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FEBRUARY 2018
VOLUME 57 | NO. 1

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Cover Features Events/Horse Shows

3/25/97 to 1/21/18 8 OUT ON PAROLE A TRIBUTE 10 TWHBEA ANNUAL BANQUET
14 MEET YOUR EXECUTIVE AND MEETING
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COMMITTEE 16 WHTA BANQUET
19 NO MORE BLANKETS
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Columns 27 FOND FAREWELL
30 HORSEMAN’S DIRECTORY
4 FROM YOUR PRESIDENT 32 STALLION DIRECTORY
6 FROM THE EXECUTIVE

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FROM YOUR PRESIDENT

from the president

David W. Williams

The New Year for TWHBEA is underway. Our association has begun the year in great
fashion. We are meeting every metric that will predict another successful year for
TWHBEA in 2018. If you haven’t noticed, the demand for registered Tennessee
Walking Horses is on the rise. Trainer’s barns are seeing more activity, horses are selling at
greater prices than we have seen in at least 10 years. Breeders are seeing a demand for their
foals as soon as they are weaned. All these combined are very evident of the prosperity our
breed is returning to.

Winter is soon to pass and great riding weather is upon us. Always be aware of all safety
measures to keep you and your horse safe as you return to the many beautiful trails all over
the hemisphere. I see many Facebook videos of Tennessee Walking Horse lovers all over
the globe enjoying the smooth ride and wonderful demeanor which is the desired attribute
of our great horses. The versatility of our horses never ceases to amaze. If you are enjoying
your horses in many versatile ways please take a photo or a quick video and tag or message
TWHBEA on Facebook.

Shows will soon begin and all our wonderful show circuits will be abuzz with who bought
what, what are the rising stars of the show ring, and how much more fun can you have at a
show than you did in 2017. Horse shows and trail rides are HUGE social events. Enjoy your
horses with others, you’ll have a grand time.

It again, is my pleasure to serve as your TWHBEA President in 2018. Watch for more
progress and growth coming from TWHBEA

David W. Williams
President TWHBEA

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FROM YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | GENERAL EDITOR

TWHBEA – Lewisburg

RORY R. WILLIAMS

Executive Director|General Editor

Hello all and hello 2018! I am super excited about 2018 and all the things we want to
accomplish here at your Tennessee Walking Horse headquarters. It’s time to take a
few more laps in the technology pool and hopefully make more efficient procedures
for our customers. This is all transparent to the customer and most think, “why do I care?”
but it’s certainly important to think you might be able to see show results, register a foal and
transfer two geldings you just sold while signing up the new owner with a membership over
your mobile device. Nothing is for certain of course, ever, but we are working on that kind
of service to you and for you, the loyal customer. Additionally, you will see some corporate
advertising returning to the Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse ™ magazine this year as
we contract with new and assorted businesses around the country. We have lofty goals but the
main goal here is and always has been to preserve and promote, the best horse in the world,
the Tennessee Walking Horse.

Lately on a public comment to something on Facebook, a reader wrote, “this in my opinion
is the best registration for the Tennessee Walking Horse.” In our opinion, without a TWHBEA
registration number, that newly papered (from someone else) filly or colt is just a gaited horse.
So, with that said, and referring to one of our social media posts in January, we expect to have
higher numbers of foal registrations this year caused by the increase in breeding last year. The
breeding numbers for 2016 were almost a thousand mares higher than 2015 and the numbers
for 2017 are over 500 hundred mares higher than the year previous, so there is growth in the
industry which will increase registry growth a year in delay.

As is typical in the winter time, the flu bug makes its’ way around and it hit our office this
year causing Annette Rodgers to be out quite a few days. Luckily, we have talented members
to pick up the work load increase and drive on. However, we are still processing year end high
points in the programs and will announce winners soon (if we have not already by publishing
date). We found some antiquated methods in programs management also this year and are
already working on techno-fixes for those issues to make 2018 easier and more efficient. Stay
with us folks, the staff is doing our best to give you a positive experience in the headquarters of
your chosen breed, THWBEA!

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OUT ON PAROLE

OUT ON PAROLE

OOPs
3.25.1997 to 1.21.18

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OUT ON PAROLE

Out On Parole was one of those very special horses Following the 2002 Celebration the Baskin Family
that doesn’t come along every day. He was raised enjoyed sharing Oops with the rest of the world! He made
by Dr. Judy Moore of Shelbyville. At the time of his many exhibitions all over the south. At the Dixie Jubilee
foaling Stan and Amber Porter were working for Dr. Moore. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana he not only put on a fantastic
The morning after his birth he ran up to Amber Porter exhibition, but showed his outstanding disposition by
and blew right in her face. Amber fondly nicknamed him allowing countless spectators and exhibitors take him for
Booger. The high headed, alert little foal actually preferred a spin. Steve Dunn and Out On Parole thrilled 105,000
the company of people to that of horses. The Baskin family fans at University of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium for
has always credited Oops’ sweet nature and outstanding Homecoming and the duo was shown three times to millions
personality to the experiences that Amber Porter and Oops of viewers on national television.
shared when he was a foal.
Oops went on to be an excellent ambassador for the breed
As a coming Two-Year-Old Out On Parole was placed as a breeding stallion. Up until this past Fall he continued
under the direction of Bud Dunn and Son Stables by then to sire amazing colts. He has 800+ colts registered with the
owner, Pete Hammond. Knowing that the Baskin family was TWHBEA and a few more to be born this coming Spring
looking for a Two-Year-Old for amateur competition, Steve and Summer.
Dunn contacted Roger Baskin who saw the immense talent
that the young horse possessed. From a single video sent to In August of 2013 Out On Parole was officially retired
Randall Baskin and with much encouragement from Roger, from the Show Ring. As he made his last pass in the Big
Randall made the decision to purchase the talented young Oval he still had the big heart, the big motor and the beauty
stallion. of a spectacular Tennessee Walking Horse. Bud Dunn once
said that “Out On Parole had it all” and he did.
In December of 1998 the Randall Baskin Family
purchased Out On Parole and Lisa Baskin fondly nicknamed Oops came home to Autumn Crest Farm in February of
him OOPs. It soon became apparent that Out On Parole 2017. He was a month shy of turning 20 years old and he
was no ordinary horse and the decision was made to was still breeding. He spent this past year outside rarely
campaign him for Two-Year-Old Stallion honors with Steve being coaxed into the barn. He rolled in the mud, watched
Dunn. the wild turkey and deer on the farm and was purely spoiled
by his family. He ate as many peppermints as he wanted
Oops probably wouldn’t have accomplished all the he and would still show that awesome disposition by coming to
did without the excellent guidance of the father-son team at the fence to greet anyone that stopped to see him.
Bud Dunn and Son Stables. After all, it was Bud and Steve
that broke him to saddle and it was Steve that guided him The Baskin Family feels truly blessed to have been such
through his exemplary show career. a big part of Out On Parole’s amazing life. He was a horse
that you could talk about all day. We want to thank Steve
By the time that Out On Parole became the 2002 World Dunn, each and every person that cheered on OOPs in his
Grand Champion he had accomplished numerous accolades: show career, the many, many people that bred their mares to
Reader’s Choice Two, Three and Four-Year-Old Horse of him, the many people along the way that took care of him,
the Year, later adding 2002 Horse of the Year. WHTA Two, especially, Autumn Crest Farm Manager, Mike Spangler, and
Three, Four and Five-Year-Old Horse of the Year; 1999 the entire staff at Tennessee Equine, but most of all thank you
Two-Year-Old World Champion & Grand Champion; 2000 to everyone that loved this incredible horse as much as we did.
Three-Year-Old World Champion; 2001 Four-Year-Old
World Champion & World Grand Champion(Unanimously). The Randall Baskin Family

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TWHBEA MEETING AND BANQUET

2017 TWHBEA Annual Banquet
and Meetings

The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and 2017 World Versatility Show Overall High Point Champion,
Exhibitors’ Association was honored to host guests Dancing Spirit and Dr. Martha Ann Huck-Miller were
at its 2017 Awards Banquet December 1, 2017 recognized for their accomplishments. This duo earned
at TWHBEA headquarters in Lewisburg, Tennessee. A their Youth Superior Championship in the year 2000 in the
reception started the evening off in the main part of the versatility program competing as youths, after taking a break
building, with dinner and the banquet starting at 6:30 in the from showing for several years, they came back in 2017,
auditorium. won the Overall High Point Champion and completed their
Master of Ceremonies, Mark Farrar, Jr. welcomed everyone Adult Supreme Championship.
and recognized distinguished and international quests. The International High Point Awards program winners were
Recognition was also given to outgoing board members and awarded in three categories; performance, pleasure and
outgoing executive committee members for all of their hard halter. Each of these categories had a winner from the open,
work and dedication over the past years to the Association. amateur and youth divisions. Ford Gates, Vice President
The 2017 Youth Officers worked extremely hard during Performance presented these awards.
events and on activities throughout the year. Allison
Thorson, Vice President Youth, presented them with a gift 2017 International High Point Halter Champions
of recognition for their hard work. Kyle Majors, President, • Youth Halter Horse Champion, Victory Trip, owned by
Andy Hill, Vice President, Trista Majors, Parliamentarian and
Rachel Artman, Treasurer. Daniel Starnes.
National Futurity Horizon Awards were next on the • Amateur Halter Horse Champion, Side Effects, owned by
program, Carrie Benedict, Vice President Breeders,
presented these awards. 2017 TWHBEA National Futurity G. Russell Wright and Son.
Yearling Filly Horizon Award – Singin’ The Blues CF, owned • Open Halter Horse Champion, Exeter, owned by Jack
by Carl Gleghorn and Gay Dempsey. 2017 TWHBEA
National Futurity Yearling Colt Horizon Award –Rocky Top Heffington.
Lineman, owned by Lisa Teel and Lisa Washburn. 2017
TWHBEA National Futurity 2-Year-Old Horizon Award – I 2017 International High Point Pleasure Horse
am Lolita’, owned by Mr. Bobby Joe Jones. 2017 TWHBEA Champions
National Futurity Graduate Award – A Jazzy Gen, bred by • Youth Pleasure Horse Champion, Gi Gi’s Finally Friday,
Charles E. & Mrs. Charles E. Brantley and owned by Mr.
Dexter Roberts. owned by Claire Hankins and Claire Vaughn.
• Amateur Pleasure Horse Champion, Etta James by TJB,

owned by Steve and Kathy Zeis.
• Open Pleasure Horse Champion, Granted Parole, owned

by Harold Roberts.

