Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Moro Hill Gay Ethan. The Morgan Horse Magazine 1968



Full Lippitt 
Sire of 50 get 
Has descendants today. 




 

Rex's Major Monte and Waers Morgans. The Morgan Horse Magazine 1968

Rex's Major Monte
Sire of 82 get. The above link has the iconic photo of him. 
Waer's Fawnette
One of her foals was Malibu Fawnita, the noted dressage horse. 
Waer's Lady Be Good 
There is a full body photo at above link. Dam of 7 foals. 
Rex's Major Monte is sire of Lady Be Good and paternal grandsire of Fawnita.. 







 

Applevale Morgans. 1962

Three Applevale Morgans from the 1967 New York Morgan Show. 
Aristocrat--
HIs dam was sired by Pecos. 
He was gelded and sold to Colorado to become the 1970 Circle J Show Grand Champion Gelding. 
Katonah--
Sired by Pecos and out of U.C. Mention, this 1961 mare went on to have 7 foals. One of those was Aquarian Destiny, who was a good show horse and sired in the PNW.
Applevale Kinsman--
This 1964 stallion was a full brother to Katonah. He sired 37 get. 





 

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Tradition Stary Nite. The Morgan Horse Magazine, June 2002





Take a look at this very good conformation and type. 
He does have a few descendants today but we could lose it. 


 

Tradition Beau Kay The Morgan Horse Magazine June 2002


Dam of a few. There may be a thin line to today. 

 

The Peters Morgans. Ethan Allen 2nd. The Morgan Horse Magazine June 2002


Pictures of some of his ancestors can be seen at the above link. 
Breeders of today can learn much by studying his conformation and type. 
Some of his get that come to us today are: Bob Morgan, sire of Donald, Rose of Sutton, Lady Laura, Fanny 2nd (dam of Troubadour of Willowmoor), Bridget (dam of Nekomia and John A. Darling), Bob B (sire of Sonny Bob), and more; Bonnie Jean, dam of Cornwall Lass; Croydon Prince, sire of Ashbrook, Croydon Mary; Ethan Allen 3rd, sire of Sir Ethan Allen (sire of many important ones) Artemisia, who made the Gov't program; Headlight Morgan, sire for Richard Sellman; Polly Rogers, dam of Moro;  and others.
The below is from the AllBreed site. 

Color: ch
Height: 14.1

AMHA #406

Cornerstone stallion of the Lippitt Family 
Owned by Arthur W Peters of Bradford, VT. 
Foaled 5/10/1877. 
Registered Progeny: 22 stallions, 30 mares. 
32 crosses to Justin Morgan, 37.70% blood of Justin Morgan with an AGR of 40.18%





 

Monday, October 14, 2024

Squire Burger. The Morgan Horse Magazine, June 2002

Many of us, when we first saw a photo of Squire Burger, immediately were taken and knew that this was indeed a MORGAN. He continues to inspire awe. 
This excellent article discusses his own history, his pedigree, and his get and further descendants. 
This is an article to read, and then read again. 
I have added here a link to the AllBreed site which has photos of some of his ancestors and a color photo of himself.