| Horsename | Merry Legs |
|---|---|
| Breed | Tennessee Walking Horse |
| Discipline | Show horse |
| Sire | Black Allan |
| Grandsire | Allendorf |
| Dam | Nell Dement |
| Foaled | 1911 |
| Sex | Mare |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Albert Dement |
| Honors | Given foundation registration F-4 |
| Death date | 1932 |
Merry Legs (1911–1932) was a Tennessee Walking Horse mare who was given foundation registration for her influence as a broodmare. She was also a successful show horse.
Life
Merry Legs was foaled in April 1911. She was a bay with sabino markings.[1] She was sired by the foundation stallion Black Allan F-1, out of the American Saddlebred mare Nell Dement, registration number F-3, and bred by the early breeder Albert Dement.[2] She was a large mare at maturity, standing high and weighing 1,200 pounds (540 kg).[3] Merry Legs was a successful show horse; as a three-year-old, she won the stake class at the Tennessee State Fair. She was also successful as a broodmare, giving birth to 13 foals, among them the well-known Bud Allen, Last Chance, Major Allen, and Merry Boy.[4] For her influence on the breed, she was given the foundation number F-4 when the TWHBEA was formed in 1935.[5] She died in 1932.[6]
References
- ^ "Westwood Farms Reference: Allan"
- ^ Green, Ben A. (1960). "Biography of the Tennessee walking horse"
- ^ Ward, Kathleen Rauschl (1991). The American Horse. ISBN 9780962893100.
- ^ The light horse breeds: Their origin, characteristics, and principal uses. A. S. Barnes. 1960.
- ^ "Tennessee Walking horse - Merry Legs F-4 home page by Walkers West"
- ^ "Merry Legs Tennessee Walking Horse"