349:. A year later, he purchased a cutting mare named Stardust Desire in partnership with his long time friend George Tyler. She eventually sold to the Douglas Lake Cattle Company, Ltd. owned by C.N. "Chunky" Woodward, a Canadian rancher and businessman. Matlock continued to show the mare for Woodward and in 1966, the pair won their first NCHA World Championship. In 1967, Matlock was reunited with Peppy San, the senior sire for Woodward's Douglas Lake Cattle Company. The pair won the 1967 NCHA World Championship.
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731:"Berry Matlock Rose"
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341:Rose Ranch
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190:Early life
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