March/April 2014

March/April 2014
Volume VIII, Issue 2
Published by the TWH Heritage Society
Inside:
Cover design by Jennifer Klitzke | www.naturallygaited.com
How We Met Jack
Virtues of Walking Horse Mares
TWH Heritage Society at the
Sound Horse Conference
Down on the Farm
Rascal
T W H H e r i t a g e S o c i e t y. c o m
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Red Bud Allen as a two year old winning the
blue with trainer, Zollie Derryberry
DAUGHTERS OF RED BUD’S RASCAL
CLARK’S RED ALLEN
Intro by Franne Brandon, Petersburg,
Tennessee
Leon Oliver with Red Bud’s Rascal, pictured
at 25 years of age
Poster advertising Red Allen at stud
Not many breeders involved with Tennessee
Walking Horses today can point to a family
history within the breed that has maintained the
same bloodlines for almost a hundred years. Yet
the Olivers of Lewisburg and Cornersville can
do exactly that. In 1923, R.H. Clark, a farmer
who raised the area’s popular native plantation
saddle horses, bought a two year old stallion
sired by Major Allen and out of a daughter of
James Brantley’s Roan Allen stallion. In 1926,
he put up posters advertising this young sorrel
stallion at stud. He continued to advertise and
promote this sorrel stallion until, in 1937, he
registered the red horse as Clark’s Red Allen
with the new breed registry for Tennessee
Walking Horses. Today, the descendants of
Clark’s Red Allen, through his son Red Bud
Allen, and his grandson, Red Bud’s Rascal, offer
the only unbroken line back to Roan Allen F-38
through his son Mitch F-5, one of the great mare
Merry Legs F-4 ‘s stallion sons. In the distaff
lines, great-granddaughters of this old stallion,
sired by Red Bud’s Rascal, continue his line
throughout the United States, Canada, and in
Belgium as well.
We present the daughters of Red Bud’s
Rascal:
OSTELLA REESE’S RED ROSE
Leon Oliver bred Red Bud’s Rascal, a son of his
uncle’s old stallion Red Bud Allen. Leon owned
this stallion for the entire thirty years of the
horse’s life. During his elderly years, Old Bud
shared a paddock with a mare that had been bred
and raised by the legendary Jake Reese of
Lincoln County. The old mare was named
Mayflower’s Lady. She provided equine
companionship for Old Bud and also managed to
produce two daughters in her later years. Both of
these fillies inherited her sabino pattern and their
sire’s sorrel coat. The younger of the two fillies
was registered as Ostella Reese’s Red Rose
964600. She was started under saddle as a young
mare, and saw extensive experience on the
Tennessee trails before she produced her first
foal.
In 2000, Red Rose had a sorrel colt by Buds
Sterling Bullet which was registered as Ostella’s
Remake Bud. The following spring, she repeated
her performance with another red colt by Bullet
registered as Ostella’s Long Shot Bullet. In
2002, she had her first filly, a bay by the black
stallion Sonic Boom Sensation which was given
the official name of Ostella’s Brookie Allen. A
full brother, also bay, named Ostella Brook’s
Jake, followed the next spring. In 2004, Red
Rose had her second filly, a sorrel sabino sired
by Grant’s Mark of Allen, a Red Bud’s Rascal
son. Ostella’s Rascal Mary was to be her only
foal by Mark. The following year, she had
another filly, a sorrel sabino registered as Ostella
Prize Penny, sired by the bay Red Bud’s
Rambling Slim. A full brother, also a bay,
followed in 2006. After Ostella’s Walking Tod,
Red Rose had another Bullet colt, Ostella’s
Archer, her first gray by Bullet. In 2009, she
produced a sorrel Bullet filly named Ostella’s
Rosie Allen. In 2010, the third Bullet baby in a
row was another gray colt named Ostella Bullet’s
Grey Lad in honor of its Jake Reese blood. The
year 2011 saw the arrival of Ostella Rose Lee, a
colorful sorrel sabino filly by Society’s Lee
Allen. After a year off in 2012, the past spring
found the mare raising a striking red sabino filly
also carrying the grey gene by Buds Sterling
Bullet.
Ostella Reese’s Red Rose has proven her ability
as a riding horse and as a mother of outstanding
foals by several different stallions. She has
upheld her legacy from Clark’s Red Allen and
the Bramlett horses as only a fine Tennessee
Walking mare can do.
TANASI GOLD
Franne and “Misti” out for a ride
The old stallion Rip 650850 was a head nodding,
deep striding, timed up walking horse foaled at
the wrong point in history. He arrived too late for
the grand shows of the thirties and forties, and
too early for the renewed interest in pleasure
horses in the eighties. He never had a large court
of mares, but he did leave two daughters who
would join the ranks of Heritage Mares and
continue his legacy into the future.
The younger of the two Rip mares was named
Gold Before the Storm due to her arrival before a
storm hit on a sultry summer night. Stormy
visited the court of Red Bud’s Rascal six times,
foaling three colts and three fillies. The oldest
filly, Moonlit Laughter, was sold to a nice
Canadian couple at age three. The second filly,
three years younger, broke out into a real using
trail mare, totally fearless, surefooted in the
woods and on hills, and a lover of match races
extraordinaire. The third filly was the one we
looked for every time the mare gave signs of
imminent delivery. In fact, she was named ten
years before she was foaled, but it took that long
before the trend of stud colts and red coats
finally broke with the arrival of a golden filly on
a misty morning in late May. Tanasi Gold was
finally on the ground, albeit muddy ground,
given the anglicized spelling of the Cherokee
word for “Tennessee” as her first name and the
barn name of Misti due to the morning of her
arrival.
Misti was started under saddle as a three year
old. She had only sixty days with a trainer, since
my idea of the way a flatshod walking mare
should move and the trainer’s did not match. I
was not happy with the idea of working a young
and green mare, but she took to the gait work
very quickly. I wanted to show her that summer,
but with my husband working a weekend shift,
that was not to be.
In 2001, Misti went to the court of Chance’s
Goldmine M.F., a cremello stallion that I had
noted at his dam’s side when he was small. The
following spring, we had two mares due fairly
close in date, so Misti spent her nights in the
round pen. I was surprised to walk out there one
morning and see a pale creamy filly in the pen
with the palomino mare, with totally fearless sky
blue eyes checking me out to decide if I went
with the voice she’d heard for weeks. I had to
call the stallion owner, McAllen Finley, to be
sure that we were looking at a cremello filly, as
we had never seen one before and had never
expected to get one.
Unfortunately, Tanasi Topaz Goldmine was the
only foal that Misti would successfully carry to
term. It falls to her cousin, also a Rip
granddaughter, to carry on that line. Misti has
been a trail mare and a country pleasure show
mare, her favorite ribbon colors being her
personal ones of yellow and white. In March, she
represented the Heritage Society in the program
of the Sound Horse Conference.
WALK THE EDGE OF GOOD-BYE
Kristi Griffin and son, Luke, enjoy his first
horse ride ever on Redbird
Pinefolly Farm raised two daughters of Red
Bud’s Rascal in 1997. Tanasi Gold arrived in
late May. The following month, after the old
stallion’s death at the age of thirty, our sabino
kids’ mare, Eb’s Dixie Delight, presented us
with her second foal by Old Bud. This one was a
pretty chestnut filly with minimal markings and
the sweetest personality of any foal we had
raised in years. We gave her the barn name of
Trixie, to rhyme with her mother’s name Dixie.
When it was time for a registered name, I chose
lyrics from a country song about partings that
was popular at the time. Today, I do not even
recall the name of the artist, but the mare is
forever tagged as Walk the Edge of Good-bye.
We really had no desire to sell our sweet Trixie
filly. But some nice folks from Texas, Will and
Nancy Broyles, came horse shopping in
Tennessee, and they wanted a Red Bud’s Rascal
daughter. They made an offer on Trixie, and she
went to Texas. It was Nancy who gave her a new
barn name, Redbird, the one that she carries to
this day.
