Interview with Joan Hamilton, March 8, 2007

Interview Summary

Joan Hamilton, a successful breeder and seller of Saddlebreds, is the owner of historic Kalarama Farm in Springfield, Kentucky. Raised in Washington County, Hamilton shares stories of her family, childhood, and early experiences with horses. She discusses her father, Paul Hamilton, purchasing Kalarama in the early 1960s and tells how she came to the farm to develop its breeding program. Hamilton discusses the breeding and showing success of world champion Harlem Globetrotter, explains how she and her husband, trainer Larry Hodges, operate the farm, and reflects on the challenges and potential of working in the horse industry in Kentucky.

Interview Keyword

4-H clubs. Kalarama Farm (Ky.) Redd Crabtree

Interview LC Subject

Crabtree, Charles Edward "Redd" Hamilton, Edwin Paul Hamilton, Joan Adele Hamilton, Joan Adele--Interviews Harlem Globetrotter (Show horse) Horse farms Horse industry--Kentucky Horses--Breeding Women in horse sports American Saddlebred horse

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