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TWHBEA MEETING AND BANQUET

2017 International High Point Performance Horse Sire and Dam of the Year Awards
Each year TWHBEA honors the top sire and top dam in
Champions each of two divisions created by the Breeders’ Committee
to recognize horses whose offspring have proven successful
• Youth Performance Horse Champion, Inception owned in the show ring. One division is based on the actual points
by Beth Beasley. acquired by the progeny of a sire or dam. The second
division is based on the percentage points acquired by the
• Amateur Performance Horse Champion, Walk With Me progeny of a sire or dam.
WTC owned by Kyle Bush.
Dam of the Year
• Open Performance Horse Champion, I Am Lolita’ The Dam of the Year based on percentage and total points
owned by Bobby Joe Jones. is Travlin Victory Ann. By Old Hickory Traveler and out
of Sun’s Spring, she was bred by Howard Starnes and is
• TWHBEA Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame owned by Linda Starnes of Brownsville, Kentucky. Not only
are the horses that are voted on by the Hall of Fame has Travlin Victory Ann earned the highest honor in the
Committee consisting of the standing Executive Versatility program with Linda’s oldest son John earning the
Committee, TWHBEA Past Presidents, and members Youth Superior Championship title, her offspring Traveling
of the Master Breeders committee. The horses had to Time, Travlin Legacy and Victory Trip have excelled in the
qualify in 1 or more of 3 categories; Breeding, Show TWHBEA Versatility Program over the years as well.
Ring Accomplishment and Ambassadorship of the breed.
For 2017, seven horses were selected to be inducted:
Prides Generator, The Pusher C. G., Prides Gold Coin,
Delight Of Pride, Pride’s Royal Master, Magic’s Fame D.,
and Talk Of The Town.

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TWHBEA MEETING AND BANQUET

Sire of the Year • From TWHBEA to the “Maverick” family,
congratulations on a tremendous year, great horse, and
• The Sire of the Year based on total points is Jose’ Jose’ wonderful memories.
owned by Five Star Stallions of Wartrace, Tennessee.
Jose’ Jose’ is sired by Gen’s Major General and out of TWHYA Outstanding Youth Member of the Year
Stormy’s Ruby. He is a two -time world champion and The 2017 Tennessee Walking Horse Youth Association
2-time world grand champion. member of the year is a young man that has spent the past
year doing his utmost to promote his breed of choice.
• The Sire of the Year based on percentage is A Greater
Generator owned by Jerry and Jason Myatt of Alvaton, Youth truly are our future and with members such as
Kentucky. Sired by the great Pride’s Generator and out our honoree our future is indeed bright. 2017 TWHYA
of A Walk On The Pride Side. He is a three-time world Outstanding Youth Member of the Year is Adam Hopper.
champion and world grand champion.

TWHBEA Outstanding Sire of the Year Lizzie Umberger Sportsmanship Award
The TWHBEA Outstanding Sire of the Year Award is based The Lizzie Umberger Sportsmanship Award is voted on by
on a 50% combination of actual points and percentage the TWHYA members. This year’s recipient is Trista Majors.
points as well as several other statistical categories presented Trista is very passionate about all divisions of the Tennessee
each year in TWHBEA’s Sire Summary. This year’s Walking horse. Congratulations to Trista.
Outstanding Sire Award goes to Walk Time Charlie. By
Lined With Cash and out of Rebel’s Design and is owned by Ambassadors
John Callicut of Seagrove, North Carolina. In 2012, he was • Awards for the ambassadors rewards those that have
crowned Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Champion
with trainer Chad Baucom. At the 2014 and 2015 National gone above and beyond in their efforts to support and
Celebration he was crowned World Champion Amateur promote the various disciplines within our industry. Their
Stallion with John Callicut. respective levels of dedication make them role models for
the rest of us as we work for the betterment of our breed.
World Grand Champion • Youth Ambassador, Terri Mosley
• 2017 World Grand Champion, Gen’s Black Maverick • Pleasure Horse Ambassador, Scot MacGregor
• Performance Horse Ambassador, Jean Baum
owned by Keith and Lorraine Rosbury, official portrait
taken by Marty and Jennifer Barr was unveiled. He was TWHBEA Jeff Givens Friendship Award
bred by Ed Smith, and he is trained by Callaway Stables This award was presented to Jo Ann Dowell a big supporter
and ridden to the 2017 World Grand Championship by of the walking horse industry, and someone who truly loves
Bill Callaway. this great breed.

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TWHBEA MEETING AND BANQUET

TWHBEA Member of the Year TWHBEA General Membership and Board of Directors
This year’s Member of the Year award goes to Bob Roach Meetings
whom on a daily basis supports and promotes the Tennessee
Walking Horse. Whether it’s filming a promotional video, The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders’ and Exhibitors’
traveling to do an interview or just talking about how Association held its annual general membership meeting
wonderful the walking horse is he is always on our side. Friday, December 1, 2017 and board of directors meeting
Congratulations and thank you Bob Roach, 2017 TWHBEA Saturday, December 2, 2017 at TWHBEA headquarters in
Member of the Year. Lewisburg, Tennessee. President David Williams presided
over both meetings.
Master Breeder Awards
The highest and most prestigious recognition given to a Standing committee reports were given at both meetings
breeder of Tennessee Walking Horses, the TWHBEA Master from Executive Committee members Carrie Benedict,
Breeder Award recognizes those breeders whose body of Vice President Breeders’, Ford Gates, Vice President
work over an extended period of time has had a significant Performance Horse, Nancy Lynn Green, Vice President
and long-lasting impact on the Tennessee Walking Horse Administrative/Fiscal/Audit, Keegan Meadows, Vice
breed. This years recipients are Carroll S. Benedict, Steve President Owner/Exhibitor/International, Stephen B. Smith,
Beech, Gus King, Connie Bryant, Karla and David Landrum. Vice President Training/Equine Welfare, Allison Thorson,
Vice President Youth, Ashley Wadsworth, Vice President
Reese L. Smith, Jr. Distinguished Service Award Marketing, and Robin Webb, Vice President Bylaws/
Reese L. Smith, Jr. was an avid owner and supporter of the Enforcement. Margo Urad, Vice President Pleasure Horse
Tennessee Walking Horse all his adult life. He loved to ride was not present due to illness, but Ashley Wadsworth gave
at a field trial or exhibit his performance horse on Saturday her report on the pleasure horse division.
night. He enjoyed his Tennessee Walking Horses. This
award is presented to those persons who best exemplify A letter to members was sent out by email prior to the
his qualities and contributions. Jeffrey Howard is this years meeting from the Executive Committee recommending to
recipient. He has given tirelessly of his time, talents and divide the training/equine welfare position. This position
personal resources for the betterment of the Tennessee had been combined in 2014. This division was approved by
Walking Horse. Congratulations to Jeffrey Howard 2017 the board and Bobby Beech was nominated from the floor
Reese L. Smith, Jr. Distinguished Service Award recipient. for the Equine Welfare position. Russ Thompson will fill the
Training Vice President position. President David Williams
recommended that the new slate of officers be elected via
acclamation, which the majority agreed.

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MEET YOUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Introducing Your 2017-2018 Administrative/Fiscal/Audit Vice President
TWHBEA Executive Committee
NANCY LYNN GREEN
A multi-term director for the state of Tennessee, Nancy
Lynn has previously served as Member at Large, Youth
Vice President and Breeders Vice President. She is a former
alternate for the National Horse Show Commission and a
former director of the Tennessee Walking Horse Foundation.
A member of one of the founding families of the Tennessee
Walking Horse, Nancy Lynn has participated in nearly every
facet of our breed. Professionally, she is manufacturing
accounting manager for Nissan North America Inc.

(left to right): David Williams, Allison Thorson, Carrie Benedict, Breeders’ Vice President CARRIE BENEDICT
Ashley Wadsworth, Robin Webb, Nancy Lynn Green, Russ Carrie Benedict is a life long hose enthusiast who began
Thompson, Jim Heiting, Ford Gates, Keegan Meadows, Stephen riding hunter jumper ponies in her home state of Florida.
B. Smith, and Bobby Beech After being introduced to Tennessee Walking Horses as a
teen, Carrie first began competing on the Florida circuit
President DAVID W. WILLIAMS quickly moving to showing and having horses in Tennessee.
I am David W. Williams. I am honored to be your TWHBEA While attending Middle Tennessee State, of course to make
President again for 2018. I have been a lifelong participant it possible to continue showing, Carrie was introduced to
in our wonderful breed. From my first appearance in a show Spencer Benedict and they soon married. Spencer and
ring aboard a wonderful horse named Jet’s Jubilee, I was Carrie both have a passion for Tennessee Walking Horses
hooked for life. I have never hunted much, nor played golf not only for competition, but they both love raising foals.
with any consistency, do fish occasionally, but Tennessee Over the last 25 years they have raised offspring that have
Walking Horses have been my pastime and occupation for not only won World Championship in all divisions, but
many years. have also raised mares and stallions who have gone on to
be World Champion producers. Carrie currently serves as
My current occupation is the Breeding Manager at Rising a TWHBEA director from the state of Kentucky as well as
Star Ranch where we stand at stud approximately 20 of the Breeders’ Vice President. She also serves as a board
some of our breeds finest examples. I consider myself a very member for the Kentucky Breeders’ Incentive Fund.
lucky man, who can daily interact with the great horses of
our breed. I also have daily contact with all the many great Marketing Vice President ASHLEY WADSWORTH
folks in our breed. I have been a long-time student of the Serving her second term as a director from the state of
history of our breed and foresee only good things to come in Mississippi, Ashley will mark her fourth year as Marketing
our breeds future. Vice President. She has enjoyed being part of the Tennessee
Walking Horse industry for many years. She has owned and
Again, it is my pleasure to be your TWHBEA president for exhibited flat shod, padded and halter horses and has been
2018 and hope you will join me in continuing the process involved in her family’s breeding program for 20 years.
began by others of promoting, protecting, and serving what Professionally, Ashley sells farm equipment in Tennessee
we all feel is the greatest breed of horse in the world. . . The and Kentucky.
Tennessee Walking Horse.
Owner/Exhibitors/International Vice President
Senior Vice President STEPHEN B. SMITH KEEGAN MEADOWS
Steve served as president from 1995-1997 and 2014- Keegan has been training and breeding horses for most
2016. He was also the association’s Sales and Marketing of his life and has a passion for training and riding. While
Vice President in the 1990s and Training/Equine Welfare his formal education is in the world of Optometry and
Vice President in 2017. He is a former chairman of the Ophthalmology. After staring his career in horses in the
National Horse Show Commission, a past member of the Sunshine State of Florida, Keegan left Florida to begin
advisory board for the Celebration, and a 2002 inductee to an apprenticeship in Shelbyville, Tennessee to learn the
the Tennessee Walking Horse Hall of Fame. Active in nearly trade of performance horses. Shortly after, Keegan began
every facet of the breed, Steve has owned and exhibited training American Saddlebreds again in the Ohio, West
both padded and flat-shod horses. He enjoys trail riding Virginia, Kentucky region. A few years later he returned to
and owns several broodmares. Professionally, he serves as the Tennessee Walking Horse family and moved to South
chairman of Haury & Smith Contractors, Inc., a building and Georgia to Blackwater Stables to develop a show string and
development company of Middle Tennessee. national breeding program for the Borg Family. Keegan
has judged shows in the United States as well as Germany,
and is looking forward to expanding the Tennessee Walking
Horse to many great nations around the world along side his
fellow TWHBEA members and friends.

