyd.

Brandon Alshire, Lexi Stinnett, Chris Helton, Wayne Conley Keith and Lorraine Rosbury and Tyler Baucom
and Sherry Rouse
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FoMr Rr.eal

& Jimmy McConnell

Walking In
The Smokies

Mare & Gelding
CHAMPION

with Paul Simmons

Walking In The Smokies

Amateur 50 & Over
RESERVE CHAMPION

Owned by Paul and Tiffany Simmons
Orangeburg, SC

photos by Shane Shiflet • unretouched

Paul and Tiffany Simmons Molly Walters, Amelia Haselden, Sarah Burks, Pam Betts, Amy
Rich and Sherry Bonner

Taylor and Molly Walters and friends Alex and Courtney Luttrell joined by friends

Kelly and Joe Manis and Kaitlyn Peeler Nathan Rhymer, Clay, Coy and Kasie Sanderson and friends

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And Jannie Chapman
Walking In The Smokies
Amateur Park Performance Champion
Unanimously
With Jeff Laughlin
Walking In The Smokies
Park Performance Champion
Unanimously

3x2WxGWCC&

With Jannie Chapman PHOTOS BY SHANE SHIFLET 2020 UNTOUCHED
Walking In The Smokies

Amateur Show
Pleasure Champion

2xRWC

And Jeff Laughlin
Walking In The Smokies
Show Pleasure Five & Under

Champion
Unanimously

And Janie Chapman With Bobby Hugh
Walking In The Smokies Walking In The Smokies
Amateur 15.2 & Under Champion Walking Stake Champion
Uninimously
WGC & 2xWC
PHOTOS BY SHANE SHIFLET 2020 UNTOUCHED
And Jannie Chapman
Walking In The Smokies
Amateur Four-Year-Old Stallions Champion

Unanimously
Owned by

Windemere Farm
Jannie Chapman

Fayetteville, TN

WGC &
WC

& Clay Sanderson

Magnolia Classic

Two-Year-Old Champion

Owned by Walking In The Smokies

Mark & Karen Clark Two-Year-Old Stallion Champion
Shelbyville, TN Premier Stables champions
Uninamously are groomed with

MARAVICH

& Robert Nelms

Owned by National Trainers’ Show

Mark & Karen Clark Yearling Colt Champion
Shelbyville, TN

WHOA Recognizes

2021 Top Achievers
The Walking Horse Owners’ Association (WHOA)
held their annual Awards Banquet on March 25 at Grace Adult Female Sportsmanship Award Winner Debbie Simons
Valley Farm in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The awards honored
WHOA members for their 2021 achievements and also
gave everyone the opportunity to show their appreciation
to the volunteers and sponsors who lent valuable support.
Awards presented included the Kentucky Incentive High
Point, Register of Merit, National High Point, and WHOA
Quest, which recognizes the riders who accumulate the
most points during the year. Overall Hight Point awards
were presented in several divisions – Halter, Spotted, Ver-
satility, Racking, Performance, and Pleasure.

The highlight of the night was the presentation of
the Dr. Bob & Elizabeth Womack Presidential Award to
Sis Osborne. Named in memory of two of WHOA’s most
ardent supporters, the award recognizes individuals for a
lifetime of contributions to the association and the walking
horse industry. Osborne is the “Godmother” of versatility.
While employed at TWHBEA, Osborne and the late Mitzi
Gillespie came up with the Versatility Program that is still
enjoyed today. She now serves as the Pleasure Horse Am-
bassador for WHOA and manages their Register of Merit
Program and assists with the various horse shows they
coordinate across the country.

Overall High Point Halter Horse of the Year Photos by Barr Studios
Miss Sarah Allen, owned by Lexi Nelms

Overall High Point Versatility Horse of the Year
My Stormy Morning, owned by Carol Myers

Overall High Point Performance Horse of the Year Lynn Womack presents the Bob & Elizabeth Womack Presiden-
Do Right, owned by Lisa Baum tial Award to Sis Osborne.

Overall High Point Pleasure Horse of the Year
Pistol Packin Annie, owned by Morgan Hodge

In 2021 the International added a Best of Show class for youth Tommy Hall presents a photo to Justin, Amanda and Walker
riders. To honor the first-ever Youth Best of Show, Tommy Hall Manis in honor of SWEET AS STRAWBERRY WINE, the 2021
presented Eliza Dekleyn with a photo of her historic victory International Best of Show Canter winner, owned by Manis and
pass. Jessica Mast joined them for the presentation. Pope, and shown by Amanda Manis.

