Star Gray has a nice disposition and isn't above begging to have the area behind his ears scratched. His foals inherit his gentle disposition and his good looks! Star Gray's pedigree contains 30% Wilson's Allen blood, a rarity in this day and age, especially since the 30% Wilson's Allen only has ONE line back to Midnight Sun. On the videotape, "A Look Into the Past", Dr. Bob Womack says Wilson's Allen, in his opinion, was one of the finest stallions of all time. He sired natural, loose moving foals. Star Gray exhibits the looseness of gait that Wilson's Allen was known for.  His pedigree also goes back five times to the Grey John horses.

            In the early days of the Walking Horse registry, a number of stallions were considered very good sires. After the start of the

           TWHNC, sons of some of these went on to win World Championships at the early shows. From 1945-1948, Midnight Sun

           and Merry Go Boy became the first two stallions to win the WGC, drawing the focus of many breeders. Many other stallions

           were forgotten in the limelight accorded these two black horses. One stallion that maintained a strong court even after the

           big-lick became the status rather than just a trend was the chestnut Wilson's Allen son, Society Man. A big, handsome

           stallion, Society Man passed along some rare and exotic genes from his dam, Virginia Joyce. Society Man was the

          1943 World Champion Jr. Stallion, which in 1943 was a three year old colt that must display a solid canter in addition to t

           he running walk and flat-walk. Over the years, a number of his sons were used in the stud to perpetuate this line. His lineage

           continues today through the produce of many of his daughters, but only one grandson, a sabino stallion named Paige's Echo,

            sired sons that are actively involved in breeding programs around the country today.

During the summer of 2003, I had some time to research Star Gray's background. I looked up Society Man and he had many pages of production records so I started to go through them all. I was quite surprised to find out of all the sons he produced, only ONE, Paige's Black Boy, had sons who had sons who are still in production today. Of the Paige's Black Boy sons, only one son has sons who are still in production, and that son is Paige's Echo, the sire of my stallion. To appreciate how rare this bloodline is when it comes to an unbroken line of males to carry on the Society Man name, there are only six stallions out there in production today, Echo's Star Gray Wilson being one of them.