Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse - June 2020

Minor
Ordeal

and Tyler Baucom
Columbia Spring Jubilee

Grand Champion

Owned by Dean and Riddley

Photo by Shane Shiflet

Representing State
Senate District 14

Proud to be a Tennessean.

I’m honored to be part of a state senate that
supports the TWHBEA.

Special By Jose

and Bill Callaway

Belfast

Two-Year-Old Stallions
Riders’ Cup Champion

Owned by
Brook Haven Farms
Charles Gleghorn
Fayetteville, TN

May/June 2020 • Volume 59 No. 3
www.twhbea.com

Features
22 Poison Plants
78 TWHYA Clean Up
84 TWHYA Mare Project
88 TWHYA Board Member
Events/Horse Shows
16 ThorSport Spring Fling
28 Columbia Spring Jubilee
56 Belfast
Every Issue
96 Fond Farewell
97 Stallion Directory
98 Horseman’s Directory
100 Advertisers’ Index
Columns
6 From The President
80 From The Executive Director
95 TWHBEA News

Minor Cover
Ordeal
Minor Ordeal
and Tyler Baucom and Tyler Baucom
Columbia Spring Jubilee 2020 Columbia Spring Jubillee Grand Champions
2020 World Grand Champion Contenders
Grand Champion owned by Riddley and Dean

Owned by Dean and Riddley
Photo by Shane Shiflet

Josie And
The Pussy Cats

and Lynn Womack

ThorSport Spring Fling
Weanling Champion

WHOA ThorSport Spring Fling
Weanling Champion

RWC Chattahoochee
Charlie

and Lynn Womack

ThorSport Spring Fling
Yearling Champion

WHOA ThorSport Spring Fling
Yearling Champion

2xWC The Camp
Town Lady

and Kelly Richards Ward

WHOA ThorSport Spring Fling
Model Champion

The Camp Town Lady is by the late Black Diamond
Ritz, a great producer of champions, who was bred
and raised by Bobby Joe Jones. Josie and The Pussy
Cats and Chattahoochee Charlie are both out of
mares by Black Diamond Ritz.

Owned by Bobby Joe Jones & Dr. Roger Richards • Manchester & Bell Buckle, TN
Trained by Dr. Roger Richards • Bell Buckle, TN • 615-419-8372

From
The
President

Margo Urad

We are offering this edition of the Voice via on- Nothing like a good horse show. I have always felt the
line and it will also be on our facebook. The next issue walking horse industry is like my second family. As
will be the pre-Celebration issue and will be back in our country continues to reopen stay safe and enjoy
print. We are very pleased to have made the best of a this issue of the Voice. I know times have changed;
bad situation with the Covid-19 pandemic. I wish to however, know your Association is here for you and
personally thank everyone who has advertised and for we will all get thru this together.
your continued support.
Margo Urad
Our Association has taken every precaution President TWHBEA
to protect our employees and customers. We have
opened the doors for business, with a few changes
to the flow of customers in the building. TWHBEA
is waiving all late fees till December 31, 2020. This is
a perfect time to get all your paper work up to date
while it continues. We are also extending the TWH-
BEA Futurity entry deadline. This is your association
and we will do everything we can to help solve your
problems.

Horse shows have started and are going great.



A DOUBLE RIDERS’ CUP POINTS SHOW
A qualifying show for The Celebration

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020 ~ 5:30PM ~ CALSONIC ARENA ~ SHELBYVILLE, TN

DEADLINE TO ENTER IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020 (Classes 6, 12, 17, 21) ~ Enter online at entermywalkinghorse.com
*** Jackpot entries received AFTER August 7 through Noon on August 26 will incur a $200 per entry late fee. ***

