Pride of Midnight

Pride of Midnight (1966-1979) was a Tennessee Walking Horse who had a short career as a show horse but became very notable as a sire in his breed.

Pride of Midnight
Breed	Tennessee Walking Horse
Discipline	Show horse
Sire	Midnight Sun
Grandsire	Wilson's Allen
Dam	Pride of Stanley
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1966
Color	Black
Breeder	Harlinsdale Farm
Owner	Harlinsdale Farm
Trainer	Dot Warren

Life

Pride of Midnight was foaled in 1966. He was a black stallion with a snip of white on his nose. He was sired by the two-time World Grand Champion Midnight Sun and out of the mare Pride of Stanley. His paternal grandsire was Wilson's Allen, and his great-grandsire was the foundation stallion Roan Allen. He was bred and owned by Harlinsdale Farm.^[1] Pride of Midnight was trained by Dot Warren and won first in several horse shows, but was retired to breeding at a young age. He became one of the most notable sires in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry. He died in 1979, after colicking twice.^[1] Bill Harlin, one of Harlinsdale's owners, later said that when Pride of Midnight died, it was the last time he saw his father cry.^[2]

Influence

During his lifetime Pride of Midnight sired 1703 foals who were registered with the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association.^[1] Numerous World and World Grand Champions are among his descendants. His son Pride's Generator was a three-time World Champion and also a notable sire. His grandsons include Cash for Keeps, the 2000 World Grand Champion; Generator's Silver Dollar, a notable stud;^[3] Gen's Armed and Dangerous, the 1993 World Grand Champion; The Skywatch, two-time World Champion; and Generator's Santana, the 1997 World Grand Champion.^[4]

Sire line descent tree

Pride of Midnight[1] Pride's Design Flashy Pride Pride's Gold Coin Coin's Hard Cash Cash for Keeps Gold Power Main Power Lined With Cash Walk Time Charlie[5] I'm Mayhem[6] Pride's Royal Master Mind Games Gameworld[7] Pride's Generator[4] Gen's Major General Jose Jose I Am Jose Gen's Armed and Dangerous The Whole Nine Yards Gen's Fable Gen's Black Gin Gen's Black Maverick Gen A' Mighty[8] A Jazz Man Master of Jazz Master's Razzle and Jazz[9] Generator's Santana Santana's El Nino Generator's Silver Dollar A Strong Dollar[3] A Strong Need For Cash He's Vida Blue Greenspan I'm Johnny Dollar Stretch Your Dollar The Skywatch Skywalk[10] Watch It Now[10] The Coach[11] Pride's Jubilee Star Pride's Sundance Star Pride's Jubilee Encore Pride's Secret Threat A Command Performance He's Puttin' on the Ritz The Titleist Honors Pride's Dark Spirit Dark Spirit's Rebel RPM Pride's Genius The Revelation Rowdy Rev Pride's John Grey Another Grey John The Touch[12] Delight of Pride Pride's Final Edition