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T he story of the stallion Sealect is a rich and fascinating one, steeped in the early roots of the Morgan breed, and intertwined with the historic Townshend Farm breeding program which has produced more than

340 Morgans with the Townshend prefix to date, most of which carry Sealect blood. Townshend has also played a significant role in spreading the Sealect influence throughout the breed. Descendants of Sealect have excelled in virtually all disciplines, as sport and Western working horses, and in all areas of the show ring, across the U.S. as well as other countries. The prepotency of Sealect has continued to dominate and produce champions, decade after decade with an unbroken line of national and world champions every year for more than 60 years. It is impossible, within the scope of this article, to mention all the worthy horses and breeding programs that have played an important role, but here we will offer some of the history, including rare pictures, which have never been published before, provided by Nancy Ela Caisse of Townshend Farm. And, we will attempt to introduce just a few examples

from some of the various disciplines to illustrate the tremendous versatility of this powerful bloodline.

C.C. STILLMAN, BREEDER OF SEALECT

C. C. Stillman, the breeder of Sealect, was born in 1877 in New York, a descendant of Colonial New England ancestors. He

attended Harvard University, graduating cum laude in 1898, and went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1902, retiring as the company’s vice president in 1918. His first exposure to Morgans came when he accompanied Col. Spencer Borden to the Vermont State Fair, held in White River Junction, in 1908. Deeply impressed with the breed and its unique history, he determined to begin breeding himself, and was among the founding members of The Morgan Horse Club that was established at the next year’s fair in White River Junction in 1909. Stillman was chosen as secretary-treasurer. When Joseph Battell, founder of the Morgan Register, died in 1915, it was Stillman who came to the rescue. He purchased the

TMH thanks Nancy Caisse for many of the historic pictures appearing with this article.

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Register from Middlebury College, which had received it as part of Battell’s estate, and he took on the responsibility of sponsoring it as Battell had done. Stillman had the foresight to form a corporation, and also provided space for The Morgan Horse Club in his New York offices where the work of the Register was carried on. Several members of The Morgan Horse Club were concerned with the Government Farm’s use of some Saddlebred and Thoroughbred strains to try to increase size and improve the Morgan as a saddle horse type. They believed this could be done without the outcrosses, and wrote the U.S. Government Farm a letter which expressed their disappointment, and encouraged them to weed these horses out and focus on the original type with a high percentage of pure Morgan blood. Stillman, feeling a diplomatic approach was best, commissioned the life-sized bronze statue of Justin Morgan on a pedestal of Vermont granite to be made by Frederick H. Roth, Englewood, New Jersey, one of the foremost animal sculptors of the world. He bore the entire $18,000 cost himself, and had it presented by the Morgan Horse Club to the U.S. Morgan Horse Farm on the centennial of Justin Morgan’s death, October 1, 1921. Stillman believed the statue would serve as a silent

but persistent reminder of the original Morgan horse type and character. The statue was accepted by Dr. John R. Mohler, Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry, and still stands on the grounds of the farm today, now owned by the University of Vermont.

BIRTH OF SEALECT

During this same period, Stillman was diligently working on his own breeding program to illustrate what could be done

with the pure old Morgan bloodlines, and resolved to produce the best and most versatile Morgans from these lines that could be bred. He chose the mare Bell Marea (Knox Morgan x Underwood Mare by Ned Norton) then owned by H. R. C. Watson, another of the original founders of the Morgan Horse Club known for his adherence to type, and inbred early Morgan bloodlines. Stillman sent Bell Marea to the popular stallion Sir Ethan Allen (Ethan Allen 3d x Walter Russell mare by Corbett), then standing at the Mountain View Farm of Elmer Darling, president of The Morgan Horse Club. The result was Sealect. Foaled April 6, 1921, at Stillman’s farm on his inherited Kenridge estate at Cornwall-On-Hudson, New York, Sealect 7266 is recorded

SealectLeft page: Sealect and

Anna Ela attend a parade; and under saddle.

This page, clockwise from top: Sealect and Anna Ela, The Morgan Horse Show,

Upwey Oval, 1939; Sealect, headshot; Sealect, again in 1939, pulling a stone boat.

