The following was originally posted on my first blog, OldMorgans.blogspot.com
Posted in Jan. 2009
"Photo taken early 1990's in the early spring (hence the partially shed out look). Dave Algranti, up. That is an Ortho Flex saddle which I hated because of where it put your legs. Clarion was foaled May 1980, sired by Criterion & out of Dolly Ashmore. He is still hale & hearty at nearly age 29 now. Because of strong Santa Ana winds this morning, I was moving the horses to the barn. Clarion pranced and danced all the way there but never pulled on the lead."
Clarion lived to be 32 1/2 years old, until fall of 2012. He sired 29 offspring (two of them were out of non-Morgan mares). https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/clarion+of+quietude
Looks like I had just made a hay run. I could get 23 bales on that 1972 Ford and it still climbed up the hills like it had no load at all. Those are 100+ lb bales. The old truck found a new home; Dave left for city life w/his new wife. I am still up here on the mountain; I've been here over 40 years now. Now I have my hay delivered and stacked for me! Clarion was a quiet and regal presence here.
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