In the photos, we have a Whippoorwill, two Devans, a Broadwall, Val's Penn Pal, and some others.
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Elm Hill Baystater. &. Elm Hill Bay Leader. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1978
He sired a few. He was inbred to Upwey Ben Don.
He was also inbred to Upwey Ben Don. He also sired some.
Note that these are half brothers; they had the same sire.
Their sire had Gov't, Lippitt, Old Vermont, and the paternal grand dam's dam was bred by the LU Sheep Co, WY.
The second dam of Leader's, Little Sister, was mostly Lippitt and High Percent Old Vermont.
Pill Peddler Bacchus. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1978
Photo above from TMH
Photo below from the AllBreed site. He looks to be an aged horse in this photo.
He sired 33 get.
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Ashwood Majestic. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1978
He was the product of excellent breeding parents and the whole pedigree is proven breeding horses.
He has a few descendants today.
The Quest For Fun. (Funquest Morgans). The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1978
This is a great article about a very important Morgan breeding program.
It is always a joy to see a Funquest Morgan in one of today's pedigrees.
The very last page here is the Funquest ad from that issue. For many years, Funquest had the full inside back cover.
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Waseeka's Vivo. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1978
Inbred to Waseeka's Nocturne and line bred to Upwey Benn Quietude. He went on to become a popular sire and had 98 get. Many of these bred on and there are lines today.
Tia Bonita. The Morgan Horse Magazine, March 1978
Bred in California by Richard Nelsen.
No registered foals.
R-Bar-B Lord Spence. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1978
He was quite the show horse of his time and sired a few.
Check out his pedigree--quite a Vermont and New York old time one.
Waer's Champagne. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1978
Above photo from TMH, from the 1977 Golden State Show.
Photo below from the AllBreed site, from the 1978 Golden State Show.
Note the high level of inbreeding to various ancestors.
He sired 47 get with some breeding on.
Monday, July 28, 2025
Don Again of Hanover. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1978
His dam, Circe, was bred by Francis Bryant, VT. She came from a long line of very good producing mares--Belldale, Annadale, Florette, Florence Chandler, Senata.
Don Again sired 78 get. He has descendants today.
Greentree Ranch Morgans. The Morgan Horse Magazine, March 1978
Both these stallions had many get with many breeding on; they have descendants today.
Sunday, July 27, 2025
1977 New Jersey Morgan Show. The Morgan Horse Magazine. March 1978
Here and there in the show results are horses with lines to today.
1978 Tournament of Roses Parade. Morgans. The Morgan Horse Magazine March 1978
Hey! This is a fun article and also has some good information on the horses involved.
Hy Crest Satina. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Jan-Feb 1984
Photo above from TMH, from before Carol Guay owned her.
Photo below from the AllBreed site, showing her as a well aged mare when owned by Carol Guay.
Satina had 4 gray foals from her 10 total foals. The first two were from before Carol owned her and were gelded.
In the very late 1980's, I was researching an article for TMH about gray Morgans. I had a list of all the living gray Morgans in the breed from AMHA (and that was a very short list). I heard back from the owner of one of Satina's geldings and from Carol Guay who was amazed that she had the last traceable breeding age gray. (Much later, the other breeding age gray mare was found.) So Carol bred Satina some more and got two gray colts who have bred on and today, most gray Morgans trace back to them: CW's Sterling Silver and CW's Silver Ash.
Looking at Satina's pedigree one can see that the gray color came from a mare, listed only as Gray Remount mare. bred by the US Livestock Experiment Station in Miles City, MT who was out of a Richard Sellman mare and sired by a gray Arabian. That mare was bred to Monterey, a Gov't Farm stallion from Vermont, and produced the mare Babe who was never registered. Babe was bred to Beaujeau who was bred by Helen Greenwalt and sired by Highview King and out of a LU Sheep Co. mare. This produced Lady Satin, who was bred and lived in Michigan. Finally, Lady Satin, now owned by Richard Measel, was bred to Hy Crest Koko and produced Hy Crest Satina.
Satina had a good, solid pedigree. And now we still have grays in the breed.
