- smitty wrote:
- Answer: That's an action shot of Miss Sundown R., owned by Razor's father. World Champion Aged Mare is 1967.
She looked like a nice one Razor!
A short treatise on how geography and politics affected the Walking Horse in North Carolina in the 60's
In the late 50's and early 60'the walking horse became the most popular show horse in N.C. However, in
the South at that time few interstate highways had been built. Because of the Applacian mountain chain,
it was a 2 day trip on winding roads through every little town from most parts of N.C. to middle Tennessee.
Therefore, most warking horse enthusiasts in N.C. showed their horses in N.C. only. There were a lot of big Walking
horse shows: Raleigh,Winston Salem, Lincolnton, Hickory, Blowing Rock come to mind. Many trainers moved to
N.C. As I have discussed before on this web site.There were 10 to 15 known trainers in N.C. during this period.
It was probably 2nd only to Tennesssee.
In 1961 Miss Sundown R was foaled at the Renfrow Farm in Fayetteville,N.C. She was out of a mare Dr. Renfrow
purchased from Rex Watts. (Stepp's Black Mariah) and by a stud that was shown sucessfully for many years by
Joe Bales Sr.(Sundown S). She was probably one of the first WGC's to be bred and foaled in N.C.
I started her as a yearling and she immediately showed much promise. In the winter of 1963 we moved her to
Charlie Bobo who was at the Joe Bales Stables in Thomasville,N.C. Bobo showed her several times that season
at the N.C. shows and was undefeated.
That year at the Celebration was when we first learned of the value of showing your horse at the middle Tennessee
shows for notoriety. Miss Sundown made a great show but tied ninth. We were very disapointed. Most of the horses
tied were middle Tennessee trained.
In '64 Bobo showed her again in the 3 year old division in N.C. and was undefeated. But, just before the Celebration
Bobo announced that he was going to be a Celebration judge and it was too late to move Miss Sundown to another trainer.
Needless, to say we were very disappointed. Our disappointment only hightened when She beat the 3 year old Celebration
Champion at the Montgomery Southern Championship show. We felt she was cheated out of a Celebration Blue ribbon.
As a four and five year old I showed her in several N.C. shows and won several Amateur Championships.
In the winter of 1966 Bobo moved to GLL Farms in Collierville , Tennessee. We decided that if we were ever going to win
at the Celebration we had to be in Tennessee. In the spring of "67 she went to Bobo's . The last time I showed her we won
the Amateur Stake at the Pin Oak show in Houston, Texas. Then the decision was made to try and win the Celebration Mare
Championship. Bobo showed her several times and won each time in west Tennessee shows. Germantown, Union City, etc.
She also won in Oklahoma City.
At the '67 Celebration Miss Sundown finally caught a break. Rex Watts was one of the judges and she won the WGC
mare class.
Home 
I beleive the rider was Danny Crawford.
............this World Champion Aged Mare was owned by the father of one of our WHT Members....
