History
These are noteable horses within 5 generations of our stallions' pedigrees
Black, 15h. Foaled 6/11/1961, Los Angeles, CA. Bred by WS Rowland.
Cutting champion.
Sparfield was predominantly of government bloodlines through Mansfield, Linsley and Querido. He was winner in 1965 of the National Morgan Cutting Horse Title. 1965 - 1968 he was the Champion Morgan Cutting Horse of Oregon. He went on to be a top notch Park horse. His dam, Heather, carries bloodlines of some greats like National Champion Gays Cinco De Mayo, Headlite Mickey Waer and Dapper Dan. Shadow's bloodlines are chaulked full of working blood.
The 1981 stallion Sparfield (Lee Spar x Kitty Sparfield), bred by W. S. Rowland and tracing back to Linsley through Hunewell Ranch breeding, was used by Art and Jo Baughman of Desiderata Morgans, Philhomath, Oregon. The Sparfield grandson Desiderata Desert Storm (Desiderata Sparfield x Just-A-Nod Michelle by Windcrest Music Man) has won many Reining championships including the Grand National Open Reining Championship in 2000. This paragraph is referencing the article https://www.morganhorse.com/upload/photos/904BlackHawk1.14.pdf
Here is a link with more information about Sparfield
https://oldmorgans.blogspot.com/search?q=sparfield
https://oldmorgans.blogspot.com/search?q=easter+vermont
Easter Vermont (Red Vermont x Nona) -AMHA # 9804 - Bred by Jack Davis - Foaled 1947 - Sire of 38 foals.
Another good son of Red Vermont from the Davis breeding program in Lodi, CA. He was a full brother to Domino Vermont, Rosy Vermont, Holly Vermont, Ester Vermont, and Dina Vermont. Easter Vermont became the sire Stormy E (out of Nancys Charm by Sonfield) who was last stallion used by Horseshoe Cattle Company. Stormy E became the sire of the good stallions Trix Hill and Roland G Hill. The Easter Vermont daughter Tetonia Royalty (out of Tetonia Royal Ann) was a very important mare for Myrtle Neely. His daughter Starlette B was the dam of the stallions Patchett Hill and Danny Easter Vermont.
https://oldmorgans.blogspot.com/search?q=dapper+dan
Dapper Dan
Trilson x Bess Gates
Bay; left hind sock & right hind pastern white, 14.1 Foaled 5/10/1951, Sonora, CA. Bred by J.C. Bromily As a two- and three-year-old, won at 20 of 21 shows. Wonderful disposition. Progeny: 50 colts, 58 fillies. Died 1983, Modesto, CA.
Purchased from U.S. Government Morgan Farm in VT by Roland Hill to be used as one of the stallions on his Horseshoe Cattle Co ranch. Photo credit:
AMHA #8617. Chestnut, small strip & snip, lmt. Foaled 5/14/1942, Pine Ridge, SD. Bred by Robert Tynan, Jr. Rodeo, show and parade horse for Clarence Shaw, Walla Walla, WA. Sired 82 registered foals
a product of the Horseshoe Cattle Co. in CA, he sired 31 get and is representative of the ranch bred stock in the 30s and 40s.
Herod’s line produced the well-known family of Red Correll (Will Rogers x Kate Smith), sire of 92 offspring and his best known son, Blackwood Correll, sire of 60 offspring. The dam of Blackwood Correll, Lady Rockwood (Shenandoah Red x May Rockwood), was also a granddaughter of Red Correll. This line has produced some outstanding Western working and sport champions, including buckskin reining stallion Montana Harvest (Triple S Red Cedar x Tia Margarita) winner of many reining championships; and Mary Jean Vasiloff’s Whippoorwill Newmoon, holder of two Open Reining World Championships. Winner of the 2013 Snaffle Bit and Hackamore Reining World Championship, Morganquest Red Warrior (Morganquest Native Sun x Starr Wind And Fire) traces directly through Blackwood Correll on both his sire and dam lines as does W’s Mesquite Ridge (Painters Pine Ridge x W Honey Nugget Cherrybomb) who won world champion reining titles every year from 2008 – 2011 as well as several other national reining titles through 2013. This paragraph is referencing the article https://www.morganhorse.com/upload/photos/904BlackHawk1.14.pdf
Herod’s line produced the well-known family of Red Correll (Will Rogers x Kate Smith), sire of 92 offspring and his best known son, Blackwood Correll, sire of 60 offspring. The dam of Blackwood Correll, Lady Rockwood (Shenandoah Red x May Rockwood), was also a granddaughter of Red Correll. This line has produced some outstanding Western working and sport champions, including buckskin reining stallion Montana Harvest (Triple S Red Cedar x Tia Margarita) winner of many reining championships; and Mary Jean Vasiloff’s Whippoorwill Newmoon, holder of two Open Reining World Championships. Winner of the 2013 Snaffle Bit and Hackamore Reining World Championship, Morganquest Red Warrior (Morganquest Native Sun x Starr Wind And Fire) traces directly through Blackwood Correll on both his sire and dam lines as does W’s Mesquite Ridge (Painters Pine Ridge x W Honey Nugget Cherrybomb) who won world champion reining titles every year from 2008 – 2011 as well as several other national reining titles through 2013. This paragraph is referencing the article https://www.morganhorse.com/upload/photos/904BlackHawk1.14.pdf
Blackwood Correll (Red Correll x Lady Rockwood), age 24, photo from Mary Jean Vasiloff, courtesy Kristal Homoki.
