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FREE no tricks, all treats HHoorrssee RReevviieeww VOL. 26 • NO. 2 The Mid-South Equine Newsmagazine Since 1992 OCTOBER 2015 2. October, 2015 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview.com ON THE C OVER : starbuck, stable pony owned by Hall of fame thoroughbred trainer d. Wayne lukas. HHoorrssee RReevviieeww october 2015 starbuck was stabled at kentucky downs to Equus Charta, LLC pony horses during the 2015 race meet. Copyright 2014 contents • V ol . 26 • n o. 2 (photo by Grace Clark ) LOVE FOR HORSES -- It’s what makes the Horse Review - the Horse Review! 6220 greenlee #4 P.o. Box 594 arlington, tn 38002-0594 901-867-1755 PuBLISHER & E DITOR : Tom & Dr. Nancy Brannon STAFF : Andrea Gilbert WEBSITE : www.midsouthhorsereview.com E- MAIL : midsouthhorsereview@ yahoo.com [email protected] Live Thoroughbred racing returned to Kentucky Downs in September. (photo by Grace Clark ) See page 16 for racing coverage. ARTICLES & PHOTOS WELCOMED: Bull riding at the Tennessee High We welcome contributions School Rodeo, Sept. 12-13, at the Show from writers and horse people, Place Arena, Memphis, TN. ( photo by but cannot guarantee Lawrence Hsia ) See page 30 for rodeo publication or return of manu - coverage. scripts or photos. reproduction of editorial con - tent, photographs or advertis - features : ing is strictly prohibited Horses Healing Veterans 6 without written permission of tn H igH scHool rodeo 30 the publisher. Wings Polo classic 24 EDITORIAL POLICY: Mustang MakeoVer 28 the opinions expressed in articles do not necessarily reflect the events • shows : opinions or policy of the Polo action at the Wings Polo Classic. ( photo by Lawrence Hsia ) See page 24 for polo coverage. Mid-South Horse Review . racing 16 expressions of differing opinions dressage / e Venting 18 through letters or manuscript Hunter / J uMPer 22 submissions are welcome. Polo 24 DEADLINE for driVing 26 NOV. ISSuE: OCT. 23 coWBoys & c oWgirls 30 MSHR ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT departments : the Mid-South Horse Review strives to lighten our environmental footprint. We reuse, Book & a rt nook 4 recycle, compost, and seek the most environ - Horse HealtH care 8 mentally friendly processes and materials for our newsmagazine. Printed on recycled con - training /P erforMance 28 tent newsprint with soy ink and no binding, the greener Pastures 36 MsHr is 100% recyclable. our printer strives to be environmentally classifieds 43 benign with recycling, using eco-friendly Bulletin Board 44-45 printmaking inks and solvents, and no Press - Fast driving action at the Middle Tennessee Carriage Club Driving Derby. room Vocs (volatile organic compounds). (photo by Gerry Plock ) See page 26 for driving coverage. calendar of eVents 46-47 SuBSCRIPTIONS to the Many thanks to all the contributors to this issue and to all our advertisers who make this publication possible! 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Jimpsie ayres, carol sams, and delta landscapes Jeanne seagle displayed their equine ren - with my two derings in a collective art opening friday, friends, and september 25, 2015 in the levy gallery at Jimpsie has a Buchman Performing arts center in friend with a Memphis, tn. their collection showcases Jimpsie Ayers’ painting “Breakfast” Carol Sams’ painting “Mare and Foal” horse farm near each one’s distinct talent and point of view rossville, ten - of horses. heur. she’s famous for “i can fly,” the nessee. We’ve been going out carol sams has “always been painting,” centerpiece mosaic sculpture at leBon - there in good weather almost she said. she was a gallery artist, painted heur children’s Hospital, and “genome every week for two years or with water colors, but her horse paintings kids,” a sculpture commemorating st. more. We go sit in the pasture are done in oil. carol’s college back - Jude children’s research Hospital Pedi - and paint the horses. We go in ground is in art History, studio, and atric cancer genome Project. seagle is a the morning when there’s graphic design. graduate of the Memphis college of art. good light, then we all go to “By invitation from Jimpsie,” sams ex - Her husband is sculptor fletcher lunch. it’s been wonderful! it’s