Black Allan (horse)

Black Allan
Black Allan at James Brantley's farm, c. 1905
Breed	Tennessee Walking Horse
Sire	Allandorf
Grandsire	Onward
Dam	Maggie Marshall
Maternal grandsire	Bradfords Telegraph
Foaled	1886
Country	United States of America
Color	Black blaze hind sock hind coronet
Owner	James Brantley Albert Dement
Honors
Posthumously given registration number F-1 by the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association

Black Allan or Allan F-1 (1886 – 1910) was the foundation sire of the Tennessee Walking Horse. He was out of a Morgan and Thoroughbred cross mare named Maggie Marshall, a descendant of Figure and the Thoroughbred racing stallion Messenger; and sired by Allandorf, a Standardbred stallion descended from Hambletonian 10, also of the Messenger line.

Black Allan was registered as No. 7623 by the American Trotting Registry. Although Black Allan was supposed to be a trotter, he preferred to pace, and so never raced. Besides the pace, he performed a lateral ambling gait now known as the running walk.

He was a black stallion standing 15 hands (60 inches, 152 cm), 5 feet high. He was given the designation Allan F-1 when the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' Association, precursor to the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association, was formed in 1935. He had multiple owners throughout his life, but his last owners, James Brantley and Albert Dement, were the only ones to recognize Black Allan's use as a breeding stallion.

Black Allan sired 111 known foals in his lifetime, among them Roan Allen, registration number F-38, Hunters Allen F-10, and Merry Legs F-4. Black Allan died September 17, 1910, at the age of 29.