Tennessee walking horse world grand champions (early years)

a look at some of the early Tennessee walking horse world grand champions

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[consanna]

Surpisingly, no video of either Midnight Sun or Merry Go Boy

[thetwh]

interestingly i just found a midnight sun vid but i still can't find merry go boy

[oneblackhorse]

Very interesting how early TWH World Grand Champs such as B. Major Wilson seem to almost be doing a fast rack in the show ring. That's thrilling to watch. I would much prefer to see horses move like that in the Celebration than the modern build-up way of moving which to me makes horses look like big, bizarre, unhappy spiders or aliens who appear to breaking their front legs with every step. What happened? My Walkers look more graceful gaiting barefoot!

[MajiksGurl224]

eboneys materpeice was a materpeice! my horse is related to sensational shadow. do u know what year prides jubilee star was wgc

[GhostFearMe]

@TNMamaBear sooo lucky wouldve loved to have seen him in person bet he could walk a hole in the ground!

[TNMamaBear]

oh wanted to say thank you for this, brings back so many great memories for me. I remember watching Another Masterpiece come into the ring, and I fell instantly in love with that horse. I think Shades of Carbon and Ebony's True Grit were in that one, too, Shades got it next year and Grit the one after that.I was rooting for Another Masterpiece, my aunt for Shades of Carbon, and my mom for Ebony's True Grit, I've always teased her he had to try 3 times to get it, rofl, but they were all great.tx!

[TNMamaBear]

Heavens, I was at that 1969 horse show,was a kid, and man the skies opened up, and actually flooded the whole place! The drains in the ring got plugged from so much runoff and the horses were nearly swimming, we were nearly swimming to get to our cars! lol! I can remember seeing a wallet float by with money sticking out of it, being a kid I wanted to grab it, hehe. Cars were stuck in the instant mud, people couldn't even get out of the parking lot, it was nuts, but fun in a crazy way!

[TNMamaBear]

@GhostFearMe I was honored to help care for Shaker's full brother, Shaker's Southern Heir, kids could crawl over and under him and he never cared, when his owner would breed him, she never had to put him in tie downs or twitch him or any of the horrible things I've seen others do to their studs, if it looked like the mare would kick, she'd calmly call him back and he'd go right to her. Greatest horse I was ever around!

[finnito200t]

My horse has Midnight Sun, Ebony's Masterpiece, Wilson's Allen, Merry Go Boy, Sun's Ace of Spade, Sun's Delight D, Go Man Go, Tripple Lady, Pride of Stanley, in her back ground and she is 8 years ofd. She is listed in Equine now. Her name is Lady's Best Girl She is Golden Champagne and she is a loveable girl. Very smart and willing does anything you ask of her.

[GhostFearMe]

so beautiful..my favorite will always be shakers shocker cause his owner never sored him & she was VERY outspoken against it!!

[jake4252]

very interesting. To me if you can't post or ride a 5 gaited saddlebred... The Tennessee Walking horse is the way to go. I had one his papers were burnt in a fire. he was 17 when I bought him, then sold him to a stable in Iowa. I found his new owners & he was still giving lessons to children when he was like 21 y/o! the best horse I ever owned!

[smillsy71]

Why don't any of these "riders" pat their horses on the neck for working so hard for these dumb ribbons (and money)? And come to that, why are these horses panting harder after a couple of turns around the ring than any jumper after 3 courses of 8 jumps? It's interesting to see how comfortably the old horses could canter. Now, a canter is 'spur, yank, spur, yank' just to keep the horses from falling off their high heels.

[Way2Spirited]

@Hogguide You keep mentioning how long the horses live, so you believe that if as long as what you are doing doesn't KILL a horse, at least in a short period of time, then it's OK?

[lovestwh]

@mschris32 actually they started around the early-mid 50's. it wasnt until the 70's that people got really pissed off and brought the government in to stop it.. Many of the inspectors are corrupt and bought off. Sad day that it's 2011 and soring still exists. If judges wouldnt pin then it would help put an end to this practice.. Frankly I think pads should be banned in all shows. Sad thing the majority of the public doesnt even know what a natural correct running walk looks like..