Bucksnort’s Silver Smoke 2004 Stallion Sire - BuckSnort's Silver Eagle, 2002 Black Stallion Silver Eagle is sired by Bessia’s Black Eagle [see his section] and is out of Coalie A Streak FD, a black 1988 mare sired by Sharthunder [see him in Bessia’s Black Eagle’s section]. The
dam of Coalie A Streak FD is
Westcrest Bunny, 1963 ch. mare. The Westcrest prefix was used by R. G.
Morgareidge of
Jubilee’s
Quicksilver was out of Ailsa, by Senator Graham who was by the good
Brunk bred
Senator Knox (Knox Morgan x Senata) and out of Fanita. Fanita was by
the
Government bred Tiffany ( The
dam of Westcrest Silver was
Mountain Queen, another LU Sheep mare. She was by Plains King, bred in Westcrest Silver carries an intense heritage of Brunk breeding along with that of Elmer Brown. All were being bred to be true working Morgans. The dam of Westcrest Bunny was Scarlett Mite, 1957 mare bred by Ramul Dvarishkis. Her sire was Jubilee’s Quicksilver, making her a half sibling to Westcrest Silver so that Westcrest Bunny was the result of breeding half siblings. Scarlett Mite’s dam was Copperflame Girl. Copperflame Girl was also bred by Dvarishkis and she was by Prince Dandy and out of Mountain Queen. Prince Dandy was bred by Eddie Dvarishkis, and owned by Ramul Dvarishkis. His sire was King De Jarnette (seen behind some of the LU Sheep Co. horses). His dam was Box K Scarlett, a 1942 mare bred by Antlers Ranch of Wyoming. Her sire was Plains King and her dam was Syble, an unregistered mare by Night Tide and the second dam was Jane, also unregistered, but sired by Flyhawk. This was all the same horses that LU Sheep Co. used. One can assume that the Antlers Ranch and LU Sheep Co. were neighbors as other Antler Ranch horses were also from the LU Ranch breeding. This entire line comes from ranches that mostly ignored the mares; they were left to fend for themselves on the range so only the tough ones survived. The dam of Copperflame Girl was Mountain Queen, an LU Sheep Co. mare sired by Plains King and out of Spruce, by Flyhawk, out of Sox who was by Linspar and out of a Flyhawk daughter. The same horses keep appearing in the pedigree of Scarlett Mite. And they are the same horses behind Westcrest Silver, so that Westcrest Bunny was very much the product of close breeding and breeding done by ranchers who wanted the best of using horses and who had the mares and young stock living under natural conditions. It
is interesting to look at the
pedigree of Bucksnort’s Silver Eagle (sire of Bucksnort’s Silver Smoke)
as a
whole. There is much of the old Brunk breeding throughout, with many of
the
horses repeated over and over. There is close breeding in each
generation,
giving genetic strength. Both of Silver Eagle’s parents were by
Sharthunder,
who is a blend of ranch breeding with plenty of Brunk combined with the
old Truwest is the prefix of the Blankenship family of eastern The
sire of Smokey Montina is
Truwest Pure Prairie Smoke, sired by H-Saracen and out of PureD Powder.
H-Saracen (spoken as H Bar Saracen) was a 1974 smoky black stallion
bred by
George Cross & Son of Wyoming, a long time ranching and Morgan
breeding
family. Their first horses had no prefix but later they used the H- (H
Bar)
prefix. Saracen was a big, ruggedly handsome horse with sweet
temperament. His
nickname was Scary—because of his sweet temperament & easy ways.
His life was
not always the easiest but at the end he had a wonderful life, loved
and
carefully cared for, with Nancy Nard, Ragtime Morgans of north The
sire of Saracen was the infamous Chingadero, registered as a white
horse but
actually a perlino. He sired 137 registered get, of which Saracen was
the last
one. Chingadero, whose name in Spanish is a slang word which is not
complementary (one has to wonder if the Crosses knew this or, since
they were
not in an area with any Hispanic heritage, did they just like the word
and not
know its meaning), was another big, upstanding handsome Morgan and is a
major
source of colorfuls in the breed today. He died from a broken leg which
happened when he fell on the ice of the frozen Du Noir River one
winter. The
stallion Warhawk (Flyhawk x Sentola) is a major force in his pedigree.
