Way back when I was in High School (late 1960's), I sometimes rode my horse over to the Peters Canyon Stables, a few miles away. It was run at that time by Billy Warne, a noted stock horse trainer. One day, walking through the barn, I was stopped by a lovely head hanging out over the stall door. The name plate on the door said "Dapper Dolly". I had no idea she was a Morgan, just that she was different from all the other horses there. It wasn't until decades later that I found out who she was. She was shown at good sized open shows in stock horse and did well.
Her sire was the popular Northern California stallion, Dapper Dan, of pure Western Working Family. Her dam was pure Brunk and a full sister to the granddam of one of my first Morgans.
She had one foal, a filly, but that filly grew up to produce some who bred on to one extent or another:
Bercinda Jeanette, Dapper Dundee, Dappers Delight, S A Henrietta, SA Tamarisk. There was also SA Desiree whom I think I remember from Morgan shows around the early 1980's.
From the AllBreed site--
Color: b
AMHA #09773
Bay, white on left hind pastern extending higher inside & with black spots around coronet.
Foaled 1957, Modesto, CA. Bred by Ed Walter. Owned by Tay Mattern Whitter, CA.
Beautiful, typey mare.
In her first year of showing she amassed 18 trophies and 85 ribbons. She was shown open Stock Horse classes at Open Shows in Southern California and was the 1965 Pacific Coast Stock Horse Champion.
Registered Morgan progeny: 1 filly. |