Walk the Edge of Good-bye lived in Texas for
three and a half years. In the spring of 2001, her
owners sent her, another filly, and a colt to
Tennessee for training. In July of that year, they
offered the mare to Leon Oliver, who took the
opportunity to keep her in Tennessee as his
personal trail mare. Redbird was a real people
mare, coming when called, easy to work with, no
loading issues. Leon took her on a lot of rides,
but he also bred her to his stallion Buds Sterling
Bullet. In 2003, she had a chestnut colt by Bullet
which was named Ostella’s Sterling Ike. In
2004, she returned to the trails, after being bred
once more to Bullet. In the fall of that same year,
however, Leon Oliver received an offer he could
not refuse for the mare, so she foaled her 2005
gray filly at Rise and Shine Walkers in
Bloomington, Indiana. Rise and Shine raised one
more foal out of her, a palomino filly, before she
was sold in March of 2010 to Mike Davis of
Wassau, Minnesota. In Mike Davis Redbird had
an owner who appreciated her gentle nature and
total dependability. He kept her for three years,
at which point he had managed to acquire more
horses than he needed. He offered her back to
me, and he didn’t have to ask twice. Redbird /
Trixie has come home to be the grandchildren’s
“Big. Horse” and to give me a trail companion
for my twilight years.
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OSTELLA’S DELLA ROSEBUD
Leon feels a breeder should know the mare lines
within his/her herd. In Della, there is a calm,
sensible, smooth gaited mare whose trail
manners were excellent, whose maternal
instincts have been the best and who has
produced sensible and easy riding horses. Della's
sire was Red Bud's Rascal who carried the
Clark/Oliver family bloodlines of Clark's Red
Allen and Red Bud Allen.
Della will be 20 years old this year and will be
retiring from being a brood mare in 2014. She is
currently bred to Society's Duke Allen for a later
summer foaling.
“Della” with her foal
I remember seeing Della years ago in Leon's
rented pasture back in Bradford "holler" and
thinking she and her sister were my kind of
mares. Every once in a while I'd ask Leon if he
wanted to part with those girls and the answer
was always no. In 2008 Leon said he was willing
to part with one of the mares and priced Della to
me. The morning my friend Joan Hendricks and
I were leaving Tennessee to head back to
Wisconsin, we were to meet Leon at 8 AM to
pick up Della. We pulled into Leon's farm and he
and his brother, Porter, and Bob Long were
waiting and they looked like they'd been waiting
a while even though we were early arriving.
Leon's brother told me he didn't know how I
managed to finagle that mare away from Leon
and he didn't seem real happy I was taking her.
Leon told me she was a good mare and he
always felt safe riding her, she always took care
of him on the trails.
What I didn't realized until Franne Brandon told
me was Ostella's Della Rosebud carries the Gray
John line. This line of horses was never popular
with the padded show world so is fairly rare now
days and finding horses with Gray John in 2014
isn't easy. Della was sired by Red Bud's Rascal
and out of Mayflower's Lady, one of the mares
bred by the late Jake Reese, a respected black
breeder from Lincoln County, Tennessee. Mr.
Reese preserved the Bramlett bloodlines within
his herd and incorporated them with the
Midnight Sun and Merry Boy lines who were
popular at that time.
RED BUD’S LAST LADY
Sandra van den Hof and “Lilly”
In June 2003, we had the opportunity to import
another horse. There was one problem: the horse
had to be in isolation in Texas within one week.
We already established good relationships with
fellow breeders in the US. One phone call and a
lot of luck was enough to locate a suitable mare
in foal. I had enough confidence in the breeder to
make a decision based on the information
provided over the phone. Leon purchased a
daughter of his deceased stallion earlier that
month. The mare was healthy and in foal but
skinny. In order to preserve the bloodlines of his
Old Bud, Leon acquired the mare. That same day
we purchased a mare not knowing more than her
color, bloodlines, and her being broke to drive.
From behind my pc in Belgium, I arranged an
urgent transport from Tennessee to Texas,
something that couldn't be achieved in the US.
One month later, we went to pick up Lilly at the
airport in Amsterdam. Despite the efforts and
good feed during quarantine, Lilly was still very
skinny. Nothing could show us the beauty hidden
inside this mare. Thanks to balanced food, a
green pasture, and a good training program, Lilly
not only performed well under saddle (it
appeared she was only broke to drive) but also
joined an Endurance ride together with Secret as
the first TWH in Belgium to join. In the months
that followed, Lilly developed into a beautiful
mare with an excellent disposition; grateful,
smart and with a huge willingness to please and
eagerness to learn.
Lilly is a certified Heritage TWH next to her
TWHBEA registry papers. She is also
recognized and certified Kentucky Natural
Gaited Horse and Kentucky Mountain Saddle
Horse. Measuring only 1.48m, Lilly is the
smallest mare of the herd, but once you get on
her, you immediately forget her size. This mare
is powerful and full of stamina.
This mare born in '98 is extremely friendly,
smart and willing to work. She is broke to both
ride and drive. Lilly was imported in 2003 in foal
to Bud's Sterling Bullet. She gave birth to a
healthy grey filly. In order to preserve her old
bloodlines, we were looking for a stallion that
matched her heritage foundation and found him
all the way in Switzerland: Tsuniah's H.B. Lilly
gave birth to a healthy sorrel stud colt on May
18th '05. We named him Ravi (friend). We
rebred her and on June 17th '06, Pleasure's
Strolling Bud was born. We decided to give Lilly
a year off and bred her to Pleasure's Pot o' Gold.
The night after our open house on April 28,
2008, Dean was born. We call him Pleasure's
Walkin Blues. He moved together with his
cousin Nilam to his caretakers in the
Netherlands. Lilly will be bred by Pleasure's
Favorite Oreo in 2009. Oreo is a coming 4 year
old son of Rose who arrived in Europe in foal in
2004. We named him Pleasure's Triple X.
Lilly foundered in the spring of 2013. It was a
rough year for her, and we did everything to
keep her pain minimal. The vet recommended
breeding her and this is what we did. We bred
her to a palomino stallion with Canadian
bloodlines. Meanwhile Lilly recovered from her
laminitis and is due to deliver in June.
This girl is extremely special to me and even
though we acquired her to promote the breed and
sell her, she found her forever home here with
us.
STAR’S GINGER
Ginger and her grandson, Koko, entertaining
Jim’s grandkids
My name is Jim Vandenberg and Ginger was
part of our family for 15 or so years. I purchased
her through a fine Southern gentleman named
Leon Oliver. I am sure if you know anything
about using Walking Horses that you know who
Leon Oliver is. If you don’t know him, I suggest
you make the effort to get to know him. He is a
walking knowledge bank on the Walking Horse
and a very nice person to count as a friend.
Anyway, we bought Ginger when she had been
ridden very little, as I remember. She was a
young three year old, and we brought her back to
our mini ranch in Iowa. She was very soon the
favorite horse of everyone who was around here.
We raised two fillies from her, and she had a
great maternal instinct. Most of the kids got to
see the births or at least the little foal while I
imprinted it. She mothered every young horse,
donkey, or child that was around here. We had
seven grandchildren and lots of visitors who
loved and were mothered by Ginger. One time,
someone was trying to buy Ginger and when my
oldest grandson, James, who is now 24, found
out about it, his exact words were “Papa, you
can’t sell Ginger.” I didn’t want to anyway but
that shut the lid on that deal. He rode her in some
fun shows and always placed high. I rode her in
some cowboy races on trail rides and never got
worse than second in some decent competitions.
She was a horse for us that you could use for
anything, just let her know what you wanted, and
she would do it. I used her to drag deer out of
deep ravines and then out of the woods several
times through the years. Ginger never offered to
kick or bite a human, and she just had a sense to
take care of children.
