T H E T O M WALTE R FAMI LY
Tom and his family have been involved in Arabian horses
His incredible beauty has pulled them into the halter world,
since 1988. Their oldest daughter insisted on riding lessons
and he is a pretty fancy country horse, as well. Sired by
and they were introduced to Lori Schroeder-Ross, who
Magnum Psyche and out of the superstar broodmare Ames
coincidentally lived in Des Moines, Iowa, and is one of the
Mirage, by Brass, he is a living testament of the ability to
country's premier equitation instructors. Because of this,
succeed in both the halter and performance arenas. Xanthuss
they were immediately introduced to showing and winning
as a sire, is passing this onto his foals remarkably well.
on a national level, with no regrets. When asked what makes Midwest special, without any The family cites two favorite horses, Dancing Shoes
hesitation they say, "We’ve never questioned the care or
("Buddy"), and Xanthuss. Dancing Shoes, an incredible
handling our horses have received at Midwest. In a long-
equitation horse they were lucky enough to find early
distance horse affair, that’s important. The fact that a stallion
on, brought home many national championships for their
like Xanthuss can transition to a successful performance
daughters in both equitation and English pleasure, becoming
career with such a happy and willing attitude speaks
a pretty close family member at the Walters.
volumes about the care he received during his halter career. We also appreciate their honest assessments of the horses.
More recently, the family has had the pleasure to own and
All are beautiful, but not all are destined to win. We would
manage the beautiful stallion Xanthuss, after spotting him as
be remiss if we didn’t cite the incredible support David and
a yearling at the Gold Star Futurity. He was bred by Cedar
his customers have shown to numerous shows and futurities.
Ridge Arabians, halter trained at Midwest, and currently
It doesn’t all just happen. It takes tremendous commitment
stands at ChriShan Park where he is in performance training.
and vision to mount that kind of effort."
Above, l to r: Tom Walter, Jessica and Tommy Maldonado, Stephanie Douglass and Earleen Walter (not pictured, Flaco Maldonado and Paul Douglass).
Above, l to r: Stephanie Douglass with Sofia Loren (WGC Revival x CR Berry Brandy) and National Champion Toi Stealer (Matoi x CR Berry Brandy) with Jessica Maldonado.
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