# Sam Paschal

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**Sam Paschal** was a [Tennessee Walking Horse](/source/Tennessee_Walking_Horse) trainer from [Murfreesboro, Tennessee](/source/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee). Paschal trained three horses who won the breed's World Grand Championship.

## Career

Paschal operated a training stable in [Murfreesboro, Tennessee](/source/Murfreesboro,_Tennessee). Paschal's first notable horse was [Setting Sun](/source/Setting_Sun_(horse)). In 1956, he showed the stallion in the [Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration](/source/Tennessee_Walking_Horse_National_Celebration) and placed third in the [World Grand Championship](/source/Tennessee_Walking_Horse_National_Celebration#World_Grand_Championship). The following year, Setting Sun was the Reserve World Grand Champion.[1] In 1958, Setting Sun and Paschal won the World Grand Championship.[2][3]

His second World Grand Championship came in 1962, with [Ebony Masterpiece](/source/Ebony_Masterpiece).[4] He won his third World Grand Championship with Sun's Delight D, in 1963.[5]

In 1965 Paschal was given the task of training a horse named Johnny Midnight, who was a full brother to Setting Sun. Although he was expected to do well in the Celebration, Johnny Midnight's best win was Reserve World Grand Champion, after first-place winner Triple Threat.[6]

A fellow horseman who often saw Paschal ride said, "When Paschal went into the ring, he was in a class by himself." Paschal was used as a model for the rider in a painting of the "perfect Tennessee Walking Horse" commissioned by the Celebration.[5]

## References

1. Green, Ben A. (1 January 1960). ["Biography of the Tennessee walking horse"](https://books.google.com/books?id=zjhWAAAAYAAJ). Parthenon Press. Retrieved 2 August 2016. – via Google Books.

1. ["Kentucky New Era - Google News Archive Search"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19580603&id=guArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AmcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3831,4272762&hl=en). Retrieved 2 August 2016.

1. Green, Ben A. (1 January 1960). ["Biography of the Tennessee walking horse"](https://books.google.com/books?id=zjhWAAAAYAAJ). Parthenon Press. Retrieved 2 August 2016. – via Google Books.

1. ["Ebony Masterpiece #560586 home page by Walkers West"](http://www.walkerswest.com/Champs/EbonyMasterpiece.htm). Retrieved 2 August 2016.

1. ["Mid-South Horse Review News"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160812025404/http://www.midsouthhorsereview.com/news.php?id=4601). Archived from [the original](http://www.midsouthhorsereview.com/news.php?id=4601) on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

1. ["Tennessee Walking horse - Johnny Midnight #602410 home page by Walkers West"](http://www.walkerswest.com/Champs/JohnnyMidnight.htm). Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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