1. Mare & Foal (barefoot or keg shod, natural tail)
2. Amateur Two & Three- Year-Old Country Pleasure
3. Riders' Cup Darrah Weanlings
4. Riders' Cup Two & Three-Year-Old Model
5. Broodmares In Hand (barefoot or keg shod, natural tail - judged on conformation, gait, & production)
6. Riders' Cup Weanling Colts (must be Futurity nominated)
7. Riders' Cup Two & Three-Year-Old Lite-Shod
8. Model Yearling
9. Riders' Cup Two-Year-Old Mares
10. Riders' Cup Fall Weanlings
11. Amateur Two & Three- Year-Old Trail Pleasure
12. Riders' Cup Weanling Fillies (must be Futurity nominated)
13. Riders' Cup Two-Year-Old Stallions & Geldings
14. Riders' Cup Darrah Yearlings
15. Riders' Cup Two & Three- Year-Old Trail Pleasure
16. Riders' Cup Two & Three- Year-Old Park Pleasure
17. Riders' Cup Yearling Fillies (must be Futurity nominated)
18. Riders' Cup Two & Three-Year-Old Park Performance
19. Amateur Two & Three-Year-Old All Day Pleasure
20. Riders' Cup Three- Year-Old Mares
21. Riders' Cup Yearling Colts (must be Futurity nominated)
22. Riders' Cup Two & Three- Year-Old Show Pleasure
23. Riders' Cup Three- Year-Old Stallions & Geldings

*All classes are Jackpot Classes unless noted

Entry Fees:

Jackpot Classes: $100 / Riders' Cup $110 (If horse was Futurity nominated in 2019)
Jackpot Non-Futurity Nominated Horses: $250 / Riders’ Cup $260

Futurity Nominated Horses - please contact TWHBEA to declare your class

HIO inspection fees will be added to all entry fees ***Jackpot 90% Payout***

~ All Owners, Trainers, and Riders must be TWHBEA members in good standing to participate. ~

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

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Columbia
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[Thorsport Spring Fling]

Thorsport Spring Fling

Thorsport Farm in Mur-
freesboro, Tennessee hosted
the first event of the season on
Saturday, May 30th. 20 classes
were offered for both perfor-
mance and flat shod Tennessee
Walking Horses. Jeanette Bau-
com of Monroe, North Caro-
lina served as the judge for the
event. Barr Studios served as
the official photographers at
the show. A large crowd was
on hand to cheer on the win-
ners.

I’m The Alamo and John
Allan Callaway claimed the
top honors in the Walking
Stake class on their debut
performance for new owners Barbara Corbett and
Lynn Hickok of Ridgemont Farm. Sisko Kid and Clay
Sanderson claimed the reserve title for Holcomb and
Masters.
Congratulations to all the winners.

GByenFeorlastoemd
and Daniel Schmidt

Thorsport Spring Fling

Youth 17 and Under Champion

Owned by
Larry & Elsie West
Fayetteville, TN
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What a way to start the season!
Thanks to Dickie and team!

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Wanda Goodson
Dawsonville, Georgia Amateur Show Pleasure Champion

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ThorSport Spring Fling
Amateur Four-Year-Old Champion

Owned by
Ann Marie Couch
Franklin, Tennessee

Poison
Plants

Every horse owner should be aware of the dangers of natural poisons,
plants that can be found growing in pastures, along fence lines, and even your front and back lawn.

By Bonnie Davis

Afew months back a friend called to tell me selves working to, as they jokingly put it, “support
of the death of their beloved mare. It was a a horse and a half.” When they weren’t working
tragic death! And totally unnecessary for as Mae said, at their regular 40-hour a week occupations, they
“If we had only known, we would have torn up all of could be found somewhere on the ten acres paint-
them!” ing the wooden fence rails, mending the barn roof,
Mae and her husband, Bill, had purchased the building a small training arena or just standing at
mare with the idea of starting a small scale breeding the fence watching their mare that was soon to be
operation a little over two years ago. The ten acres the foundation of “our breeding program” and plan-
they owned wouldn’t handle many horses, but they ning all kinds of hopes and dreams for their future,
had always been ‘horsey’ and they decided to give it a the mare and the unborn foal in its sixth month of
try. development.
The purchase of the mare was really more than
Bill and Mae could afford. And along with the stud fee But when driving up the driveway from work
paid for their “first addition,” they both found them- one evening and seeing the mare down in the
pasture, they instantly knew something was wrong!
Mae rushed into the house to call the vet while Bill
went to the mare. As Mae came out of the house,
Bill returned and simply stated, “She’s dead.”

