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The Wall of Honor
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
R.S. Peach
Taylor S. Hardin
James L. Wiley, Sr.
Nancy G. Lee
Elizabeth Whitney Tippett
Morton W. Smith
Alex Calvert
J. Arthur Reynolds
Delmar Twyman
Ennis Jenkins
Sallie Sexton
Sallie B. Wheeler
Silver Crest
Scrivington
Freckles
Quiet Flite
Duke of Paeonian
Black Hawk
Bon Nuit
2005 Inductees
Robert J. Burke
Ellie Wood Baxter
Rodney Jenkins
M. Edgar Mills
Osczar
2006 Inductees
Dr. Rufus Humphrey
William H. Perry
Mrs. Frances “Funny” Rowe
William S. “Tommy” Stokes
Paul Mellon
Idle Dice
Sign The Card
Isgilde
Mrs. John “Betty” Maloney
Charles “Charlie” Wheeler
Kenneth Wheeler
Mrs. Rionda “Mary” Braga
2007 Inductees
Jane Dillon
Dorothy N. Lee
Daniel P. Lenehan
General George Patton
Betty Anne Triplett
Bon Retour
Broken Glass
Journey Proud
Howard Allen
Jimmy Hatcher
Michael Matz
Betty Beryl Schenk
Ashford Castle
2008 Inductees
Mo Dana
Marshall Hawkins
Robert Kerns
True Blue
Shining Hour
Lee Cross
Nancy Dillon
Malachi Grant
Charles “Charlie” Risdon
Admiration
2009 Inductees
A. E. “Gene” Cunningham
Pembroke Somerset Gochnauer
Barbara “Tippy” Payne
Cap & Gown
Chantilly
Eileen Brent Beckman
Gene Pillion
Robert J. Pillion
Rainbow Connection
2010 Inductees
Mrs. J. Deane Rucker
Jack Payne
Cold Climate
Marianna
Spanish Mint
Francis E. Finchum
Hermen Greenberg
Monica L. Greenberg
Poppett Robinson Pitts
San Siro
2011 Inductees
Mrs. Heywood Nelms
Dave Kelley
Just For Fun
Two For One
War Hawk
Mrs. Stephen “Katz” Clark
Sheila Sisk
Marguerite Taylor
Estrella
2012 Inductees
Mr. Charles T. “Chuck” Hoovler
Dr. Calvin Rofe
Sir Thompson
Diana Dodge
Jim Waddell
Sara Nan Payne West
Diams III
2013 Inductees
Joan Higginson Dunning
Mr. Greg Ramsay
Super Flash
Valerie Archibald Embrey
Mrs. Sylvester Johnson
Popeye K
2014 Inductees
Mr. W. Gary Baker
Blue Horizon
Mr. Bobby Powell
Stocking Stuffer
War Dress
Cornelia “Nina” W. Bonnie
Lillian S. Griber
2015 Inductees
Crag’s Corner
Vince Dugan
Sharon “Sam” Maloney
Beverly Sanford McConnell
Noel Twyman
Deacon Melvin “Dude” Warner
Tarco Van Ter Moude
2016 Inductees
Barban Court
Albert A. Barber
Rose Marie Bogley
Isaiah S. “Mr. B” Brown
Diana J. Firestone
Bertram R. Firestone
Helen Buchanan Jones
Speculation
2017 Inductees
Jean Liseter Austin duPont
Patty Heuckeroth
High Noon
Kathy Kusner
Liseter Clever Star
Mesmerize
Dennis Singhas
2018 Inductees
Garnet
Gossi
Gaylord Hoisington
Steve McVeigh
Bucky Reynolds
Spirit of Song
2019 Inductees
Colonel John F. Zugschwert, U.S. Army (Ret.)
J. Mayo Brown
Way Cool
Jack Stedding
Ruxton
Doris Jones
Janet Hitchen
2021 Inductees
Hetty Abeles
Thoughtful
General Crosbie “Butch” Saint
Walter “Jimmy” Lee
Scott To Do
Shenandoah Opal
Marianne Wynward “Winnie” Howland
Sally Lamb
2022 Inductees
Pamela “The Coffee Lady” Hayden
Mary B. Schwab
Wallene “Tutti” Perricone
Up Chiqui
Glena Wirtanen