plained, “We went out to visit a horse golden, who likes to make horse sculp - so relaxing and fun, and we farm, where there were the highest quality tures out of driftwood. He rode his horse want to continue doing it. thoroughbreds, polo ponies. Jimpsie across the country, from Berkeley, cali - among Horses will be on arranged our visit and it turned out to be fornia to Memphis, tn (see Mid-south exhibit in the levy gallery, 60 such a comfortable place. i’ve been an Horse review, June 2015). so Jeanne de - Perkins ext., until november outdoors person, growing up in a rural cided she’d start painting horse, too. “i 2, 2015. area south of knoxville, tennessee, but we love horses; they are the sweetest animals had cows, and the horses in the area were and very friendly. i paint from watching Jeanne Seagle’s “Three Horses by a Wood” tennessee Walking Horses. this was a new experience, and it was an opportunity that just fell right into place! Traditional Walking Horse training “our first visit, i got to see a couple of methods didn’t work with Ivory Pal. foals who were less than 24 hours old, and Read how & why Rafael Valle’s Lakeland Leatherworks i fell in love with one of them. i went back cell: 901-484-5727 || shop: 901-290-5726 a year later to see the foal, now a yearling. kinder, natural methods DID work! she was so beautiful that one of my paint - www.LakELaNdLEaTHERwoRkS.CoM ings in the show is of her and her dam; “tennessee chrome” she’s called. Jimpsie ayres studied fine arts at the university of tennessee and the univer - sity of florida. “i’ve been a painter all my life,” she said. in florida, she learned stained glass making from a fellow artist and did a stint as a stained glass artist. But she has returned to her true forté – paint - ing. “i don’t have horses now, but i got my first horse at age 9. My sister and i raised tomatoes to pay for her. she was a five- gaited mare. later i got a 5-year-old off the track thoroughbred, a hunter. that was my ‘dear heart’ horse that i rode until age 15. then i discovered boys… “i’ve always loved horses and for most Reversible Shawl or Waist Wrap Multiple colors available of my life, if it didn’t involve horses, i © MSHR wasn’t interested in it. lately, it has been so much fun reconnecting with horses. “We three artists live in mid-town. We IVORY PAL We make hand tooled & traveled to the horse farm to see and paint Born To Fly Higher ©MSHR smooth leather belts the horses. We also travel to the delta and available at Amazon.com or Light weight Lamb Skin Wraps that last for years paint landscapes, barns, swamps, all kinds Over 10 colors to choose from of delta subjects.” www.ivorypalbook.com you may have Jeanne seagle’s work on visit Ivory Pal on facebook, too Chaps, Belts, Bags, Purses, Clothing, & more! the 2015 river arts festival poster; that’s If we don’t make it, we don’t sell it. her “Portrait of a Bog” oil on canvas. $3 from the sale of each book goes to support she’s an illustrator, public artist, and has designed statues for st. Jude and leBon - Horse Haven of Tennessee horse rescue 10305 Monroe Road || Lakeland, TN 38002 || off I-40, Exit 20 www.midsouthhorsereview.com October, 2015 • Mid-South Horse Review 5. most of us, it’s more than just riding Rodeo And horses. it’s our life! BB LACK PETTICOAT through the years, the brands that i wore always seemed to change, depending Fashion Mix on what was in style at the time. i have By Jessica Johnson, owner Rustic Soul worn every brand from the classic western Western Wear names such as Wrangler, cruel girl, and ariat to more modern brands like lucky it all started Brand and Big star. My style consists of about 15 years brightly colored shirts with fun prints and ago when my patterns, made by cruel girl and tin Haul. parents bought if i’m really feeling fun, i might even try me my first to match my horse boots or polo wraps to horse. Who coordinate with my shirts. My favorite would have jeans to ride in are ariat riding jeans and known that cowgirl tuff jeans. they have a great “Bullet” would stretch to them with a perfect mid-rise fit. lead to major Being comfortable is very important while changes in my life? Within two years, i riding.

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