|
|
|
As with any breed, the favoured
bloodlines of the Tennessee Walking Horse have undergone many
changes through the years. However the test of time has
delivered up a few very special individuals whose genetic makeup
provided the true and consistent gaits, conformation and
disposition so sought after by Tennessee Walking Horse breeders.
Such horses can be found repeatedly in the pedigrees of all the
World Grand Champions and other legends of the breed.
|
|
PEDIGREE |
By 1945, there was a
total of 11,800 entries in the stud books of the TWHBEA and more
than 10,000 of them traced to
Allan F-1, - - 2,785 bearing his
name. This is one of the greatest records that has ever been
made by any of the great sires of light horse breeds.
His most famous son was
Roan Allen F-38. ==> |
PEDIGREE |
|
100 percent of all living Walking Horses trace to
Roan Allen F-38.
His two most famous sons were
Merry Boy and
Wilson's Allen.
From the
huge number of Foundation Stock horses sired by Allan F-1 and Roan
Allen F-38,
Wilson's Allen and
Merry Boy
were perhaps the most powerful contributors to the gene pools of
today, and crosses between the lines of these two horses were among
the most successful of any.
This cross still exists in matches between
the offspring of
Prides Generator and
The Pusher C. G. |
|
PEDIGREE |
The fact that
Wilson's Allen completely dominated the early World Champion-ships left little for the offspring of other sires. The best that
Merry Boy's get could do was compete for what remained after the
Wilson's Allen's colts left the ring. With few exceptions, this pattern would constitute the story of
Merry Boy's life as a sire of show horses. The only two World Grand Champion horses that were sired by
Merry Boy are the black mare,
Black Angel who won in 1943, and
Merry Go Boy, who won in 1947 and 1948. |
 |
 |
|
PEDIGREE |
PEDIGREE |
|
Wilson's Allen's blood dominated the male line of the
breed for 40 years after his death. We cannot help but be
amazed at the potency of
Wilson's Allen. He, more than any other horse, carried on
the torch left by
Allan F-1 and
Roan Allen F-38. He brought stamina and dignity to the
breed, and his colts exhibited a looseness that was not
noticeable in the get of other sires. Since his son,
Strolling Jim won the first World Grand Championship in
1939, only three World Grand Champions (Black
Angel,
Merry Go Boy, and
Go Boy's Shadow) do not trace directly to this
incomparable sire. |
|
|
|
PEDIGREE
MIDNIGHT SUN |
Midnight
Sun was
THE big horse of the Tennessee Walking
Horse breed. Named 'the Horse of the Century, he was the first stallion to become
world champion of this breed. That was in 1945 and 1946
at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration at
Shelbyville, Tennessee. Then he sired horses
that were grand champions there seven times; grand-sired the
supreme winner five times; and was the great-grandsire
of nearly EVERY year's champion since that time. On only
FOUR occasions since 1949, have horses NOT descended
from
Midnight
Sun, in a straight male line, been world
champions of this breed.
|
|
|
The two sons of
Midnight
Sun who produce
the most World Champion progeny were
Pride of Midnight HF and
Midnight Mack K.
|
|
|
Ironically, neither of these
stallions won World Grand Championship themselves.
|
|
|
Today,
Midnight
Sun still appears in
the pedigrees of most top quality horses, through the progeny of
the breed's two most predominant stallions -
Prides Generator and
The Pusher C. G. In fact, horses with pedigrees
rich in
Midnight
Sun blood that do
NOT descend from
Pride of Midnight HF are VERY RARE, and should be much sought
after, as valuable outcrosses to the offspring of
Prides Generator and
The Pusher C. G.
|
|
|
|
|
