Diane and Missy’s Journey – Part 2

10 months later with OGO Waers Gold Star aka “Missy” Well I can’t believe it has been almost one year since the birth of OGO Wares Gold Star AKA Missy.  So I thought I would recap our progress over the past 10 months. While Ursulas Higuera Bandita agreed to be the surrogate mother, she still […]

Diane and Missy’s Journey – Part 1

by Diane This is the beginning of my journey with “OGO Waers Gold Star” and the legacy of RanchBoss Black Star.  Black Star unfortunately passed on to greener pastures on August 27th, 2008.  I have been at our barn for over 15 years.  I have seen a lot of babies come and go, but have never had […]

Dreaming of Gold by Shelley Dodd

Written by Shelley Dodd from Foundation Morgan Blog   It’s two days before the BIG day and I’ve been waiting a long time. Two days from now my dream horse arrives! I know you’re probably thinking “dream horse, wow that’s a tall order to fill!” You are right about that. I do have a lot […]

RanchBoss Cortez – in the Stallion Parade

Kathy & Greg Lyons are busy working on the first edition of a new annual Morgan magazine (which is due to come out in a month or two).  The magazine is a historical journey of the Morgan horse – something readers in Australia have not had before.   OGO has the only foals by Cortez […]

Belle of Amherst 1988 to 2008

Chestnut Breeding Mare This beautiful mare (Crawford x Bell’s Janee) was born in 1988.   Her bloodline includes Jubilee King through multiple lines including, Paragraph, Highview King, Juvina, Agazizz, two crosses to Jubilees Courage and one cross to Jubilee Kings full sister Sentola. Belle also has a strong dose of Linsley. Belle of Amherst (Crawford […]

Cimarron of Quietude

This handsome typey fellow combines the willingness and sense of the Brunk family with the toughness and sense of the Nekomias. He has the desirable Jubilee King sire line while the rest of his pedigree is Old Vermont, thus bringing together these two grand families and continuing the tradition of J. C. Brunk’s work of […]

Clarion of Quietude

This grand old stallion has a pedigree that is rare due to the fact that every horse on the fourth generation was registered in Registry Volume 5 or earlier; that volume ends with the year 1937. This is getting back to the old blood very quickly. With his sire line being that of Jubilee King […]

A Symphony of Art – Bj. deCastro

A Symphony of Art…My introduction to an amazingly humble & talented artist, named Bj. de Castro. by Wendy LeGate Shopping for a present for a neighbor lead me to find a beautiful piece of art entitled, “Capriole, Vienna” by Bj. de Castro. I simply could not believe that this piece was done in watercolor. The […]

Amy Don-Schroeder – A Friend Indeed

A Friend in need is a Friend Indeed. by Wendy LeGate Our Morgan escapades began, when Amy happened to look over my shoulder one day, as I was shuffling through my Morgan horse photographs. Her response…was to snatch them up, and say, “Oh, I have always wanted to have a horse!   What kind are these?  […]

Laura Algranti – Morgan Horse Historian

Laura Algranti – Morgan Horse Historian by Wendy LeGate  Laura Algranti was introduced to me a few years ago and ever since she has been a constant resource in background and historic knowledge of Morgan horse pedigrees for Old Growth Oak Morgans. Knowing Laura is like tapping into the fountain of eternal information of the […]