George Walker
George
Walker received board appointment to the American Hanoverian Society (AHS) Mare
and Stallion Committee in 2002, and in January of 2008 the board accepted the
Mare and Stallion Committee’s recommendation that he be added as a stallion
judge. He and his wife Catherine own and operate Middlefield Farm in Blythewood,
S.C. George was raised with Thoroughbreds and traveled the world working with
them. In 1984 George graduated top of his class at the Irish National Stud.
Also in 1984 his family acquired their first Hanoverians. While the family has
raised and stood several stallions in the past, including Banter, recently their
emphasis has been on maintaining a select group of homebred mares. The operation
is strictly hands on, including the breeding and breaking work. He and his family
have had the pleasure of learning a great deal from their friends Gerd and Yvonne
Zuther, Fritz Floto and Buck Brannaman. George believes in donating back to the
Society; he is also an elected member of AHS’s
Finance Committee.