My granddaughter, Isabel, who is now 11, loved
to ride her. One time Isabel was riding her in our
big barn and fell off of Ginger. I had gone out of
the barn for a few seconds, and here came Isabel
walking toward me. I asked Bell what she was
doing, and she said she fell off. I asked where
Ginger was, and she said she was standing there
waiting for her. Not unusual. Once when Isabel
was trying to get on her and having trouble, I
told her to climb on a chair and put her foot in
the stirrup. She attempted that, but the chair
flipped out behind her and she landed on her
back under Ginger with her head right in front of
the horse’s back left foot. Ginger was startled by
the fall, but stepped over and around Isabel’s
head and never touched her with her hooves.
That day I said a prayer to God for blessing us
with this special animal.
Ginger was not quite perfect, though. One day
when my son was riding another horse with
Isabel on Ginger, he was letting her canter
Ginger and a horse fly got on Ginger’s butt, so
she tried to buck the horse fly off, and threw Isy
up in the air and off. She landed on her hands
and feet and was not hurt, but of course was
scared. The child just did not know to reach
around and kill the fly as I always did. Isy also
did not know that Ginger always let me know
what a horse fly was on her with tension in her
body and her ear movement. She did not have
the hundreds of hours and miles on Ginger that I
had. I had access to near 800 acres of various
terrains to ride on without even having to load
into a trailer. I have always, since I was a kid in
Arkansas, enjoyed alone time with my Walking
Horse, just disappearing. Most days if it was
above 40 degrees and not storming, I rode
several hours, sometimes all day. I feel so
blessed to have had 17 years to have had this
life.
I think I am a fairly tough man – All Conference
linebacker at Southern Arkansas University in
the 50’s, but I had big hot tears rolling down my
face that day I loaded Ginger into Diane’s trailer.
I will always love that horse and hope to see her
again in heaven and maybe even before that, if I
can ever get up to visit Diane at Northern
Foundations in Whitehall, Wisconsin. I want you
to know I am so thankful that Diane has Ginger.
She is the only person I wanted to have Ginger
when age and health problems made it wise to
move to town. I feel like God blessed me with
Diane’s friendship. She is an honest, loving, and
hard working person and second to none. She
deserves Ginger and appreciates her as the kids
and I did. Also thank you to Leon and Mr.
Stewart (who has now passed) for making
Ginger possible for me. I love the whole bunch
of you and praying God’s richest blessings on
you wherever you are as I write.
Diane’s part:
Approximately eight years ago I met Jim and
Ginger when my friend, Nancy, and I trekked to
southern Iowa to pick up a mini donkey that Jim
had. I did not know when embarking on that road
trip that I would meet someone who would
become a friend for life. Jim is a very generous
person, very humble, a genuinely decent man
and you just don’t meet people like that very
often these days. Over the years since purchasing
Cecil from Jim, we stayed in touch and one day
he asked me if his health dictated that the
animals would have to be sold, would I take
Ginger. I said I would and several years later I
had the message from Jim that said it was time.
Sharon Turkovich from Ontario, Canada, and I
made the drive to Keokuk, Iowa and spent some
time at Jim’s and had the opportunity to ride
with him.
I am not a confident rider anymore in my older
age. I’ve had some wrecks over the years both on
horses and off that resulted in permanent back
and neck damage. My balance is not as good as it
should be anymore. When I test rode Ginger
with Jim, we went through his woods, up and
down ravines and hills and Ginger never quit on
me. She did everything I asked her to do and I
felt totally at ease on her. I knew she would be a
horse that would take care of me and I could
depend on. . Over the years in email
communications Jim had often referred to Ginger
as his Queen. I knew she meant a lot to him and I
felt honored he asked me to become her
caretaker. It was a very emotional time loading
Ginger in the trailer to bring her back to
Wisconsin.
Ginger and I have not put on as many trail miles
as I would like to. I still work full time and when
I ride I have to load her and go some place as
there is nowhere to ride where I live. I will be
retiring from work this year and looking forward
to spending some trail time this summer. We
rode several times with some friends from Clark
and Taylor Counties at Lake Wissota State Park
and Wild Rock County Park. I’m hoping to also
ride with Eric & Sheila Franck from Rochester,
MN and Mike Davis from Wabasha, MN this
summer.
Last summer my sister, her husband, and their
son, Anthony visited here. Anthony is my
grandson that they adopted. He is a special needs
child and when they made the trek to Wisconsin
his one wish was to ride a horse while he was
here. We brought out Ginger, tacked her up, and
one by one the three grandkids got to ride her.
What struck me was how cautious she was when
giving those kids a ride and afterward when my
daughter got on her, she knew she could boogey
and move out. It takes a special horse to behave
that way.
Ginger and Anthony
Ginger will be 20 years old this year but Lord
willing, I hope to have her for a lot more years.
We have trails we need to explore!!
MOONLIT LAUGHTER
“Dolly” as she is known, now resides with
Lesa Luchak at Maple Lane Acres in Two
Hills, Alberta
This mare has a remarkable story written by Fran
Kerik and published in the August 2011
Canadian Walking Horse News and reprinted in
Heritage Highlights in September 2011. You can
read her story on our website:
www.twhheritagesociety.com on the Heritage
Highlights page.
RED BUD’S LOVELY LADY
Lovely Lady in Leon’s pasture in 2006
Red Bud's Lovely Lady is owned by me,
Kimberly Masson, and my sister Rita Masson.
She is a wonderful companion to Ebby (Ebony’s
Director) and was recently bred to him. She is a
real sweet heart and am really looking forward to
her and Ebby's foal. I have no new pictures
because her because of our lousy cold, wet never
ending winter.
Other living daughters of Red Bud’s Rascal are:
Temp’s Sorrel Beauty, owned by Tod Finley,
Cornersville, Tennessee
Dement Ballerina Patti, owned by Ron Paska,
Netanya, Israel
Red Bud’s Valentine, owned by Tod Finley,
Cornersville, Tennessee
Moonlit Laughter, aka, Dolly as a foal at Pinefolly
Farms, Petersburg, Tennessee
Rascal’s Favorite Lady, owned by Karen & Kyle
Graf, Park Falls, Wisconsin
Sound Horse Conference
The Fourth Sound Horse Conference was held
March 28-30 in Brentwood, Tennessee. The
Tennessee Walking Horse Heritage Society was
honored by an invitation to speak as part of a
panel in the opening session titled “Enjoying a
Good Career with Gaited Horses in the Future.”
Franne Brandon represented us well. THANK
YOU, FRANNE!!!
Videos and transcripts from the Sound Horse
conference speakers will soon be available at
www.soundhorseconference.com. Franne’s
presentation can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zySkjDq_TFw
FOSH is a national leader in the promotion of
natural, sound gaited horses and in the fight
against abuse and soring of Tennessee Walking
Horses. For more information about FOSH, or to
become a member, please visit www.fosh.info
For those of you who can’t access YouTube,
Franne’s speech is below:
Preserving the Past for Generations in the
Future (Reprinted with FOSH’s permission)
“Good morning. I am speaking for the Tennessee
Walking Horse Heritage Society. Did you know
that there are families raising Tennessee Walking
Horses today who have been involved with the
breed, with the Southern plantation saddle horse
before there was a TWHBEA, for almost
hundred years and more? Some of these breeders
have been recorded in various walking horse
histories, but others are not as well known, yet
they continue to quietly raise their family’s
bloodlines into the 21st century.
The Tennessee Walking Horse Heritage Society
was organized by people who’d owned and
raised pleasure walking horses for many decades.
We are a breeders’ group devoted to preserving
our bloodlines from the past so that they will not
die out, as have so many other bloodlines that
were recorded in the Studbooks of the young
Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Association
of America. As a breeders’ group, we are also
involved in promoting these older lines of horses
around the country, and although it was not part
of our original mission, around the world as well.
The Tennessee Walking Horse Heritage Society
was started in 2003 by five individuals. One was
Leon Oliver of Cornersville, Tennessee. Brothers
Billy and Danny Taylor of Winchester,
Tennessee, got their first walking mares in the
fifties. Diane Sczepanski of Whitehall,
Wisconsin, and myself.
