The Seay Family
Last Modified 6/26/2007
Junior Seay passed away on December 5, 2005.

Junior on his 72nd birthday, 2002, with Mary Waickman at The Cleveland Classic Horse Show.

Junior driving two year old, A Worthy Design, in 2002.

Junior greeting a new two year old he'll help train at Mary Waickman's early Spring 2003. (Photo by Bob Judson)

More recent pictures of Junior can be found on the Mary Waickman Stables site.


Junior with two of Jack Thrane's horses about 1998.
Above is Another Contender.
Below is High Time's Spring Waltz

Junior receiving the 1996 UPHA Chapter 13, Horseman of the Year Award.

Ronell "Junior" Seay driving Stonewall's Crescendo, owned by Mrs. and Mr. Everett H. Davidson of Lorain, Ohio, and Rancho Mirage, California. (There's a picture of Junior with Crescendo as a 3 year old at the bottom of the page.)

Junior was the first black man to win a stake at the Lexington Junior League Horse Show. He is pictured here with Stonewall's Crescendo at Lexington

Superb Sultan owned by Ruby Askins taken at River Ridge in 1980.

One of Junior's all time favorite horses, Court Manor's Wildfire, from a stallion advertisement 1977.

Pictured above and below Black River Thor, owned by Richard Shea.
Pictures taken at Oklahoma City, in the 1970s.

Norwegian Mladen owned by Rudy and Shirley Borzy.
Picture taken at the Ohio State Fair in the mid 80's.

WC Perfect Timing owned by George Henn when the photo below was taken, winning the 5G Championship at River Ridge in 1981.

Berea early 1960's, Junior holding trophy for winning the futurity class.

All pictures and advertisements below were found in a December 1965 magazine. Junior was the ONLY black horseman pictured in that issue. Thank goodness for Mrs. Hillegass who chose to honor her manager-trainer by picturing him in her ads!
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