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MEET YOUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Performance Horse Vice President FORD GATES Committee the Fainting Goat Festival was born as well as
As a director for the state of Alabama, Ford will mark his the Marshall County Recreation Center being built. In 1984
fifth term as Performance Horse Vice President. He has Beech was the lead partner in building the Walking Horse
been active on TWHBEA’s Breeders’ and Enforcement Lodge directly across street from TWHBEA headquarters.
committees for the past four years. In addition to his service Beech has been a TWHBEA member since 1958 and was
to TWHBEA, Ford sits on the board of directors for the awarded the 2011 TWHBEA Member of Year Award.
Walking Horse Association of Alabama. He is a longtime
breeder, owner and exhibitor of padded Tennessee Walking Member at Large Youth Vice President ALLISON
Horses. Professionally, he is a broker for Davidson Homes THORSON
LLC and is retired from the Alabama Department of Allison Thorson is a director from Tennessee and serving
Human Resources. her second term as TWHBEA Member at Large Youth Vice
President. Being involved with the Tennessee Walking Horse
Pleasure Horse Vice President MARGO URAD for over a decade, Allison has many accolades to boast:
Serving her third term as a director from Texas, Margo Over 100 National High Point Championships, including
previously served two years as TWHBEA’s Member at Large TWHBEA’s Youth Rider of the Year for eight consecutive
Youth Vice President and two years as the association’s years. 70 World Titles, 50 International Titles, and 38
Senior Vice President. She also has been active with the National Titles. She capped her high school experience
Enforcement, Pleasure, Performance, and Administrative/ as president of the National Honor Society and editor of
Fiscal/Audit committee. Away from TWHBEA, Margo the school’s newspaper. Allison now wants to serve as an
is multi-term president of the Southwest Walking Horse ambassador for young riders and talent in the walking horse
Breeders’ and Exhibitors’ Association. She is an owner, industry, “children learn a lot when they have a relationship
exhibitor and breeder of flat-shod and performance horses. with a horse – proper care, nutrition, responsibility and yes,
Professionally, she is the owner of Rockwell Insurance even maturity. My youth riding days are over, but I can still
Agency. work to promote the equine sport to those younger than I.”

Training Vice President RUSS THOMPSON Member at Large By Laws/Enforcement Vice
In the business for 46 years, Russ has been a professional President ROBIN WEBB
trainer of the Tennessee Walking Horse. Having served as Senator Robin L. Webb has been a member of the Kentucky
California state representative to TWHBEA several years State Senate sine 2009. Sen. Webb previously served in
and on the National Trainers’ Board as 2nd Vice President, the House of Representatives for 10 years (1999-2009),
Russ has served in leadership positions well around the where she was First Vice-Chair of the House Appropriations
industry. These name only a few of the positions in and Revenue Committee and served on all House Budget
Russ’ past bringing Mr. Thompson to the present as Vice Subcommittees. A practicing attorney in Carter County,
President – Training of TWHBEA. Russ desires to involve, Sen. Webb is a graduate of Morehead State University, with
and engage other professional trainers to rejoin and become an A.A.S. degree in mining technology and B.S. in energy
a unit with TWHBEA, rebuild the bridge as it were because and reclamation; and a J.D. from the Chase College of Law
of the growing separation in recent years. Russ feels it a at Northern Kentucky University. She enjoys riding, showing
privilege to have received as much from the Tennessee and breeding Tennessee Walking Horses. She is a certified
Walking Horse industry in his life as he has, and thinks that 4-H Equine and Livestock Instructor and is a member of
undivided we can build a better future for the breed. the Kentucky Walking Horse Association and the Kentucky
Walking Horse Trainers’ Association.
Equine Welfare Vice President BOBBY BEECH
Grew up on his father’s farm in Belfast, Tennessee, and Secretary JIM HEITING
during his youth had contact with several of the true The managing partner of Heiting and Irwin, James “Jim”
Champions of our breed especially Merry Go Boy, Go Heiting has been practicing law since receiving his doctorate
Boys Shadow, and Ebony Masterpiece. After graduating degree in law in 1976 (admitted to practice law before state
from the University of Tennessee, Bobby began work with courts, federal courts, the United States Court of Federal
National Bridle Shop and and his relationship with TWHBEA Claims, and the California and United States Supreme
was formed. Over the years, he has served on numerous Courts).
committees as well as delegate to several AHSA (now USEF)
conventions. Also served as Co-Chiarman of the WHTA Even with his very active professional life, Jim dedicates
Banquet for many years and the First Celebration Advisory an extensive amount of time to service on boards of several
Committee . At the request of NHSC, Beech wrote the non-profit organizations and was awarded the highest award
original rules for the Fine Harness class and participated for service (to the profession and the public) possible from
in the very first class at the Columbia Jubilee. Outside of his local Bar Association.
business life, he has served as a Trustee of Hiawasee College,
a Bank Director, 4 times Trustee First Presbyterian Church, He loves riding and competing with Tennessee Walking
and the favorite J.R. Moon golf tournament committee Horses. He and Dragonfire are credited with multiple world
benefitting Columbia State Community College. During and world grand championships.
his service with the Lewisburg Downtown Development
Jim and his wife Cindy were married in 1971 and have
three adult sons and seven grandchildren. They live in
Riverside, California.

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WHTA BANQUET

The Annual Walking Horse Trainers’ Association Banquet was held December 2, 2017
at the Bell Buckle Banquet Hall in Bell Buckle, Tennessee. A silent auction was held
during the banquet with many great items to bid on.

Mark Farrar once again served as emcee for the night, starting the evening recognizing
several organizations that play major roles in the walking horse industry.

Wallace Brandon was presented the third-annual Lifetime Achievement Award. Wallace
grew up in Woodbury, Tennessee, and decided to become a walking horse trainer while
he was still in high school. In 1954, he won his first Celebration blue ribbon with Sun’s
Gay Bay and went on that year to also claim the Junior World Championship title with

Midnight Minister. Wallace had many great horses over the years and made a lasting
impression in the walking horse world. Congratulations to Wallace Brandon Lifetime

Achievement Award recipient.

Bill Callaway was called to the stage to be presented his green blazer, recognizing his
world grand championship win with Gen’s Black Maverick. Bill was also awarded a

customized riding suit from Marsha’s On The Square for this win.

The 2017 Riders’ Cup Performance Overall Championship, was won by Jimmy
McConnell. He showed in 159 classes to top the division. He was presented a check in

the amount of $13,222.18 for his hard work and dedication.

The 2017 Riders’ Cup Pleasure Overall Championship went to Jeff Laughlin for the
fourth year in a row. Traveling to four different states he showed in 47 classes. He was

awarded $5,286.78 for his determination and hard work.

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WHTA BANQUET

Etta James By TJB
Four & Under Trail Pleasure

Legend Of Zelda
Model

Throw Me A Curve
Four & Under Lite-Shod

Big Time Bandit
Western Park Pleasure

I’m Dixie Blue

RIDERS’ CUP DIVISION Extra Special Jose’ 2017 WHTA HORSE OF
WINNERS Aged Mare or Gelding THE YEAR AWARDS

Two-Year-Old Open Jose’s Ritzy Hawk Lead Line
Gin’s Shadow Open Specialty Rattle N Snap
Amateur Two-Year-Old Mare or Gelding
Three-Year-Old Open I’m Handsome Jimmy Valiant A Sunday Rose
Coltrane Show Pleasure
Silver Patron Weanling
Four-Year-Old Open Exeter
The Mason Dixie Line Young/Experienced Trainers
Gus Malzahn Amateur Two-Year-Old Stallion
15.2 & Under I Am Mighty Jose’
Paroled From Hardtime Park Performance Yearling
Do Right Most Wanted MCF
Stake Lite-Shod
He’s Shady In Black Lil Wayne Two-Year-Old Mare or Gelding
Two-Year-Old Mare or Gelding Just Getting’ Started
Jazz King’s Diamond Lady Park Pleasure Lite-Shod Specialty
Three-Year-Old Mare or Gelding He’s A Dixieland Delight La Patrona
Two-Year-Old Stallion
Ms. So And So Classic Park Pleasure Minor Ordeal
Four-Year-Old Mare or Gelding The Power Hitter Youth Show Pleasure
Miscellaneous Blues For Santana
Youth Pony
17 Rammer Jammer
Trail Pleasure
Habanero
Adult Pony
The Dixie Lineman
Country Pleasure
Cazdores
Novice
Memphis Raines

Amateur Three-Year-Old Mare or
Gelding

Walkin’ Miss Charlie
Elite 50 Year & Over

Unreal
Amateur Three-Year-Old Stallion

The Darkest Hour
Western Lite-Shod
My Black Cadillac
Three-Year-Old Mare or Gelding
She’s Blue As Ice

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WHTA BANQUET Amateur Four-Year-Old Stallion Four & Under Trail Pleasure
Maroon 5 Jose’s Grand Muchacha
Western Park Pleasure
Overpass Amateur Park Pleasure Professional Park Performance
Lined Up At The Ritz Do Right
Three-Year-Old Stallion
A Gin To Win Amateur Lite-Shod Amateur Five-Year-Old Stallion
Fine Harness Roscoe Jenkins Mr. Trump