Diane and I had been on several of the same
internet discussion lists devoted to pleasure
walking horses, and we kept picking up threads
where the participants insisted that older
bloodlines of walking horses no longer existed.
We talked about it for a while, and we finally
decided that we needed to form a marketing
group to pool our resources of time, talent, and
finances to tell the world of the pleasure walking
horse that we were around with a horse that was
basically different from the one that had been
developed in the show ring.
We began with the premise that there should be a
breed niche for horses from older bloodlines that had
been preserved over the years due to intelligence,
willingness, smooth walking gaits, and sound, using
horse conformation. We pooled our thoughts and our
funds, and launched our advertising campaign that
same year. This is the photo that illustrated the first
advertisement which we ran as a breeders’ group. A
year later, we went international when we were
joined by Sandra van den Hof of Hechtel, Belgium.
The Heritage Society expanded its marketing focus
with internet websites as well as ads in print media.
We were surprised by two factors: the number of
people inquiring whether their horses, too, might
qualify as Heritage Horses, and the number of people
wanting to join the group. In 2006, we published our
Heritage Horse criteria on the website and held an
open certification. A shortened form of the criteria
appears below:
1] Older, rare bloodlines have been nurtured and
cherished for the qualities that they represent. All
initially certified Heritage Horses had a
minimum of five stallions or mares with
registration numbers from the thirties and forties
still showing on their pedigrees.
2] Modern show bloodlines bred for fire and
steam have been eliminated. No Heritage Horses
have animals on their pedigrees shown padded
from 1977 forward.
4] Various colors and patterns are exhibited
within the Heritage Horse ranks. All color lines
trace, generation by generation, to horses of
those colors and patterns registered in the
original TWHBAA Studbooks.
sell while the few adult horses that were offered
also did well. Though our horses seem to appeal
mostly to trail riders and field trailers in search
of mounts with good gaits and common sense, a
few have made it into the show ring over the
years and have done well. Later on this year, the
first Tennessee Walking Horse stallion will be
imported into France, and he will be The Little
Red Rascal, bred here in Middle Tennessee, sold
to Slush Creek Ranch of Montana, and trained
by Nya Bates. We are pleased that our efforts to
promote and to educate have been so well
received, and we have high hopes for our
continued success during our second decade
devoted to these horses that we not only breed
and sell, but also love as a part of our lives.
5] Offspring of a pair of Heritage Horses are
automatically designated as such once they
exhibit a true, four beat, walking gait.
By the way, all Heritage society founders ride
mares, whose special nature we can truly
appreciate.
Heritage breeders and owners are now found in
Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, California,
Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nevada, North Dakota, New Mexico, New York,
Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin. In Canada,
Heritage Horses find their homes in Alberta,
British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and
Saskatchewan. Heritage Horses and Heritagebred horses now live in Belgium,Austria, France
Germany Italy, Israel, Luxembourg, The
Netherlands, and Switzerland. If 6 people can
start small with an idea and see their horses go to
25 states, Canada, Europe and the Middle East,
then other people, working creatively, can
develop their own markets, too.
THANK YOU, Franne, for attending the
Conference and representing the Heritage
Society at such a worthy event!!!
3] The signature smooth gait of the Tennessee
Walking Horse has been sought out. Heritage
Horses can perform a natural, evenly timed four
beat, nodding and walking gait barefoot or plain
shod.
Up to this point in time, the society has remained
a closed breeders’ group of six founders that has
not expanded to accept new members. We think
our standards are important in the continued
development of a type of walking horse
reflecting the traditions of the past, and we want
to maintain those standards for as long as
possible.
Heritage Horses seem to have found that market
niche that we sought to develop ten years ago.
During the horse market downturn in 2007 and
2008, Heritage foals and yearlings continued to
In a recent email Franne mentioned the
following:
“It has always burned me (no pun intended) that
400 people who call themselves trainers can
dictate the path for an entire breed. I wish other
people would organize into groups similar to
Heritage and totally reject what comes out of
their training barns. And I mean bloodlines as
well as individual horses. These guys have
always been able to dump their rejects and the
bloodlines associated with their winning horses
on the pleasure market. If it would no longer
accept them, their business would tumble more
than it already has.”
Buyers and breeders who say they are committed
to the sound horse movement and continue to
buy these show barn rejects are supporting the
sore horse world. If we want soring to end for
good, don’t support those barns by buying their
rejects or breeding to their stallions.
2014 Spring Bullet Ride
European Highlights
From Norman Hunley,
Greeneville, Tennesseee
From Sandra van den Hof
Hechtel, Belgium
Here on Meadowcreek Mountain it has been high
winds since 1:00 am and steady snow since
11:30 am (February 11). It appears that our
friends in Georgia and the Carolinas will get the
worst of this weather. As many of you know,
Leon Oliver has sold several of his horses as a
result of losing some pasture acreage and says he
has planned on slowing things down a little; I
will believe it when I see it. However, over the
last few conversations with him, he has
mentioned "one more ride". For the last several
years, we have had a Spring and Fall "Bullet
Ride" and much has been written about these
ventures in the TWH Heritage Society
Newsletter. Over 27 years I have been the
beneficiary of his friendship and his knowledge,
and I want to make this a good ride for him. I
hope his many friends can make this ride. I've
been in touch with Jennifer Christianson at East
Fork and requested Campsites in D section and
stalls in Barn D. She noted that attempts will be
made to have an evening meal on Saturday and a
band that night. Jennifer can be reached by
email [email protected] and
other contacts points are
Sandra emailed she and her horses were recently
featured in CAP magazine, which is Belgium’s
#1 equine publication. Congratulations, Sandra!!
[email protected], telephone
(931) 879-1176, Fax (931) 879-1179, and the
mailing address is East Fork Stables & Resort,
3598 S. York Hwy., Jamestown, Tennessee
38556. I will be at campsite D-28 and
Leon/Buddy Oliver will be at site D-26. I plan
to arrive on May 22 (Thursday) and depart for
home on May 26 (Monday). A deposit will hold
your site and full payment 14 days prior to
arrival will gain you a 10% discount. Senior
discounts are no longer available. Hope to see
you on the trail. Take care and stay warm,
Norman
How We Met Jack
From Ted Manning
Lodi, Wisconsin
her name and contact info to this party looking
for a Walker. At that point, I had no information
as to what the people were looking for in a horse,
but thought Diane would certainly be able to
help them if she didn’t have a horse that would
meet their conditions.
I gave the info to my friend David, and he
provided it to the people. The next Tuesday was
my scheduled day to be at the farm, and when I
drove in I saw a new horse. He was tall and bay
with black points and white star between his
eyes. David asked if I saw the new horse and I
said “I did and is he over 17 hands?” That was a
good guess as he is 17 and 2 inches. “His name
is Jack”.
Wolf’s Man Jack
I had a reining quarter horse in the early 70’s,
but had to sell him because of all the other things
in life and job requirements to move. He got a
good home with people who found he was a
natural jumper, so he continued on with them.
My wife Cheryl also liked horses, but never had
the chance to actually have a horse, although she
did take lessons for more than a year and enjoyed
those horses.
In September of 2012 I was helping my friend
David at a boarding stable north of Portage,
Wisconsin. David had two rescue horses there
and was the acting farm manager as a way to pay
for the boarding of his horses. He spent parts of
most days there, and I would help him one or
two days clearing trails, fixing buildings and
stalls, and handling boarders’ horses. Did I
mention mucking out stalls?
In early October, David asked me if I knew
anyone that had Tennessee Walkers? One of the
boarders asked him because they were looking
for a Walker. I told him I knew a breeder who I
used to work with as a colleague named Diane
Sczepanski. I emailed Diane and we reconnected
after more than a decade, and it was like we had
just talked a month ago. She said I could give
I emailed Diane that the people had gotten their
horse and probably would not be contacting her.
We agreed to keep in touch and she was
interested in finding out about Jack. David saw
Jack everyday and I saw him twice a week.
