Occupation | Horse trainer |
---|---|
Discipline | Performance Tennessee Walking Horse |
Major wins/Championships | World Grand Championship in 1968 Reserve World Grand Championship in 1971 National Championship in 1971 World Grand Championship in 1972 |
Significant horses | |
Go Boy's Royal Heir, Handshaker's Delight |
Donald Paschal (December 21, 1920 - November 23, 2000) [1] was a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer who won two World Grand Championships.
Paschal lived in Readyville, Tennessee. [2] In 1968, Paschal rode Go Boy's Royal Heir to the World Grand Championship in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. [3] In 1971, he won the Championship in the National Walking Horse Trainers' Show with Handshaker's Delight. [4] The same year, Handshaker's Delight was Reserve World Grand Champion in the Celebration. In 1972, Handshaker's Delight and Paschal won the World Grand Championship. [5] Paschal's brother Sam Paschal was also a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer who won three World Grand Championships. [6] Paschal died on November 23, 2000, at the age of 70. [7]