Small Town Sally Ash
She had 9 foals.
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Showing posts with label Western Working Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Western Working Family. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Saturday, August 2, 2025
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.
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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.
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
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
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. |
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.
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Sim-Ro. Western Livestock Journal 1950
He had a good old California pedigree.
His sire, Uhlan-Ro, was bred by Hearst and was sired by the Gov't Farm, Uhlan. The dam, Reba Ro, of Uhlan-Ro, was bred by Roland Hill and was sired by the Brunk bred Pongee Morgan who was used by Hill for a short time. Reba Ro's dam was a Sellman mare by Red Oak.
The dam of Sim-Ro was the Roland Hill bred Deana Star, she sired by Sparbeau who was bred by Elmer Brown, Kansas. Sparbeau was well liked by Hill but he died relatively young (in an accident if I recall correctly).
Deana Star's dam was Deana B, also bred by Hill, and sired by Querido from the Gov't Farm, and out of another Sellman mare by Red Oak.
Sim-Ro had only four registered get with none breeding on.
Waseeka's Peter Piper. The Morgan Horse Magazine. June 1984
He had quite a lot of Lippitt and Old Vermont High Percent behind him, as well as some Brunk. His great grand sire, Starfire, is Western Working Family with a lot of Brunk behind it.
I remember him as a typey, little fellow with a lot of personality and energy.
Monday, July 21, 2025
Morgan History. Western Livestock Journal 1950
I apologize for cutting off some of the last page here; also for loosing stuff into the gutter of these tightly bound volumes.
Montabell (shown on 2nd page), also called Montabell Gift
This 1936 stallion was bred by W R Hearst, San Simeon, CA. He was then owned by OC Foster and went on to sire 43 get.
His sire was bred by Richard Sellman, TX, and his maternal grand dam was also bred by Sellman. His dam was bred by Roland Hill, CA.
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Bricktop. Western Livestock Journal. 1949
Upper from WLJ
Lower from the AllBreed site
Bred by R A Sperry, Los Angeles, Calif., he was foaled in 1942.
He was sired by the Brunk bred, Red Vermont.
His dam was also bred by Sperry and she had only two foals. She was by Redwood Morgan who was bred by Richard Sellman, Texas, and sold to Roland Hill, Calif. Her dam was bred by Roland Hill.
Bricktop had a solid pedigree.
Bricktop sired 15 get with three of those breeding on to one extent or another.
He is to be found behind RTF Black Ice and other RTF horses.
He is also behind the sire, Wintergreen Shaman, and other Wintergreen horses.
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Green Meads Marauder. &. Wind-crest Ben Davis. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Jan-Feb 1978
And, finally, the outside back cover of this issue. This was a massive issue with ever so much to share and I thought I would never get to the end. 😁
These two stallions are full brother.
Marauder
Gov't and WWF pedigree.
Sire of 52 get.
Many of his get bred on and he probably has lines to today.
Wind-Crest Ben Davis. (correct spelling as per Reg. Vol. 7)
Sire of 64 get.
Many of them bred on and there are lines to today.
Below--
Full body photo is Marauder
Head shot is Ben Davis. This was the photo they used in most of their ads.
Funquest Stoneman. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Jan-Feb 1978
A good pedigree of Brunk and Kansas and Oklahoma Western Working Family. Also some Old Vermont High Percent back there.
Sire of 53 get.
Some bred onwards.
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Mr. Eagle L. G. Carter. The Morgan Horse Magazine. Jan-Feb 1978
Although he sired very few, his pedigree is of interest as it shows the last part of W. T. Carter's long time breeding program. Lippitt Gregory came west from the 1962 Lippitt Farm Dispersal Sale upon the passing of Robert Lippitt Knight. He was just a weanling. He sired many for Carter and others. The dam of Mr. Eagle was Cherry K R, bred by Carter, and sired by Kings River Morgan, also bred by Carter. Kings River sired many for Carter. He was sired by Gold Dollar, who was bred by L W Rutledge who had his ranch close to Carter's. Gold Dollar was by Blackhaux, bred by that early California breeder, Duval Williams, from Sellman stock.
The dam of Gold Dollar as well as the mare bred to him to get Kings River were both mares bred by Roland Hill with the Gov't Farm sires and Sellman Mares. (as a side note, Kings River Morgans was named for the Kings River which flowed from the Sierra Mountains down past Carter's ranch. )
Back to Cherry KR, her dam was also sired by Gold Dollar. That dam was out of a mare from the Old Midwest Family. She was bred by the noted Iowa Breeder, T C Doak, and came to California from a dispersal sale in the Midwest. She was said to be the most lovely mare of her time.
Carter was a good breeder of using Morgans. He bred from the 1940s until his passing in the 1960s.
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