Trivia Archive 5

Sadlbum,

Great articles. I especially enjoyed the one on Midnight Mack K. I used to have an ole Mack K horse years ago. Learned a lot of stuff I didn't know, but didn't have anything to add at the time. Keep in mind that many folks read the good stuff you post. I've learned over the past two years that the board can't keep going full steam ALL the time..........you just have to keep plugging away and take it as it comes. Sometimes we get busy or our fingers get lazy. Keep up the good work!

It mentions in the Mack K article that he had great grit and determination and didn't know the meaning of the word "Quit". My old juvenile horse from years ago was by Mack K's Drummer Boy who was a son of Mack K. He looked a lot like him and definitely didn't have any quit in him whatsoever.

All the Mack K horses I ever worked around had plenty of guts and stamina.When I was a young'un I worked with Don Galloway and we had a mare named Kay's Mack K.She was a hell of a mare and won a ton of ribbons but boy was she ill.Talk about mare temperment.LOL

Sadlbum
Myself I have been working in my yard for the past month and my Grandaughter was down visting from Murfreesboro for a few days and my Butt is whipped, my work and this yard has teamed up on me and they are winning, But next week i'm going to Fire both of-em and get back to our Trivia site

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McDonald Chief, I believe, was bred just outside of Lexington, Ky just off Paris Pike in the community of Muir. He was the ASB sire of Giovanni, who was bred in Woodford County where I live. I have tried to find out exactly where he originated here, but haven't had any success.

Where in the world is Culleoka, Tennessee???

Smitty,
I bleeve Giovanni was by Dandy Jim & out of Francesca. Culleoka Tennycee is in Maury (murry) county. Between Lewisburg & Columbia, on the old hwy & on the RR. Its one of those little towns like Kelso, Flintville, Gassaway & NorMandy that the automobile made a ghost town.

You are right, Sadlbum. McDonald Chief was Giovanni's grandsire.

Culleoka used to have a great steak house, Sarg's, think maybe it's still there...haven't been in years. But it's about the only thing in town.

Froglegs, steaks & liquor!

The Chinese Buffet (Chef Wang's) in Murfreesboro had frog legs yesterday. Nasty looking things!!!

LOVE THEM!

I believe Midnight Sun traces back to Brown Hal on his dam's side.

Frog legs ain't easy to come by if you gotta go out and gig them and clean them yoself.

MIB...That's correct

BD...Frog legs were a delacasy where I came from, although I never cared for 'em. My grandpa and brothers did alot of frog gigging. Sometimes, I believe my brothers spent more time drinking cold ones instead of gigging. No telling how many legs, my mother and grandma fried over the years.

Do they really JUMP in the Frying Pan

Yep...

My daughters love frog legs....I know I did not give birth to them....they must have been switched in the hospital!

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S B, Thanks for these post. I remember Bill Sledge when he was down here working for Guy Whitner but I didn't remember him working for Larry Cooper and Jimmy Gray. Triple Threat had a long and interesting career.

Man n blak,
I didn't know there were 2 Jimmy Grays in the horse business.

SB,

I really enjoyed the articles on Mack K, Pride of Panola & Triple Threat, three of my all-time favorites. It sounds like you were a little grumpy a few days ago. Hope your mood has improved since then.

I talked with Bill Sledge's sister, Alice Givens, yesterday. She said both she & Harold Dean had suffered broken bones this winter & still were recuperating.

Deltaboy,
Hope you had a good trip & have a good vacation. I don't want to keep posting things, if they're not read. Just because hits add up, that doesn't mean that they're read & appreciated. The only way, I'll know to carry on, is by comments created by the pictures. We are down to 3 calenders, so we need to meet for lunch sometime, so I can return them to You. Call & let me know after you get back. Have you seen the Vida Blue video? Tell me later what you think if you want to.

Just heard of the passing of Mr. Fred Swan of Al. A great person in the Horse Business, Good friend, My heart goes out to Linda and Mike and the entire family, Mr Fred will be missed by all that knew him

I am a big fan of Ebony Masterpiece and his 5 WGC sons. So im trying to do some research on them if anybody has anything to say these 6 horse's id love to hear it. i'd like to know what stud farms they were at, Plus im trying to find out where they are all burried i know where Ebony and Another or laid to rest but i dont know about the rest ?

Ebony's Senator was owned by Gamble Farms at the time he died, he may be buried there. Bold Courier was/is owned by Mike Thomas, and I think he was maybe in East Tennessee. I know True Grit was standing at Vic Thompson's place at one time, I don't know if he died there.