Laddie's Monte Ray, Buck La Marr, Hey Joe,
Beauty's Sage King, Kary's Jeepers, Silvertip Rickey, Sunday's Topper and Last
Chance. Merry Boy and Merry Legs for foundation bloodlines. Truman can tell you
the story on Last Chance who was bred and raised in Tennessee, but fortunately
for the horse, moved out to Montana.
Save for the last three on this list, most TWH
people now days have never heard of any of the first mentioned horses. These are
the lines I covet and look for when buying stock for myself or endurance people.
These are the TWH that worked on ranches and are bred for distance and tough
jobs. Not for the show ring. These horses are what the founding fathers
that wanted a tough horse for distance, plowing fields and smooth gait worked
for in developing the Tennessee Walking Horse. The darn showring is what messed
them up and made everyone forget they were bred for DISTANCE and STAMINA with a
smooth gait to cover so many miles in a day. That is the crying shame of it all
aside from the horrific abuse those poor horses still
suffer.