I’m Mayhem

Lined With Cash X Shakin’ (I’m In Command)

©Shane Shiflet

Stud Fee: $1,250 • #21001488

Beverly Burgess, Owner • Bell Buckle, Tennessee Owned by JoAnn Dowell Trust
931-389-6983 barn • 931-703-5378 cell Sue Ann Dowell Trustee
[email protected]

4th Annual
Summer

TWHYA Youth & Halter Show

Saturday, August 13, 2022 • 5pm

S.W. Beech Memorial Horse Show Grounds • Belfast, Tennessee • Judge: Blake Beam

1. Leadline, Riders 6 & Under (Judged) 18. Youth Show Pleasure
2. 4-H Flat Shod Invitational 19. Youth Weanling
20. Youth Gaited Pleasure
(Open to 4-H members, horse registrations not required,
shown at flat walk and running walk.) (Horse registrations not required, shown at walk and
favorite gait.)
3. Academy Leadline, Riders 6 & Under
21. Novice Weanlings
(Open to beginning riders. Ribbons to all participants)
(Handler has never won a blue ribbon in a weanling class)
4. Novice Model
22. Youth Walking Ponies
(Handler has never won a blue ribbon in a model class) 23. Amateur Weanlings
24. Youth/Youth Pleasure
5. Equitation 11 & Under
6. Youth Model (One youth rider rides first way; another rides second way)
7. Academy 11 & Under
25. Weanling Colts, RIDERS CUP
(Open to beginning riders currently taking lessons. Full 26. Youth Performance
riding suits are not allowed) 27. Yearling Fillies & Geldings, RIDERS CUP
28. Youth Yearlings
8. Youth Trail Pleasure 29. Youth Text & Ride
9. Amateur Model
10. Equitation 12-17 (Judged on the riders’ ability to be the first to correctly send
11. Model Mares, RIDERS CUP a text message while riding)
12. Youth All Day Pleasure
13. Model Geldings, RIDERS CUP 30. Novice Yearlings
14. Water Glass Class
15. Academy 12-17 (Handler has never won a blue ribbon in a yearling class)

(Open to beginning riders currently taking lessons. Full 31. Model Stallions, RIDERS CUP
riding suits are not allowed) 32. Amateur Yearlings
33. Youth Medallion, Performance
16. Youth Country Pleasure 34. Yearling Colts, RIDERS CUP
17. Weanling Fillies, RIDERS CUP 35. Youth Medallion, Pleasure

Free entry fees for all classes except Riders Cup ($40)
All classes are specialty except for Medallion

Premiums for Riders Cup and Medallion Classes (1) $75, (2) $50, (3) $40, (4) $30, (5) $20

For more information contact TWHBEA at 931-359-1574.

Persons on federal disqualification cannot transport horses to this show and can participate only as a spectator.

2x WC &

A Gin2xWGC
To Win

Gen’s Black Gin x Sister’s Magic (Pusher Busting Loose)

Stud Fee: $1,000 • Shipped Seman Available

Owned by Sherry Roberts ©Barr Studios
Standing at Sugar Creek Farm

931-680-0897

Amazing Women graphics and photography.
In TWH History “What a dream job for a horse crazy gal right out of

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the VOICE is proud to college!” says P.J. “It was the only full-time job I ever had
feature three amazing women who have made significant contri- and was the perfect precursor for my semi-retirement gig
butions to the history – and future – of our great breed. Thank- -- assisting horse show photographers.”
fully, there are many more, so this is a tradition we can continue
for years to come! When P.J. thinks about other notable women within
the Tennessee Walking Horse industry, she gives a nod to
PJ Betty and other trailblazing female trainers such as Judy
Wamble Martin and Vicky Self. But she notes that since some 85%
To meet her is to know her, and to know her is to love of Tennessee Walking Horses are never exhibited, it’s also
her. P.J. Wamble has devoted much of her life to involve- important to look past the show ring when we’re consid-
ment in and advocacy for the Tennessee Walking Horse ering women who have had a big impact on the breed’s
breed, and she is one of its finest representatives. success.

