Tom Word (center) with 2020 Florida Championship judges Chip Pendergrass and Andy Crowell My long life (85 years) has been marked by good luck. None so great as meeting Ted Baker and gaining his invitation… 
1979 CH: Builder’s Addition, PM (Builder’s Risk x Bearwallow Babe), Fred Rayl R-U: Triple Squeeze, PM (Endurance x Silver Springs), Bob Lamb 1980 CH: Blackbelt, PM (Flush’s Country Squire x Quailwood’s Sally), Freddie Epp…
By Tom Word I loved Ted Baker like all of us ‘Cause he loved us in spite of us He gave us a place that was ideal To run the Sunshine and the Florida for…
“A man’s passion for “big-going dogs” sustains the tradition of one of the nation’s toughest field trials on the Florida prairie.” A wonderfully written story about Ted Baker, Chinquapin Farm an the Florida Open All-Age…
The Florida Championship’s birth was a lucky break for our game. It began with a bird hunter who gave not a damn for field trails, but who loved, and sacrificed for, his country. Tom Baker…