Chingadero’s sire, Ketchum is a double grandson of Warhawk and
Chingadero’s dam
is also by Warhawk. Warhawk was a big, black, upheaded stallion who
sired many
good ones for the Cross Ranch and later in the It
is worth taking a closer look at
the mares behind Chingadero. The sire of Ketchum was Joe Lewis (He had
only the
one foal before being gelded. By such twists of fate does the Morgan
breed find
some of its most influential lines.) out of Homely Girl, an
unregistered mare.
In the registry volume she was listed as dark brown, but it is now
known that
she was a dark buckskin, foaled in June of 1941 and bred by George A
Cross. Her
sire was the Brunk stallion Glider, sired by Jubilee King and out of
Gizea by
Go Hawk and out of the great producing mare Liza Jane. Homely Girl had
only the
one registered foal and that story is lost to time. Her dam was Strip,
also
bred by George Cross, whose sire was Imperial, a seal brown, foaled
1912, bred
in Amboy Ill, got by Admiral George Dewey (also bred in Amboy Ill. and
got by
The Admiral—sired by Jubilee de Jarnette & out of Morrill Queen—who
later
went to Richard Sellman to form an important part of his breeding
program) and
dam Duchess by Meteor Jr. 4458. Imperial was sold to the Indian Agency
of The
dam of Ketchum was Du Noir
Strip. She was foaled in 1946, bred by George Cross and Son. Her sire
was
Glider. Her dam was the unregistered Strip, foaled 1939, bred by George
Cross,
and sired by Imperial. Strip’s dam was Red Cross Nurse by Taters.
Chingadero’s
dam was Haager, sired by Warhawk and out of Yellow Girl. Yellow Girl
was a
lovely true Morgan mare of depth and substance. She had 17 registered
get,
first for the Cross Ranch and later for owners in the The
dam of H-Saracen was Teal Eye,
another Cross Ranch mare with 15 registered produce. Her sire was
Warhawk and
her dam, Secora, was by Glider and out of Dora by Imperial. Dora was an
unregistered mare foaled in 1929, bred by George Cross. Her dam was
Miss Helm,
bred by George Cross sired by a trotting bred sire owned by John Helm.
It can
be seen that the Cross Ranch had a long legacy of breeding working
Morgans
using the very best Morgan stallions that they could find. The level of
close
breeding was high and it worked very well. Abe Cross was the son and in
the
1950’s he would write for the Morgan Horse Magazine
telling of their ranch Morgans. They not only
used their horses for ranch work (one famous photo shows Warhawk with a
roped
calf and no one was on the horse—he knew his job) but for pack trips
into the
rough and high The
dam of Truwest Pure Prairie
Smoke was Pure D Powder bred by Roberta Blankenship. This 1988 mare has
a
pedigree that is ¾ Western Working Family and the topline
¼ is Old Vermont with
a touch of Government. Her sire is Triton Dallas sired by Lippitt
Pecos.