A Georgia native whose family farm was home to Some of those women include Mary Ellen Areaux of
multiple breeds of horses, she unwaveringly selected one of Walkers West in Kaufman, TX, who she says is responsi-
the family’s Tennessee Walking Horses each and every time ble for introducing thousands of people to the Tennessee
she wanted to saddle up. Walking Horse through her 50+ years of breeding, train-
ing, sales and the development of the breed’s first truly
“Even to a young child, the smooth gait and lovable informative website, the late Sandra Hall, who was one of
nature of dad’s Walking Horses made them my favorite, the first women in the field of horse show photography
especially over my sister’s American Saddlebreds,” says P.J. when she got started in the early 80’s, Sis Osborne, who has
“Who wants to fool with all those reins, anyway?” spent years managing the breed’s pleasure horse high point
programs and Mitzi Gillespie, who wrote the guidelines for
That early preference for the breed evolved into a true the TWHBEA Versatility Program.
passion. P.J.’s parents were friends with Betty Sain’s family
and she and Betty communicated frequently by mail when P.J. herself has been instrumental in the betterment
P.J. was just a preteen. of the Tennessee Walking Horse as a breed and when she
considers her professional journey as a woman, she notes
“Betty was a faithful pen pal friend to this 11-yearr-old that women must still be exceptional to gain even footing
worry wart who idolized her as a heroine,” says P.J. with men and says that involvement with horses and farm
life can help them develop the toughness and resilience to
Upon P.J.’s graduation from Southern Georgia Col- do so.
lege, the football coach urged the class to spend their lives
working at something they truly loved. With that advice “I wish ALL kids could grow up in rural communities
resonating in her mind and her freshly earned business around livestock,” she says. “There are just so many life
degree in hand, P.J. set out on a self-discovery road trip lessons to be learned.”
that landed her in the heart of Tennessee Walking Horse
Country, where she spent the summer at Betty Sain’s farm.

Betty was on the TWHBEA Executive Committee that
year – the same year that TWHBEA purchased the Voice --
and later that fall, she made P.J. aware of an office position
that had opened up with the magazine.

P.J.’s business savvy and passion for the breed helped
her land the job and with her on board, the magazine’s cir-
culation more than quadrupled and the average issue went
from some 75 pages with minimal color and artwork to
more than 100 pages per month that were full of colorful

More Than Roses:

Betty Sain’s Ride To Victory
For Women Everywhere

By Kristi Payne
It’s a story she’s told hundreds of times since that

September night 56 years ago, but her voice takes on
an excited lilt the instant she starts recounting it to
me, as if I’m the first to ever ask.

“When Shaker’s Shocker and I were standing
there in the lineup, I was so caught up in how pleased
I was with his performance and so sure the judges
wouldn’t have the courage to tie me that I didn’t even
listen to the announcer’s instructions about which
way to ride to collect the awards!”

So when back number 35 was called, the only
immediate reaction she remembers having is that she
didn’t know whether to pull out to the left or right.

“Then,” she says, “I told Shocker, ‘Hell, we won! I
don’t guess it matters!’”

And away they went, under the iconic spotlight,
to receive the floral horseshoe, ribbon and trophies
that commemorated their place in history as the
winners of the 1966 Tennessee Walking Horse World
Grand Championship. It was the first time the title
had ever been bestowed upon any woman – let alone
a 23-year-old who had started and trained her own
entry throughout his career.

It was quite a while before Betty and Shock-
er were able to make their victory pass that night,
however, as the majority of the standing-room-only
crowd in attendance had flooded from the stands
into the ring in frenzied, collective recognition of
witnessing the shattering of a different kind of glass
ceiling.

It was a transformative moment that proved to
horse-crazy little girls around the world that their
dreams were not, in fact, out of reach. Betty, though,