Lined Royal Cash Four-Year-Old Mare or Gelding Juvenile 11 & Under
Model Extra Special Jose’ Oh My Darlin’

He’s All Colored Up Professional Park Pleasure Professional Show Pleasure
Ladies Amateur Specialty Dose’ Entitlement
Powerstroke’s Evening Star
Men’s Amateur Specialty Four-Year-Old Stallion Amateur Five-Year-Old Mare or Gelding
A Pink Floyd Manning
Jose’s Centerfold
Amateur Canter Four & Under Country Pleasure Amateur 15.2 & Under Mare or
Led Zeppelin Que Bella Gelding
Juvenile Park Pleasure
BB King’s Jazz Amateur Park Performance He’s The Lady’s Man
Amateur Four-Year-Old Mare or A Touche’ Juvenile 12-17

Gelding Amateur Show Pleasure The American Patriot
Miss Dixie Carter Godfather By Ultra Copy Amateur 15.2 & Under Stallion

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Amateur Specialty
A Bruce Pearl

15.2 & Under Mare or Gelding
He’s The Lady’s Man
15.2 & Under Stallion

Mr. Country Gentleman
One-Night Horse Show

Money Tree Classic
Multi-Night Horse Show
(tie)North Carolina Championship &
Columbia Spring Jubilee
15.2 & Over Mare or Gelding

Nevermore
15.2 & Over Stallion
Gen’s Black Maverick

Living Legend
Wallace Brandon
Assistant Trainer of the Year

(Performance)
Clay Sanderson
Assistant Trainer of the Year (Pleasure

Bailey Momb
Youth of the Year

Counti Green
Amateur of the Year

Dr. Jim Baum
Groom of the Year (Performance)

Petro Estrada
Callaway Stables
Groom of the Year (Pleasure)
Alberto Andrade

Myatt Manor

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No More

By: Natalija Aleksandrova
Holistic Horse & Hoof Care

In order for a mammal to survive, internal body 24 hours a day, herd life, proper hoof care, shelter which it
temperature is kept within a very narrow range. If can enter and leave freely. Under human care that respects
the temperature exceeds these limits either above or the horse’s natural needs, and provides it doesn’t make this
below, the chemical reactions on the cellular level function animal a subject for anthropomorphism through stabling,
improperly. Or they stop functioning at all. Fluctuations changing eating habits, blanketing, clipping, shoeing, etc.,
outside of the normal temperature range result in health the domestic horse is able to properly use its amazing
problems or death of the animal. Mature horses maintain natural thermoregulatory abilities exactly the same way as
their internal body temperature at a range around 38. Foals, the wild horse.
rapidly growing youngsters, pregnant and lactating mares
have a higher norm of their internal body temperature Let’s take a deeper look into how the thermoregulatory
(Hines, 2004). Most horse owners are aware of the damage mechanisms work in the horse, and how it can be
and crisis inherent with fever states. Few horse owners interfered with and damaged through unnatural care and
realize how well adapted horses are to deal with cold when keeping practices.
certain aspects of their lifestyle are in place for them.
Cooling down after playing. Icelandic breed horse, Central Erope.
Over thousands of years, the wild horse has spread over Photo © K. Jarczewski
the entire world. Whatever place in the world they live, the
horse was exposed to constantly changing temperature — First what is important to remember, is that due to some
through a day/night rhythm or a seasonal rhythm. Yet even thermoregulatory factors such as the skin and coat being
today wild and semi-wild horses, as well as domestic ones, very good insulators, which prevent heat loss, and the
provided with species appropriate living conditions, survive muscles producing heat through their movements, it is
perfectly any conditions Nature exposes them to. Whether far easier for horses to warm up in cold weather than to
it is the north of Europe, or Australian deserts, the horse is cool down in hot weather, or to cool down after intensive
exposed to all of Nature’s changing elements — wind, sun, exercising. Cooling down is more difficult for the horse.
rain, snow, fluctuating temperature, etc. Never in nature Horses are adapted to handle cold.The horse’s skin is
seeking such excessive enclosed shelters as man-made responsible both for protecting the interior of the body from
stables and barns nor caves, never in nature seeking ways outside temperature changes. As well as for not allowing
of covering themselves with fabric. The horse has naturally heat loss in cold weather. Also it needs to be mentioned
evolved ways of thriving. that the skin is responsible for dissipation of internal heat
generated by muscle action to prevent the body from over-
Heat in the horse’s body is continuously generated as heating. The skins’ thermoregulatory mechanisms consist
a by-product of metabolism, and a healthy animal has
significant internal sources of heat from the metabolic
processes (Bicego at al., 2007). To control internal heat
loss during the cold time of year, the horse is provided by
Nature with complicated and extremely efficient anatomical,
physiological and behavioral thermoregulatory mechanisms.
In order that the mechanisms are used in the most efficient
way, or at all, the horse requires conditions equaling species
appropriate lifestyle environments.

On a genetic level, the domestic horse is the same as
its wild counterpart: it has the same abilities and needs to
survive. Basically, they do not need anything more from the
human than only to provide keeping conditions that this
species is supposed to have by dictate of Nature: freedom of
movement 24 hours a day, free access to appropriate food

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Coat in an Arabian breed horse on a very cold winter day (around grease — water runs down the outer hair while the
–27˚C/–17˚F, Central Europe.The piloerection mechanism in use — deeper coat remains dry. The longer the coat, the less
chance water has to get to the skin. Through regular
the hair is raised to increase coat insulation. coat brushing the greasy substance gets removed, and
the water-repelling effect gets impaired. Not advisable
of four major factors, skin, coat, arteries and sweat glands, either is to clean off the layer of dirt that rolling in
three of which are responsible for keeping the horse warm mud ensures a horse. The mud has protective effects
in a cold weather: to the body. Needless to say that the popular practice
of clipping the hair of a horse’s coat eliminates,
1. The skin itself works as an insulating layer through its completely, the thermoregulatory factor of the coat.
relative thickness. 3. Arteries in the skin.Arteries through muscle actions,
called vasoconstriction or vasodilation, can be
2. The coat.The coat insulation depends on the depth narrowed or enlarged, regulating blood flow to the
and thickness of the hair layer, the wind speed skin. Constricting prevents internal heat loss by
and the temperature and humidity gradients within reducing the amount of warm blood brought to the
the coat (Ousey et al., 1992). The coat, in horses, cooler body surface. Dilation allows for a larger
changes twice a year through the mechanism called amount of hot blood from over-heated interiors to
photoperiodism, adapting to different seasonal base reach the body surface and to be cooled. The cooled
temperatures. Sensors in the horse’s skin react to the blood lowers internal body temperature when it’s
daytime light length changes. The horse is ready to returned back to the interior of the body.
grow their winter coat right after the summer solstice, 4. Sweat glands. The horse uses sweat glands to
when days start getting shorter. The horse is ready to cool down at a time when external or internal
change their winter coat to a summer one right after temperatures are too hot. When the outside
the winter solstice, when days start getting longer. In temperature is too high for the air to cool the blood
addition to photoperiod, environmental temperature through the skin, the sweat glands secrete fluid.
also affects hair growth. Colder climates produce Evaporation of this fluid cools the skin surface and the
thicker and longer coats in horses than warmer blood in the surface arteries. In this way, bringing the
climates do, when comparing horses who have the cooled blood to the internal body, the temperature
same body score and are fed the same amount of internally can be lowered even when it is hot outside.
food.Also coat growth is affected by some other The horse stops secreting sweat as soon as the
factors, for example, feeding and horse breed which internal body temperature has reached it’s norm.
will be explained later in this text. Additionally to Then it must dry quickly, since otherwise cooling
growing its coat, the horse can increase the insulation would continue and bring body temperature below
of the coat through the mechanism called piloerection normal limits. A sweaty horse turns its coat hairs in
— raising, lowering or turning in different directions various directions in order to avoid under-cooling and
the hair in the coat via hair erector muscles. This way given freedom usually seeks a windy spot to effectively
the horse increases or decreases the thickness of the fast and safely dry itself. Mentioning the sweat glands
insulation layer and efficiently varies the amount of mechanism is important because sweat glands are also
airflow to the skin surface. Piloerection increases coat brought into function through muscle action.
depth 10% to 30% in mature horses (Young & Coote,
1973). The hair erector muscles must be exercised Frost on the coat — heat escaped the body.
regularly in order to work properly, as with any other
muscle in the body. Hairs of the coat are covered
with a greasy substance, which helps the horse not
to get wet to the skin on rainy or snowy days. The
coat has a water-repelling effect through the hair

