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stallion was to be used as a public
relations representative of the breed.
On September 14, 1963, just two
weeks after the Celebration, SUN’S
DELIGHT was formally retired at
the Kentucky State Fair Horse Show
in Louisville, Kentucky. Showing to
a packed house of 1 8,000 people in
the coliseum, trainer Sam Paschal
and SUN’S DELIGHT put on an ex
hibition of Tennessee Walking Horse
excellence for the elite of the Gaited
Horse world. Needless to say, they
were greatly impressed.
Three months later the finest of
the Walking Horse breed was pre
sented to literally millions of Ameri
cans as he made his way along the
eleven-mile route of the Parade of
Roses in Pasadena, California. For
several years invitations had been
received by owners of World Champ
ions to take part in this parade but
Mr. Escue and Mr. Paschal were the
first to accept. It was no small task
to get SUN’S DELIGHT to California
and, as one would expect, when he
made his appearance on the TV
screens of the viewing public on
New Year’s Day, the Escue family
was justly proud. Making the trip
with DELIGHT were Fray Escue
and his daughter Nancy, then a
twelve-year-old, who both rode Walk
ing Horses in the parade.
SUN’S DELIGHT returned to Mid
dle Tennessee to the City View Sta
bles of Sam Paschal to await a de
cision as to his breeding program.
In the spring of 1964, he was moved
to Harlinsdale Farms in Franklin,
Tenn. to begin his breeding career.
The next person to become actively
involved in the life of SUN’S DE
LIGHT was Mr. Hariin Hayes, gen
eral manager of Harlinsdale Farms.
Since standing at this noted breed
ing facility, SUN’S DELIGHT has
become one of the most prolific stal
lions of all time. He possesses the
unique ability to impart his own
outstanding qualities to a large per
centage of his get and his first crop
of colts produced the World Champ
ion Two-Year-Old and the Reserve
Champion of 1967, as well as a host
of other outstanding colts that were
shown throughout t he season. The
response from breeders throughout
the country has been excellent and
the book on SUN’S DELIGHT’S
breeding services has been well fill
ed since early spring.
"What is it aboutSUN’S DELIGHT
that makes him such an outstand
ing breeder?” We have asked many
people this question and it appears
that he is producing colts that have
the bone structure and general phys
ical makeup to can more easily per
form the gaits that we require these
days. His colts are generally built
right, with a short back, crooked hind
legs, and natural walking ability.
Most of them are hard to faul as far
as conformation is concerned, and
they appear to be intelligent and will
ing. Colorwise, SUN’S DELIGHT has
produced an abundance of chestnuts
and dark sorrels with a good share
of blacks and bays. Naturally he
gets his share of lesser horses —they
can’t all be show horses — but the
percentages show that SUN’S DE
LIGHT is one of the most potent and
dominant breeders in many a year.
What about the future? It appears
that SUN’S DELIGHT is destined
to etch his name in the record books
along with the other greats of the
Tennessee Walking Horse World. As
a show horse and now as a sire . . .
he is truly the reigning "Premier
Sire of the Walking Horse Breed.”
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