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SealectLeft to right: As a yearling; and in his twenties in the early 1940s.

in Volume V of the Morgan Register as a solid dark chestnut with a tiny white spot in his forehead. He stood about 15 hands and was of excellent old type Morgan conformation with good bone and substance, well-muscled with powerful hindquarters, round barrel, deep laid back shoulder, with good length of neck perfectly positioned for a fine upheaded appearance. He had an abundance of flowing mane and tail, with expressive head and large intelligent eye. Like his ancestor, the original Justin Morgan, his abundance of energy and bright attitude always showed off his beauty, yet with a tractable pleasant disposition and strong willingness to work. To his foals he passed on his beauty, up-headedness and correct conformation, style and action, stamping his image on descendants through both his sons and daughters for generations. At the time of Sealect’s birth, the country was still struggling to recover from the effects of World War I which had ended in 1918. The U.S. sent over a million horses in support of the Allied Forces and American troops, including many from the U.S. Remount program which carried Morgan blood. Few returned. Additionally, the number of automobiles in the U.S. increased from 8,000 in 1900 to more than eight million by 1920, wiping out the need for Morgans as family driving horses. Sealect was one of barely over a hundred Morgan foals registered in 1921, and one of four that year bred by Stillman. Stillman was pleased with him and kept the colt, hoping to cross him with daughters of his favorite stallion Donald (Bob Morgan x Fanny by Ethan Allen 3d). Sealect’s first foal was the chestnut filly Seadon, bred by Stillman, and out of the mare Donola (Donald x Lady Roberts by Billy Roberts), foaled March 26, 1926. Stillman liked this filly enough to repeat the cross and bred Donola back to Sealect for the following year. Sealina, a chestnut filly marked with a star, was foaled March 29, 1927. Stillman would have had two valuable mares for his breeding program but never lived to see the second foal. When The Morgan Horse Club met

for their annual meeting at White River Junction on August 25, 1926, Stillman was not present. They were dismayed to learn he had unexpectedly suffered a fatal heart attack just a few days earlier on August 16th while aboard the S.S. Aquitana, traveling back to the U.S. from England in order to return in time for the meeting. The future of The Morgan Horse Club was, for a time, uncertain. His brother, Dr. Ernest Stillman, agreed to carry on the Registry for a time until other arrangements could be made, but he had no particular interest in the Morgan breed.

SEALECT: EARLY LIFE – CHARLES STONE

Most of Stillman’s horses were purchased from his estate by Charles Stone, who was not a charter member of The Morgan

Horse Club, but an early and influential one, having served as vice president since 1913. He was the one assigned to make plans for carrying on the Register, and he also took on the responsibility of providing offices for the club as had Stillman before him. Among the horses transferred to Stone after Stillman’s death were Sealect, the mare Donola with her weanling foal, Sealina, and her yearling filly, Seadon. During the Stone years, Sealect was shown extensively by Charles’s son, Whitney Stone. The first Sealect foal to be used for breeding was Sea-Lass, a chestnut filly with a strip foaled in May 1928, out of Cornwall Lass. This filly was a full sister of the well-known stallion Cornwallis. Stone sold her as a two-year-old and she changed hands, but went on to produce several foals. There are a few descendants from this line, among them the bay mare Chipewa Milady (Casland Grand Knight x Chippewa Belle) who won several Pleasure Driving Championships at the Morgan Gold Cup and Buckeye Morgan Challenge shows from 1994-99. One foal from Sealect’s 1928 crop would prove to be particularly influential, the mare Lady Sealect out of My Lady Knox who, like

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Sealect’s dam, was a daughter of the outstanding Knox Morgan (Mountainer Morgan x Augustus Dunlap mare by Sagadhoc, 2d dam by Ethan Allen 50). Stone sold Lady Sealect as a two-year-old filly to the U.S. Government Farm. She stood up to their rigid culling standards, and the Government not only retained her, but went on to breed ten foals from her, three from Bennington, four from Mansfield, and three from Goldfield. Several of her lines bred on and have appeared repeatedly through decades of national and world champions and top stars among performance Morgans. Most commonly seen are lines through the mare Ceres by Bennington; Glady and Hermina, full sisters by Mansfield, and the stallion Knickerbocker by Goldfield. Ceres produced a total of 14 foals, including three bred by the U.S. Government Farm before she was sold to Merle D. Evans for his Devan breeding program. Gaylad by Mansfield produced several descendants including the stallion Time After Time (Serenity Flight Time x Jason’s Lizette), winner of the 1980 Grand National Two-Year-Old Park Harness Stallion Stake. The yearling filly, Roz, and weanling filly Tippy Tin, both by Delmont, were sold to Evans along with the dam. Roz produced eight foals, most notably the stallion O C R, by Captor, who is a factor in many pedigrees. Evans retained most of the Ceres daughters, as well as the stallion Devan Comet by Captor. Glady, foaled in 1936, was also a dominant line, producing a total of 14 foals and appearing most often through the Government bred Meade (x Goldfield), 30 foals; Payday (x Mansfield), 36 foals; Quizkid (x Ulysses), 86 foals; and 1965 Eastern National Champion Stallion Gladgay’s Pride (x Orcland Leader), 29 foals. Glady’s full sister Hermina produced a total of 11 foals, several for the U.S. Government Farm and later for the University of Connecticut. Her line appears most often through the Government bred stallion Topfield (x Panfield). Knickerbocker sired 16 foals, including Ethan B (x Betty Ross),

