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

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

 

Paul Mellon

Idle Dice

Sign The Card

Mrs. John “Betty” Maloney

Charles “Charlie”Wheeler

William S. “Tommy” Stokes

Kenneth Wheeler

Mrs. Rionda “Mary” Braga

Isgilde

2007 Inductees

Jane Dillon

Dorothy N. Lee

Daniel P. Lenehan

Ashford Castle

Bon Retour

Broken Glass

Journey Proud

Jimmy Hatcher

Michael Matz

Betty Beryl Schenk

General George Patton

Betty Anne Triplett

Howard Allen

2008 Inductees

Mo Dana

Marshall Hawkins

Robert Kerns

True Blue

Shining Hour

Lee Cross

Malachi Grant

Charles “Charlie” Risdon

Admiration

Nancy Dillon

2009 Inductees

Eileen Brent Beckman

Chantilly

Robert J. Pillion

 

A.E. “Gene” Cunningham

Barbara “Tippy” Payne

Rainbow Connection

Cap & Gown

Gene Pillion

Pembroke Somerset Gochnauer

2010 Inductees

Mrs. J. Deane Rucker

Jack Payne

 

Spanish Mint

Francis E. Finchum

Hermen Greenberg

Monica L. Greenberg

Poppett Robinson Pitts

San Siro

Marianna

Cold Climate

2011 Inductees

Mrs. Heywood Nelms

Dave Kelley

Just For Fun

Two For One

War Hawk

Sheila Sisk

Marguerite Taylor

Mrs. Stephen “Katz” Clark

Estrella

2012 Inductees

Mr. Charles T. “Chuck” Hoovler

Dr. Calvin Rofe

Diana Dodge

Jim Waddell

Sara Nan Payne West

Diams III

Sir Thompson

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

Stocking Stuffer

War Dress

Cornelia “Nina” W. Bonnie

Lillian S. Griber

Mr. Bobby Powell

2015 Inductees

Crag’s Corner

Vince Dugan

Beverly Sanford McConnell

Noel Twyman

Deacon Melvin “Dude” Warner

Sharon “Sam” Maloney

Tarco Van Ter Moude

 

2016 Inductees

Barban Court

Albert A. Barber

Isaiah S. “Mr. B” Brown

Diana J. Firestone

Helen Buchanan Jones

Speculation

Rose Marie Bogley

Bertram R. Firestone

2017 Inductees

Jean Liseter Austin duPont

Patty Heuckeroth

Kathy Kusner

Liseter Clever Star

Dennis Singhas

Mesmerize

High Noon

2018 Inductees

Garnet

Gozzi

Gaylord Hoisington

Steve McVeigh

Bucky Reynolds

Spirit of Song

2019 Inductees

Col. John F. Zugschwert, U.S. Army

J. Mayo Brown

Ruxton

Doris Jones

Janet Hitchen

Way Cool

Jack Stedding

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

2023 Inductees

Lysa Burke Hutton 

Harry Rosoni

Wayne Eubank

Carl “Fletch” Flemer

Thomas E. McLaughlin, Jr.

Ovation

Spiff N’ Polish

2024 Inductees

William “Fuzzy” Mayo

Anne Hagner Christmas

Tracey Weinberg

Elizabeth Solter

James C. “Jimmy” Wofford

Rox Dene

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