Within two weeks, the people who bought him
were tired of him and planned on selling him. He
didn’t work out for their teenage daughter who
couldn’t saddle him, and when he was ridden
they didn’t use a curb strap so the bit was all
over his mouth.
David and I have been friends since 1999 when
he and his family moved here from South Africa.
They are now US citizens and David calls me his
American dad. David grew up on a large farm in
Namibia with cattle and 60 horses. He and his
dad and brothers captured young giraffes by
horseback and sold them to zoos. He has been a
winning jockey and in the military he was a
horse trainer and farrier as part of a 300 horse
cavalry unit, so between the two of us we were
able to assess Jack and started to feel that Jack
was not that kind of a horse. He seemed he
should be better than he was behaving. David
also trimmed the horse’s hooves for the people
that had Jack. Jack would not cooperate and was
very difficult to work with. His hoofs were not
shaped correctly.
Jack’s owners put him for sale, and when people
would come to see him, the owners couldn’t
saddle him, so they would call David to come
and saddle him. Needless to say, Jack was not a
horse people would want if the owners couldn’t
saddle him. David is better at horses than I am,
and he said how sad and depressed Jack was
getting. Jack would watch the teenage girl ride
by on the trail on her new Missouri Foxtrotter.
I took Cheryl and our granddaughter Brittany to
see Jack. Brittany has ridden nine years. They
wanted to see how Jack could be kept with
David or us. Our first idea was to buy him and
give him to David. Then we would see him and
help.
Distance to the boarding farm was getting to be
too much mileage each day, over 60 miles round
trip for David, so he found a pasture with a small
barn 3 miles from our home and 4 from his. So
Nov 1 of 2012, Sylverado and Elray left Jack.
David and I got permission to ride Jack for
possibly purchasing him. With a good rider and
tack adjusted, Jack handled very well with real
go. He has a lot of gears and does the walks
pretty well for just getting to know him. That
was the day I decided to buy Jack for Cheryl, and
we would move him to the pasture 3 miles from
our house with David’s horses.
Jack’s first week in his new pasture
Jack was owned by the same woman from the
time he was 2 for 18 years. Then in an instant,
he was loaded in a trailer and hauled away.
David was able to get the original owner’s name
and phone number and talked with her. He
found out a lot of how she had treated Jack. She
did treat him well but as time goes by no longer
could keep him or care for him. He had a 40ft
concrete pad with a little shelter to live in and no
companionship. His previous owner said that he
tried to bite the farrier but was good other ways.
Jack was reunited with Sylverado and Elray on
Nov 30, 2012. I contacted Diane with his
registration number and his name Wolf’s Man
Jack. She said she could find out about him
which she did. Jack is of good old blood line
with a great disposition and attitude. He is very
calm and so far is bulletproof, although we
haven’t seen everything yet.
David & Jack after his test ride. I will buy
him for Cheryl!!
Behavior issues Jack showed when he was sold
the first time were he couldn’t be tied or cross
tied, difficult to work on his feet and would not
stand on three legs for more than couple of
seconds; he never tried to bite David, couldn’t
saddle him easily, and exhibited stress under
others hands.
A year later, you can cross tie him, tie him,
saddle him anywhere tied or not tied, is very
steady and responsive to be ridden, and seems to
really pay attention to his rider.
We also use him to ride with Elray who just this
year is ridden. He is a 6 year old registered
Quarter horse Arab and he had been chased by a
cow dog as a yearling and got terrible cuts and
scars. So he is not quality for showing, so he
was for sale.
He is a quality horse as Diane had predicted.
Even the vet says she loves his eyes. Jack and I
will be the same age in 5 years. He and I have
an agreement: I will wait for him to catch up to
me, but then he has to wait for me to catch up to
him.
Sylverado is an 8 year old registered Arab that
had many fear issues and was probably abused or
handled very harshly. He is a rescue horse. He
will be trained this year, but his whole life has
made a dramatic turnaround.
Jack assigned granddaughter duty. Jaime’s
first horse ride
Jack, Sylverado, and Elray
We moved the horses the 3 miles to where we
live June 2013 to Jack’s forever-home. We had
to build a barn, fence, and all the other things
necessary to have the horses. We live on 10
acres which is very manageable for 4 horses.
We can ride on the property and will be
venturing out this year for trails.
We have only ridden Jack 10 times with all the
work we had to do to get him home.
Jack
The Virtues of Walking Horse Mares:
My Beautiful Girls
From Doug West
You probably wonder how a back country trail
rider and packer like me ends up owning three
mares. Well, I could blame it on genetics. Since
about half of all horses born I suppose are girls,
the chances are sooner or later you will end up
with a mare, but three? Maybe a flawed gene or
two on my part explains me driving hundreds of
miles to return home with what many trail riders
won’t have on the place – mares. I not only ride
mares, but all three are registered Tennessee
Walking Horses. Any self-respecting western
trail rider knows that Walking Horses are illsuited for riding and packing in steep, rocky
terrain. I thought by introducing you to my three
“beautiful girls” I might dispel some of the
myths about mares and Walking Horses.
Personally, I don’t pay much attention to
pedigree, color, or sex when selecting a horse.
While my five year old “Gen” (Oldie’s Secret
Agenda) is supposedly a descendant of Midnight
Sun and was purchased from an excellent
breeding ranch in Dubois, Wyoming (The Box
Hanging Three), I bought her because she met
my three criteria – easy to catch, easy to shoe,
and easy to load. In addition, she has a sweet,
willing disposition and goes about anywhere I
point her nose. While “Gen” may be a bit
unusual (she actually seems to like me), my
other two mares also meet my less than empirical
selection criteria but have very different
personalities.
Rose on the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
“Gen” on Boulder Mountain
While “Gen” may be my favorite, Rose (Coin’s
Irish Rose) is still my best riding horse. She is
stunningly beautiful at 17, but more importantly
anyone can ride her. I regularly put the most
inexperienced rider on her knowing that she will
keep them safe. In fact, she was the horse of
choice a few weeks ago when we had to get an
injured rider back to the truck after she broke her
leg. When I climb on, she steps out like a classic
Tennessee Walker bobbing her head and
clacking her teeth in time with her four beat
lateral gait. Admittedly, she doesn’t tolerate
geldings in the same pasture, but she is highly
intelligent and very independently minded. She
doesn’t need the security of other horses, and
usually, she’s my first choice when I ride alone.
Dottie on the Aquarius Plateau
Until “Gen” joined the herd, Dottie (MW Merry
Rendezvous), was my regular riding horse.
Together we have ridden hundreds of back
country miles, traversing all kinds of terrain in
Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. While Dottie by
nature is a hyper vigilant mare and prefers to
follow rather than lead, she is a dependable pack
horse carrying substantial loads while following
“Gen” without complaint. Since Dottie is a bit
insecure, she requires an experienced rider who
can give her the confidence she needs to go
wherever necessary. But, like my other two
girls, she is intelligent, and most of the time,
easy to get along with.
When asked, most people unfamiliar with
Tennessee Walking Horses believe they are used
primarily as show horses in the Southeast easily
recognized by their high-stepping gait, elegant
bodies, and flowing manes and tails. The vast
majority of trail horses in the West today are still
probably Quarter Horses, Paints, Morgans,
Arabians, or various crosses even though
Tennessee Walkers and other gaited horses are
gaining popularity as aging “baby boomers” like
me look for a more comfortable ride. Many back
country riders still view the more traditional
breeds with their short, muscular builds as better
suited to pack and traverse the West’s high
desert and Rocky Mountain trails. Until about
12 years ago, I was one of those riders who
owned only Quarter Horses except for an
Arabian that I kept for one week. While not an
accepted breed designation, we refer to our
horses as “Mountain Bred Tennessee Walking
Horses” and use them exclusively for back
country horse packing and trail riding.
