Morgan – Working Bloodlines

by Gail Perlee

Foundation stock was developed over a long period of time (1880s-1950s) by several ranchers and breeders in different Western states.

Representative Programs

Sellman Ranch (1880s-1925), Texas

• The Admiral (Jubilee de Jarnette x Brn x Winnebago Chief)
• Headlight Morgan (Ethan Allen 2nd x Lady Stratton)
• Red Oak (General Gates x Marguerite)

Horseshoe Cattle Co. (Rolland Hill, 1922-1940s), California<

• Querido (Bennington x Artemisia)
• Sonfield (Mansfield x Quietude)
• Sellman Ranch mares

Piedmont Land & Cattle Co. (William Randolph Hearst), California

• Montcrest Sellman (Joe Bailey x Kitty E)
• Uhlan (Bennington x Poinsetta)
• Sellman/Hill mares

Elmer Brown (1911-1939), Kansas

• Linsley (General Gates x Sunflower Maid x Headlight Morgan)
• mares (by Headlight Morgan, Sparhawk, Dude Hudson & Donald)

Jackson Ranch (1920s – present), Montana

• Monte L (Major R.M. x Jumina x Jubilee King)
• Ken Carmen (Jubilee King x Heroda)
• Rosefield (Sonfield x Rose Mala x Querido)
• Fleetfield (Mentor x Norma)
• Delbert (Revere x Alibirdie)

L.U. Sheep Co. (1927-1950s), Wyoming

• Flyhawk (Go Hawk x Florette)
• Linspar (Linsley x Sparbelle)
• Senator Graham (Senator Knox x Fanita x Tiffany)
• Flying Jubilee (Flyhawk x Jumina x Jubilee King)
• Townshend Gay Meade (Meade x Gayselba x Ulysses)
• range mares (by a son of standard-bred pacer, Dan Patch)

Aims of the breeder: Produce a tough, agile and sensible cow horse of Morgan type.

Some of the well-known individuals produced by this line:

• Prefixes of breeding programs based on the Western Working Family lines: Mortana, Primavera, Teton, Mary-Mell, Siskiyou, Cross Ranch, Circle-H, Hunewill Ranch, Windswept, Shawalla, Ida-Ho, Funquest, Triangle A Ranch, Waer, Treasure, Prima Kosta, Black Stallion Ranch.
• Characteristics of the family: Deep bodied; Good legs feet; Agility; cow sense.
• More Information:
  • Morgans in the West, Aug 1984, p. 63
  • Morgans in the West, (Part II), Sep 1984, p. 79
  • Western Working Family Morgans, Feb 1987, p., 125
  • Families & Performance of the Morgan Stock Horse, Dec 1988, p. 111
  • The Morgan Stockhorses: Bloodlines and Breeding Programs, Pct 1989, p. 95.
  • Yearbook of the Arizona Morgan Horse Assn., 1989, p. 18Note: All issues of Morgan Magazine are at PMHA.