Papa's Royal Delight Tennessee Walking Horse stallion

A 7 time National Champion and Grand-Champion flatshod Tennessee Walking Horse stallion, Papa exhibits the correct 4 beat foundation pleasure gaits. His huge stride and loose movement are getting passed to his offspring (see Graceful's video) right along with his multi-gaited abilities, wonderful conformation, monster headshake and sweet disposition. With well over 100 blues and championships, he has proven himself in the showring both under saddle and in halter competitions. His offspring are just now starting to show, and his oldest already has a dozen blues to her credit in her first year in the ring. Papa's pedigree simply cannot be beaten, with Merry Go Boy, Midnight Sun, Ebony Masterpiece, Delight of Pride, Royal Master, Pride's Generator, Pride of Midnight and The Pusher, CG. Papa stands at Howe They Walk Farm in Napoleon, MO and is a frequent at horse expositions throughout the Midwest.

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Pets & Animals

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• Tennessee
• Walking
• Horse
• running
• walk
• flatwalk
• rocking
• chair
• canter
• champion
• TWH

[raprhowe]

it would be wonderful to have any young photos u have of my boy. i still show himsome and often pull him out to demo, but he's mostly out in his paddock with pregnant mares all around.

We tried 2 contact ur dad to find out if Papa had any full brothers or sisters several yrs ago but never received any responce. i would be thrilled to get photos. thanks so much!

[ridewithpridetwh]

What a beautiful horse! Do you by chance know his sire? I have a stud named Papa Joe's Pride and we bred him to a mare named Royal Delight and I can't help thinking that this could be one of P.J.'s offspring!

[raprhowe]

@ridewithpridetwh Papa is by your stud out of RB's Delight. I understand he was bred by Craig Evans in West Virginia. He's a '98 model and i bought him as a two yr old. I love, love love this boy and he's throwing some amazingly talentd get.

[GND3153]

Too slow for my taste. I'd perfer a speed racking Tennessee Walker

[raprhowe]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with racking your TWH, as long as you're aware that's what your doing, wanting and you do it for short bursts, giving them plenty of opportunity to blow between bouts of rack. I teach all my horses to rack as an unofficial 4th gear.

[GND3153]

I'd love to see Papa really turn it own. Maybe you could post another video. This brings a question to mind though. How fast can a horse travel at the running walk?

[raprhowe]

a "quality" running walk should be somewhere between 7-9 mph. I've seen one or two that I thought might reach 10 mph. You hear of faster, but they all seem to start losing form right at the 8-9 mph range... either to the rack or the pace. The headnod goes away, the backend strings out and tail starts bobbin.... There may be a 17 hand horse out there that can do better than 10 mph but I've not seen it.

I will try to get good video of Papa when he's burnin' ground this season and post it.

[kendall7364]

in dressage, rhythm is the very foundation of correct training. in manufactured twh horses, their rhythm is all off, but papa's royal delight has beautiful rhythm

[landjwalk]

wish I had the time to train my horses as well as Papa...he is such a pleasure to watch, you can tell he is happy and natural. Always a fan of Sun's Delight D breeding, but its hard ot find anymore.

[ridewithpridetwh]

Craig is my daddy! He was bred in Virginia not West Virginia. I'm sure if I look I can find some pictures of Papa as a colt if you like. We kept all our colts at home until they were yearlings so I should have quite a few.

[MajiksGurl224]

and to mention. i have a horse with almost the same blood lines as him. betwen both of my horses i have everyone of them horses names on them papers. they are all magnicicant horses

[MajiksGurl224]

eh. im not to much on that slow. on my horses when you bounce int he saddle a lil is when they look their best. and by bounc e i dont mean bout to kill you and jar u to death,

[MajiksGurl224]

@GND3153 im the same way. ive had nothing but racking horses all my life. and of course 3 standardbreds. lol

[EEEEGads2U]

What an awesome stallion. Has he been able to reproduce himself? Any winners on the ground?

[hippitor]

This is lovely. So much nicer to see than the "big Lick" horses.  :) Your horse is happy!