Cynthia & Bugsy

Cynthia Ward Walker, a writer and twenty year resident of the Hollywood Hills with her husband, screenwriter David Sheffield, rediscovered her inner cowgirl at Sunset Ranch riding rental horse Glide, "a good ol' boy."



Cynthia grew up in Mississippi on a horse and cattle ranch where she rode through the deep piney woods and open green fields of Reklaw Ranch, her family home. Her father, Guy Morrison Walker II, retired paint horse breeder, served as President of the American Paint Horse Association. Cynthia has just inherited the last filly from her father’s line of Paints. Born on Mardi Gras weekend, “Reklaw’s Mardi Gras” is out of Reklaw’s Charm who comes out of the lineage of the famous quarter horse Impressive and the equally famous thoroughbred stallion, Three Bars.



On Ash Wednesday of 2003, Cynthia captured on film the beauty of this newborn filly with her mother, Reklaw's Charm. On Valentine's Day of 2004 Mardi Gras arrived in Hollywood after crossing the country via Equine Ground Transportation. The Hollywood Dolls have embraced "Mardi" to nourish and train and will begin showing her this year as a yearling.



Cynthia is now riding Bugsy, a twenty-year old blue-eyed black beauty who served loyally in the rental string at Sunset Ranch, and is now in his own private stall across from his friend Diablo, another successful rescue by the Hollywood Dolls Horse Club. Bugsy spends many of his Saturdays with Diablo giving rides to youngsters who appreciate his gentle nature.