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Black Allan in 1905. The Tennessee Walking Horse was one of the first horse breeds to be named for an American state, [9] and was developed in Middle Tennessee.Horse breeder James Brantley began his program in the early 1900s, using the foundation stallion Black Allan, [10] who had a smooth running walk and a calm disposition, which he passed on to his offspring. [11]
Wilson's Allen was a Tennessee Walking Horse stallion foaled in 1914 (some sources say 1917) in Coffee County, Tennessee. [1] He was bred by Bud Messick at the urging of Johnson Hill, who contracted to buy the colt for $200. Wilson's Allen was by the foundation sire Roan Allen and out of a mare named Birdie Messick.
Merry Go Boy won the weanling horse colt class at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in 1943. In 1944, he won the yearling colt class and the yearling championship. He won the two-year-old stallion class in 1945, and in the following year, 1946, won the three-year-old stallion/ gelding junior stake and was then entered in the "big ...
It was created by crossbreeding of the Tennessee Walking Horse and the Welsh Pony. [1]: 436 Originally developed in Georgia, [2] the breed was established in 1968 after several years of selective breeding. Joan Hudson Brown is credited as the founder of the breed and was the first executive secretary of the breed registry.
Hanover Shoe Stables fell under the management of Lawrence Sheppard, Sheppard's son, in 1922 and in 1926, he purchased a 69 horse dispersal from the estate of A.B. Coxe for $150,000. According to The Kentucky Harness Horse , written by Standardbred historian Ken McCarr, it was "the start of one of the largest and most prominent harness horse ...
Charles Emmett Brantley (November 12, 1924 – July 22, 2016) was a Tennessee Walking Horse breeder. He grew up on a farm in Coffee County, Tennessee and competed in the first Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Besides breeding horses, he was a horse trainer for several years, but quit riding due to health issues.
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Pride's Generator (1975–2001) was a Tennessee Walking Horse who won three World Championships before being retired to breeding. Standing at stud first at S. W. Beech Stables and later at Waterfall Farms, he sired over 2,000 foals, of which two became World Grand Champions and over 100 became World Champions.