AMHA #7700. Chestnut, lmt, lh sock white, 15.1h, 1075 lbs(flaxen) . Foaled 5/10/1936, Springfield, IL. Bred by JC Brunk.
Progeny: 36 colts, 35 fillies. Owned by Robert Tynan, Jr., NB, 1943. foals: all bay & chestnut.
1996 Reserve Grand National Reining Champion
1995 Top 5 World Champion Reining Junior, Top 3 Reining First Year Green
Top 5 Reining 3-Year-Old, other 1995 wins include the OPEN Reining Championship@ Billing, MT
Chosen as the 2001 Breyers Morgan Stallion Model
Producing Buckskin, Palomino, Black, Chestnut and Bay
Montana Harvest is a champion stallion known for consistently siring athletic ability, conformation, color and a great disposition. He is so grand, in fact, they made a model of him. (Breyer model)
Chestnut, star, strip, snip, lh sock white. Foaled 5/14/1956. Progeny: 15 colts, 14 mares. Grand Champion stallion, 1964 Morgan National; 1965 Eastern Nationals. AMHA Show Horse Hall of Fame.
https://oldmorgans.blogspot.com/search?q=mansfield
Chestnut; star & narrow strip; both hind socks white.
Foaled 6/16/1920, Woodstock, VT. Bred by WB Sanders.
Reserve Champion weanling, 1920 Vermont State Fair; Champion Weanling Woodstock (VT) Fair.
Progeny: 79 colts, 72 fillies. (48 bay, 1 brown, 101 ch) Lead sire, US Govt. Morgan Farm, Middlebury, VT.
https://oldmorgans.blogspot.com/search?q=keystone
Chestnut, star, strip & snip. Foaled 4/29/1950, Wenatchee, WA. Bred by Keystone Ranch. Died 1977, Gemstone Ranch, Auburn, WA. Registered Morgan progeny: 18 colts, 33 fillies. Champion driving horse.
https://www.mcgofffarm.com/untitled
article with Linns knox mentioned
Chestnut, lf fetlock, rf & bh socks white, lmt. Foaled 9/15/1955, Turlock, CA. Bred by WJ Linn. Registered Morgan progeny: 12 colts, 10 fillies.
AMHA #79081. Black, star, bf & rh pasterns & lh fetlock white. Foaled 3/19/1980, Nevada City, CA. Bred by LE Personeni. Passed away 2006.
AMHA #18030
Chestnut, star & tapering strip. Foaled: 02-01-1967, Ashland, MA. Breeder: Waseeka Farm Registered progeny: 92 colts, 79 fillies (31 bay, 1 brwn, 138 ch, 1 Pal) Halter and Park champion, popular sire. Featured in A MORGAN FOR MELINDA by Doris Gates. Pete was purchased from Kay Thompson as a two year old by Joan and Rollie Bowers. He brought a new look and different bloodlines to the West coast. Pete was Jr. Champion colt at the Eastern National and he had countless wins In Hand, Park Saddle, and Park Harness out West (many times all at the same show). Pete was a kind horse with a huge personality in a compact body. Pete is the only Morgan to win a regional triple crown (champion in-hand, park saddle, and park harness in the same regional show). Sire of 171 get
Full Lippitt. Chestnut, Very Small Star. AMHA #15477 Foaled: 06-04-1964, Royalton, VT. Breeder: Dana Wingate Kelley Registered Morgan progeny: 18 colts. 21 fillies.
https://oldmorgans.blogspot.com/search?q=Royalton+Ashline
Full Lippitt
First AMHA Sport Horse Award winner. Registered Morgan Progeny: 21 colts and 25 fillies. Died 9/6/1991 when he escaped from a porta-stall in Maine and was hit by a motor vehicle. br. by Dana Kelley
https://oldmorgans.blogspot.com/search?q=Royalton+Ebenezer
AMHA #20334 Full Lippitt Bred by Dana Wingate Kelley.
(Mr. Justin x Honey Fly). Pure WWF
Chestnut, star. Foaled 5/3/1957, Yakima, WA. Owned in California.
Full Lippitt AMHA #10595 Dark chestnut. Foaled 5/28/1950, Royalton, VT. Bred by Dana W. Kelley. Registered Morgan progeny: 41 colts, 49 fillies. 22.67% JM based on 10 generations.
