THE BEGINNING
For me, the love of horses began at the tender age of 3, when I crawled on to what at that age I thought was a big horse. My sister’s friend had tied her pony to the railing on our back porch and I crawled onto his broad back and went for my first ride.
In March of 1969 I bought my first Morgan, Ra’s Lincoln Knox. I had gone to buy an Arabian at the Salem Fair Ground but found it had been sold out form under me. It was the best day of my life as I met Mable Miller, a long time Morgan breeder and she happened to have a young Morgan for sale. “Charley” was a black son of Linns Knox, out of Gay Leaf Dan-Leva, by Dancin. Dancin was Dapper Dan grandson and Gay Leaf Dan-Leva was a double Dapper Dan bred mare. My first mare was an unregistered two year old that I registered with my first unregistered prefix, Cameo, and her name was Cameo’s Delight. I registered many horses using “Cameo” but when I tried to register it, I was told that it had been registered too may times (by me) and that it could not be used. That is how the ‘Oregon” prefix came to be.
I loved the pretty head and the western working blood lines. I have to stay with these blood lines and worked in some of the lines of Chasley Superman, Beamington, Windcrest Music Man and Trophy as these horses were the athletes in there days as show horses. I also love the Lippitt blood through Ellie Masson’s Marvelous Ideal.
I have a strong commitment to the Morgan breed and am a life time member of AMHA, Oregon Horseman’s Association and the Jackson County Horsemen’s Association.
A half Morgan registry is in the making. Look for a link to the “International Half Morgan Registry” soon.