MORGAN STALLION
AT
ROYCAN Country Haven
What a journey we have had in our 45 years of owning Morgan horses.
We've decided to downsize to just a few selected morgans. We are enjoying
watching the development of the offspring of Duke and Posh.
"Roycan JD Duke" to "Acorn Ridge Spice Girl"
Both are exceptional examples of the breed's strength and grace.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN RAISING A STALLION
We've been in the morgan horse industry for over 45 years and raised morgan stallions. We knew nothing about raising or handling a stallion of any breed when we started.
So, I did my homework and watched and observed owners of stallions at various shows and at their facilities. We had young kids at the time so #1 importance was the stallion
had to be safe around our kids. We'd watch some stallions of various breeds come out very flashy and entertaining the crowd but was that really a stallion that would be easy
to handle and friendly and safe with our kids?
Well, I am not shy so I went investigating. I presented the question of manners to a morgan stallion owner whose was placing really well. He smiled at me and said after the next
class I want you to visit our stable area and find the stallion. I thought that was a strange answer because I figured that would be easy, the stallion would be the one calling
and making a scene.
Nope I couldn't find the stallion right off and that was because he was the quietest most well-behaved horse in his stable. So, my next question was how did you do that?
He is a totally different horse then out in the show ring. "TRAINING!". Handling at a young age. Teaching manners. Knowing when he was allowed to be a stud and when
he was supposed to be well mannered with any age group of people.
Well, I needed to see more stallions like this so I went to other breeds and talked with stallion owners. I got the same response. I also got various reasons why
stallions didn't behave like these stallions.
After all that research we knew what we wanted as far as manners and training:
I believe over the years we did accomplish that with the stallions we had the privilege to own or handle and we were able
to end our Breeding Career with an amazing well behaved morgan stallion
Roycan JD Duke
BLOODLINES
Learn more about our BLOODLINES
You can spend hours and hours and years learning bloodlines but in the end you really don't know how it's
going to turn out till that foal is on the ground!
I loved this part of the breeding.
We went back to the "Old Bloodlines"
that have proven successful over generations, hoping to reproduce their strengths in our new foals.
Here's what we have.
Roycan JC Duke (Sire: Northern Raisin Cainan x Dam: Moonrakers Jennasis)
Let's look at Northern Raisin Cainan's bloodlines
I have always believed you have to look up to the 4th generations because these traits will come through.
Northern Exposure was owned and shown by Kathy Padgham, Alberta, Canada in the Western Division and earned many awards. Very put together stallion.
Southerly Conowingo was the son of "Lord Appleton" and that's where my interest lies.
Lord Appleton was the true picture of the Morgan Breed. We are fortunate to have owned one of his daughter's "Nemours Lady Juliette" in her later life but
was unable to create an offspring from her. She retired at our farm.
This line we want to keep in our bloodlines.
"LORD APPLETON"
Then we look at "Troutbrook Top Brass" out of "Waseeka's In Command"
These lines we like his topline and still keeping with up-headness and a solid front end.
We raised and owned Roycan's Top Jazz his son. Loved his movement and personality.
So here's where we double up on lines. Roycan's Top Jazz out of Troutbrook Top Brass only bred once.
His Dam was KW Brianna (Sorento x Meadow Park Mirage). Sorento lines were another one we wanted.
KW Brianna had beautiful motion. Very high stepping. A very gentle personality.
"Sorento"
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"Roycan's Top Jazz"
Then we sneek in "Roycan's ColeBeam" out of (Whispering High Beam x W-A-W Coles Coquette).
This was our foundation stallion. Black morgan stallion. His foals were always so quiet.
We have his last offspring at our facility "Roycan Sir William" 11 year old morgan gelding
"Whispering High Beam"
'ROYCAN'S COLEBEAM"
Now we look at "Roycan JC Duke" dam side. His dam is Moonrakers Jennasis.
What attracted us to her was the fact she was the grand-daughter of Roycan's Top Jazz
We had raised Jazz all his life and realized those lines were no longer available.
We went hunting and found the mare. To our surprise she was a buckskin.
Never owned a buckskin but she is certainly a typy morgan and I can not fault her confirmation.
Breeding her to Northern Raisin Cainan we were doubling up the old lines and
we were hoping to create a very typy morgan
with a beautiful head, big eyes and great personality.
That is what we created with Roycan JC Duke and he passed his head to his two fillies.
"Moonrakers Jennasis"
I'll be honest I don't know alot about the HMSTD Run Runner lines but he is
certainly a typy morgan.
HMSTD RUN RUNNER
We are so pleased with the cross with Posh and Duke.
Both fillies have carried Duke's head.
A very dominate morgan head with large eyes, nice neck and solid body.
Lilly has followed the bloodlines of more elegant body.
Ruby has followed in the lines of her Grandmother Jenny with
a nice solid body.
"Posh" as we call her has a very impressive topline. HVK prefix is a well establish breeding line and goes back to Vigilmarch.
Vigilmarch produced "HVK FieldMarch" which as a 3 yr old was World Champion in Park Harness. So here comes the motion
we wanted. Then you add to that Noble Flaire, And the Beat Goes On, Simply Maserati and Suite After on her dam side.
Her Sire line is very strong in motion and she also has the high stepping motion.
Vigilmarch
Noble Flaire
And the Beat Goes On
Simply Maserati
Suite After