Annfield (x Salley Ann), and Jean B (x Berry’s Eunice). Ethan B was bred to his half-sister Annfield, dam of nine foals, to produce the mare Wind-Crest Annfield, dam of ten foals including the full brothers by Upwey Ben Don, Oldwick Crusader and Windcrest Splendor. Jean B was dam of six foals including 1966 Eastern National Grand Champion Stallion Kadenvale Don. Don sired a total of 75 offspring among them Fiddler’s Majesta, dam of Tug Hill Whamunition, 1990 World Champion Stallion and holder of nine world titles, and of the great breeding stallion Tug Hill Commando. Cornwallis (x Cornwall Lass), foaled in 1930, was sold by Stone as a yearling and would later prove to be the premier son of Sealect who would carry on the direct sire line. Sealect Lass, another full sister to Cornwallis, was foaled the next year in 1931. She produced five foals, among them Sealect Lady Jane, dam of 11 foals, and was sold to Margaret Rice for her Meredith Morgans breeding program.

ANNA DICKSON ELA AND TOWNSHEND FARM

Sealect was then owned for a short time by Phillip McMorrow. Nancy relates the story of how Sealect finally came into the

hands of her mother, Anna Dickson Ela. “The family had a farm in Weston, Massachusetts known as Ivey Abbey. They raised all their own livestock, vegetables, everything, but her father had a family rule, they would not have any stallions on this farm. However, in 1929, grandfather bought another farm property to raise Morgan horses in Townshend, Vermont, a little over 100 miles away. Mom was 20 years old then, but more and more began to take a hand in the horse-breeding at the Townshend farm. She had a beloved Morgan mare, Gladwin (Ethan Allen 3d x Delight by Result) who was given to her when she was child, ten or 11 years old, and that mare would do anything, and she thought it would be good to breed foals from her. The foals she bred from Gladwin

SEALECT SON CornwallisLeft to right: Cornwallis (Sealect x Cornwall Lass) and Anna Ela; Cornwallis at Charles E. Allen’s in New York.

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were Sadloss (x Vigilant) in 1928, then three by John A. Darling: Sadwin in 1930, Gladloss in 1931 and Townshend Lass in 1932. Later in the fall of 1932, Mom heard that Sealect was being offered for sale in Boston at an auction to close out an estate. She wanted him for breeding because of the bloodlines, he was a grandson of Ethan Allen 3d who was the sire of Gladwin. So she went to the auction and bought Sealect for $300. To keep peace in the family, Sealect was registered at first in my grandma’s name (Ruth Bennett Dickson) and during this time mom made arrangements to keep him in the neighboring town of Wayland, Massachusetts until she could get the Townshend farm going.” Anna would commute the 108 miles from Weston to Townshend during the summers and on weekends. She married Roger Ela in 1936, and May 22 that year, the filly Selection (Sealect x Gladloss) was foaled. This was the first Sealect foal Anna bred, and was the first of 12 foals produced by Gladloss. During this same period, Frances Bryant sent her mare Lucy (Troubadour Of Willowmoor x Frank Smith Mare by Allendorf) to Sealect, producing the mares Delight Marea in 1936 and Lusealect in 1937 as foundation for her Meeting Waters Farm. Meanwhile, the farm flourished, with more Morgan horses and a nationally respected herd of registered Holsteins. In 1958, the farm was moved back to Bolton, Massachusetts to be near Roger’s law offices, but kept the name Townshend Farm as it is today. The first offspring of Sealect to bear the Townshend prefix was Townshend West River in 1938, the second of Gladloss’s foals, and an exceptional show horse. Eight foals were from the golden cross to Sealect, including the mare Townshend Sealecta, dam of 14 Townshend foals, Townshend Gladalect, dam of nine, and the glamorous Townshend Harryet, dam of four. Townshend Farm regularly entered their horses in the Vermont 100 mile rides with consistent winners through the 1960s, Gladalect winning third at least five times, while Harryet was National Champion Mare in 1958 (Note: the term “national champion” is used in this article to denote wins at the “Eastern National” in the years before 1973 when Grand National was established). Two other Sealect daughters which often appear in the pedigrees of show and performance Morgans today are Tinkerbell (x Friendly by Mansfield) bred by Mrs. D. L. Brown and foaled in 1941, and Clistie, the second foal Anna bred from Townshend Lass (John A. Darling x Gladwin). Clistie, dam of ten foals, was a foundation mare for the Gliddens of Ashland Morgans in New Hampshire. When Anna was asked to describe Sealect and why she liked him so much, she responded, “Sealect was a favorite because he could do it all. He had charisma. He was proud and strong. A smart horse with a great disposition. I rode him, drove him, used him in parades and often won the famous “paper chases” through the woods and fields—in those days classes were often open to everyone—I even showed him at Boston Garden—then too he could pull the stone-boat—he would try and do most anything—he had the pedigree I knew and wanted to continue that look and disposition.” Nancy Caisse recalls another son of Sealect, Townshend Donlecto, out of Donaldis (John A. Darling x Manomet Dondinah by Donald). “Donaldis was a beautiful mare. She was bred to Sealect and produced Donlecto in 1939. He was a hot little pistol,