Within 30 minutes the vet arrived. He examined
the mare and could find no visual means of death.
No marks as if attacked by animals. No cuts or slashes
as if she had somehow gotten tangled up in something
and bled to death. So with Bill and Mae’s permission,
he had the carcass removed to his clinic where he
performed an autopsy. Two days later when the vet
called to report his finding, both Mae and Bill charged
out of the house with a vengeance and began tearing,
ripping, digging and uprooting the neatly pruned and
flowering white and pink oleander bushes along the
driveway and fence line.

According to the vet, the mare had died of plant
poisoning – specifically, oleander poisoning, plants
which Bill and Mae never knew were poisonous to
horses. Since they kept the plants heavily watered, the

grass naturally grew thick and lush around their roots. to grow – pull it up and kill it before it becomes full
It was not uncommon to see the mare with head and grown, well rooted and possibly goes to seed.
neck stretching through the fence nibbling at the
lush green blades under the shade of the oleander Likewise, fields that are to be sued for baled feeds
branches. Along with each mouthful of grass, a few should be kept poison plant free. Such plants can un-
oleander leaves or trimmings were neatly ground up, knowingly be cut with ‘good’ feed and eaten either in
swallowed and the toxic level of poison in the mare’s baled hay, cubes, silage or even in pellets.
system began to accumulate – with eventual death!
And lastly, make sure that when landscaping
During the hot summer months when pasture around a barn or pasture you are not landscaping
grass is dry and brown, we heavily water both the poison. For example, did you know that the fragrant
front and back lawns around our house to keep them flowering shrub which we enjoy the smell of – jas-
green and lush. We let the grass grow long and then mine – is death to horses? So are larkspur, buttercup,
mow it with a push over. Since we don’t use any bluebonnet and creeping ivy which is so popular on
commercial or chemical fertilizers on the lawns, we fence rails and posts. In fact, even oak trees are toxic,
feel safe taking the cut grass up to the barn where it is if again, eaten in large enough quantities. So select
divided up among the horses. landscaping plants carefully that are not only easy to
care for but non-toxic. (Your county agent and even
However, as of last summer, our horses no longer your vet can help you in selecting non-toxic plants
enjoy the grass from the front lawn. Our neighbor suitable for your particular area).
planted lily of the valley along the property line. Large
clusters of bright purple and white flowers liven up All of the following plants are known to be toxic
the front lawns. But lily of the valley is another poi- to horses – with certain death which can in some cas-
sonous plant to horses. Its leaves, flower petals and es be slow and agonizing such as with groundsel and
stems can be toxic to a horse. fiddleneck which damages the liver and can develop
high levels of nitrate which causes respiratory failure.
There’s no doubt that a horse must eat a lot of a In the case of some plants, it may take consumption
particular poison plant to harm himself so therefore of a bale or more before the horses becomes ill. For
the critical point with any toxic plant is “if eaten in others, only a few ounces would be lethal. To be on
large enough quantities.” But what are large enough the safe side, avoid them all. And if you must have
quantities? One horse may consume a gallon of a them around – make doubly sure there’s other grasses
toxic plant mixed with pasture grass with no ill af- provided in sufficient quantities to curb a horse’s hun-
fects. Another may drop dead after a few mouthfuls. ger pangs without forcing him to look for something
A foal will naturally reach a toxic level faster than a toxic.
full grown horse and the same holds true for a pony.
So the easiest way to answer the question, “What is a
toxic level?” is to eliminate poisonous plants.

