Merry Legs

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.

Merry Legs
Merry Legs (right) with Huda Dement
BreedTennessee Walking Horse
DisciplineShow horse
SireBlack Allan
GrandsireAllendorf
DamNell Dement
SexMare
Foaled1911
ColorBay
BreederAlbert Dement
Honors
Given foundation registration F-4

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 15.2 hands (62 inches, 157 cm) 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
  1. "Westwood Farms Reference: Allan".
  2. Green, Ben A. (1960). "Biography of the Tennessee walking horse".
  3. Ward, Kathleen Rauschl (1991). The American Horse. ISBN 9780962893100.
  4. The light horse breeds: Their origin, characteristics, and principal uses. A. S. Barnes. 1960.
  5. "Tennessee Walking horse - Merry Legs F-4 home page by Walkers West".
  6. "Merry Legs Tennessee Walking Horse".
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