click on the fish  to translate this page into Chinese, Dutch, French,German, Greek, Italian,Japanese, Korean,Portuguese,Spanish, or Russian  MERRY BOY: 350189 Black/Sabino horse foaled in 1925 sired by the great Roan Allan. Merry Boy's contribution to the Missouri Fox Trotting breed is nearly immeasurable. A large majority of today's Fox Trotters have Merry Boy in their pedigrees at least once and most times more. In breeding this horse was very interesting and showed the development of gait. On his sire's side his grandfather was Allan F-1, foundation sire for the Tennessee Walking Horse breed, however in breeding Allan was actually half trotter (became Standardbred) and half Morgan (also from lines of racing trotters) Roan Allen's dam, Gertrude was ¾ Morgan and ¼ Canadian Pacer. On Merry Boy's dam's side Merry Legs was sired again by Allan F-1 making her half sister to Roan Allen above but her dam was Nell Dement. Nell Dement was sired by Donald who was half American Saddlebred and half Canadian Pacer stemming from the immortal Copperbottom horse. Copperbottom also is a foundation sire for the American Quarter Horse. On her dam's side, Nell Dement was out of Flax who was half American Saddlebred and half Canadian Pacer from the Hal lines. In his own right as a Tennessee Walking Horse Merry Boy was a very successful individual who sired countless scores of foals in both breeds. In the Missouri Fox Trotting Breed his influence is felt in many lines but one particularly of note is through his grandson Sterling Merry Boy who carries his blood in both sire and dam lines. Thanks to Dyan at: Old Time Foxtrotters .  click to go to TWHBEA |
