Reference: Merry Man's Charm

Merry Man's Charm 1989
Photo courtesy of the March 2011 Heritage Highlights.

Merry Man's Charm was a Calvin Miller bred (possibly sooty) palomino mare.

Merry Man's Charm
Merry Man's Charm and Jetstar's Sunrider in 1986

(From Annette Huddle, Lakewood, Colorado)
A friend of mine, Claire Gosnell, just sent me an email of your July issue of the Society newsletter and I am beyond thrilled. She knew that I would be interested in the article on Calvin Miller. I bought Merry Man's Charm who came from Calvin's ranch many years ago, and she gave us some beautiful foals ,one of which I still own, a gelding named Jetstar's Sunrider, who stood for several years before I had him gelded and who sired the deceased Blue Gold, who was owned by Arrows Walkers in Arapahoe Colorado. Blue Gold sired Golden Gambler so the bloodlines continue.

We had no idea what we had when we had Merry Man's Charm, no idea at all. The folks here in Colorado were just getting into the Walking Horses and were bringing in a lot of not- so- nice, pacey, ex- show horses, because they didn't know what they could have had if they'd just looked to the west. I knew that I did not want what was available here and by accident saw an ad in the Denver paper for "Dolly". She was being sold by a gentleman who had gone up to Calvin's to find her, and he had trained her beautifully, and we were so blessed to find her. It took us a few years to figure out just what we had, and we had some lovely conversations with Calvin before he passed away. We then found a wonderful son of Sun's Delight D., and from these two beautiful horses we got some beautiful, gentle, calm, and kind foals. Merry Man's Charm

I was devastated to hear of the dispersal of Calvin's horses, and as I was not in the position at that time to buy any; I tried very hard here in Colorado to find homes for some of them but it was not meant to be. I am thrilled that Slush Creek and Arrows Walkers do have some of Calvin's horses.

Merry Man's Charm was purchased from Calvin by a gentleman in Fort Collins, Colorado, whose ad we saw in the Denver paper. This man had trained "Dolly" beautifully and gently, and we were so blessed to have found her. Once we saw the quality of the horses Calvin was breeding and rode that natural gait, we sold our other Walkers that had all come from back east. It is a comfort to know that Calvin's bloodlines survive through Rambo and Peaches. Peaches had a filly by Glamour named Promise of Glamour who was sold to a lady in Wyoming. I have tried to track her down but was not successful. Rambo is living out his days at my boarding facility up near Evergreen, Colorado and is happy, healthy, and runs on 100 acres with his great grandson, Image, who I was blessed to find two years ago. So the dream continues....

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Merry Man's Charm

TWHBEA # 698609

DOB: 6/1/1969
COLOR: Palomino
MARKINGS: OFF HIND STOCKING, BLAZE, WHITE MANE AND TAIL.

