The Appaloosa Horse Club is pleased to announce this year’s crop of inductees into the ApHC and Racing Hall of Fame.
Individual Hall of Fame:
• Royce Crosby
• Sylvia Haines
Horse Hall of Fame:
• Blazing Hot Spots, 1998 gelding
• I Love Willie, 1983 stallion
• Joker’s Sleepy, 1960 stallion
• Ms High Five, 1986 mare – automatic induction via production record
• Ms Gunsmokes Doll, 1995 mare – automatic induction via production record
Racing Hall of Fame (voted on by ERC):
• Cheryl White
• Nellies Girl, 1975 mare
2011 Hall of Fame inductees will be recognized at the Open Awards banquet in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 2012 National Show. They will also be recognized in the Appaloosa Journal and the 2011 Yearbook.
The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) is proud to announce the induction of five pillars of the Appaloosa community into the Hall of Fame: Victoria Ennis of Kingston, Okla., former ApHC Director Ward Fenton of Worden, Mont. and Karen Grimm of Minden, Nev., as well as Appaloosa stallion Maid’s Dream, owned by Dal Porto Ranch in Brentwood, Calif.
We offer sincere congratulations to all these winners, their families and connections. See the full announcement in the News Spots section of the Web site.
Voting is complete for 2009 Hall of Fame horses and people. The Appaloosa Horse Club is pleased to announce the following winners:
Horses:
MAID’S DREAM, Dal Porto Ranch, Brentwood, California
People:
WARD FENTON, Worden, Montana
VICTORIA ENNIS (deceased), Kingston, Oklahoma
KAREN GRIMM, Minden, Nevada
The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) is accepting nominations for one of the most prestigious honors in the Appaloosa industry, the ApHC Hall of Fame and Racing Hall of Fame!
The ApHC seeks candidates that have made a positive impact on the Appaloosa industry. Each year one or more horses and persons may be inducted into the ApHC’s Hall of Fame by nominations received from members and voted on by the ApHC’s Board of Directors. Only one horse and one person may be inducted into the ApHC’s Racing Hall of Fame by nominations received by members and voted on by the Executive Race Committee.
Each inductee will be honored at the annual award banquet held during the 63rd National Appaloosa Show & 2010 World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show in Jackson, Miss., June 21-July 3. An engraved plaque with a photograph and biography of each Hall of Fame inductee will be placed on permanent display at the Appaloosa Museum and Heritage Center. A duplicate will be awarded to the honoree, surviving kin or the horse’s owner.
Members can download a copy of the ApHC Hall of Fame nomination packet at http://www.appaloosa.com/. The deadline for nominations is Oct. 31, 2009.
In 2008, Appaloosa Bambi E. and a pillar of the industry, Mr. Eddie Wood, were inducted into the ApHC Hall of Fame, while Perfect Union and Mr. Gilbert Keck were inducted into the ApHC Racing Hall of Fame. A complete list of Hall of Fame inductees is also on the appaloosa.com site.
At the ApHC Year End Banquet a number of people were inducted into the Hall of Fame. One of them was Clarence Courtright who was sitting at my table.
I had a great conversation with Clarence who is still riding. His main involvement with Appaloosas has been racing although he says he has done some jumping with a mare he owned. In fact, he won some jumping competitions in Canada with that horse.
Clarence says he started riding at a very young age and was asked to ride and race Appaloosas. He recalls the Sacramento State Fair and winning races with Appaloosas in 1964. He says he won the first Appaloosa Derby in the state of California. Over the years he’s been on a lot of horses and really like Appaloosas. He thinks they’re great horses.
Clarence likes Jackson, MS. He’s been here before and like most towns he says, it just keeps getting bigger. He spent some time at the show and says it looks like the showing side of the business is coming back but he’s not too sure about the racing side of things.
You can listen to my interview with Clarence here: 
Interview With Clarence Courtright (5 min MP3)
National Show Photo Album
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