didn’t begin to realize what she’d just done to the field of 67 horses over the course of three workouts in
course of the industry’s history until she arrived back the preliminary and, instead, to take Shocker straight
at home in the wee hours of the morning. into the Big Stake as a four-year-old, Betty says every-
“My neighbors had draped a bed sheet painted thing simply seemed aligned for success.
with ‘Welcome Home Champ!” over our barn’s gate “The horse was healthy and strong and we were
and there was a huge crowd of people waiting to con- both in the right mindset to win right then,” says
gratulate us when we arrived,” says Betty. Betty. “And you’ve got to understand – I had literally
That crowd had grown even bigger after she’d slept lived with him day and night for several years at this
and awakened a few hours later, and people didn’t point. So when he told me this was his moment, I
stop showing up in droves day and night for several listened.”
months. Betty says the front yard would often be com- The deadline to sign up for Saturday night’s big
pletely full of families who’d traveled from near and stake was at noon on Friday. In a calculated move,
far, eager, no doubt, for a glimpse at the first woman Betty sent her mother to the showgrounds with
to take the industry’s Good Ole Boy system to task – instructions to enter Shocker for the World Grand
and win. Championship class at 11:55 a.m., exactly.
In addition, she began receiving calls and letters That strategy had the shocking effect she hoped
from around the world, which introduced a country for. The news that a 23-year-old woman on a self-
girl to cultures and languages she previously knew trained horse was intending to compete in the Cel-
little about and opened doors for her to eventually sell ebration big stake was immediately splashed across
a number of horses to buyers around the globe. the front page of every industry publication and the
“We developed a new way of looking at our fam- rumor mill began to churn at an unprecedented rate.
ily’s history: there was pre-’66 and post-’66,” Betty “There were still some people who didn’t take
says. “And I started to understand that the world of it seriously,” says Betty. “They thought we were just
showing had changed forever because of what I did. building hype for ourselves in the Junior Horse stake,
Of course I knew the choice I’d made could cause for which we were automatically entered. When we
some turbulent times for us, but in hindsight, there’s didn’t show up for that class on Friday night, well,
simply no other way I would have done it.” that’s when everything really hit the fan!”
When asked what made her ultimately decide to Betty was far too busy to focus on the doubters
forego the Junior Horse championship after besting a who felt she had no business attempting to compete
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with the “big boys.” She had a contender to prepare, so choice to spend six early mornings a week preparing
she just put her head down, got to work and drowned and working Shocker in the unused fields behind
out the noise. the Webb School of Riding for 90 minutes at a time,
during a period of life when most young women
The buzz only continued to intensify, however, would have rather been doing anything else.
and by Saturday night, tensions were high as she and
Shocker entered the ring with 12 other horses, includ- “I think some people are just born to love horses,”
ing Johnny Midnight, winner of the Aged Stallion she says. “’Horse’ was the first word I ever said, and
preliminary. Betty says the
crowd was so deafening you couldn’t get me
throughout the class that to read anything
the riders were completely that wasn’t about a
unable to hear the an- horse. I lived and
nouncer and the ringmas- breathed them.”
ter had to use hand signals
to indicate the gait calls to Betty’s fami-
them. ly supported that
passion and taught
Amidst the chaos, her about desirable
several riders aggressive- bloodlines, confor-
ly challenged Betty and mation and disposi-
Shocker. One bumped her tion in the Tennes-
no less than three times. see Walking Horse
from an early age.
“If it had been me When they learned
doing that, they’d have that Tom Barham of
tossed me out of the ring!” Lewisburg was ex-
she says. pecting a Mack K’s
Handshaker foal out
But Shocker was a of My Darling, they
brave and gritty competi- asked for first right
tor who showed no reac- of refusal if it were a
tion to the horse running big black stud colt.
into him until the third A few months later,
bump, at which point the during a visit to
big stallion merely backed Barham’s Clothing
his ears and leaned into for some riding suit
the other, much smaller alterations, Betty’s
horse, causing him to run mother learned that
off toward center ring the mare had foaled
while Shocker never broke exactly the colt they
stride. were hoping for.
The Sains purchased
“His performance “Handshaker’s Nodder” for $500, brought him to their
under that kind of pres- farm and renamed him Shaker’s Shocker. To this day,
sure was truly the greatest thrill of my life,” says Betty. Betty can rattle off Shocker’s birthdate and TWHBEA
“He was a big old long-legged rascal who wasn’t afraid registration number without hesitation.
of anything, and the way he listened to me with all of Aside from halter breaking, Shocker was left
that going on around us is a testament to the special largely untouched to run in the woods and pasture
bond we had with one another.” during his weanling and yearling seasons before being
brought in to start under saddle in the fall of 1963.
Betty has always given full credit to Shocker for Over time, people have written about him as though
their well-earned victory that night and she’s far
more comfortable touting his ability, focus and work
ethic than her own. But it was Betty who made the

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he didn’t like anyone but Betty, but she says that’s not ing the video of her spotlight ride that night, she was
true. He was a friendly enough horse to everyone he proud to see that they did pull out of the lineup in
met; he and Betty simply had a singular and excep- exactly the right direction.
tional bond with one another. And that connection
is what earned them an unprecedented and unlikely
victory at the 28th annual Tennessee Walking Horse
National Celebration.

It’s impossible to hear Betty tell her story and not
believe that it should be made into a movie. And the
offer has been made time and time again for her to
agree to a film or book deal, but she’s always declined.

“I worry that they won’t depict the horse or the
breed accurately,” she says. “If I thought they would,
I’d agree to it in a heartbeat.”

Betty does say that she wishes someone would
make a documentary about Shocker and the other
exceptional show horses she trained throughout her
life, and she remains a fierce advocate for the Tennes-
see Walking Horse breed as a whole.

When asked what she thinks contributes to the
achievements of the many women who have estab-
lished themselves as successful and well-respect-
ed trainers in the decades “post-’66,” she says that
women often tend to develop a more nuanced way
of communicating with their animals and foster a
deeper partnership with them, which can give them
an edge in the showring.

That’s exactly what it did for Betty and Shocker,
and the industry has been better for the acceptance,
respect and opportunities offered to women within it,
thanks in no small part to the character and bravery
they exhibited all those years ago.

“The way I see it, if everything feels right, you’ve
just got to go for it when you can,” says Betty, “be-
cause you never know what might happen tomor-
row.”