Steep and Rocky Desert Horse Trail
Blue and Balthazar Conditioning for a Pack
Trip
Western back country trail riders unfamiliar with
the breed may tell you that the Tennessee
Walking Horse is not sure footed enough to
negotiate the steep, rocky trails found on the
Colorado Plateau, Wasatch Mountains, and
southwest Utah desert where I ride most of the
time. I can only offer my own experience as
evidence that these wonderful horses have little
difficulty negotiating the roughest terrain. I
spend many weeks each year - June through
November – riding Boulder Mountain situated
on the western edge of the Colorado Plateau, and
they don’t call it Boulder Mountain for nothing.
When snow and cold push me out of the high
country, I spend the winter months riding the
southwest Utah deserts around St. George, Utah.
While the sandy desert presents more
opportunities to travel in a smooth, fast Walking
Horse gait, there are also many steep, rocky trails
that will challenge the most experienced horse
and rider.
From Diane Bromenschenkel, Nampa, Idaho
Two 2nd places for Jenny and Echo (Starla Gray
Wilson), Heritage Certified mare, at the Idaho
State Horse Show Association double point
show. Can you tell Jenny had a great time in the
trail class? She's planning for an upcoming
endurance ride.
Well, I doubt that I have changed anyone’s mind
about mares and Tennessee Walkers as back
country trail horses. I suspect all of us have our
breed and gender preferences and in some cases
prejudices. All I can tell you is that I have
owned more mares than geldings and only two of
my many horses haven’t died at home -- both
geldings -- an Arabian and Paint. With the
exception of those two, I have loved and enjoyed
them all, gelding or mare, Quarter Horses or
Tennessee Walker, but at my age, my “Mountain
Bred Tennessee Walking Horse” mares’ smooth
gaits and good dispositions keep me riding back
country trails.
Doug West is a Tennessee Walking Horse
enthusiast who has lived all his life in Utah.
He leaves occasionally to horse pack in
Wyoming, Idaho, or Montana, but the
Colorado Plateau is his home. June through
November you will find him at his cabin in
Grover, Utah riding the Boulder Mountains.
When the snow falls, he spends his time riding
the deserts around St. George, Utah where the
summer sun spends the winter. For
information about Colorado Plateau trails,
contact him at [email protected].
Jenny Street, Boise, Idaho on Starla Gray
Wilson
Tips For Overseeding Pastures
Early spring is the ideal time to overseed
pastures, according to Laurie Cerny, editor and
publisher of good-horsekeeping.com.
"After the hard winter we have had with heavy
snow pack there has been some winter-kill.
Pastures are really going to need some TLC,
including overseeding to get them back in
shape," said Cerny, who's recently release GoodHorsekeeping's Guide To Pasture Management.
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Here are some tips for pasture overseeding:
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Walk fields as early in spring as
possible. This is the best way to see
where there has been winterkill, mold,
bare spots, and dirt tunnels made by field
mice while underneath the snow.
March and early April are generally a
good time to overseed as long as you
have several days of thawing and
freezing. It also gives you a couple of
weeks before spreading manure and
fertilizing
Pick the right seed for your soil. Orchard
grass does well on most soils. Timothy
does better in damper, heavier soils.
Brome does OK on sandy soils but it's
very drought tolerant. Alfalfa is very
drought tolerant but is difficult to
overseed because it will not grow within
a certain radius of another alfalfa plant.
Buying seed by the pound from a
bonafide forage dealer is the best source
for seed. When you buy it individually
by the pound you get just that seed and
not filler grasses.
If you buy bagged pasture/hay seed
understand the language of a seed tag.
The percentage of a certain seed by the
weight. Because some seeds are very
small and light - 20% of the seed in a mix
could actually result in more like 40% of
your stand. Be wary of hay mix blends
that say *VNS* * this stands for variety
not stated* and could mean any type of
seed is included.
While you can use a seeder - including a
hand seeder or even a fertilizer spreader,
hand broadcasting tends to work best and
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you can control how much goes where more in bare spots and less or none where
there is a thick turf.
Make sure if seed is treated to wear
plastic gloves and to wash clothes after
seeding.
Pay attention to the wind. It can be
difficult to overseed if it’s extremely
windy. A little bit of wind, however, can
actually help you broadcast the seed.
Do not overseed on the snow if you have
problems with wildlife like birds and
deer. They will eat the seed. Watch for
flocks of birds in your fields after you
overseed. If they become a problem
scare them off using deterrents like a
scarecrow or by making a loud noise.
Keep a pasture journal where you can
make notes about when you overseeded,
which pastures were seeded, and what
seed you used.
Keep horses off overseeded fields for 6-8
weeks. If they are really small pastures
you may want to keep the field out of
rotation for one season.
The guide, which covers pasture overseeding,
also includes pasture rotation, dry lots, winter
management, and more. It is available through
www.good-horsekeeping.com for $3.95 for
electronic copies.
For more horsekeeping tips go to www.goodhorsekeeping.com or http://goodhorsekeeping.blogspot.com/
From Rachel Hill, Fort Frances, Ontario
I have noticed that ever since I switched the
horses around in the barn and moved Traveler to
the stall beside Beamer, they have bonded. I
often see them playing together and giving each
other massages. And Eb and Ransom will be off
together doing their thing. Kind of nice how
they have paired up.
From Geraldine Hairgrove, Grapeland, Texas
We had visitors two different times when
visiting our neighbors, Mary and Earl.
Linda took the "selfie" with the black mare, and
pictures of her husband Mark. They love horses
and come over to learn about the horses. Their
young boys are Joseph and James, who rode on
Lacy bareback.
Mark with the two Smokey mares
Sunbeam and Society’s Noble Traveler
Linda with one of the mares
From Mike Davis, Wabasha, Minnesota
Mike sent this in February (for you folks who
think this is the Frozen Tundra year around):
“Today was the day for the 2nd annual "ride for
pie" across Lake Pepin. We were joined by three
guys from Wisconsin that rode from there over
to MN and then back with us for pie and then
beers in Stockholm. This year is was colder and
the wind cut pretty deep from the north. The
horses were spunky and full of P*** and Vinegar
but it was beautiful, sunny, and the view from
horseback out there in the middle of the lake was
really awesome.”
A long way across to Wisconsin!!
Brrr! It’s COLD!
The Line Up
Heading Out Across Lake Pepin
AHHH! Refreshments! Mike with a big smile
Also a ride at Rib Lake
Mike said it was COLD for this ride, about 2
degrees above 0 Fahrenheit when they rode and
got down to -15 at night. Joan Hendricks said
Mike is a better man than she is to ride this
whole winter. It’s been way too miserable. Mike
said, “Well we were bundled up pretty good and
the horses had to really pick up their feet to keep
going so I think we were working harder staying
in balance than usual too so that helped keep us
warm. They make these little heater things that
stick to your socks and keep your toes/feet warm
so that helps too. Also a nip from my flask once
in awhile didn't hurt!”
Yikes! Snow got a bit deep!
The Group
Down on the Farm
From Confederate Hills Farm, Billy Taylor,
Winchester, Tennessee:
Trail Ride at Deep South Outdoors, Keith
Springs. Buck Robinson, Ken Farris, Leon
Williams, Richie Crownover, Billy Taylor.
This is Gen. Jeb Stuart CSA, he is by Society's
Dan Allen and out of Echo's Merry Co-ed. He
has a strong running walk gene, I don't see him
trot or pace in the pasture, just gait. He has 17
lines to Boone's Grey John and several other
non-Allen lines.
Trail ride at Deep South Outdoors, Keith Springs
Mountain.
This is Gen, Nathan Bedford Forrest CSA, he is
by Sun's Smokey Midnight and out of Chance's
Society Paige. He gaits at liberty, no pace. He is
a Heritage colt.
