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.
Showing posts with label American Saddlebred. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Saddlebred. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Thursday, July 24, 2025
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.
Monday, June 30, 2025
Morganmeadow Elessar. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Jan-Feb 1978
His pedigree was not only 3/4th Gov't but that was coming from Merle D Evans' program, some from before he used the Devan prefix (Fleetwing & Silver Hawk).
He sired a few.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Black River Zeus. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Jan-Feb 1978
Best known as the sire of Merriehill Chicagoan, sire of 83 get.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Black River Dandy. AMHA 1970 Calendar.
That red box is just about impossible to read. So here it is--"Not often does a 3 year old stallion become a National Champion--not often does he travel across 4 states to win that honor. But Black River Dandy 16807 (Fleetwing - Lovely Melody) took the 1969 Eastern National by storm and Tom Rubles of Black River Morgans Farm in Lodi, Ohio is justifiably proud at this fine young stallion."
He sired 22 get, mostly for Black River Morgans.
His get include:
--Black River Domino, sire of many, mostly for Ken-Mar
--Black River Jupitor, sire of 16.
--Black River Leo, sire of many, including Essex Against All Odds, sire of Play The Odds who is currently siring for BAMF prefix.
--Ken Mar Hollywood Hi, dam for Ken Mar.
--many others of his get bred on to one extent or another.
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Black River Maria. Valiant Aphrodite. Dor-Vern's Victoria. The Morgan Horse Magazine. May 1984
Maria
Her pedigree had most everything--Brunk, Gov't, Lippitt, Old Vermont, Western Working Family, Saddlebred.
A few of her foals bred on some.
Aphrodite
Highly inbred as 3 of her 4 great grandsires is Upwey Ben Don; then she also has 2 lines to Upwey Benn Quietude, his full sister.
A few of her foals bred on some.
Victoria
This Trophy grand daughter has a lot of Lippitt in her pedigree with a 7/8th Lippitt dam, and the dam of her sire is 5/8th Lippitt and High Percent Old Vermont.
Some of her daughters had foals of their own, and some of those bred on.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
TOFR Black Wing. The Morgan Horse Magazine, Feb 1984
His sire was featured recently here.
In 1982, he was bred to Saycrest Frosty Miss, the other last gray Morgan mare. In 1983, she had Miss Frosty Shadow, who in 2001 had Silvershoe Sunfrost, who in 2005, had Willow Bend Shadow, who in 2012 had Amberfields Beau K, who has been having foals for the SRR prefix. This appears to be the only line to Saycrest Frosty Miss.
TOFR Black Wing did have other get.
{I saw him a couple of times at shows. I rather liked him.}
Friday, April 11, 2025
Black River Dandy. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
His sire, Fleetwing, was bred by Merle Evans of Devan Morgans fame.
His sire, Lovely Melody, was bred by a lesser known member of the Brunk family, George Brunk. Her sire was a Brunk stallion and her dam was out of a Brunk mare and sired by Forest Whirlwind, an American Saddlebred.
HIs son, Black River Leo, sired for various breeders but mostly for Essex, including Essex Against All Odds, sire of Play the Odds who is siring today for BAMF prefix.
Monday, April 7, 2025
Upwey Casablanca. The Morgan Horse Magazine. 1950
Her sire, Upwey King Benn was sired by the American Saddlebred, Upwey King Peavine. King Benn was out of the Gov't bred Audrey, whose dam, Carolyn, had much of the Old Vermont High Percent behind her.
The dam of Casablanca, was Upwey Cassandra, sired by Mansfield, and out of Daisy of Willmoor, who was sired by Troubadour of Willowmoor. Daisy's dam, Queen, was unregistered and of mostly untraced background but was a granddaughter of Denning Allen.
Casablanca had 10 foals. They include:
--Wind-crest Springtime, dam of 6, including 2 for Noremac, those two bred on a ways.
--Syndicates Anastasia, dam for Green Meads and Syndicates. A few bred on a ways.
--Mademoiselle of Windcrest, dam of 10. Her son, Windcrest Don Again, sired a lot for the UC program, including UC Crackerjack, UC Marquis, UC Viscount, UC Dark Shadow, and others who bred on.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Fiddler's Blackriver. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 1984
For the first part of his life, he sired for Black River Morgans and others. For the latter part of his life, he sired for Ancan Morgans.
He had many descendants today.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Upwey Horses. The Morgan Horse Magazine. 1951
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. |
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Serenity Grandmaster. The Morgan Horse Magazine, Jan. 1984
His grand sires were Fleetwing and Vigilmarch.
He sired 90 registered get.
His son, Serenity Masterpiece, was a noted sire with lines to today.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Nobelle. &. Noble Command. The Morgan Horse Magazine, Jan 1984
He certainly had an inbred pedigree.
Sired 126 registered get and has had a considerable impact on today's Morgans.
So, what do you do when you have one as inbred as Noble Command? You find a mare who is also highly inbred to the same horses that are behind the stallion and breed them to each other to get a pedigree that is super inbred.
Nobelle had 15 foals. Amongst others that bred on, she was dam of Futurity French Command.
Friday, February 7, 2025
Black River Sheba. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Jan 1984
Her sire, Fiddler's Blackriver sired many, especially for Black River and Ancan prefixes.
Her dam, Fiddler's Dolly, produced many foals for Fiddler's.
Sheba had some foals.
Friday, December 27, 2024
Morningstar Jason The Morgan Stud Book. AMHA. 1983
This is an interesting pedigree in that it has some of everything--Brunk, Gov't, Lippitt, Old Midwest Family, Old Vermont, American Saddlebred, Western Working Family.
Sired a few.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Kendalwood CEO. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Feb 2002
His sire was from the Black River program, using the proven cross of Fleetwing to a mostly Brunk mare.
His dam was a daughter of UVM Flash, and a grand daughter of Tutor.
He sired some.
Monday, August 5, 2024
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Black River Yankee. The Morgan Horse Magazine, Dec 1982
Another good one by Fleetwing and out of Lovely Melody.
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