And for the record, she tells me that upon watch-

Betty and Shaker Shocker at a UT football game.

Blaise got to meet Betty Sain at the 2019 Celebration.

Blaise BroccardBlaiseonAGinToWin, 2017WGCThree-Year-Old
Blaise Broccard is easily one of the most recognizable And when they called my number, all I could think of is,
people in today’s Tennessee Walking Horse show industry, ‘we did it!’”
and that’s not by chance. At just 17 years old, with a dream
of training performance horses, Blaise moved across the Blaise then relocated back to Middle Tennessee to
country from Cedar Hill, MO, to Shelbyville and started work with Chad Williams and went on to ride Reservation
going barn to barn looking for work as a groom. Online to another milestone as the first female to win the
National Trainers Show. In the same year, she won the two
She was turned away time and time again, but David year old world championship cycle (studs, mares and geld-
Landrum finally gave her the chance she needed. She was ings,) which was another goal she’d set for herself.
allowed to work one show for him as a trial run, and trials
are what Blaise is built for. Since that moment, she has “Throughout my career, I have constantly set goals for
demonstrated an unparalleled work ethic that’s yielded her myself,” says Blaise. “As soon as I accomplish one goal, I set
success in historic measures. another one. Every time I enter the ring, I try to be better
than anyone out there. I want to be the best.”
“(Horse training) is not an easy profession; it takes a
lot of hard work, long hours, and relentless determination Recently, that ambition earned her the realization of a
to be successful,” says Blaise. “It is male-dominated, and lifelong dream as she opened Blaise Broccard Performance
as a female, you have to put yourself equal to a man to be Horses in 2021.
taken seriously and respected in and out of the show ring.”
When asked about what the accomplishments of
But for Blaise, equal is never enough. Her dogged de- women like Betty Sain have meant to her and all the other
termination to better herself and the horses she works with female trainers who have made a mark on the industry in
have skyrocketed her through the ranks and earned her an the decades since, Blaise says that Betty is someone she
impressive number of “firsts.” truly admires and that meeting her at the Celebration in
2019 remains one of her fondest memories.
She was the first-ever female Assistant Trainer of the
Year and first female Riders Cup champion while working Blaise hopes to inspire the next generation of horse-
for Edgar Abernathy in Byhalia, MS. women by continuing to break barriers and set new prece-
dents for what that can accomplish.
Then, in 2017, she became the first woman ever to ride
under the spotlight to the Three Year Old World Grand “Meeting and seeing young girls along the rail that
Championship, aboard A Gin To Win. look up to me and want to become a trainer is an inde-
scribable feeling,” says Blaise. “I hope to leave a legacy that
“A Gin To Win has so much heart and he is such an gives confidence to every young woman who wants to
outstanding animal to be a team with,” says Blaise. “The become a performance trainer. I want them to realize that
mud was probably six inches deep that night, but he gave they can do anything they set their mind to, and to never,
me his all every step of the way. I said a prayer in the EVER, allow anyone to tell them they can’t accomplish
lineup, thanking God for letting me have such a great ride. something.”

Honor My Country and Stephanie White are joined by Laurie Toone, Mr. Bentley and Ashley Wadsworth

55th Annual Southern
Championship Charity
The 55th Annual Southern Championship Charity
Horse Show was held at the Morgan County Celebra-
tion Arena in Decatur, Alabama.

Members of the Georgia Walking Horse Exhibitors’
Association put on this great show and their charity
was St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Walk For Roses and Russ Thompson captured the
title of Walking Horse Stake Champion for owners
Logan, Manos and Brassey.

Wayne and Debbie Simons Jack Pirkle, David and Jessica Mast and McKenzie Morgan

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And Dr. Amy McCurdy

Southern Championship Charity
Alabama Ladies Auxiliary
CHAMPION
Amateur Specialty

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Trained by Jamie Lawrence Stables

Vinemont, AL • 256-385-0523

And Dr. Tom Morgan

National Trainers’ Show
Amateur Five-Year-Old

Mare & Gelding
CHAMPION

Southern Championship Charity
Amateur Five-Year-Old
CHAMPION

Trained by Carl Edwards
& Sons Stables
Dawson, GA

Owned by
Dr. Amy McCurdy
Piedmont, AL

3xWC &

Honor2xRWGC
My Country

& Stephanie White

Owned by Southern Championship Charity Trained by
Amateur Canter Champion Carl Edwards
Toni & Stephanie White & Sons Stables
Eatonton, GA & Shelbyville, TN Congratulations to the girls on their Dawson, GA
debut canter win!

