She was by Up. King Benn and out of a Gov't/Old Vermont mare.
She had 10 foals with some breeding on.
He also was by Up. King Benn, and out of a mare bred by the Gov't Farm, but of the Old Vermont lines.
He sired 137 get and was vastly important.
from the AllBreed site--
| Color: b AMHA #8246 AMHA #8246. Dappled Bay, star, lh sock white. Foaled 5/15/1939, Middlebury, VT. Originally named Jefferson. Bred by USDA, VT. Registered Morgan progeny: 24 colts, 17 fillies (bay, brown, chestnut). Sire line does not trace back to Justin Morgan, rather to Messenger as his sire, though registered Morgan, was a Saddlebred with only remote Morgan crosses and 4% of Morgan blood. The Morgan influence of Upwey King Benn comes through his strongly bred dam. |
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