Kentucky, Ohio & Indiana Memories

Smitty...Glad you enjoyed these. Second picture down is Midnight Little Foot following his 2 Year Old Championship Ky Celebration win. In the picture are Mike House, ________, me, Bobby Burton, Gilbert and Evelyn Miller.

The next picture down is Lightfoot's Little Lady winning the Weanling Championship at the Ky Celebration, with her regular handler Hugh Johnson standing behind me.

The next of course is Pride's Mr. Perfect following our Ladies Gelding World Championship with Billy Dean and Dad.

And the last one includes three of my favorite gentlemen of all time, B.C. Cotton, Jumbo Boyd, and Lightfoot on the day we purchased the stallion. Old Foot produced alot of nice horses for us that went on to win in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Gosh I didn't recognize Hugh. I'll update the names.

Jumbo Boyd


Jumbo & Delight's Midnight


Jum & Star's Dark Shadow


Jum & Midnight Lightfoot


Jumbo winning the Junior Championship at the Lexington horse show


Jumbo receiving the award on Midnight Lightfoot

Ole Jum was a Good'un ! I sure had a good time back in the day when I was up there with Marvin .Some of the best times I had growin up !

I remember Jumbo, too. The photos are a great reminder. Thanks!

Buddy Dick with son Bradley & Mark's Miss Senator

The Pusher, Sherri Dietz & Ebony's Go Go Girl

Champion Walking Pony Riders from Kentucky

Holly Liddell /The Dancing Duke /Louisville


Diane & Pam Wood /Mud Slide Slim /Russellville


Brenda Gaston /Ebony's King George/Scottsville


David Kinser /Ebony's King George/Eubank
(no photo)

Master Plan/EmilyMelvin/Paintsville


Courtney Griffith/Pride's Grand Finale/Paris



Other Walking Ponies with Ky riders down through the years were:

Delight's Sandman & Donald Stamper, Irvine (also ridden much later by Kevin Bailey)
Get Up Go Boy & Barbara Coffee, Grayson (?)
Delight's Imperial & Debbie Wells, Carrollton
Secret Lady G. & Holly Liddell, Louisville
Black Satin & Vicki Hensley, Lexington
Shadow's Co-Pilot & James Farris, Besty Farris, Winchester
??? & Jennifer Johnson, Georgetown
Midnight Bombadier & Julie Lennox, Independence
Shadow's Sun Lady and Ebony's Hobo Joe, Herbert Derickson, Stanton
Ebony's Tinkerbell & Robert Strain, Bowling Green
Big Shot's Half Shot & Brenda Hayes
Shadow's Stroller & Lee Saufley, Stanford
Mr. Spook & Tammy May, Richmond
Ebony's Belle & Spencer Benedict, Glasgow (former WG pony & two-year-old mare)
Shadow's Mr. Magic & Dee Dee Miller, Richmond (Reserve WC???)
Go Boy's Contender & Barry Lykins, West Liberty (may be a WC???) (also ridden by Shaun Dalton of Moon Ky)
Happy Hollow Curious & Earlita Bowles, London (this pony would go on to become a WC 15.2 horse ?)
Go Boy's Mighty Mouse & Beth Fraley, Berea
Ebony's War Eagle & Jennifer Bingham, Burlington
Another Commander & Robin Wilson, Rockfield

* I feel certain this list is still incomplete. Perhaps more updates later

Note: just updated previous Ky Walking Pony Rider post.
Added a photo of Ebony's King George & Brenda Gaston.

In Memory of Jim Lynn



King Giovanni & Jim

The Sound & Fury & Mr. Ralph Lovett from Union, Ky.

Old Sound of Fury had a lot of walk about him!!!!!!!!!

Yessir........he won a ton of blue ribbons in his long career. Bud Seaton & Donald Paschal in Tennessee and with David Welsh in Ky. Mr. Lovett trained him himself later on. I don't think I ever saw him get anything less than a red ribbon.

Donald showed SOF in the stake classes down in our area around 72-74 timeframe. Won a lot of blues. Old Fury had a very long back but it did not hurt his walking!!!!!!!! I beleive Donald won the Southern Championship on SOF IN 72 OR 73.

High Chaparral wrote:

Donald showed SOF in the stake classes down in our area around 72-74 timeframe. Won a lot of blues. Old Fury had a very long back but it did not hurt his walking!!!!!!!! I beleive Donald won the Southern Championship on SOF IN 72 OR 73.

Over the years, I have known quite a few horses with REALLY long backs that could walk off of their butts. I had an old Sundust gelding (the one in my icon) and his back was so long that we had my coats made longer than fashion dictated back in the day to disguise this. But ole Sam could still STICK IT!

Miss Rhythm was another long backed hussy that could walk. So was the Ebony's Red Flirt mare that I used to show.

Yep you right - I guess you and I kind of like them LOOOOOOOONG ones sometimes.

Rememer the mare What a Delight? It did not hurt her walking either. Man, she was a big mare!!!!!!

I was reading above the topic forums and it said Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horses. I judged the Prestonburg, Ky walking Horse show about 10 years ago and they had 5 classes of these horses. I had to judge them also. Their association had three guys there that sat in the center ring and observed how I judged them. To be honest, I had never seen one before that night. Well the first class of them had 41 enteries. It was so dusty I barley could see to judge them. I judged them to the best of my ability and after the show they said I done a fine Job. Those were some fine little hosses!!!!!!!!

Chap, I have a license with the United Mountain Horse Association and judge quite a few shows for them. They do have some fine hosses and also some really good folks in that organization. A good many former walking horse people are now in that breed and there is a heavy walking horse influence in the hosses. Up until a few years ago you could breed a walking hoss mare to a mountain hoss stud and register the foal as a mountain hoss.

Does anyone know if Mark of Delight that Bill Bailey showed in the late 70'S ,was he the same horse that Elmo Brock worked in the early 70'S?

smitty wrote:

Boss,

I really don't know, but I am doubting he was raised or trained there, although it is possible he may have spent some time there in his later years. (could be a "rural myth"?) It seems to me that Mud Slide had previous owners from Alabama (Martin) before the Woods from Russellville bought him. I only remember Mud being trained by Sam Caldwell & Billy & Tim Gray in Tennessee, although there may have been others. Maybe someone else will know more.................???

I had a fellow who worked for me at Franklin, Tn that said he broke Mud Slide Slim. His name was Rick Ryan. He worked for Herman Dot Warren at the time. He said that he was a handful to break!!!

Dot did have Mud Slide Slim for a short while before Dot's health deterioriated to the point he had to quit training. He was an awfully cute pony and that day I rode him in the hallway of the barn with just a halter and lead shank. Lots of fun!

But, no, to answer your question, Dot did not start Mud. I believe Brian and Anita Martin from Alabama were his either first or early owners, and the first time I remember seeing Mud Anita was showing him.

The Woods owned him sometime after that, and I remember showing against Mud and the girls in the late 70's.

dds