Normally, a horse in its normal grazing pattern
will avoid eating toxic plants such as oak leaves or
ragweed because most of them do not taste good.
He won’t seek these plants unless there’s nothing else
to eat in the pasture. So, one way to eliminate plant
poisoning is to check the pastures to make sure all
poisonous plants in the area are physically removed,
uprooted and killed. The second way is to make sure
pastures are maintained so there is always ample grass
to graze. This can be done by rotating pasture use so
one pasture will not become grazed down so low as
to kill the grass, watering pastures to encourage grass
growth in the dry months, and planting additional
grass seeds or grass varieties to ensure an all-year
growth. And once you spot a toxic plant beginning

Poisonous Plants Fitweed Pennycress
Arrowgrass Flax Privet Hedge
Bladder Pod Purple Sesband
Bluebonnet Goatweed Poison Hemlock
Broomcorn Groundsel
Burr Clover Golden Cordalis Pigweed
Grimsel Plum Treet
Black Henbane Ground Ivy Ragweed
Black Locust Horse Nettle Rabbir Bush
Blue-green Algae Horsetail Rattlebox
Ivy Bush Rayless Goldenrod
Boxwood Indian Hemp
Bracken Fern Jerusalem Cherry Ragwort
Johnson Grass Rough Pea
Buckeye Russian Knapweed
Buttercups Jasmine St. Johnswort
Creeping Ivy Jimson Weed Sneezeweed
Coffeebean
Cherry Laurel Johnswort Sesbane
Cockleburr Knapweed Staggergrass
Caster Bean Knotweed
Chesseweed Klamath Weed Senecio
Choke Cherry Larkspur Sour Dock
Corn Cockle Locoweed Sorghum
Climbing Bittersweet Lambkill
Crotalaris Schrock
Coyote Tobacco Laurel Star of Bethlehem
Curly Dock Lupines
Death Cammas Laurel Cherry Star Thistle
Desert Tobacco Lantana Stink Grass
Lily of the Valley Tipton Weed
Ergot Mallow
Fanwood Milkweed Tansy
Fiddlenect (also known as Yellow Nightshade Taweed
Tarwood, Yellow Burweek, Yellow Tree Tobacco
Burnweed, Yellow Forget-Me-Not Oaks Vetch
and Fingerweed) Oleanders Water Hemlock
Old Man in the Spring Wild Cherries

Yew

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Belfast

Park Performance
Riders’ Cup Champion

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Slingblade
with Debbie Marbry
Columbia Spring Jubilee
Country Pleasure Champion
Unanimously

Shelbyville, Tennessee

Irony
and R. M. Kellett

Belfast

Two-Year-Old
Mare & Gelding Riders’ Cup Champion

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[Columbia Spring Jubilee]

Columbia Spring Jubilee

The 69th Annual Columbia
Spring Jubilee was postponed
due to the Covid-19 pandemic
from its original date to June
4-6, 2020. With lots of precau-
tions, the outside venue and
warm temperatures everyone
was ready for a horseshow. Fi-
nal entry tally was 495, which
was up from 2019. It was not
just up, it was top quality hors-
es. The judges for the show
were Rollie Beard, Ross

Campbell and Robert Cortner. They had the
hard task of tying the 58 classes.

The TWHBEA youth group (TWHYA)
had a booth this year, trying to increase
membership and let all youth know of the
programs that are offered. Great job!

Tyler Baucom and Minor Ordeal made
the championship performance to capture the
Columbia Spring Jubilee Grand Champion
honors for owners Riddley and Dean. Fin-
ishing reserve were Gin’s Shadow and Jimmy
McConnell for owner Mike Floyd. Finishing
out the top three was He’s Unleashed and
Clay Sanderson.

Congratulations to all winners and to the
Maury County Horsemans Association on a
great show.