One MarOe’sveUrnlaiknedly AOdryosusenydo:f Success

By Kristi Payne

“Get real – there’s no way this little thing can
compete with Quarter Horses!”

That was Hallie Pollard’s response to her
grandfather when he suggested giving TWH-
BEA mare Shadow’s Fancy Cindy a try in barrel
racing and pole bending.

Hallie, in high school at the time, had just
lost her rodeo mount. After an unsuccessful
search for a suitable replacement, she decided to
give the gritty 14.2 hh mare a go.

And go, she did. Cindy turned out to be
a solid 2D pole horse and open barrel horse,
competing and routinely earning checks at pro
rodeos, as well as qualifying for the NBHA Illi-
nois State Finals in 2019, where she finished in
the top ten – at age 28!

“She made a liar out of me!” says Hallie.
“The worse the ground, the harder she’d run.
We always joked that she could turn barrels in a
WalMart parking lot!”

But that wasn’t the first time that Cindy had
surprised the family, who were lifelong Thor-
oughbred breeders. After Hallie’s grandfather
purchased the mare, who was three years old
at the time, bred her and weaned the baby, he
decided it was time for her to “get a job.” Young
Cindy demonstrated the ability to trot as well
as gait, so rather than developing her for more
traditional walking horse disciplines, he asked
renowned eventing trainer Marnie Braun to
work with her to find out if she had any aptitude
for the sport.

Marnie’s response was that there was likely
no way she could get a gaited horse to do “real”
dressage and jumping, but Hallie’s grandfather
saw something special in the young mare and
convinced Marnie to just give it a try.

Three months later, the family got an up-

date: the little TWH mare was thriving in training what she’s doing there trying to run with the stock
and, according to Marnie, was the best natural jumper horses. Then we go in and blow them out of the wa-
in the entire barn. ter!”

Over the next several years, Cindy was cam- Hallie believes that Cindy’s success and longevi-
paigned in eventing and pony club rallies at iconic ty are a testament to the character and ability of the
venues like the Kentucky Horse Park and excelled at Tennessee Walking Horse, as well as to Cindy’s excep-
every turn. But it wasn’t until Hallie’s mother acciden- tionally competitive nature.
tally entered her into a prelim course in 2001 that they
realized just how high she could fly. “One thing about Cindy is that no matter what
she does, she does it with fierceness and attitude,” she
“When I was walking the course on foot and came says. “But she’s also very kind. She has come out of a
up to that first jump, my stomach was in my throat,” winning pole pattern and turned right back around
says Hallie. “But Cindy charged up to it like it was to pack a seven-year-old beginner safely around the
nothing and attacked the entire course. It was the barrels in a pee-wee class.”
biggest rush I’ve ever had.”
Shadow’s Fancy Cindy has led a remarkable life
It was two years later that Hallie and Cindy moved and built timeless memories for Hallie, with whom
into barrel racing and pole bending. Over the span of she’s worked in partnership to make their mark on
her career in the various disciplines, Cindy has earned equestrian history. All anyone had to do was believe
more than $60,000 in prize money, and she isn’t done in her.
yet!

“We’ve tried to retire her four times since she
turned 25 – it just doesn’t work,” says Hallie. “All she
does is stand at the fence watching us work other
horses and refuses to eat for days on end.”

But, she says the minute the mare returns to work,
she becomes herself again and starts cleaning her feed
pan as soon as it’s filled.

The most recent attempt to retire Cindy fol-
lowed an accident in which she was struck by a car
after leading the farm’s “geriatric ward” into the road
through a gate left open during barn construction.
She suffered only a minor stifle injury, but Hallie
thought it would surely end the mare’s competitive
career.

Once again, she was wrong. And if her grandfa-
ther had taught her anything over the years, it was to
believe in Cindy.

“She bounced back like it was nothing,” says Hal-
lie. “She’s the boss of the farm and rules the roost, so if
she says she wants to work, we work.”

In continuing to campaign at age 30 last year,
Cindy became the oldest TWH in current competi-
tion. Hallie is a lot more selective now about where
they run, focusing on local NBHA events rather than
rodeos to make sure she’s on good ground. That helps
to keep her sound and make sure she’s still at the top
of her game – right where she likes to be.