Lippitt Pecos was a small, very typey, deep bodied, and handsome sire
of many
good Morgans for Robert Morgan’s Triton prefix. He was shown English
Pleasure
and did well in that endeavor. Much later, it became apparent that any
of his
grandget who went into the western working aspects, such as reining or
ranch
work, did very well with those. His sire was the great Pecos, that
handsome
typey and correct stallion who also had the strong mind of the Bulrush
horses
which he received from his sire Cornwallis, another strong minded horse
who
lived up to that Bulrush heritage. Both Cornwallis and Triton
Dallas was out of SR’s
Dutchess sired by Dickie’s Pride and out of Princess Sonfield. The
palomino
Dickie’s Pride was versatile, handsome and was sired by Flying Jubilee,
seen
elsewhere in the pedigree of Silver Smoke. Dickie’s Pride’s dam was
another LU
Sheep Co mare, Dawn Mist, sired by the Government bred Fillmore ( The
dam of Pure D Powder was Flee
Powder who was sired by Fleefield, a Jackson Ranch of The
dam of Flee Powderwing was
Lovely Paintbrush (no doubt named for the wild flower) who was by
Warhawk and
out of Twin Creek Beauty. Twin Creek Beauty had 15 produce (those old
range
mares were tough!) and was another LU Sheep Co mare being by Townshend
Gaymeade
and out of Sumac. Townshend Gaymeade was bred in the east but early on
went
west. He is somewhat controversial being known for a bad temperament
but a
close reading of his life would indicate that his temperament was human
made
with some less then savvy handling all along. His sire Meade was known
as a
difficult horse however. Meade was Government farm bred, sired by
Goldfield and
out of Glady, a mare with some good old The
dam of Truwest Smokey Montina
is Liz’s Little Tina by Liz’s Blackjack and out of Bessia’s Dominique.
The
Liz’s prefix is used by the McFall family of The
dam of Blackjack was Croixcrest
Fox Trot who brings in some different old working blood. Her sire is
Funquest
Consuelo, handsome and typey stallion who was so popular in the upper The
dam of Funquest Consuelo was
Black Patch, by Flyhawk’s Black Star and out of Lady Patch. Black Star
was by
Flyhawk and out of Allan’s Star (Tehachapi Allan x Jane L, by Linsley). Lady Patch was by Colonel Patch
(Querido--also sire of Tehachapi Allan-- x Hemala by Headlight Morgan).
Lady
Patch was out of Jane L. Black Star was another of the Stuart Hazard
bred
Morgans, typey and correct and good using horses. His program was based
on
mares who came from The
dam of Fox Trot was Topango,
sired by The
dam of The dam of Topango was Kevin Top by Major RM (Romanesque x Dorothy DH—Dude Hudson x Linsley dau.). Kevin Top was out of Queen Topsy by Chief Bugler. Liz’s Little Tina (dam of Truwest Smokey Montina) was out of Bessia’s Dominique who was by Teton Royal Raven. Teton Royal Raven was by Wyoming Flyhawk and out of Tetonia Royalty by Easter Vermont (Red Vermont x Nona). Red Vermont was an upstanding, handsome, correct baroque horse of pure Brunk breeding. Nona was excellent Western Working Family with much of the old Morrill lines. Easter Vermont was handsome, correct, and sweet tempered and an excellent sire. Royalty was out of Tetonia Royal Ann by Hylee’s Heir. A photo of Hylee’s Heir showed him standing freely and unconcerned with Myrtle Neeley’ husband sitting underneath the horse. Heir had an excellent temperament and stylish old Morgan looks. Hylee’s Heir was by Torchfire by Senator Graham (Senator Knox x Fanita). Torchfire was out of that excellent producing mare Jubilee Joy (Flyhawk x Sentola). Hylee’s Heir was out of Illawana Marie by Cherokee Gilmore by Highview King by King De Jarnette. Cherokee Gilmore was out of the LU Sheep mare, Mallow. Illawana Marie was out of Illawana Lady by Captain Red by Juban (Jubilee King x Jeanne). Captain Red, a handsome and well tempered horse who had been taught many tricks, was out of Gizea (Go Hawk x Liza Jane). Illawana Lady was out of Illawana Ruby by Hiro (Tiffany x Deura) and out of Nala (Go Hawk x Penala). Notice how the same horses continue to repeat over and over again. The
dam of Tetonia Royal Ann was Besia’s
Dominique was out of
Mortana Racquel by Senatefield and out of Mortana Starie by Broadwall
Donman by
Orcland Dondarling (Ulendon x Anna Darling). Donman was out of that
excellent
producing mare Mansphyllis ( The
pedigree of Bucksnort’s Silver
Smoke is one filled with close breeding throughout done by breeders who
bred
Morgans for tough working conditions. In every part there is excellent
old
Brunk breeding with the close breeding perfected by that master
breeder, J C
Brunk. There is also a good dose of the breeding done by that other
master
breeder, Elmer Brown of |
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