From Northern Foundations Farm, Diane
Sczepanski, Whitehall, Wisconsin:
Alycia Morley, Kennebunkport, Maine sent me
this message:
Robin Moore in West Des Moines, Iowa sent me
this message:
“I bought my mare Glory from you back in 2001
just wanted to let you know what color she has
turned into. Just in case you don't remember her
or me, she was out of Krispy Cream and was
born a chestnut with a stripe and a back sock. I
live in Maine and had her shipped here in the fall
of 2001. Plus I have a mare from her and my
stallion(now gelding)-she is solid BLACK! I
never would have thought that. I would have
thought she would have turned grey but here she
is still, 4 and not one grey hair! Glory on the
other hand, normally she is whiter in the winter
but she turned white winter on 2009 and never
darkened up in the spring! She has been solid
white since!”
“Cold down here, and will only get worse this
week. No doubt you're sick of this winter, too.
Ran errands this afternoon, and then went out to
Molly's. Sir Lancelot was in fine form, at
turnout with his stall neighbor, a big grey TB
gelding. The boy just can't resist playing rough,
and was most certainly NOT feeling the cold!
He is doing well, and growing like mad -- full of
himself, as always. I am so in love with this colt,
and can't wait to see how he looks all shed out
this spring. He will be gorgeous, and he just
carries himself with such pride and confidence
that he'll turn heads. ”
Bullet’s Blaze of Glory (right) and her
daughter, Spitfire
Glory
Lancelot
(Society’s Duke Allen x Scarlet Star Wilson)
Spitfire
Sheila Franck, Rochester, Minnesota sent this:
“I grabbed the camera and went back out and put
the bareback pad on Jack and he didn't care one
bit. I cinched it up tight on him, too!! Then
when I was coming back in the house, Eric was
all dressed up to come out and see if I needed
any help with anything and I told him what I
had just done with Jack and that he didn't care
and he said so matter of factly . . . I didn't think
he'd care about that. I think we'll stop telling
people what doesn't bother Jack because that's
just about everything and we'll only start talking
about what does bother him. Probably wouldn't
be hearing much from me if that's the case!!!”
“I went for a walk with Jackie on the driveway
and Eric came running out the camera after to
take pictures! That was nice! I made him take a
couple of pictures before we left and then he saw
us coming back and took pictures. Jack was
such a good boy on the walk I went on the road
a little with him and he was an angel, as usual.
It's so dang cold out for March 2. Eric moved
his truck into the shed and we followed and Eric
drove to see how Jack would react and he even
honked the horn for us! Of course Jack didn't
care.”
The first ones show his change in behavior. He
went from eating to nearly sleeping after I put
the thing on. He turned his head and sniffed it
after I cinched it up and that was it.
Sheila & NFF Cadillac Jack
(Society’s Duke Allen x Krispy Cream)
Amanda Felkamp, Casey, Illinois sent this
regarding Jesse James and NFF She’s Simply
Amazing (Mazie):
They are both doing well eating their grain and
growing like weeds. They have both taken to are
other horses and critters with ease and everyone
gets along well. They are both handled daily.
They are brushed feet picked and have even ran
clippers on them. They have both been sacked
out and my two little ones have sat on both of
them. Cheyenne has taken to bringing Mazie in
and I have no worries. Mazie is so level headed
even as a two year old and not spooky at all.
Been doing some spring cleaning and have had
stuff moved constantly recently and she doesn’t
even glance at it. She now stands at the gate to
come in at feeding time and Cheyenne has even
been able to halter her. Jesse is still a baby he
stands like a gentleman with having feet handled
and even when he is unsure he has a trust in us
and doesn’t fight. He has taken to being tied and
doesn’t even pull back anymore. He is great
about having the kids around. He is constantly
poking his head through his stall gate when we
are out there and checking on us. He can really
run and move outside he runs and plays regularly
and then crashes for a nap in the sun. I am
pleased and proud of them both. They are going
to be wonderful and they are a part of our family
and the kids love them to pieces. Thanks so
much. We will stay in touch.
NFF Society’s Jesse James on the right,
pastured with the pony
The photo below shows the kids brushing the old
Paint mare. She loved it!
Stephen decided to try sitting on
Mazie
From Hill Creek Ranch, Larry & Geraldine
Hairgrove, Grapeland, Texas
Larry and I love all three of these sisters!!
Midnight’s Merry Co-Ed
Sun’s Midnight Lacy tacked up for a ride
(Sun’s Smokey Midnight x Echo’s Merry
Co-Ed)
Smokey’s Merry Lu
Our Readers Write
but not that bad. Less clean up in the spring this
way too!” Mike Davis, Wabasha, Minnesota
“ I thought this story in your Dec 2013 issue was
Excellent!! THE QUEST FOR ELK - An
Unexpected and Grand Adventure
By Mike Davis, Wabasha, Minnesota. I thought
the feeling created by the writing had
Hemingway compression and a deep
understanding of Life as well as horses.” Bob
Ness, Oakland, California
This is all they left from a 1,000 lb round bale
this week! Haynet is lying at Moonshine's feet,
they are licking up the hay dust leftovers! I am
totally sold on these:
“Thanks so much for sending me the Heritage
Highlights newsletter. I enjoy every issue.
When I purchased my Walker six years ago, I
had no idea that Heritage horses existed. Now
that I do, the next Walker I purchase will be a
Heritage Walker. Hopefully that will be awhile,
since my horse is only 16... Sir Lancelot is
lovely, and exactly the type of horse I would be
looking for - I love bays. It's great to follow on
his training progress in the newsletter.
Thanks for all the work you do to put the
newsletter together.” Jen Miller, Sidney, Illinois
“You people in Minnesota are tougher than I am I
just don't like riding in the snow.” Nard Bailey,
Alturas, California
“The covers are outrageously good. Loved the
soup and sandwich ride. I didn't know they had
a horse trail up to Buena Vista! Looks like a
great time.” Nancy Bergman, Whitehall,
Wisconsin
“Franne's history lessons are always a good read!
I felt a thump in my chest to hear that Jubal was
gone, I had no idea. Also Dan Allen, I remember
meeting him several years ago in TN, he was
such a gentle and friendly stallion. So sad to
hear they are both gone.
I have been using the hay nets for 3 winters now,
they take a bit more effort to use but they sure do
save on hay, especially good hay, in winter there
is almost no waste at all. The CRP grass hay I
am feeding this winter is totally used up, can't
even tell where I had the bale sitting when I pick
up the empty net! They do leave stems behind
from the reed canary swamp hay I have, but even
that is still less waste than with the steel round
bale feeders. I have had to patch up a few holes
“Shalom shalom!!!! I received all your e-mails.
and it was a good idea to see the Heritage
through your group. Thanks. I shall send you the
pictures from GLORY,MATAT.AND BUDS
TOPPER( I call him Netz). I have the sister of
Netz, Dolly, who stays with my son. I was in a
trip in New Zealand and Australia, in that time
we had snow and rain in Israel. But from that
time, we do not have rain at all so we have
problems with winter crops. I have seen Opie’s
(NFF Society King’s Opus, owned by Roberta
Brebner, Williams Lake, BC) picture and he
looks very good.” Yona Hefer, Karkur, Israel
“Thank you so very much for the great job on the
newsletters. I thoroughly enjoy reading them
start to finish!” Sheralyn Eppli, Madison,
Wisconsin
“In the furtherance of my established tradition of
biased uninformed comment:
The latest edition leads with yet another
informative article on Walking Horse history.
Surely some enterprising soul will have the
foresight to publish a compilation of all these
articles, sooner rather than later.
I rather enjoyed the tribute to Jubal S. Very
moving. RIP.
I might even have swallowed real hard a few
times. I also happen to be a Louis L'Amour fan
from way back. (Which also serves to partially
explain why Orlando Sackett caught my eye: he
remains one of my all-time favourites)
The Sale Barn
A number of highly esteemed Stallions and
Matrons have passed away in recent times.
Perhaps their connections and admirers could
share their memories and sentiments in a
special tribute section in a future edition of
Heritage Highlights.
I would possibly enjoy an early Autumn Soup
and Sandwich ride. But mid-Winter smacks of
gluttons for punishment. That Moonshine
Tennessee sure is some kinda HORSE!
The good times just continued to roll with the pic
of Traveler, another of my all-time favourites.
