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TWH Legends
Merry Boy
1925 - 1958Sex: Stallion
From the huge number of Tennessee Walking 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. Merry Boy, sired by Roan Allen F-38, was out of the great mare, Merry Legs F-4. Since Merry Legs F-4, like Wilson's Allen's dam, Birdie Messick F-86, was also sired by Allan F-1, these two great stallions, Merry Boy and Wilson's Allen were 3/4 brothers.
Merry Boy sired some outstanding performers under saddle. One of the first of these was Little Merry Legs. In 1938, Little Merry Legs won the World Championship at the Tennessee State Fair. She did it again in 1939, beating Pride of Memphis. Another outstanding show mare by Merry Boy, was White Cloud. In 1939, she won third in the Aged Mare Class. In 1940, a Merry Boy mare called Forever Yours won third in the Two-Year-Old Championships at the Celebration, and was followed by another Merry Boy filly called Winnie Mae. Winnie Mae had been second in the Two-Year-Old Filly class in 1941, and tied second to Greater Glory in the Three-Year-Old class in 1942. The first Merry Boy offspring to win a Celebration blue was Midnight Sue in 1941. The fact that Wilson's Allen completely dominated the early Celebrations 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. In total 8 World Grand Champions trace directly through a straight line of sires to Merry Boy.
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