CFF Texas Tea
CFF Texas Tea is a 2003 Smokey Black Morgan Mare that has just joined Old Growth Oak Morgans breeding program. She is 14.2 hands with a glossy black coat. Her sire is MEMC Tequila Cuervo and her dam is Kellys Blackfire. Sold to EastWest Morgans CFF Texas Tea’s OGO foals include: OGO EastWest Coast, 2009 Smokey Cream […]
Ursulas Higuera Bandita
Ursulas Higuera Bandita (Higuera Bandido x WoodRose Katrina) from Jo Johnson of JaF Morgan Stock Horses has joined Old Growth Oak Morgans! Sold! I will be breeding Ursula to Badger to double up on WoodRose Katrina‘s bloodlines with the contributing strength of the sirelines of Higuera Bandido and Primavera Valdez. I believe the cross […]
Elizabeth ‘Betty’ French ~ to 9-1-2005
The Invisible Neighbor by Wendy LeGate Elizabeth French passed away September 1, 2005. I had been Betty French’s neighbor for almost five years before I ever met her. I had been told she was crazy; a mentally ill woman who was a hoarder; a pet collector and someone not to get involved with. I would […]
The Sellman Morgans – Part 4, 5 and 6, by Laura Stillwell Algranti
THE SELLMAN MORGANS–part 4 THE HORSES OF F. A. FICKERT AND THEIR DESCENDANTS by Laura Stillwell Algranti In 1922, F. A. Fickert of Tehachapi, California purchased some Morgans from Richard Sellman. They were Jael, Emma B., Ramona K., Dulcimer, Favonius, Consuela, Marta, Minna K., Conant K., Kita A., Mary K., Louisa, Texsky and […]
The Sellman Morgans – Part 2 and 3, by Laura Stillwell Algranti
The Sellman Morgans – Part 2 (first published in Classic Morgan Admirers, 1992. revised by author, 2005) HEADLIGHT MORGAN Headlight Morgan 4683, chestnut with stripe and right front foot white, was foaled in June of 1893, bred by the Morgan Horse Co. of Carpentersville, IL. His sire was Ethan Allen 2nd 406, and his […]
The Sellman Morgans – Part 1, by Laura Stillwell Algranti
(first published in Classic Morgan Admirers, 1991. Reprinted 2005 by author, some revisions) Descendants of the Sellman Morgans are today everywhere there are Morgans. Richard Sellman was the true “father” of the Western Working Family Morgans, for there are no Western Working Family Morgans today without crosses to Sellman’s Morgans, and his horses formed the […]
Ina’s Helpful Hints on Horsekeeping 9 – Fences!, by Ina M. Ish
There are almost as many kinds of horse fence as there are horse breeds it seems! Traditional wooden board fence, new vinyl covered fence, electric vinyl fence, field wire fence, non-climbable wire fence, hog wire, chicken wire, plastic mesh, electric wire, electric tape, high tensile wire, high tensile electric, stone walls, wire / hedge fence, […]
Ina’s Helpful Hints on Horsekeeping 8 – Saddles! Girths! Pads!, by Ina M. Ish
This will not be a long hint, as much has been written and much info is available but some few things to consider about saddles. To begin, young horses outgrow saddles like little kids outgrow shoes! So unless you have gobs of money don’t spend a huge amount on your first few saddles. Buy quality […]
Ina’s Helpful Hints on Horsekeeping 7 – Now We Are Three!, by Ina M. Ish
So we ARE– colt and filly both! YOU finally get to actually ride the critter. Assuming you are going to be doing this at home, and not have a trainer do the job- there are lots of things to consider. I assume your young horse already knows how to work on a lunge line or […]
Ina’s Helpful Hints on Horsekeeping 6.5 – Random Thoughts! Short and Sweet, by Ina M. Ish
This will more or less be a list of things- more or less! If your horse shows a behavior change or starts misbehaving check for pain somewhere in his/her body. Remembered pain can also be a cause- often the case with foaling mares the first time they foal- even if the pain is unrelated to […]