“She’s always been known as ‘that gaited wonder
pony,” says Hallie. “Every event we’ve ever gone to,
we’ve heard people whispering about her, wondering

TWHYA Restores A Piece Of
Walking Horse History
Recently, The Tennessee Walking Horse Youth Asso- original colors and textures and finally, the entire painting
ciation, TWHYA, had the opportunity to partner with the received a protective coating applied to the surface. The
Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum, in an effort original frame was then reinforced for stability, received
to preserve a piece of Walking Horse history. During a minor repairs, and received a fresh coat of paint.
volunteer work day at the museum, Frances Bates shared
with TWHYA members, the story of a painting in the mu- Once the painting was returned to its original frame,
seum’s collection, which led to the collaboration between the pair was delivered to the Tennessee Walking Horse
the two organizations. Breeders’ & Exhibitors’ Association headquarters in Lewis-
burg, Tennessee. It had been decided that TWHYA would
According to Bates, “the painting had sat upstairs for fund the restoration of the painting in exchange for the
two or three years. Nobody knew who the horse and rider painting being loaned to the association for display at its
were. Then all of a sudden one day, I was up there look- headquarters.
ing for something and it hit me, ‘that’s Haynes Peacock!’
So I went downstairs and started looking through pic- Funding for this project came from money raised at
tures and, sure enough, it was him and Colonel Haynes.” TWHYA’s third annual Summer Splash Horse Show, held
According to the signature on the painting, it was created in August at S.W. Beech Memorial Grounds in Belfast,
by Helen Hayse in 1944, three years after the chestnut Tennessee. “I think it’s important for our youth to be
gelding won his second World Grand Championship. responsible stewards of the money they raise,” said Chris
Hazelwood, former TWHBEA At -Large/Youth Vice
Due to improper storage before finding its way to the President. “Obviously, most of that money goes to fund
museum, the painting had endured considerable dete- youth programs within the Walking Horse community
rioration. Painting conservationist Jennifer Sterne was which they personally benefit from. They’ve also support-
contracted to perform the restoration work. The painting ed programs that benefit others, like providing food for a
required a great deal of behind-the-scenes work. First, local food pantry here in Lewisburg. But I think it’s also
the canvas itself had been previously cut from its stretcher important for them to know our history and this was, in
frame and mounted onto another. Stabilization of the my opinion, a perfect opportunity for them to use some
canvas and its mounting was required before work on the of their funds and have a hand in restoring a piece of that
surface of the painting could begin. Then, years of dirt history.”
and grime were carefully cleaned from the painting and
several layers of varnish removed. Large areas of chipping The beautifully restored painting of WGC Haynes
were then filled and textured to match the original brush Peacock and Col. R.L. Haynes can be viewed in the lobby
strokes. Those areas were then in-painted to match the of TWHBEA headquarters, located at 250 N. Ellington
Parkway in Lewisburg, Tn.

Pictured from left to right: Hardison Greene, TWHYA President, Leilani Landon, TWHYA Treasurer, Georgia Hazelwood, TWHYA
Vice-President, Frances Bates, TWH National Museum, Chris Hazelwood, TWHBEA Youth Vice-Chair, Mark Farrar, TWHBEA
Executive Director

Horse Moms
And Their Kids

he always did. Just seeing how proud she was in that moment
was so special.

What’s the silliest thing or biggest laugh you and your
Mom have shared at the barn or horse show? Well she’s forgot
my show suit before, she’s forgot my earbud before and we
have to go to Walgreens and find one. It seems like she’s al-
ways forgetting something. And every time I show she always
cries, and I just laugh at her.

Courtney Luttrell Jacquelyn Way

As a mother, what examples have you tried to consciously As a mother, what examples have you tried to consciously
set for your children in terms of sportsmanship and show- set for your children in terms of sportsmanship and showman-
manship? First and foremost, I always wanted Alex to have ship? We always pray before they enter the ring to have a good
fun in the ring. I always told her to have fun and ride her best ride and to be safe. I have taught them to be good winners
and everything else will fall into place. From the beginning I and learn to loose well too. This is a family love affair with
taught Alex to tell her competitors good luck and congratu- horses and they are following the tradition. My first goal is to
lated them after the competition. A friend of mine told me, teach them to love everything about our breed.
to hang your friendship on the gate post and ride like heck in
the ring but pick that friendship right back up when you come What do you hope your children are most proud of when
out of the ring. I hope Alex always does that! they think of you in the ring and at horse shows? I hope they
know I am their biggest fan! The moment they are done I al-
What is your proudest horse-related moment as a mother? ways try to hug their neck and tell them just how proud I am
Watching Alex take my horse Godfather and win with him. of them and their ride. Secondly since I am competitive I tell
To see her take a horse that I had so much success with, and them all the things they could do better next time they show.
then be able to create her own bond with him and continue
winning with him was so special to me. What is your proudest horse-related moment as a mother?
Watching Wylder Way being lead by his big sister Jayden Jack-
What is the most embarrassing thing your child has son… there is nothing more special in this world to me then
witnessed you do at the barn or horse show, that you haven’t watching the two of them compete together!
lived down to this day? Well, I cry almost every time she wins,
I am sure that embarrasses her. Honestly, I never thought she Jayden Jackson
would show, and now to see her in the ring and to have so
much confidence I can’t help it I always get emotional. What is the proudest you’ve ever been of your Mom when
you think of your time with her at horse shows? That’s really
Alex Luttrell difficult for me to answer as I’m always proud of my mom due
to the grace and kindness she always shows. However proba-
What is the most important lesson or advice that she’s bly the most proud moment that I have with my mom is that
taught you about showing horses? (maybe something that can every time before I enter the ring she comes into the warm-up
be applied to other parts of your life) She’s taught me to ride arena with me and always says a prayer for my horse and me
hard and have fun. In life, she’s taught me to work hard in
school and to have fun!