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sun's merry man
TWHBEA #620157
COLOR: PALOMINO
MARKINGS: BOTH HIND STOCKINGS, STAR,  SNIP, WHITE MANE AND TAIL.
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REYCLIFF MID MERRY
"HILLS PERFECTION"
TWHBEA #561395
COLOR: CHESTNUT
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MIDNIGHT SUN
TWHBEA #410751 COLOR: BLACK
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WILSON'S ALLEN
TWHBEA #350075
COLOR: CHESTNUT
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RAMSEY'S RENA
TWHBEA #410682
COLOR: BAY
BABY RAY
TWHBEA #430979
COLOR: SABINO
MARKINGS: BOTH HIND STOCKINGS, OFF KNEE,  ON OUTSIDE NEAR FORE LEG, OFF JAW, UNDER LIP, BALD.
MERRY BOY
350189
COLOR: BLACK
SABINO
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MAY HOLT
twhbea #992786
lADY'S HIGH CALICO
TWHBEA #540232
COLOR: PALOMINO SABINO
MARKINGS: OFF HIND FETLOCK, ON INSIDE OFF HIND LEG,  NEAR HIND AND BOTH FORE STOCKINGS, ON  BOTH SIDES, ON BOTH SIDES OF NECK, BALD,  FLAX MANE AND TAIL.
GOLDEN SUN ALLEN
TWHBEA #461763
COLOR: "CHESTNUT"
markings: STAR, SNIP.
MIDNIGHT SUN
TWHBEA #410751 COLOR: BLACK
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GOLDEN BELL
TWHBEA #400416
COLOR: "SORREL"
MARKINGS: OFF HIND SOCK, NEAR FORE  CORONET, BLAZE, SNIP, MIXED MANE AND TAIL.
LADY HIGH HEELS
tWHBEA #540232
COLOR: PALOMINO SABINO
MARKINGS: OFF HIND FETLOCK, ON INSIDE OFF HIND LEG,  NEAR HIND AND BOTH FORE STOCKINGS, ON  BOTH SIDES, ON BOTH SIDES OF NECK, BALD,  FLAX MANE AND TAIL.
GLOVER'S ALLEN
TWHBEA #400257
COLOR: SABINO
MARKINGS: BOTH HIND AND OFF FORE STOCKINGS,  UNDERLIP, BALD, MIXED TAIL.
TROUBLES JOSEPHINE
TWHBEA #442379
COLOR: CHESTNUT
MARKINGS: BOTH HIND STOCKINGS, STAR, MIXED MANE AND TAIL.
MILLER'S GOLD
TWHBEA #581677
COLOR: PALOMINO
MARKINGS: OFF HIND SOCK, BLAZE, WHITE MANE AND TAIL.
ZEPHYR'S FLASH O' GOLD
TWHBEA #472608
COLOR: PALOMINO
MARKINGS: NEAR HIND STOCKING, STRIP, WHITE MANE AND TAIL.
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ALLEN'S GOLD ZEPHYR
"TRIGGER JR"
TWHBEA #431975
COLOR: PALOMINO SABINO
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BARKER'S MOONBEAM
TWHBEA #380497
COLOR: CHESTNUT CREAM CHAMPAGNE
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FISHER'S GRAY MAUD
TWHBEA #420776
COLOR: GREY
PALOMINO POLLY
TWHBEA #410456
COLOR: PALOMINO
mARKINGS: BOTH HIND SOCKS, STRIP, WHITE MANE AND TAIL.
EPPERSON'S NUTWOOD BOY
TWHBEA #360043
MAUD ROWLAND
TWHBEA #992640
COLOR: "YELLOW"
WILSON'S QUEENIE F.
TWHBEA #473943
COLOR: cHESTNUT
WILSON'S ALLEN'S REPLICA
TWHBEA #411790
COLOR: CHESTNUT
WILSON'S ALLEN
TWHBEA #350075
COLOR: CHESTNUT
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MINNIE ALLEN P.
TWHBEA #992861
COLOR: CHESTNUT
PRES. GOLD QUEEN
TWHBEA #450663
COLOR: PALOMINO
MARKINGS: BOTH HIND STOCKINGS, STAR, SNIP, WHITE MANE AND TAIL.
MR. PRESIDENT
TWHBEA #410615
COLOR: PALOMINO
MARKINGS: BOTH HIND STOCKINGS, STAR, SNIP, WHITE MANE AND TAIL.
QUEEN OF SMITHVILLE
TWHBEA #411294
COLOR: PALOMINO
MARKINGS: NEAR HIND STOCKING, WHITE MANE AND TAIL.

OFFSPRING

TWHBEA # Name Color Sex Date of Birth SIRE
784451 MOON RIVER PALOMINO S 1/11/1978 STARWOOD'S BANNER
853602 SEVEN YEAR DREAM "YELLOW" M 5/04/1985 DELIGHT'S JETSTAR
868692 JETSTAR'S SUNRIDER PALOMINO S/G 4/28/1986 DELIGHT'S JETSTAR
884946 DOLLY'S CHARMER BUCKSKIN G 6/06/1988 DELIGHT'S JETSTAR

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