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While those are the skins’ four major factors of Water running down the long winter hair, the undercoat staying dry.
thermoregulation mechanisms let’s now look into other
thermoregulatory mechanisms available to the horse. Coote, 1973; McBride et al., 1985; Cymbaluk et al.,
1989a; Cymbaluk, 1990). (Lower critical temperature is
The amount of fat in the body is also an important individual for every horse/group of horses at different times
factor of thermoregulation. Since, in addition to being the of year and depends on many other thermoregulatory and
body’s energy reserve, fat is three times more insulating environmental factors.)
than other tissues due to its low thermal conductivity and
poor blood supply (Guyton, 1991; Davenport, 1992). Importantly, smaller-sized horses have greater lower
Thus it is important for a horse to have a good layer of critical temperature values meaning their heat loss is
fat before winter. Wild horses and naturally kept domestic relatively greater than for larger horses. Thus small-sized
horses maintain the natural rhythm of weight change horses actually need proportionally more additional feed.
throughout the year with their weight growing up to 20% To explain further, the greater that the lower critical
by the Autumn. Usually we can see that domestic horses temperature value is — the more heat loss the animal
with a thicker fat layer in their bodies grow a comparatively experiences. Small-sized horse breeds lose more heat than
shorter winter coat than horses with less fat gain at Autumn, big-sized horse breeds in the same temperature conditions.
comparing the same breed and the same body score The lower that the lower critical temperature value is, the
animals. Also fat gets distributed more evenly over the body greater the heat retention is that the animal experiences.
surface in cold conditions instead of being concentrated in Bigger-sized horse breeds stay warmer in cold weather.
some particular areas as in hot conditions.
Feral horses have been reported to reduce locomotor
Kept in the same conditions, smaller horse breeds have activity in winter compared to summer (Duncan, 1980;
a longer/thicker coat compared to larger breeds. Also we Berger et al., 1999; Arnold et al., 2006). Reduced activity
see a typically thicker coat in foals. This is connected to in winter was an annual pattern related to decreased outside
a great effect of allometry, the systematic change in body temperature and hence to a reduction in internal heat
proportions with increasing body size, on heat balance production and energy expenditure (Arnold et al., 2006).
within animal species. Changes within species occur as This adaptation mechanism of reducing activity helps wild
animals grow and develop but exist also between breeds horses to cope with the energetic challenge of winter. We
of species (Reiss, 1991; Langlois, 1994). Generally, large can observe similar reduction of activity in winter in domestic
body size is an advantage with respect to thermoregulation horses kept naturally. Though the domestic horses aren’t
in the cold. Since, the ratio of heat-dissipating surface area challenged with a necessity to search for food in winter to
to heat-producing/retaining body mass decreases with the same extent as their wild counterparts. This slowing
increasing body size (Phillips & Heath, 1995; Bligh, 1998). down in their activity obviously has the same purpose as in
Therefore, large size horses have less relative surface area the wild horses — the reduction of energy expenditure in
available for heat exchange, and thus importantly lose less the cold. Thus, it is a normal seasonal rhythm in the horse
heat in the cold than small size horses do. Small horses lose to be less exercised in winter due to this cold adaptational
more body heat than large horses do. In addition to large thermoregulation mechanism, therefore it is not advisable to
body size, a spherical body shape reduces the surface area forcefully exercise horses in winter.
to body mass ratio (Langlois, 1994). To compensate for the
bigger surface/mass ratio northern-type horses generally Along with general reduction of activity in the cold, we
have evolved heavier rounder bodies with shorter limbs and have observed in horses, short sessions of restlessness
extremities which are well protected by thick hair, mane and and locomotor activity (movement) during sudden acute
fetlock, therefore being more able to retain more body heat cold periods and adverse weather. Short term beneficial
and cope with cold.

Increasing feed intake increases heat production in the
horse’s body. This is connected to the fact that the
process of digesting long fibers produces heat as a

by-product. It is important that every domestic horse

has unrestricted access to hay 24 hours a day. In cold
weather having a chance of increasing heat production
through continuously consuming and digesting long fiber.
Especially when some of the other thermoregulatory
mechanisms aren’t yet adjusted in suddenly changing
weather conditions such as a rapid drop of temperature.

Such extra demand for feed is called climatic energy
demand (MacCormak & Bruce, 1991). Horses have
been observed to need about 0.2 to 2.5% more energy
for maintenance per 1 degree Celsius drop in outside
temperature below their lower critical temperature (Young

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movement that is a useful bridge until other factors Kept in stables or/and blanketed, horses lack stimuli
of their thermoregulatory system adjust to the new (temperature fluctuations) triggering the activity of
temperature conditions. thermoregulatory mechanisms. They don’t need to exercise
hair erector muscles, nor to dilate or constrict arteries, nor to
Sometimes we can observe horses standing or lying down activate the sweat glands, nor to prepare or deplete healthy
very close to each other, this way they reduce heat loss fat reserves. All muscles atrophy without exercising for a
via radiation. By such positional closeness to each other period of time. If an animal in this state is suddenly exposed
they reduce the body surface area exposed to the external to the cold, they will not be able to activate necessary
environment (Bligh, 1998). At the same time animals, thermoregulatory mechanisms. As a result the internal
who for some reason, don’t produce enough individual body temperature could drop too low, that would lead to
internal heat can use, as an extra source of beneficial heat, a disruptions in metabolic processes. This can affect, for
paddock mate’s body-heat radiation via positional closeness. example, the production and migration rate of white blood
cells and antibodies, with partial disabling of them. The
Also by changing body posture and orientation, horses result is a stressed animal with a disease or infection hosting
can increase absorbed solar radiation to use as another internal environment. The germ is nothing, the terrain is all
additional source of heat. Often we can observe that horses (Louis Pasteur). Consequentially germs or viruses in the body
prefer to sunbath under the direct sun instead of eating on get a perfect opportunity to over breed.
short sunny winter days, and as soon as the sun sets they are
back to eating. Besides the fact that the natural thermoregulatory
mechanisms can only be fully utilized when a horse is kept
Snow which we can sometimes see lying along horses in their species-appropriate living conditions, there is an
backs during winter also plays the helpful role of providing anxiety and stress factor that horses inevitably experience
an extra protective layer against internal heat loss. when cut off from their basic needs and kept in ways
unnatural for this species (stabling, separating from equine
On windy, rainy days, we can see horses standing with companions, forced exercising, lack of continuous fiber
their tails to the wind and their heads low. This way they uptake, etc.). This stress also makes them less capable of
effectively keep their necks, heads, ears and eyes, underbelly coping with cold.
and sheaths out of water and wind. Their tails serve to
protect their rear ends — the shorter hairs on the dock To review all resources and references for this article click
fan out deflecting both snow and wind. Also on such days, this link to it’s original source and scroll down:
horses can be seen standing in the lee shelter of walls, or
using natural windbreaks such as trees or hills to protect http://holistichorseandhoofcare.blogspot.com/2014/03/
themselves from the wind. thermoregulation-in-horses-in-cold-time.html

When allowed free choice, it’s been observed that horses Now… one last thing Natalija did not mention. If your
utilize enclosed spaces, such as shelters or forests, mostly to horse has been clipped thus eliminating his ability to use his
hide from summer heat and flies. natural built-in devices and grow his winter coat, or if your
horse has been blanketed since Fall so his natural devices
Under extreme circumstances, heat in the horse body can have not developed, his winter coat has not grown, either
be generated by shivering. During shivering, heat is rapidly start slowly and with good judgement or wait until next year,
produced by breaking down ATP in the muscles (Langlois, depending upon where you are and what your climate is.
1994). Shivering is usually an acute response to sudden cold Then next year no clipping, no blankets, and let him develop
exposure, or sometimes it occurs during extended periods his winter devices naturally.
of exposure to cold in rainy weather. In healthy animals,
shivering is replaced by normal internal heat production as To recap: Species appropriate living conditions. No
they adapt to new weather conditions. blankets. And grass hay available 24/7. Around the
clock.
A different problem occurs with enclosed spaces when
placing a hot sweaty horse into a stable. Due to a lack of air That’s what we’ve done for twelve years now. Eight of
circulating in there, cooling already takes longer and a horse them in middle Tennessee where two of those winters have
sweats for longer. The air surrounding the horse becomes been the worst on record. Not the North Pole for sure, or
saturated and drying also takes longer than normal, because even southern Minnesota. But the ability of the horse to take
the humid air cannot absorb any more moisture. As a result, care if itself wherever it resides is incredible, and amazing
the horse remains undercooled, again setting the stage for to watch. And when that ability has been compromised or
internal disorder: colic, diseases and infections by negatively eliminated by us, the stress that results is a very sad thing to
affecting metabolism’s safe temperature margins. watch.

Blanketing moreover can set the thermoregulation in – Joe

a horse to a complete mess. The animal tries to warm up
parts of the body left exposed to the cold such as head, neck,
belly and legs, in the process they become over-heated in
those parts covered by the blanket. A horse cannot increase
heat in selected area’s of the body. The whole body cools or
the whole body heats up. Sweating under a blanket is more of
a problem metabolically to the horse than people realise.

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MEXICO CLINIC

MEXICO 2017
Tennessee Walking Horse Clinic

Isaid yes to teaching a clinic in a foreign country, in which most people speak Spanish. I’m walking through customs in
Mexico and the drug dog singles out my bag of bits and bridles. This could have gone poorly! Instead, the inspectors
found it interesting that I was coming down to Mexico to give a clinic on training Tennessee Walking Horses. I arrived
safely and woke up the next morning in a beautiful house with flower gardens planted throughout the property.

DAY 1 – Driving to the training facility were settled upon with the farriers who

through the valley in Puebla, Mexico were very accomplished. They began

and seeing the four largest mountains in the changes on the horses that were not

Mexico up to 18,000 feet that were all already correctly shod. The six horses that

volcanos surrounding the city with one we changed were mostly shortening the

erupting was stunning. We arrived early rear hooves to one centimeter less in toe

so I was able to get my equipment set up length than the front hooves and using a

before everybody arrived and I was very wider and longer keg shoe for structural

nervous about the language barrier even support. All the horses were Keg shod,

though my two hosts, Hugo Brito, and and no problems were found that were not

Pedro Gonzalez, spoke excellent English. ordinary needs in a horse that was due for

I decided to take on one horse at a time a reset. I did put crossfire shoes on one

that first day, so I could ride each one and horse that was interfering which resolved

adjust the gait as needed and then work the problem.

with the owner on rounding the horse and The discussion began at noon while

slowing down into the flat walk to build the farriers shod the horses. The riders in

pushing muscle and timing. There were a Pedro Gonzalez and Hugo Brito Mexico are classically trained, and the head
lot of people attending, and I spent ample my hosts trainer at the facility Ramon Blasco works

time on descriptive examples toward Iberian horses as well as Reining horses

creating roundness and engagement in the flat walk. All but and has instructors teaching jumping every afternoon.

one horse gaited correctly quickly or was already gaiting The questions asked during our discussion were the most

well and just needed minor alterations in collection to begin intelligent questions I have ever been asked which drew

excellent work. The one horse that was pacing had dry from the limits of my education to answer well. Had it not

hocks which were treated that day by a vet. I believe eleven been for my twelve years studying and competing in gaited

horses were worked that day and I rode every one. Lunch dressage and western gaited dressage, taking hundreds of

saved me and gave me the break I needed to be fresh for the dressage lessons and reading hundreds of books on the

afternoon horses. By the evening I was content that I had classic training of horses, I would not have been prepared

done my best and explained over the hours in a way that for their needs in answering the questions posed. My 31

everybody understood, a Tennessee Walking Horse gaits years as a flat shod trainer helped; thankfully, my current

well as soon as the horse is rounded to push and relaxed to studies proved adequate and allowed me to conclude our

shake his head in a counterbalancing motion to the longer two-hour discussion with the riders understanding the needs

stride he is now taking. The language barrier proved not to of rounding the horse’s neck and lifting the horse’s back up

be a problem as many people in the group spoke excellent into roundness, providing engagement of the hind quarters

English which allowed me to teach at a much deeper level. to push the horse powerfully forward into long relaxed

strides. Also setting the tempo of the flat walk and balancing

DAY 2 – Two major things were planned for the day, an the horse through collection and then slightly releasing

in depth presentation on training the Tennessee Walking some contact to lengthen the stride as the horse follows this

Horse using many pictures and diagrams along with a very lessening of hold out into reach and length of stride. We also

detailed discussion, and farriers were coming to correct or talked a lot about having correct bend in the turns so that

change the shoeing on the horses in attendance. I am not a the horse had equal weight on each hoof to push through

farrier, but I have studied shoeing techniques for 30 years, the turns powerfully while still round and balanced. It seems

and I can shoe a horse acceptably when necessary. Each to be a very technical discussion, but it was their questions

of twelve horses were brought out and evaluated on angles, that led the discussion. I was very impressed by this detail

toe lengths and balance of the hooves. Plans for each horse oriented inquiry.

