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Merry Go Boy

Photo courtesy of Lisa of
Pride's Noble
Walkers.
Photo taken from
The Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse.
Merry
Go Boy, TWHBEA #431336, was considered to be the model of perfect
conformation for a walking horse. His high-headed good looks were second
only to his head-nodding way of going.
"The small horse stepped and
moved like a fairy in a moon-lit glen, barely seeming to touch the ground,
light, smooth, fast, and graceful without apparent effort. His hock motion
was like a hydraulic action, smooth and velvety in operation. His way of
going seemed to give one an illusion that he could still be walking right
down through the years. Those who had the opportunity to see Merry Go Boy
perform will not soon forget him." - Dr. Bob Womack in his book, The
Echo of Hoofbeats.
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Merry Go Boy
#431336
(Reprinted from
The Heritage Tennessee Walking Horses Website)
Merry Go Boy was sired by Merry Boy, out of Wiser's Dimples. Winston
Wiser paid his brother three hundred fifty dollars for the colt when
he was only a few weeks old in 1943. As a weanling, he was the
winner of the Weanling Horse Colt Class at the 1943 Celebration
during a morning show. Three classes later, he was reserve to the
weanling filly, Frances Langford. This was the only time he was
defeated in his class during his lifetime. He wond both the Yearling
Colt Class and the Yearling Championship at the 1944 Celebration. He
was the winner of the Three Year Old Stallion and Gelding Class and
the Junior Stake in 1946.
On the following night, as a junior, he entered the big stake and
was beaten only by Midnight Sun. The grand show stallion came back
again in 1947 and won the World Grand Championship. He repeated his
victory again in 1948.
Merry Go Boy as a conformation model for the Walking Horse Breed.
The expression, "As fine as Go Boy", indicates the high regard in
which he was held for his appearance as well as his ability to
perform the gaits. One of the first things noted about him was his
extreme nodding action. He had three distinct and perfect gaits and
had many times been cited for his top performance.
In the 1960 Breeders National Futurity, 24 out of 46 ribbons were
awarded to weanlings and yearlings sired by Merry Go Boy. Nothing
appears to be known about what happened to all these colts when they
were put under saddle though.
Merry Go Boy died on July 7, 1969. |
MERRY GO BOY
431336 BLACK |
MERRY BOY
350189 BLACK ROAN |
ROAN ALLEN
38 ROAN |
ALLAN
1 BLACK |
GERTRUDE
84 CHESTNUT ROAN |
MERRY LEGS
4 BAY |
ALLAN
1 BLACK |
NELL DEMENT
3 SORREL |
WISER'S DIMPLES
370096 SORREL |
GIOVANNI
370291 BLACK |
DANDY JIM II
1531 N/C |
FRANCESCA
6949 N/C |
WISER'S MINNIE
400597 CHESTNUT |
ALLAN
1 BLACK |
WISER'S MOLLY
10090 N/C |
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