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World Grand Champion in 1943 |
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The
Celebration of 1943 was one to be remembered and discussed for years.
The horse show was rained out for two nights and, instead of being
postponed until later nights, one night's show was divided and added
to two others, and the Celebration was climaxed on Sunday afternoon.
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Black Angel was
crowned the World's Grand Champion with Winston Wiser in the saddle.
This classy black mare with only a star for marking was bred by Mrs.
Fannie Bramblett of Wartrace, Tennessee and was sired by Merry Boy and
out of Nell Bramblett. Old Merry Boy 350189 was sired by Roan
Allen F 38 and he was by the foundation sire Allan F 1.
Merry Boy's dam, the famous Merry Legs F 4, was also by Allan F 1.
Nell Bramblett was sired by Dixie Boy F 22 and he was a son of Roes
Chief F 35, by Bourbon Prince. Dam of Nell Bramblett was
Nell Shoffner by Gordner Stonewall by Stonewall Jackson F 53.
The second dam was Lizz. |
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On October 12,
1943 following her victory, Black Angel was sold to Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Yancey, Blissful Farms, Marianna, Arkansas for a price that
is said to be the highest ever paid for an individual of the
Tennessee Walking Horse Breed to that date. S. W.
Beech, Jr. of Belfast, Tennessee was the trainer for Blissful
Farms at that time, so Black Angel was then further trained and
shown by him. She was shown extensively over the
entire South and was a consistent winner wherever exhibited.
Black Angel was sold to Mr. and Mrs. David Moreton, Jo Mo Stables,
Brookhaven, Mississippi on May 10, 1945. However, she was
left under the tutelage of S. W. Beech, Jr. This great
show mare still continued her winnings over the Southern
territory. |
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Black Angel was the
first of the major contenders of Merry Boy breeding to attain the
highest win at the Celebration. This mare was the first
Celebration winner not sired by Wilson's Allen, and she was the first
of those which reached the top of the walking horse world under the
tutelage of Winston Wiser.
At the time of her big win at the Celebration, Black Angel was owned
by Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Ellis of Orrville, Alabama. It will
long be remembered by those there what a brilliant show Black Angel
put on that memorable Sunday afternoon to win the Big Stake. |
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began his many Grand Championships at the Celebration with Black
Angel in 1943. The 1943 Championship Stake was the
only one held on a Sunday during the first thirty two years.
On May 6, 1946, Black Angel was
bought by Knial Kissee, Sparta, Missouri. By this time
word was being received that the Chicago Horse Show would have
classes for the world's greatest pleasure horse.
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Beech was still
riding Black Angel when she was taken to Chicago where she was
triumphant in that great show of November 10, 1946. Beech
retired the Mona Lorenz Memorial Challenge Trophy at the Jackson,
Mississippi horse show by winning the Championship Stake for three
consecutive years with Black Angel.
Shown at left with
S.W. Beech, Jr. up, as she was being readied for the 1947 show season.
This pretty mare
then joined the ranks of the brood matrons. Black Angel was the first
World's Grand Champion to have a colt sired by another World's Grand
Champion.
Black Angel was
one of a very few mares to win the World Grand Championship and was
considered to be one of the greatest Walking Horses that ever lived. |
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