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Blackman. Western Livestock Journal. 1950
Upper 2 from WLJ
Lower from the AllBreed site
Sired by Redman, shown in previous post, he was out of a Brunk bred mare.
from the AllBreed site--
| Color: blk Height: 14.3 AMHA #8622 Black, lh ankle white, 14.3, 1000 lbs. Foaled 6/23/1942, HiPass, CA. Bred by EW Roberts. Died October 4, 1965. Progeny: 69 colts, 60 fillies. |
Redman. Western Livestock Journal 1950
Upper from WLJ
Lower from the AllBreed site
His sire was bred by Richard Sellman, TX.
His dam was bred by Roland Hill, CA. She was sired by the Brunk bred Pongee, and was out of a Sellman mare.
from the AllBreed site--
| Color: ch Height: 15.2 AMHA #8056 Brilliant copper chestnut, blaze, bh socks white, 15.2h, 1100 lbs. Foaled 4/26/1936, San Simeon, CA. Bred by WR Hearst. Progeny: 32 colts, 30 fillies. Owned by Warren Halliday. Featured on January 1944 cover of Western Livestock Journal. Beautiful easy gaits, wonderful disposition, outstanding stallion, true Justin Morgan type. Ideal stock horse, style, stamina and speed. Undefeated at fairs and shows. A very important sire in the WWF Family. 3/4 Sellman lines; Pongee Morgan was Brunk bred. |
Friday, July 25, 2025
Ponco. Western Livestock Journal. 1950
from the AllBreed site--
| Color: b bred by Roland Hill, was not registered by 1950, Bay, blaze, lf coronet & rf ankle white. Owned by Jack Manners, Lafayette, CA. Winner, 1949 California Stock Horse, Lightweight Division (850-1100 lbs), San Francisco, CA. Sold for $1,500.00 in 1948. Should be chestnut if sire and dam were chestnut. |
Red Vermont. Sunny Vermont. Western Livestock Journal. 1950
Red Vermont (from the AllBreed site)
Bred by J C Brunk.
Sire of many with many breeding onwards. This is just a short list of some of his--
Belle Gates, Belle Heather, Belle of Vermont, Bonnie Heather, Bricktop, Dina Vermont, Domino Vermont, Easter Vermont, Georgette Vermont, Ginger Vermont, Homestake, Monty Vermont, Redonna Vermont, Shron Vermont, Sireson, Starlight Vermont, Verdonna Vermont, Vicki Vermont.
He has many lines to today.
Sunny Vermont
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Dawn Melody. Western Livestock Journal. 1950
Upper from WLJ
Lower from the AllBreed site
He may have been a Silver, not a chestnut. His sire, Silver Dan, may also have. been a silver. And the dam of Silver Dan, Dan's Betty, was a silver. Betty's sire was Dan who seems to be the source of silver.
Silver Dan was sired by Sparbeau who was bred by Elmer Brown, Kansas. Sparbeau was sold to Roland Hill, CA. and sired for Hill for some time. The dam of Dawn Melody was Shawnee, a Roland Hill bred, sired by Sonfield and out of another Hill bred mare who was sired by Querido and out of a Richard Sellman mare.
Dawn Melody had no registered get.
Upwey Casablanca. Western Livestock Journal 1950
B/W from WLJ
Reddish photo from the AllBreed site
Casablanca was sired by Upwey King Benn who was sired by the Saddlebred, Upwey King Peavine. King Benn's dam,, Audrey, was bred by the Gov't Farm and sired by Bennington. She was out of Carolyn, a mare of the Old Vermont High Percent blood.
The dam of Casablanca, was Upwey Cassandra, sired by Mansfeild and out of Daisy of Willowmoor who was sired by Troubadour of Willowmoor. The dam of Daisy was sired by an Arabian of unknown ancestry. Daisy was out of a mare sired by Denning Allen, and out of a mare said to be Morgan, but no known ancestry.
Casablanca had 10 registers foals. Three of her daughters bred on:
--Mademoiselle of Windcrest. She was dam of Windcrest Don Again who had 45 get with many breeding on. She was dam of Windcrest Donny Boy who sired Milady Dona, who was dam of Windhover Enchantmint, who sired many who bred on.
--Syndicates Anastasia, she had a few that bred on some.
--Wind-Crest Springtime, she had two that bred on some.
General Gates, article by Dale Longmaid. The Morgan Horse Magazine. June 1978
Article from TMH
Photo from the AllBreed site.
General Gates sired 118 get.
Added here is a link to General Gates' sire, Denning Allen. He has more Morgan behind him than one would first think.
Denning Allen sired 22 get.
Photo of Denning Allen below.
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