Pride of Midnight

Pride of Midnight (1966-1979) was a Tennessee Walking Horse who had a short career as a show horse but became very notable as a sire in his breed.

Life

Pride of Midnight was foaled in 1966. He was a black stallion with a snip of white on his nose. He was sired by the two-time World Grand Champion Midnight Sun and out of the mare Pride of Stanley. His paternal grandsire was Wilson's Allen, and his great-grandsire was the foundation stallion Roan Allen. He was bred and owned by Harlinsdale Farm.^[1] Pride of Midnight was trained by Dot Warren and won first in several horse shows, but was retired to breeding at a young age. He became one of the most notable sires in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. He died in 1979, after colicking twice.^[1] Bill Harlin, one of Harlinsdale's owners, later said that when Pride of Midnight died, it was the last time he saw his father cry.^[2]

Influence

During his lifetime Pride of Midnight sired 1703 foals who were registered with the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association.^[1] Numerous World and World Grand Champions are among his descendants. His son Pride's Generator was a three-time World Champion and also a notable sire. His grandsons include Cash for Keeps, the 2000 World Grand Champion; Generator's Silver Dollar, a notable stud;^[3] Gen's Armed and Dangerous, the 1993 World Grand Champion; The Skywatch, two-time World Champion; and Generator's Santana, the 1997 World Grand Champion.^[4]

• Pride of Midnight^[1]
  • Pride's Design
    • Flashy Pride
  • Pride's Gold Coin
    • Coin's Hard Cash
      • Cash for Keeps
      • Gold Power
        • Main Power
      • Lined With Cash
        • Walk Time Charlie^[5]
        • I'm Mayhem^[6]
  • Pride's Royal Master
    • Mind Games
      • Gameworld^[7]
  • Pride's Generator^[4]
    • Gen's Major General
      • Jose Jose
        • I Am Jose
    • Gen's Armed and Dangerous
      • The Whole Nine Yards
    • Gen's Fable
      • Gen's Black Gin
        • Gen's Black Maverick
        • Gen A' Mighty^[8]
    • A Jazz Man
      • Master of Jazz
        • Master's Razzle and Jazz^[9]
    • Generator's Santana
      • Santana's El Nino
    • Generator's Silver Dollar
      • A Strong Dollar^[3]
        • A Strong Need For Cash
        • He's Vida Blue
        • Greenspan
        • I'm Johnny Dollar
        • Stretch Your Dollar
    • The Skywatch
      • Skywalk^[10]
      • Watch It Now^[10]
      • The Coach^[11]
  • Pride's Jubilee Star
    • Pride's Sundance Star
    • Pride's Jubilee Encore
  • Pride's Secret Threat
  • A Command Performance
    • He's Puttin' on the Ritz
      • The Titleist
        • Honors
  • Pride's Dark Spirit
    • Dark Spirit's Rebel
      • RPM
  • Pride's Genius
    • The Revelation
      • Rowdy Rev
  • Pride's John Grey
    • Another Grey John
      • The Touch^[12]
  • Delight of Pride
  • Pride's Final Edition

References

1. ^ In Memory of Pride of Midnight
2. ^ "Westwood Farms Reference: Pride of Midnight HF"
3. ^ Equine Obituary - A Strong Dollar
4. ^ "Westwood Farms Reference: Prides Generator"
5. ^ In Memory of Walk Time Charlie
6. ^ In Tribute to I'm Mayhem
7. ^ In Tribute to Gameworld
8. ^ Gen A’Mighty’s world champion welcome
9. ^ Master’s Razzle And Jazz and John Allan Callaway – your 2020 Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Champions!
10. ^ In Memory of Watch It Now
11. ^ In Memory of The Coach
12. ^ The Touch draws crowd of horse fans to Bishopville event