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After lunch, we finished the day by riding the horses that two other horses were cantering well, and the trainers were
were shod to check out the changes. All the horses seemed able to see how important having the correct bend was to
to be more comfortable and relaxed as I extended the heel preparing the gaited horse for the correct lead departure
a half inch on most of the horses for heel support to allow and also how important roundness and engagement of the
the horses to confidently land flat on the new wider base haunches was to creating suspension or lift in the gaited
provided. The slightly wider and longer shoes and the one horse’s canter.
centimeter shorter rear hooves created the comfort and
correctness in shoeing for which I was looking. All the We also had a young horse that was just beginning the
horses felt sturdy and willing to push weight forward. All training process. I worked him in the round pen lunging
signs of toe walking and fox trotting were gone. with a bit and saddle and then long lining working on turns
and halting quietly. I added a rider as the horse was two
DAY 3 – All the local trainers and instructors were invited and a half and led the horse to adapt to the new weight and
for the day. Planned was another discussion on training the finished by having a trainer leading me on the horse a few
Tennessee Walking Horse at their level and each trainer laps before taking off the lead for the horse to work on his
would ride multiple horses to acquire a feel for the gaits. practicing walking, turning and halting. We talked through
I prepared myself as the TWHBEA introduction to the what came next in the training process and how important
Tennessee Walking Horse video played. Everything that it was to go slow building confidence instead of allowing any
I taught to the riders and owners was many times more fear. It was a great young horse that was the first Tennessee
detailed for the trainers. Teaching these classically educated Walking Horse to be born in Mexico. He will become one of
professional riders was the most challenging, exciting and their best.
rewarding experiences in my life. We worked on teaching
the lateral movements of dressage to the gaited horse. We DAY 4 – This was our wrap up day where all 14 horses
began with turning on the forehand and leg yield along the would be worked and evaluated on their progress and
rail and advanced to turning on the haunches, shoulder- planning their paths ahead.
in, leg yielding off or to the rail and travers and discussed
renvers and the half pass. All of the lateral movements A group of local Charro trainers came to watch for a
stretch the muscles of the shoulders and haunches plus while as I presented some of the lateral movements and rode
encourage a deeper stride as the horse’s rear leg stretches through the gaits on a few horses. It was an honor that they
under his body as his body moves laterally. This was a very showed interest and stayed quite a while watching Tennessee
exciting part of the trip because so many of the horses were Walking Horses work.
able to perform the introductory lateral movements for
the trainers to feel and the changes to the horses in stride Through the day gait adjustments were made through
and roundness when done correctly. We worked on how rounding the horses and riding the correct bend through
to teach a Tennessee Walking Horse to canter. We had the turns. Flexibility and loosening of the horse’s core
one horse that already cantered for the trainers to feel the muscles was worked on through many of the riders applying
rocking chair motion, but three other horses quickly began the beginning lateral exercises of turning on the forehand
cantering through working on the circle to then begin a few and the leg yield. A few of the trainers returned who
strides going straight along the rail. By the end of the day, worked on the canter and harder lateral exercises including
the shoulder-in and turn on the haunches. I pushed the
roundness to balance and engage the horses and the slight
release of the aids to soften, relax, and stretch the horses

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MEXICO CLINIC

into longer strides. We worked on the soft slow taking in at our horses and asking questions about them or just being
and giving out of the half halt to work the horse’s weight young and petting their first horse. Mounting up we rode
back onto the haunches to powerfully push the horse around the pyramid and headed home. On the way back
forward into longer strides and to rate the tempo and I began talking a lot about rating the speed of the gait to
speed creating clear differences between the flat walk and preserve the timing of the flat walk or running walk. I talked
the running walk. We also talked a lot about why a rider about keeping the horses round even on the trail to preserve
must develop a slow flat walk as this is the gait that the balance and to build correct manners and muscle. Like all
Tennessee Walking Horse must use most to build muscle as horses, they knew they were headed home, so my efforts
the slowness requires the horse to push his full combined were countered by the homeward bound. I grew insistent as
weight forward using pure muscular push, and only through some of the rear of the pack horses were falling apart and
relaxation and roundness can he elasticize his back into the ladies were bouncing to the pace as the horses were trying
longer stride causing the deep counterbalancing head nod. to keep up. Pacing is never fun out on the trail and my
I showed all the riders many times through the week that horse a young grey was not that fast in her gait either. While
developing a true flat walk and using the rein, leg and seat she desperately tried to keep up with me doing everything
aids to encourage engagement of the haunches transferring I could to preserve any gait that would be smooth, I got
their weight to the rear legs to push the whole of the horse irritated. I talked to my two hosts about my concerns and
and riders mass forward in a driving powerful manner why this was bad. I don’t know what was said, other than
that, because of the stride, requires the Tennessee Walking my comments, but quite quickly the whole group slowed
Horse to counterbalance this effort with a deep head nod down. To my relief, mine and most of the other horses
timed to the stride of the rear legs. As different riders would returned to quality gaits. My biggest surprise was my host’s
have their successes during the clinic they would feel the horse began his best gait of the week with a big show worthy
same excitement I feel when a good horse starts powerfully head nod. That was exactly it! Yes, perfect! I don’t know if
pushing his weight and striding through his soft release into my interference in a good time rushing home was frowned
self-balance working on the bit. It is so powerful I still smile upon, but I finished the ride next to my two new friends that
every time! showed me the best of Puebla Mexico if not all of Mexico
and the horses flat walked.
The best example came at the end of the day when we
still had two hours before dark and decided to go for a ride
with ten of the horses out into the fields of the nearby farms
and open country. I was riding Sky a mare who would be
welcome in any barn. She balanced up and relaxed and
began the deepest relaxed through her back head nod any
trainer could ask for. It was everything I worked for all week
and would be rewarded strongly in any competition. She
was one of six horses that began shaking their heads deeply
including my two host’s horses. It was a great end to a hard
but informative week.

DAY 5 – This would be a fun day where we would ride
out into the country surrounding Puebla Mexico over to
the largest based pyramid in the world. We ate lunch (real
tacos) in the town square as people came and went looking

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MEXICO CLINIC

Presenting information at a clinic always teaches the Isabela Caballeros, Alejandro Bracamonte, Gonzalo
teacher just as much as the people being taught. I was Loaiza, Kervin Leon, Eloisa Pena, Roberto Maldonado
intimidated before I arrived. I had a bag of equipment and Natalia Caballeros, thank you to so many of you
that I use daily and a loosely laid plan of what I wished professionals that helped with the translations especially the
to teach. I’m very happy with each day at the clinic and classic training and lateral movements that were presented
the culmination of what I presented through the week. and correctly applied in which the meaning and needs of
It was hard, but the rewards of seeing people succeed, these ideas might have been lost if not for all of your efforts
that I now know, respect and love, was so worth the time during the clinic.
spent working through the lessons. I have never been to a
place as beautiful as Puebla Mexico. A valley surrounded Riders and Owners attending the clinic were:
by four huge volcanos with a huge city in the middle and Hugo Brito, Pedro Gonzalez, Tatiana Araujo, Miguel Angel
farms specializing in growing flowers ringing the city with a de la Rosa, Angie de Marquez, Luisa Marquez, Isabel
climate like San Diego California is hard to beat, but it was Marquez, Gustavo Zago, Mauricio Lopez, Javier Lopez,
the amazing people I met that touched me the most. As a Concepcion Machado, Paulina Lopez, Miguel Perez,
group, I have never worked for nicer people that worked so Arturo Velazquez, Victor Zamora, Lourdes Zamora, Cesar
hard to accomplish great things. I hope many of you will be Contreras, Eduardo Malzone, Eduardo Merino, Luis Osorio,
lifelong friends. It is my two hosts, Hugo Brito and Pedro Juan Flores, Susana Bernal, Fransisco Lorano, Pedro
Gonzalez that I am most thankful to for all of the endless Pereda, Lourdes Peralta, and Victor Bracamontes. You were
translation, the amazing breakfasts, lunches and dinners, all the best of students and friends.
(especially that amazing steak with mango chipotle sauce
I ate in Puebla!) and, for taking the time after a full day of Last, I would like to thank TWHBEA for the opportunity
clinic and showing me the amazing sites of your beautiful to teach this clinic and experience such a great place.
city and valley, for showing me the flower fields and selling Mostly I wish to thank them for believing in me that I was
lots of some of the world’s most beautiful flowers and for both a good representative to send to a developing area of
taking the time after so much learning to remember to have growth that needed help and direction and that I was up to
fun just riding out in the country. It was a trip of a lifetime. the task by being ready to deal with the small confusions
What I took home that was most valuable to me was the that teaching through interpreters can bring and that my
friendships of these two men and many of those who studies in classic training and dressage applied to flat shod
attended the clinic. Thank you to all. Tennessee Walking Horses would be up to the task of
Trainers attending the clinic were: bringing the needed gaited horse training information to the
people in a manner consistent with their prior exposer and
Ramon Blasco – who opened up his facility for the week personal equestrian educations. Thank you for that trust.
and impressed me so much with his knowledge. Also, a
thank you to his son for showing me quality reining done in – Scot MacGregor
the Charro method that had the balance of classic riding.

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Fond Farewell

Ladies and Gentlemen, listed here are the names of those that have passed on since our last edition. Please forgive
us if for some reason a loved one (horse or human) is missing from the list of these great people and horses. Simply
write to use, providing the necessary information and we will make sure they are added to the next edition of the
Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse magazine.