Mr. Deeds

and Kate Cowan

Columbia Spring Jubilee
TWHBEA Youth Medallion Pleasure Champion

Owned by
The Cowan Family

Yeti
and Jake Jacobs

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Amateur Five-Year-Old
Mares & Geldings Champion

Owned by Trained by Scrivner Stables
The Jacobs Family 7151 Manchester Pike
Murfreesboro, TN Murfreesboro, TN
Dickie 931-580-6075

and Ally Jo Jacobs

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Lead Line Champion

Trained by
James “Beetle” Bailey
Instructed by Kim Bailey

Lynchburg, TN

I Am Angelique

and Casey Wright

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Four-Year-Old Mares & Geldings Champion

Owned by
Billy and Debbie Woods
Lexington, Tennessee

Jose’s
Cold Hard Facts

and Casey Wright

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Three-Year-Old Stallions Reserve Champion

[Columbia Spring Jubilee]

WC & RWC

WARBIRD

and Ryan Blackburn

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Young Trainers 35 & Under Riders’ Cup Champion

Owned by
Ginger Williams
Reidsville, NC

Lady Elle
and Kelly Manis
Columbia Spring Jubilee
Reserve Amateur Mares and Geldings Champion

Owned by
the Manis Family

GI Gen
and Kaitlyn Peeler

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Youth Pony Champion

Headliner Ava
At The Simons
Ritz
with equine parter
and Debbie Simons She’s Designed To Push

WHOA Thorsport WHOA Thorsport
Spring Fling Spring Fling

Adult Academy Academy
Champion 11 & Under
Champion
©Barr Studios
Owned by Wayne & Debbie Simons
Shelbyville, Tennessee

I’m Thunderstruck NDR
and David Mast

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Trail Pleasure Five & Under Riders’ Cup Champion

Unanimous Shod by Red Umberger & Co.

[Columbia Spring Jubilee]

WGC & WCVon
Miller

with Robert Deutsch
Columbia Spring Jubliee

Amateur Walking Stallions Champion

Debuting in the season opener with a touchdown!
Your continued support would be greatly appreciated.

Owned by Anne & Robert Deutsch
Greensboro, NC

WC

and Tanner Johnson

WHOA Thorsport Spring Fling Proudly Owned by
Youth Trail Pleasure Champion Tanner & Tucker Johnson

Shelbyville, TN

2xWC and
Tucker Johnson
Shod by Red Umberger & Co.
Columbia Spring Jubilee
Youth All Day Pleasure Champion

WHOA Thorsport Spring Fling
Youth All Day Pleasure Champion

WHOA Thorsport Spring Fling
Youth Pleasure 17 & Under Champion

Back ©Shane Shiflet
In The
Saddle Columbia
Again Spring Jubilee

and Robert Nelms Model
Champion
©Shane Shiflet Unanimously!

Owned by Lisa Teel • Fayetteville, TN 3 Years, Undefeated!

Celebration 2020 Model
Stallions Contender

2xWC, RWGC & WGC

As I Am
and Jason Myatt

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Amateur Four-Year-Old Stallions Champion

Owned by “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son,
Jerry and Jason Myatt that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish,
Alvaton, Kentucky but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

Bronx
Bomber

and Dalia Smith-Harr

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Amateur Owned
And Trained
Champion

Trained by
Buzzard View Stables

Our
Panama

Redd

and Dalia Smith-Harr

Amateur
Four-Year-Old

Stallion
Contenders

Owned by
Smith and Harr

Dixie Houdini

and Bo Adams

Columbia Spring Jubilee
Park Performance Amateur 5 & Under Champion

Owned by Summersville, WV
Harley McClung
Craigsville, WV

D2xaRWCngerous Title

and Addie Harris

Columbia Spring Jubilee

Show Pleasure Youth Champion

Owned by
Addie Harris & Salt Lick Farms
Shelbyville, TN and Salt Lick, KY