What’s your favorite memory from showing horses so
far and how did your Mom play into that moment? (did she
surprise you with the horse, buy you a special outfit, celebrate
extra hard for you after a big win, etc.) My favorite memory
so far was winning my first World Grand Championship with
her horse Godfather by Ultra Copy. I was kinda nervous about
showing him since she had shown him and won so much with
him but she always told me that he would take care of me and

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to be safe and have a great ride. far and how did your Mom play into that moment? (did she
What is the most important lesson or advice that she’s surprise you with the horse, buy you a special outfit, celebrate
extra hard for you after a big win, etc.) Mom surprised me
taught you about showing horses? (maybe something that can by letting me show her current World Grand Champion, Big
be applied to other parts of your life) The most important les- Time Bandit at the last show of 2021! Hoping she surprises
son that my mom has taught me when it has come to showing me again and let’s me show him again for the 2022 cam-
is to always be a good winner and loser. Growing up no matter paign!(Love you mom)
what ribbon I received my mom was always proud of me and
she always encouraged me to congratulate the other riders What’s the silliest thing or biggest laugh you and your
in my class. Learning how to be humble and complementary Mom have shared at the barn or horse show?
towards other contenders has been a lesson that I’ve been able
to transfer over into any competition and apply during any During the Celebration one year she fall off her horse in
situation in life. the line up and they got me on the big screen laughing. She
wasn’t laughing then, but we laughed about it later.
What famous person or cartoon character does your
Mom remind you of? Kris Jenner! My mom is simply the best What famous person or cartoon character does your Mom
“mom”ager and agent ever! remind you of? Dolly Parton… because of her giving heart of
course.

Lisa Baum Molly Walters

As a mother, what examples have you tried to consciously As a mother, what examples have you tried to consciously
set for your children in terms of sportsmanship and showman- set for your children in terms of sportsmanship and showman-
ship? When the going gets tough the tough get going. 2nd is ship? Compete hard, be kind outside the event.
the first loser. Winners never quit. Love your horse. Enjoy the
ride. That a horse isnt a machine. What do you hope your children are most proud of when
they think of you in the ring and at horse shows? Never quit-
What do you hope your children are most proud of when ting and being a gracious winner and loser.
they think of you in the ring and at horse shows? I hope its that
I love all horses. That old mom is pretty competitive. What is your proudest horse-related moment as a moth-
er? Taylor’s Amateur WGC on She’s Limitless. The canter was
What is your proudest horse-related moment as a mother? such a trial but she hung in there and the girls did it. Truly a
Many things, but the one on top is when he fell off Dr Danger- blood, sweat and tears week.
ous at the Celebration and he shook himself off and got right
back on. If you were going to register your child as a horse, what
would you name them? She’s Limitless
What is the most embarrassing thing your child has wit-
nessed you do at the barn or horse show, that you haven’t lived What else would you like to share about your horse-crazy
down to this day? When I fell off in the line up at the Cele- kid(s)? So proud of all the lessons learned through our horses
bration, and got covered in dirt. The rest of the embarrassing and horse family.
things we wont bring up.
Taylor Walters
If you were going to register your child as a horse, what
would you name them? Sweet Tooth What is the proudest you’ve ever been of your Mom when
you think of your time with her at horse shows? My mom has
What else would you like to share about your horse-crazy shown since even before I was born and made too many excel-
kid(s)? Jacob, is a horse addict. He over analyses. The day after lent shows to name, but the one I was most proud of recently
a show he is making plans for the next one. is from 2020. She was asked to show BeeBee King for the
Medinas in the classic horse class at The Celebration. She had
Jacob Baum never shown him and only got to ride one day before going in
the class, I know she was nervous showing a new horse for the
What is the proudest you’ve ever been of your Mom when first time at The Celebration, but she made the most perfect
you think of your time with her at horse shows? When she won ride and won the World Championship!
her first ever World Championship on Network(her favorite
horse)(2002) and she did it herself in the AOT class. What is the most important lesson or advice that she’s

What’s your favorite memory from showing horses so

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