Michael Delane Alexander Equine Obituaries
Lewisburg, Tennessee
Hard Texas Cash
Paul Hughes Owned by Nancy Groover Hodges
Cherry Valley, California
Waco, Texas
Dennis Miller
Gen’s Flaming Rose
Carol Smith Owned by Betty Smith
Wiggins, Mississippi
Millington, Tennessee
Billy Stanfill
Reagan, Tennessee Out On Parole
2002 World Grand Champion
Alvin Strickland Owned by Randall and Sadie Baskin

Jerry Wells Franklin, Tennessee
Crossville, Tennessee

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HORSEMAN’S DIRECTORY

ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS & FINANCING • RUSS THOMPSON STABLES -
REGISTRIES TRAINING AND BREEDING FACILITY
• FARM CREDIT MID-AMERICA, 2656 (B-S-T) Gaited pleasure horses for sale
• CELEBRATION, INC., P. O. Box 1010, US-43 Lawrenceburg, TN 38464; at all times. Russ Thompson and Jamey
Shelbyville TN 37162; 931/684-5915, 931/829-2178; website: https://e- Thompson, trainers, 15231 Pine Lane,
fax 931/684-5949, email: twhnc@ farmcredit.com. Chino Hills CA 91709; 909/880-3340
twhnc.com, website: www.twhnc.com. stable, 909/597-1171 res., 909/226-
HORSE EQUIPMENT 9671 Russ cell, website: www.
• SPOTTED SADDLE HORSE russthompsonstables.com.
BREEDERS AND EXHIBITORS • BEDFORD TACK, INC., 8 miles north
ASSOCIATION, P.O. Box 1046, 2519 of Shelbyville in Deason, 148 Edd Joyce FLORIDA
Hwy 231 N, Shelbyville TN 37162; Road, Bell Buckle TN 37020. Order toll
phone 931/684-7496, fax 931/684- free: 800/523-4971, 931/437-2211 fax. • DARBY OAKS STABLES (B-BR-C-
7215, email: [email protected], CT-E-L-PL-S-SH-SP-T) Wayne Conkle,
website: www.sshbea.org. • NATIONAL BRIDLE SHOP, 603 trainer, 595 County Road 552, Bushnell
Evans Street, P. O. Box 926, Shelbyville FL 33513; 352/568-2001, fax 352/568-
• WALKING HORSE TRAINERS’ TN 37162; 931/359-3210, orders 3351, email: [email protected].
ASSOCIATION, P.O. Box 61, 800/251-3474, Fax 931/359-8551,
Shelbyville TN 37162; 931/684- email: [email protected], website: IDAHO
5866, 931/684-5895 fax, email: www.nationalbridle.com.
[email protected], website: www. • FALLEN TREE RANCH (B-BR-C-PL-S)
walkinghorsetrainers.com. • THE WINNER’S CIRCLE, 603 Gale Burns, owner, 993 S. Round Rock
Evans Street, Shelbyville TN 37160; Ranch Road, King Hill ID 83633; 208/366-
AWARDS 931/684-2912, 800/298-7398, email: 2257 res., 208/484-5115 cell.
[email protected], website: www.
• L & M AWARDS, “We make the awards wcircle.com. ILLINOIS
world champions wear,” Heather Beard,
owner, 619 Madison Street, Shelbyville PROPERTY • AZTLAN FARMS (AI-B-BD-BR-C-H-
TN 37160; 931/684-0010, 931/684- • SETTLEMENT AT THOMAS DIVIDE, PL-S-SH) Brad Woodruff, owner, 18875
0011 fax, email: [email protected], Atterberry Street, Petersburg IL 62675;
website: www.LandMawards.com. 234 Welch Road, P. O. Box 965, 217/652-6661, email: aztlanfarms@yahoo.
Bryson City NC 28713; 828-788- com, website: www.aztlanfarms.com.
BUSINESS 3648.
KENTUCKY
• LYNCHBURG CAKE AND CANDY STABLES/FARMS
CO.,134 Cashion Road, Lynchburg TN • ROCKY CREEK STABLES (B-BD-BR-
37352; 931-759-7441. ARIZONA C-H-PL-S-SP-V) Maurice Worthington,
owner, Adam Woolen, trainer, 972
EQUINE APPAREL • ROCKAWAY HILLS RANCH, LLC Rocky Creek Lane, Whitesville KY
(B-BD-BR-C-CT-E-H-L-PH-PL-S-SP- 42378; 270-925-3485, 270-231-7579;
• MARSHA’S ON THE SQUARE, T-V) Curt and Amy Rosemann, owners/ [email protected].
Custom and ready-to-wear riding trainers, 5601 E. Yucca Rd., Cave Creek
and driving apparel, both English and AZ 85331; 408/488-3999, 480/998- MICHIGAN
Western; Marsha Shepard, owner; 2388, Amy cell, email: info@rockaway-
Barbara Turner, manager; 115 South hills-ranch.com, website: rockaway- • BRANAM’S TRIPLE OAK FARM
Side Square, Shelbyville TN 37160; hills-walkers.com. (B-BD-BR-L-F-FS-H-S-SH-V) also gait
931/684-3500; email: marshadea@msn. consultation, 10469 Halsey Road, Grand
com, website: www.mdarriaga.com. ARKANSAS Blanc MI 48439; 810-694-0997; website:
TripleOakFarm.com;
EQUINE FEEDS • ARKANSAS WALKERS (B-BR-C-CT- email: [email protected].
PL-S-SP-T-V) Jill Roberson, owner/
• ALLFEED/HILLSBORO FEED trainer, Gravette, Arkansas. Raising and MISSISSIPPI
COMPANY, All Feed-No Filler; Safe training well gaited colorful walkers. 479-
feed for your champions. Made with the 263-3550; [email protected]. • DALE WATTS STABLES (B-CT-S-
great walking horse in mind. Tennessee/ SH-T) Dale, Josh, and Jonathan Watts,
Joe Green, Sr. (931)310-0063, Email: CALIFORNIA trainers. Lucy Watts, manager. 4025
[email protected], Plant: P.O. Hwy. 51-N, Summit MS 39666; Dale,
Box 125, Hillsboro,Alabama 35643 • POLLACK’S SILVER SPUR RANCH 601/660-6194; Josh, 601/748-0148;
(AI-B-BD-BR-C-F-H-L-PL-S-SH-SP-T) Jonathan, 601/810-2269; email:
EQUINE PUBLICATIONS Wanda Pollack, owner, Lindsey Luna, [email protected].
trainer, 14990 Columbet Avenue, San
• VOICE OF THE TENNESSEE Martin CA 95046; 408/778-9745 stable,
WALKING HORSE, Official Breed 931/205-2173 Luna, 408/867-7360
Journal, P.O. Box 286, 250 North fax, email: [email protected].
Ellington Pkwy., Lewisburg TN 37091;
931/359-1574; website: www.
twhbea.com.

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MISSOURI TENNESSEE WEST VIRGINIA

• 4-J LAND & CATTLE CO. AND 4-J • BURCH FARM (BD-BR-C-F-FS-H-L- • RIVERVIEW FARM, INC. (B-BD-C-
BIG PINEY HORSE CAMP 19099 PL-S) 6876 Arno-Allisona Road, College PL-S-SH) Bill Wright, owner, Route 2,
Salina Road, P. O. Box 308, Waynesville Grove TN 37046; 615/476-2322; email: Frazier Lane, Greenbottom WV (P. O.
MO 65583; 573-774-2986, 573- [email protected]; Box 1982, Huntington WV 25720); farm
774-6879 or 573-774-2211; website: website: www.theburchfarm.com. 304/762-2432, business 304/697-
www.4-J.net. 7083, mobile 304/633-4492, email:
• CAROL CAMP STABLES at New [email protected].
MONTANA Cannan Farm (C-CT-L-PL-S-T-V) Carol
Camp, owner/trainer, 697 Swamp WYOMING
• BREEZIE ACRES RANCH (B-BR-C- Road, Eagleville TN 37061; 615-395-
PL-S-SH) Marsha Wickman owner, 518 4936 home, 615-972-6483 cell; email: • MOUNTAINVIEW WALKING HORSE
County Line Road, Ft. Shaw MT 59443; [email protected] RANCH (B-BR-C-CT-E-L-PL-S-SP-
406/467-3750 phone/fax, 406/788- T-V) Bill Maute, owner, Brook Curnow,
5802 cell. • CARRIE MARTIN TRAINING (BD-BR- trainer/manager, 119 Rd 1AB, Clark
C-E-HA-L-PL-S-SH-SP-T-V) 3065 Old WY 82435; stable/res. 307/645-3034,
NEW JERSEY Columbia Road, Lewisburg TN 37091; fax 307/645-3337, email: brook@
352-242-7683, 931-703-9547, email: mvhorseranch.com, website: www.
• HABANERO HOLLOW (BD-PL-SH) wlmailhtml:[email protected], mvhorseranch.com.
Dr. Carol Lamberson and Mike Wallace, website: [email protected].
owners, 34 Toad Lane, Ringoes GERMANY
NJ 08551; 908/284-0231, email: • FOXFIRE FARMS (AI-B-BR-C-L-PL-
[email protected]. S-SH-V) Donna Kerchinski, owner, • JOSEF’S WALKAWAY FARM (AI-B-
576 Jennings Lane, Shelbyville TN BD-BR-C-CT-E-H-L-PL-RH-S-SH-T-V)
OHIO 37160; 931/684-0093, email: info@ Am Neuhau 17, D-86650 Wemding
foxfirefarmstn.com, website: www. Germany; +49 9092 967011, fax
• MAPLE CREST FARM (B-BD-BR-C- foxfirefarmstn.com. +49 9092 967018; mobile +49 151
CT-E-F-H-HSS-L-PH-PL-S-SP-TK-V) 12050366, email: wlmailhtml:info@twhb.
Joyce Moyer, owner, Terrance Moyer, • JENNE’ STABLES (B-C-CT-S-SH-T) de; website: www.twhb.de.
farm manager, 7009 Maple Avenue, Justin Jenne’, owner, P.O. Box 723,
Castalia OH 44824; stable/residence Shelbyville TN 37162; 931/224-2968, NETHERLANDS
419/684-9490, fax 419/684-5898, website: [email protected].
email: [email protected], • LITTLE AMERICA (AI-B-BD-BR-
website: http://www.twhorses.com. • JERRY WILLIAMS STABLES at SAND C-CT-E-H-L-PL-RH-S-SH-T-V)
CREEK FARM (B-CT-S-SH-T) Jerry MaryanZyderveld, Postbus 6055, 5960
• SHERRIE SZUCS STABLES (B-C-PL- Williams, trainer. 931/224-4191. AB Horst, Netherlands; phone 0031-
S-SH-T) Sherrie Szucs, owner/trainer, 681426903, email: mczyderveld@xs4all.
7880 State Route 18, Bellevue OH • SAMARA FARMS (B-BR-S) Dale nl, website: www.littleamerica-twh.net.
44811; stable 419/483-2563, residence Rowland, trainer. 2397 Ben Williams Rd.,
419/483-4389, fax 419/483-1521, Shelbyville TN 37160; 931/703/7598, CODES
email: [email protected], website: email: [email protected]
www.sherrieszucsstables.com. AI-Artificial Insemination, B-Breeding,
• SHADY CREEK FARM (B-C-S) A BD-Boarding, BR-Broodmares,
OKLAHOMA full plantation facility with both lite C-Colts, CT-Colt Training,
shod and heavy shod, western and E-Equitation, F-Farrier,
• J’S WALKING HORSES (B-BR-C-S-SP) versatility. Bill Reed, owner/manager, FD-Feed, FS-Foaling Service,
Jeanette Strickland, owner, 5115 S 4178 872 Allen Road, Murfreesboro TN H-Hauling, HA-Horse Auctions,
Road, Chelsea OK 74016; 918/789- 37129, 615/785-4214 cell; email: HSS-Horse Show Supplies,
3536, email: [email protected], [email protected]. HT-Horse Trailers, I-Insurance,
website: www.jswalkers.com. L-Lessons, PH-Photography,
• WAYNE DEAN STABLES (BD-BR- PL-Pleasure Horses,
OREGON C-CT-HA-L-PL-S-SH-T-V) Full service RH-Racking Horses,
stables.3065 Old Columbia Rd., RE-Real Estate, S-Selling,
• GOOD SC-10-SC WALKERS (B-BR- Lewsiburg TN 37091, 2 miles east of SH-Show Horses,
C-PL-S) Ruth Good, owner, 40261 1-65 exit 37; 931/703-9547; emial: SP-Spotted Horses T-Training,
Providence Drive, Scio OR 97374; [email protected]. TK-Tack, TR-Trophy & Ribbons,
541/451-5054, email: rwgood@ and V-Versatility
centurylink.net. TEXAS

