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Powder River is now a gelding and was sold last March to a gentleman who lives down near Austin, TX.
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Powder River has won numerous blue ribbons  for Walkers West in his show career in 
both Spotted Horse Competition and in Tennessee Walking Horse Competition 
in the Plantation Pleasure and Park Pleasure classes.  
Introducing... POWDER RIVER ! Add a little PIZZAZ to your Jazz ! Looking for a bigger town....

Powder River

4 Shows - Undefeated in 1999
Shown by Lauren Hamilton, 
under Trainer, Howard Hamilton - 
Southern Serenity Ranch - Cedar Grove, TN.

With Stan Urad training him during the first part of this season, 
Powder River  was undefeated in 
Spotted Horse Competition in Texas during 2000.

POWDER RIVER and DANNY WOOTEN 
placed 2ND in the 4 Year Old Plantation Class at 
THE 2000 CELEBRATION !! 

In 2000, Powder River was Reserve Champion Four Year Old Plantation Pleasure Horse at the Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration. He was also the 2000 Western States Champion Plantation Pleasure Horse among other outstanding accomplishments. In 2001 Powder River was Reserve Champion in the Open Park Pleasure Division with Danny Wooten showing both years.  

* * * POWDER RIVER , 
WITH DANNY WOOTEN UP,  WON THE RENO SHOW 
TO BECOME THE NEW 
"2000" WESTERN STATES CELEBRATION PLANTATION GRAND CHAMPION!   
 
HE ALSO WON THE PLANTATION CLASS 
AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR,
and the Plantation Qualifying class,
and The Plantation Championship at 
the Carousel Charity Horse Show in Scottsdale, AZ. 

Powder River, winning the Copper State Classic
POWDER RIVER, heading for California and Danny Wooten.
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This is THE SNOWY RIVER #20705585, an overo son of Powder River, out of Dangerous Genie.

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Powder River
He flows like a River......

 ACROSS THE WAY I SAW HIM
AT THE WALKING HORSE SALE THAT DAY
A YEARLING BLACK AND WHITE STALLION
AWAITING HIS CHANCE TO PARADE.

HE LOOKED LIKE A DEER IN HIS MOVEMENTS
HE EBBED AND HE FLOWED WHEN HE WALKED
 COULD I BE THE ONE SO LUCKY
AS TO HAVE THE LAST BID AS THEY HAWKED?

 AND YES, IT IS TRUE THAT THEY POINTED
AND SAID SOLD TO THE LADY RIGHT THERE
AND I COULDN’T BELIEVE MY GOOD FORTUNE
TO BE THE NEW OWNER OF A STALLION SO RARE.

SO AWAY WE WENT TO THE TRAINER
TO LEARN TO WALK LIKE A CHAMP
HE LEARNED SO QUICKLY AND EASILY
THAT SOON HE WAS IN A NEW CAMP.

WITH EACH TRAINER THAT TRIED HIS HAND
HE IMPROVED WITH GRACE AND STRIDE
AND SOON PEOPLE STARTED TO TAKE NOTICE
OF THE BLACK AND WHITE STALLION HE’D RIDE.

AND SHOW AFTER SHOW HE WOULD WIN
HE FLOWED LIKE A MIGHTY RIVER
THIS GORGEOUS WALKING HORSE STALLION
THE WORLD CAME TO KNOW AS POWDER RIVER
                      - - Mary Ellen Areaux

It has been a pleasure to own and be associated with this wonderful horse, and Walkers West would sincerely like to thank the following trainers for all their efforts in developing  his many talents:

The Shaw Twins
Bruce Hankins
Howard and Lauren Hamilton
Stan Urad
Danny Wooten
Jamey Thompson
Jeff Givens
Doug Smiley

 
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----- Original Message -----
From: SHARON GRIMES
To: walkersw@earthlink.net
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:43 PM
Subject: Powder River

Hello Mary,

How nice to get to chat with you this morning and learn some helpful things about our favorite Tennessee Walker.  I would love the opportunity to come out to your ranch to further my understanding of this amazing horse, I'll have to see if this is something the owner is interested in. 
River shares his pasture with a Tennessee Walker gelding, his own daughter and a Caspian pony.  I've included a photo of my daughter and "River", (no arena, only a round pen and 1,800 acres), as well as the entry she attempted to post in his Guest Book.  Thank you so much for your time.

Best Regards,

Sharon Grimes

Sharon
Nothing thrills me more than to know Powder River is in a good home - and especially that is he back in Texas.  That picture of your daughter riding him is just beautiful.  We would be thrilled to have you come visit and we will be glad to share with you some knowledge on the breed to better help you work with Powder River.

He was a dream come true for me as well.  If you read the poem that I wrote on his page, it tells a lot about how I feel about him. He was a very popular horse in the show ring and had a big following from Coast to Coast.   He was always a treat to work with as he was very willing to do anything that you asked of him - not a mean bone in his body.

Thank you for contacting me and I hope we have a chance to meet.

Mary Ellen Areaux
Walkers West