Show Hunters of the past

Wow, Charlie, not Bernie. I should know that!

I think she showed Advance Ticket as a jr. jumper, maybe eq too - to be honest I don’t think I ever saw Scotch Tweed except in pictures but I did see BH show Advance Ticket quite a bit. What a beautiful rider.

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-title”>quote:</div><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-content”>Originally posted by Remi and me:
Ok - Long Islanders from long ago

Does anyone remember Lancer’s Jewel and Mary Rintoul? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I didn’t know them but remember the name. And wasn’t there a David Rintoul, I think he showed ponies?

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-title”>quote:</div><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-content”>Originally posted by harryjohnson:
bekkaRAE1017, welcome, we may very well need someone to man the paddles - you have joined a very senior group. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Harry, I am not “very” senior just senior!

Everyone called him Farnley So No Wonder, he looked like a giant pony.

Yep
We covered him when poor Gail died this past year.

You got the grey part right! Thank goodness for color, If I didn’t do that I would be looking for the evasive grey hairnet.

I can remember being quite taken with the visual of Mink and Pearls standing with his equally elegant owner. I believe she married Anthony D’Ambrosio. And I do believe I saw Lansonette go, but for some reason I think with a junior rider


<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-title”>quote:</div><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-content”>Originally posted by freckles:
Ann Yohai
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Where is she now?

Silk, I also remember Stocking Stuffer when the Wheelers ame out to CA and showed at the Forum one year. He was simply breathtaking.

To add to the list, from the West Coast, I also loved Modest Man, Sporting Spirit, Noteworthy and Bavaria - all successful in the 4’ division.

I am a “younger” (22) person who has been lurking. I and I love reading about all of the great horses and people of past years. Keep it up, Im learning a lot .

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-title”>quote:</div><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-content”>I often wonder if the stars of the Sixties, early Seventies would be winners today. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Depends on how they got to the ring, doesn’t it?

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-title”>quote:</div><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-content”>Lake Placid has never been the same for many of the old folks since Rain Forest died and “Mud Puddles” closed. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
OK, hold the phone
 when did Mud Puddles close?!

Bingo! BH2

Does anyone here remember Rule the Blues? He was shown by Leslie and Brian Lenehan and later by Nicole Shahinian when she was a junior.

I love the pictures from George Morris’ book - when I did my semester abroad at college in the States I was so shocked at how what I’d read in the book bore no relation whatsoever to what I saw in the hunter rings - what happened???

Was the grey horse named Playing Games by any chance?? God I just hate this!!!

I’m just brilliant! With the help of my own raggedy collection of National Programs, and the book, “The National Horse Show”, I am even more brilliant. I actually saw most of those horses compete.

Oh good
that’s nice to know.

<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-title”>quote:</div><div class=“ip-ubbcode-quote-content”>Originally posted by Lord Helpus:
If you were at the Lake Placid Show when Rain Forest died, raise your hand. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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I was on the grounds the night it happened, in the next tent. I didn’t know that sound was shots. I do remember lots of shouting and a cop asking me if I saw anything (no). I was amazed anything bad could happen to Hunterdon.
And I remember the immigration folks being on the grounds the next day.