The Wall of Honor

Honoring Our History

Conceived by Colonel Richard Dulany in 1853 as an incentive to promote better care and quality in local riding horses, an afternoon competition has grown into a week-long international event.

From the beginning, it was a great success; a large number of entries for the two classes came to the Oak Grove on Number Six, now Grafton Farm. Spectators arriving with their friends and families in buggies and carriages set up tables and picnicked under the spreading limbs of the oak trees. The small organizing committee, with the guidance of Colonel Dulany, decided to form a club to ensure the continuation of this event. Colonel Dulany was elected president, a position he held for over fifty years.

Mayme Ober Peak wrote of Colonel Dulany in a 1931 article for the Loudoun-Fauquier Magazine, “a gentleman of the old school- hospitable, generous, public-spirited….His love for horses was a tradition.” Throughout the years, interested neighbors have joined the families of the original organizers, to continue those qualities in the Upperville Colt & Horse Show. Many of the country’s best horsemen have returned each year to compete under the oaks, and enjoy the relaxed Virginia hospitality.

We wish to thank and recognize those people and horses that have kept this tradition alive. Those who return year after year to work or compete have become as familiar and important as the oaks that grace the historic show grounds. They are in fact themselves, “Upperville Oaks”.

The Wall lists the past presidents, who have guided the Upperville Colt & Horse Show through its long history while maintaining the character and quality of the event. Also listed are the charter members and the inductees each year beginning with 2005. As time goes on, we hope to honor more of the people and horses that have gone before us, remembering our past as we look to the future.

Charter Members

Duke of Paeonian

Black Hawk

Bon Nuit

2005 Inductees

Osczar

2006 Inductees

Kenneth Wheeler

Mrs. Rionda “Mary” Braga

Isgilde

2007 Inductees

General George Patton

Betty Anne Triplett

Howard Allen

2008 Inductees

Nancy Dillon

2009 Inductees

Cap & Gown

Gene Pillion

Pembroke Somerset Gochnauer

2010 Inductees

Marianna

Cold Climate

2011 Inductees

Mrs. Stephen “Katz” Clark

Estrella

2012 Inductees

Diams III

Sir Thompson

2013 Inductees

Popeye K

2014 Inductees

Mr. Bobby Powell

2015 Inductees

Deacon Melvin “Dude” Warner

Sharon “Sam” Maloney

Tarco Van Ter Moude

2016 Inductees

Rose Marie Bogley

Bertram R. Firestone

2017 Inductees

High Noon

2018 Inductees

Spirit of Song

2019 Inductees

Jack Stedding

2021 Inductees

Sally Lamb

2022 Inductees

Glena Wirtanen

2023 Inductees

Thomas E. McLaughlin, Jr.