1968-Voice Of The Tennessee Walking Horse 1968 June Voice RS | Page 15

SATAN’S SHADOW is out of BEASLEY’S MERRY MAY, a fine black mare by GO BOY’S SHADOW with MERRY BOY breeding. He is by MIDNIGHT SATAN who was by MIDNIGHT SUN. What did we say about breeding? "Breed the best you’ve got to the best you can find.” It looks as if in this case that is exactly what they did. At least the results seem to indicate it. So much for the son . . . now let’s discuss the father! MIDNIGHT SATAN is now a twelve-year-old. He has just completed his first season as a major breed­ ing stud, standing at the Haynes Haven Stallion Sta­ tion in Spring Hill, Tennessee. His dam, the famous MERRY BOY mare named MARY ANN YOUNG, was bred to MIDNIGHT SUN in the spring of 1955 by Willa Young. On April 11, 1956 a fine black stud colt was foaled which was raised by Jim Beasley and A. D. "Pop” Luna. The colt was named MIDNIGHT SATAN and he is a full brother to such notables as MIDNIGHT LADY ANN, RHYTHM QUEEN, SLIP ALONG MIDNIGHT and MR. NAMRON. As a colt he was sold to Mr. Luna, who trained and showed him successfully as a young horse, never being defeated. About a month before the Celebration in 1958, MID­ NIGHT SATAN was sold to Mr. E. G. Moore of St. Petersburg, Florida who turned him over to trainer Steve Hill for the big show. Steve showed him well and tied Reserve with him in the Two-Year-Old Class that year. He was shown under the name of MID­ NIGHT RAIDER. Shortly after the Celebration MIDNIGHT SATAN was sold to Mr. Bob Locke for an almost unprece­ dented $10,000. He was later sold to Mr. Claude Brown and, as his reputation continued to grow, he attracted even more acclaim. Considered by many to be one of the most natural Walking Horses ever to enter the showring, MIDNIGHT SATAN was a "nat­ ural” as an amateur horse. He was purchased by Mr. Frank Roper for an undisclosed sum and started on his way to many years of stardom in this class. Train­ er Paul Smith worked MIDNIGHT SATAN for several years as trainer for Mr. Roper and later purchased the horse and retired him at stud. The big black stud was handled at the Zolly Derry- berry Stables in Pulaski, Tennessee for one season, and was later moved to Selma, Alabama to stand at the Milam Turner Stables. This is where he got his first real test as a breeding horse and results now show that he is a most dominant stud. After he pur­ chased MIDNIGHT SATAN, Mr. Turner arranged for him to stand the 1967 season with Mr. Robert W. "Buddy” Appel in Selma. As spring of this year ar­ rived there was much excitement awaiting the arrival of the first planned crop of MIDNIGHT SATAN colts. The results were outstanding. His colts are predomi­ nantly black with a few bays and virtually no off­ color colts. (See pictures of several of the many colts sired by MIDNIGHT SATAN in this issue.) With several outstanding colts now under saddle, including SATAN’S SHADOW and SATAN’S GO BOY, a top colt now in training with Jack Littrell, and a crop of real fine young colts on the ground, MID­ NIGHT SATAN is well on his way to becoming one of the top studs around. With this in mind, Mr. Jack Brewer and Mr. Herman Keeton purchased him in January of this year and made arrangements for him to stand at stud at the newly organized Haynes Ha­ ven Stallion Station, with Mr. Clint Robinson as man­ ager. Thus far the reception to MIDNIGHT SATAN has been excellent. He has had a tremendous season and has proven to be a potent breeder with the abili­ ty to pass on his own outstanding traits to his colts. June, 1968 We invite you to visit Haynes Haven on your next trip to Middle Tennessee and see this beautiful and historic farm as well as MIDNIGHT SATAN. See him . . . look at his colts . . . and then decide for yourself if he can produce a top colt for you next year. We believe he can. STRONG EVIDENCE — Here are just some of the colls sired by MIDNIGHT SATAN that show his dominant breeding qualities. From such off-color mares as white, blue roan. Palomino, red roan, and light chestnut with a blaze and four white stockings, he has produced black colts and a bay. Pretty strong evidence! 15