Favorites from the 60's and 70's!!

[Lessonlady]

Okay all you baby boomers!! Here’s your chance to see if dementia has set in yet! Who were your favorite horses, riders and ponies from the 60’s and 70’s? I was showing in that era and will always remember certain ones…

Not Always w/Rodney Jenkins in the regular working hunters
Idle Dice also with Rodney but in the Open Jumpers (he was young then!)
Leonka with Claudia Camillaci in the junior hunters
Drew Davenport in the Eq - she was deaf and rode with Ray Francais. She was fabulous!
Lansonette with Pam Carmichael in the junior hunters - they crashed and burned a lot when she forst got her but once they clicked, there was no beating them!

We didn’t have pony divisions in our area (upstate NY) back then so I can’t honestly say I remember any favorite ponies. Maybe some of you can jog my memory from the bigger shows. In fact, I am sure you will help me remember lots of the OBGs!

[theoldgreymare]

Ok, I’m in for favorites of the 70’s:
Favorite Horses:
Riot Free
Sign The Card
Gozzi
Rain Forest
Stocking Stuffer

Favorite ponies:
Dresden
Shenandoah Opal
Millbrook’s Moonshadow
Dust Pan

[equitationlane]

HORSES
McClain Street (Johnny Bell)
Advanced Ticket
Touch The Sun
Devon
Gozzi
Aberelli (sp)
Untouchable
Snowbound
Spindletop horses
I am sure there are tons more, but am having an old person moment

RIDERS
Bobby Burke The smoothest hunter rider, ever
Dave Kelly
Billy Steinkraus
The Chapots
Brook Hodgson
I’ll think of more, someday when the brain works better

[BAC]

I remember all the horses and riders mentioned so far, Lansonette is my favorite hunter ever.

[AHC]

Ruxton

[LongNLow]

Rodney Jenkins and Idle Dice were my idols. I got to walk the course with him at the Newport Jumping Derby one year… that was so much fun

[VirginiaBred]

Horses

Not Always
Perfect Stranger
Idle Dice
Sign the Card

Ponies
Chantilly
Keswick
Dresden
Slipcover
Midget
Johnny Reb
Checkmate
Southern Grey
Choo Choo
Pandora

[Treasmare2]

Icey Paws

[MissIndependence]

Texas Horses from the 70’s

In Texas in the 70’s my fav’s were:

The Fur Balloon
Do it With Ease (Peter Pletcher’s Jr. Jumper)
Pepe La Puie
Topaz
The Flirt
Makushla
Gay Print
Midas Touch
The Rampart
Get It! (William Martin’s Jr/ Jumper)
Thank You Lord! (loved that one)

Ponies:

Twinkle Toes
Masquerade
The Sand Dollar

Jr. Hunters -

Dr. Seuss
Regardless Stranger
No Le Hace
As You Like It

[findlymine]

my mom picked out touch the sun

[Silk]

Horse ('70’s) Stocking Stuffer

Horse ('60’s) Kimberling

Ponies: Shenandoah Opal (Joanne Houston) and Fantasy (Greg Best’s pony)

Jr. Hunter: Kittyhawk (Bonnie Blake’s horse) Her sister Whitney had a great pony named Pizzaz.

[JointVenture]

Oh yes…Stocking Stuffer! :yes:

[lucy3]

hahaha - i think i posted my reply for this on the 80s thread instead

anyway!!

INDESCRETION (name was Big Dime at one time)
FRONT & CENTER
RUSSIAN CAVIAR

[ponybreeder]

Pam Carmichael is the mother of a very talented up and coming pont rider, Lily Keenan. If you haven’t heard of her yet, you will know her very soon.

[chemteach]

My favorite was Idle Dice and Rodney Jenkins. I saw them at the Washington International Horse Show several times. Does anyone know any particulars on Idle Dice such as breeding, height, etc.?

[marley]

More great 60’s and 70’s hunters

Sungirt
Shining Hour
Cap and Gown
Army Wife
Navy Commander
Isgilde
Sutton Place
Quiet Flite

And oh, what I wouldn’t give to watch Dave Kelley ride one more time! And Cappy Smith, and Gene Cunningham. . . .

[OnTheRun]

Speaking of Dave Kelly-the BO where I board knew him and just recently obtained a pic from Kelly’s brother of Dave jumping a man being held by two other men. The man being jumped looks to be about 3’6" to 4’ off the ground. Kelly is jumping the man behind some barn with some spectators standing along the shedrow. The horse and rider are picture perfect. It is a great picture. What would the stewards say today-LOL!

Rodney on anything in the 70’s-especially Idle Dice. Rumour has it that he rode 1800 trips at Devon one year-I don’t know if it was true, but if it is it is pretty impressive!

[BAC]

@ponybreeder;2213676

Pam Carmichael is the mother of a very talented up and coming pont rider, Lily Keenan. If you haven’t heard of her yet, you will know her very soon.

I will watch for any mention of Lily, I loved watching Pam show Lansonette and Chance Step as a junior. And totally off the subject, I just bought the book Ultimate Horse Barns and saw pictures of your place PB, what an amazing facility you have, its gorgeous.

[Janet]

The ones I remember
Valhalla
Aldie Belle
Spindletop Showdown
Nutmeg Fayre
Peyton Place
Night Murmer
All sorts of Farnley and Lisceter ponies

[vanheimrhorses]

i second on shenandoah opal she was one of the best pony hunters i have ever seen, i saw her loose a kid at a show who bounced off over a fence and she continued on down the line and in the perfect number of strides and jumped the next fence at the end of the line before she stopped and turned around to look for her rider. that was just too cool!!