• FRANK WHITE STABLES (B-BD-C- • GOOD AS IT GAITS FARM (B-BR-C-S)
CT-F-H-L-PL-S-SH-SP-T-V) Frank White, Daniel and Marsha Yzaguirre, owners;
trainer, 39133 Plagmann Drive, Lebanon 3434 Hwy 90 E, Hondo TX 78861;
OR 97355; 541/570-5124; email: 830/741-8581; email: goodasitgaits@att.
[email protected]. net; website: www.goodasitgaits.com.

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STALLION DIRECTORY

ILLINOIS BUM’S THREAT’S SUPREME 9710168 TRIP MY TRIGGER 923345 PA. By One
BA. By Final’s Threat’s Supreme, out of Golden Moment, out of A Gen & Tonic.
PESO DE ORO 20008959 CP. By Gee Golly Bum. Owned by Al and Kristy Owned by Jo Ann Dowell. Standing at
Hillbilly’s Bud Lite out of She’s Awsome. Artman. Standing at Walkers Of South 40, Fantasy Farms, Beverly Burgess Wood,
Owned by Brad Woodruff. Standing at P. O. Box 1443, 3370 Brophy Road, Eagle 351 Highway 82E., Bell Buckle TN 37020;
Aztlan Farms, 18875 Atterberry Street, Point OR 97524; 541/292-0175, email: farm: 931/389-6983, residence: 931/389-
Petersburg IL 62675; 217/652-6661, [email protected], website: 6981, cell: 931/703-5378, fax: 931/389-
email: [email protected], website: www.walkersofsouth40.com, Fee: $500. 6980. Fee: $650.
www.aztlanfarms.com, Fee: $350.
TENNESSEE TEXAS
EBONY EARTHQUAKE 20800472 BL By
Ebony’s Bearcat, out of Invader’s Bumin A STRONG DOLLAR 20012354 RR. RAF DUSTY’S ROYAL STETSON
Ebony. Owned by Michael Horstmann. By Generator’s Silver Dollar, out of Mo 21004153 BU. By Dusty’s Royal
Standing at Aztlan Farm info same. Stud Precious. Owned by OK Walking Horse Flush, out of RAF Cajuns Sunny Spirit.
fee $350. Farms, CurticeMcCloy. Standing at Rising Owned by Bill and Sandy Martin.
Star Ranch, David Williams, breeding Standing at Running Arrow Farm, 4230
MISSISSIPPI manager, 481 Snell Road, Shelbyville Hwy 83 N. (PO Box 271), Wellington
TN 37160; 931/680-0608 breeding, TX 79095; 806/205-1235;email:
GERONIMOS FIREBALL 20306959 BL 931/680-0897 office, website: www. [email protected],
TO. By Ima Fireball Too, out of Geronimos attherisingstar.com, Fee: $750 or 2 for website: www.runningarrowlonghorns.
Rose. Owned by Brad Maxcey. Standing $1250. com, Fee: $350 (Natural Service).
at Circle M Farm, 852 Strengthfore
Pleasant Grove Rd., Laurel MS 39443; I’M DARK VENGEANCE 950428 BL. COAT COLOR CODES
601/323-4828; email: By Pusher’s Doing Time, out of Priceless.
[email protected]. Fee: $500. Owned by Mariella Fugger. Standing at AC-Amber Cream Champagne,
Valton Rummage Stables, Columbia, TN; AM-Amber Champagne,
MONTANA 931-981-2210; Fee: $400 or 2 for $700. AR-Bay Roan, BA-Bay,
BL-Black, BN-Brown,
SKYE’S SAPHYRE STARLYTE21200786 MIGHTY MAXX 940352 BL. By Pride’s BR-Black Roan, BU-Bucksin,
BR, Sire Generator’s Dr Blue, dam Jose’s Beam, out of Fashion’s Promenade. CC-Classic Cream Champagne,
Bay Lay. Owned by Debbie Jeppesen. Owned by JoAnn Dowell. Standing at CH-Chestnut,
Standing at Walkers On Water, 170 Sun Fantasy Farms, Beverly Burgess Wood, CL-Classic Champagne, TV-Tovero
Prairie Road, Great Falls MT 59404; 351 Highway 82 E., Bell Buckle TN 37020; CP-Champagne, CR-Cremello,
406/799-2116; email [email protected]; farm 931/389-6983, cell 931/703-5378, GC-Gold Cream Champagne,
website: www.walkersonwater.com, Stud residence 931/389-6981, fax 931/389- GO-Gold Champagne,
fee $500 LFG, multi-mare discount. 6980. Fee: $625. GR-Grey, HR-Chestnut Roan,
LR-Blue Roan PA-Palamino,
NORTH CAROLINA SILVER EXPRESS 955308 GR. By PE-Perlino, RR-Grey Roan,
Power Of Persuasion, out of Backcourt SB-Smoky Black, SC-Smoky Cream,
JAZZ CRUISER20410275SO, Sire A Jazz Foul. Owned by Robert and Lisa Marbry. SO-Sorrel, SR-Sorrel Roan
Man, damMoments. Owned by Angela Standing at White Oak Farm, Sammy WH-White.
Tuck. Standing at Walk Away Farms, 277 Sanders, breeding manager, 10023
Strawberry Road, Reidsville NC 27320; Rosemark Road, Atoka TN 38004; COAT COLOR CODES
336-613-9138; email: atuck2triad.rr.com. 901/829-3303 stable, 901/458-4314
Fee: $500. office, 901/829-3333 residence, 901/458- OV-Overo, SA-Sabino, TO-Tobiano,
9792 fax, email: [email protected], TS-Tobiano/Sabino
OHIO website: www.whiteoakstallions.com,
Fee: $550. COLOR PATTERN CODES
GENIUS BOY’S LEGACY 20001188BL.
By Genius Boy Pride out of Classic Beam. STAY THE COURSE 20414603 HR. D-Dun, G-Grey, R-Roan, S-Silver
Owned by Joyce M. Moyer. Standing at By Seve, out of Stock’s Autumn Rose
Maple Crest Farms, 7009 Maple Avenue, (Quarterback’s Stock X Sound Of Fury
Castalia OH 44824, 419-684-9490, mare). Owned by and standing at
email: wlmailhtml:joycemoyer@thewavz. Samara Farms, 2397 Ben Williams Road,
com; website: www.twhorses.com, Fee: Shelbyville, TN 37160; 931/703-7597;
Private Treaty. email: [email protected]. Fee:
$300 LFG, multiple mares discounted.
OREGON
STEEL CONNECTION 951441BL. By
BANNER’S CHAMPAGNE PUNCH Clutch’s Sure Threat, out of Mark Plum
20509744 CP. By Champagne Banner, Perfect. Owned by Jo Ann Dowell.
out of Hawaiian Punch. Owned by Standing at Fantasy Farms, Beverly
Mary Semerak-Rennick. Standing at Burgess Wood, 351 Highway 82E., Bell
Aspen Hill Ranch, 31930 N.W. Smoke Buckle TN 37020; farm: 931/389-6983,
Ranch Rd., Scappoose, OR 97056, residence: 931/389-6981, cell: 931/703-
503/765-9362,email: aspenhillranch@ 5378, fax: 931/389-6980. Fee: $650.
yahoo.com, website: www.aspenhillranch.
com, Videos on “YouTube”aspenhillranch.
Fee: Private Treaty.

VOICE • FEBRUARY 2018 32

NORTH CAROLINA CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

NCWHA Board Member, Robert Deutsch
accepting the award

2013-2017 WHTA MULTI-NIGHT HORSE SHOW OF THE YEAR

Thank you to the trainers!

We are very honored to receive this award FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS!
A special thanks to all of the owners, trainers and exhibitors
who attended our show this year.

Mark your calendars for our show next year – October 4-6, 2018

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