Plus Beamer and Ransom, of course.
I have also never seen goats in coats before.
Small wonder the boys were apprehensive.
Beamer may have hung his head a bit, but that
overstride after 50 miles speaks volumes.
Methinks Traveler sure has a hard act to follow.
The less I have to say about not getting enough
entries for the 2014 calendar, the better.
Suffice it to say, there were many more than 12
foals born in 2013. The usual suspects, and
others, missed a golden opportunity to extol the
virtues of their breeding programmes.
The aptly named Roc's Goldust Heritage
subsequently enjoyed a solo star turn in the
spotlight, together with a glowing resume.
Bravo Belissimo Bravo.” Henry Ferreira,
Johannesburg, South Africa
The National Plantation Walking Horse
Association was formed in 1979 and has always
supported the Horse Protection Act 100%. In the
current times, we stand strong behind the new
PAST ACT, and continue to offer sound venues
in which sound horses can attend. Help support
us while we support the PAST ACT, and come
see what our association is all about. Keep an
eye out for upcoming news on our first annual
Fall Festival All Gaited Breed Horse Show. If
you would like to JOIN today or know more
about our association please visit
www.npwhaca.org or contact NPWHA’s
President directly at 951) 544-5760 or
[email protected]
ON OUR COVER
Dick Haines riding in the Montana
mountains with Clipper & Dan
AT STUD
His first two foals shown were Futurity
Champion and Reserve Champion weanling, and
his first foals under saddle are expected to make
their debuts in the show ring this year.
For pedigree, photos and more information:
http://www.windigoent.com You Tube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg6Dd0F5Keo
Warlock is standing at stud in Wildomar, CA to
approved gaited mares of many breeds. Live
cover or shipped semen is available. 2014 fee
$500, includes $150 booking. Mare care $8/day.
Collection and shipping costs depends on
location.
Yes - his mane and tail are all natural!
(Warlock is NOT for sale).
Windigo's Crimson Warlock is a flashy sabino,
naturally gaited multiple champion flaxen
chestnut sabino stallion standing at stud to
approved, gaited breed mares. He is double
registered Tennessee Walking Horse and Spotted
Saddle Horse.
His wins and championships are too numerous to
list. Shown Halter, Model, Western, English,
Antebellum, 2 gait and 3 gait, both TWH and
SSH!
All natural; he shows light/flat shod in front,
barefoot behind and has never carried more than
a light shoe. Undefeated multiple years in the
show ring, and retired the NPWHA "Horse of a
Different Color" trophy, winning it three
consecutive years, and five years total. He also
trail rides and drives.
Warlock has the breeding to back it all up; he is
sired by the Champion stallion Shadow's Double
Trouble and out of the Champion mare,
Windigo's Midnight Reign - a MIDNIGHT SUN
granddaughter!
FOR SALE
They are in excellent condition, like new, since
they have been stored in original boxes from the
printer in my bedroom closet. Checks or money
orders can be mailed to:
Judith Westall, 223917 NE 140th St.
Woodinville, WA 98077
Questions, Email: [email protected]
Thank you
WANTED
80 copies of the Tennessee Walking Horse
Stallion Directory for 1993 by Judith Westall
.These spiral bound directories contain 378
pages, of 173 TWH stallion pedigrees, their
black/white photos, and a special section entitled
"In Loving Memory" of those stallions that
helped contribute to the gene pool and popularity
of the naturally gaited, pleasure and trial riding,
Tennessee Walker in the Pacific Northwest.
The intent of the directories was to help record
the pedigrees and breeders names and the old
Foundation bloodlines that were introduced into
the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere in the
1940's, so that information wouldn't be lost and
forgotten. There was no charge for stallion
owners to list their stallions, only a small charge
to buy the directories to cover the cost of
printing 300.
Then, shortly after the directories were available,
Eldon Eadie, who wrote an introductory article
for the directory entitled "Pedigree Research,"
helped develop the TWHBEA IPEDS. The
TWHBEA IPEDS enables one to have over
500,000 TWH pedigrees at their fingertips. Thus,
these directories are being offered for sale at the
reduced price of $10 plus $5 for shipping and
handling each. (weight is 2 lbs).
a Heritage Society TWH, no
outcrosses, no Pride of Midnight H.F., Midnight
Sun okay. Desire Paige’s Echo and Clark’s Red
Allen breeding. Prefer a gelding, 15.2–16 hands,
smooth gaited, very gentle, laid back, good on
trails, very partial to roans and sabinos. See
photo of best horse I owned in 57 years of
horses, Crescent Confetti, my babysitter with the
old Foundation TWH bloodlines.
I am trying to find another “babysitter” TWH
like her.
Judy Westall 23917 NE 140th St. Woodinville,
WA 98077
Email: [email protected] Tel.
425-788-9372
NEWS & CONGRATULATIONS
HOW TO SUBMIT MATERIAL TO
HIGHLIGHTS
By Franne Brandon, Petersburg, Tennessee
Heritage Horses Sold
NFF Society’s Jesse James, Colt, Purchased by
Amanda & Stephen Felkamp, Casey, Illinois.
Sold by Northern Foundations Farm, Whitehall,
Wisconsin
NFF She’s Simply Amazing, Mare, Purchased
by Amanda & Stephen Felkamp, Casey, Illinois.
Sold by Northern Foundations Farm, Whitehall,
Wisconsin
Heritage Outcrosses Sold
Do you enjoy reading the articles in Heritage
Highlights and sometimes wish that you could
share your own adventures, experiences, or
knowledge with the readership?
You can! Heritage Highlights encourages all
articles, long, short, or of moderate length, about
all aspects of the Heritage Horse world.
Submissions can be sent via email messages or
in Word format as email attachments. Grammar
is not a major issue because we have a copy
editor (C'est moi!) who reads each article before
the layout editor works her magic touch.
Highlights welcomes all photo submissions that
accompany an article.
Photographs tell the story in many cases, and
because we are a non-print publication, we do
not have the photographic limits of a magazine.
Readers seem to be enjoying the stories of every
day people and their horses so we thought we’d
share a publication dedicated to Tennessee
Walking Horses that are not show oriented:
Canadian Walking Horse News, is published bimonthly by Marjorie Lacy of Alberta, Canada. The
magazine is dedicated to the plain shod horse in
Canada and features articles by the Heritage
Society’s Franne Brandon on the history of the
Walking Horse breed.
Website: www.walkinghorsenews.ca
It is best to send all photographs separately from
the text, as downloadable email attachments,
with each shot accompanied by a clear caption.
This works out best from the layout perspective.
The Heritage Highlights staff looks forward to
hearing from more of the readership in future
issues.
CONTACT US:
Advertising in Highlights:
If anyone would like to place a classified ad in
Highlights, our set up fee is $10 for photos
and text.
Also, if you purchase a Heritage Horse from
someone who already has a certificate for the
horse and you would like the certificate in
your name, we can print a new certificate and
mail it for a $5.00 fee to cover the certificate,
mailer and postage.
Franne & Harry Brandon, Petersburg, TN
(931) 276-2232
Email: [email protected]
Sandra van den Hof, Hechtel, Belgium
+32 (0) 11 666 158
Email: [email protected]
Leon & Mary Lou Oliver, Cornersville, TN
(931) 293-4156
For a listing of horses for sale, visit us
on our website:
Danny & Sherry Taylor, Winchester, TN
(931) 967-9553
Email: [email protected]
www.twhheritagesociety.com
Billy & Mary Taylor, Winchester, TN
(931) 967-9621
Email: [email protected]
The Heritage Highlights will now be
available on our website so you can
download them any time!!
Diane Sczepanski, Whitehall, WI
(715) 538-2494
Email: [email protected]
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The Heritage Society does not endorse any
trainer, style of natural training, or tack and
horse equipment, to the exclusion of others, as
each horse is an individual and not all will
respond positively to a particular trainer or
training style. Articles published by the
Society, which include such endorsements,
reflect the view of the author, but not
necessarily that of the Society.