rode, drove, jumped, and showed extensively. He would have made a breeding stallion, but they already had Sealect and another stallion did not fit in the family picture at the time. He was very smart, well-trained and everyone wanted to ride him because he went so beautifully. But, he became grandma’s riding horse. Although losing her eyesight, she continued riding every day. She was in her 60s and rode him up until she died in 1957, when she was 78. Donlecto just took care of her. One day she went riding and didn’t come back. When someone went to check, they found a tree had fallen across the trail. Donlecto could have gone under it, but was smart enough to know grandma would have been knocked off, so he refused to move and just wouldn’t go.” Sealect’s last, and 38th registered foal, born after his death, was the Gladloss daughter Townshend Sealois foaled in August 1944. Later, with the formation of the Lippitt Club formed in 1973 by a group of individuals dedicated to preserving old Vermont bloodlines, Sealect was designated as one of the 25 Lippitt foundation horses, due to his strong sire line through Peter’s Ethan Allen 2d, and solid blend of other pure old New England lines.

CORNWALLIS (Sealect x Cornwall Lass by Donald, 2d dam Bonnie Jean by Peter’s Ethan Allen 2d)

Early in the summer of 1944, Anna began looking for a worthy stallion son to carry on the Sealect line. She saw an ad in the

Green Mountain Bulletin that Cornwallis was for sale in New York, drove up there, and bought him on the spot. Registry volume VI records the transfer from C. E. Allen of New York to Anna Dickson Ela on June 23, 1944. Nancy remembers Cornwallis well. “He was the first horse I got to ride that was not a pony, back when I was five or six years old. Cornwallis was ahead of his time—a little taller than his sire, about 15.1, and a little stretchier. A blend of Cornwallis with a little Government and a little Upwey Ben Don was a golden cross for us and many others, and a surefire recipe for producing winners.” Chestnut with no white markings, and an elegant upright neck and refined head, Cornwallis had presence, energy and power, leaving an indelible mark upon the breed.

KEY LINES THROUGH CORNWALLISCORISOR OF UPWEY: (x Arissa by Mansfield), was bred by Charles E. Allen of Indian Spring Stock Farm, Baldwinsville, New York, and foaled in 1942. He was owned briefly by Owen Moon, then sold to Martha Van Buskirk. His daughter Corene (x Upwey Cliene) was the dam of Bar-T Invader (x Orcland Leader), 1969 Western National Grand Champion stallion owned by Arthur Perry. Krinisor (x Krinkle) was the dam of Bar-T Regina, who produced 14 foals, including the great Apollo’s Reflection, 1981 World Champion Stallion. Windrush High Hope produced seven foals including Austin Flying Cloud (x Mad River Sailor), dam of 11 foals, among them 1990 World Champion Mare Liberation Starbrite (x Wham Bam Command). The stallion Corisham (x Petersham Fitzie), bred by Martha Van Buskirk at her Holly Farm in Pemaquid, Maine, sired 80 offspring, including many competitive show horses in Maine, as well as the notable trail mare U C Charisma (x U C Charity). Foaled in 1979, she was a regular

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MAJOR SIRES OF THE Sealect Line

Top to bottom, left to right: Pecos (Cornwallis x Hepatica); Sealect Of Wind-Crest (Pecos x Ja-nee); Parade (Cornwallis x Mansphyllis) and Broadwall Drum Major (Parade x Debutansque);

Elm Hill Charter Oak (Pecos x Bar-T Coredor); Empyrean Apollo (Pecos x Windcrest Nancy C); Corisham (Corisor Of Upwey x Petersham Fitzey); Corisor Of Upwey (Cornwallis x Arissa).

Photos © Hal Hoover; J. Beeck, W. Patriquin

contender in trail rides of various lengths including winning all three divisions of the GMHA 100 mile rides.

PECOS: (x Hepatica by Monterey), also bred by C.E. Allen, was a legend in his own right, siring 104 registered offspring. His first foal was the great stallion Sealect Of Wind-Crest (x Janee), bred by Phillip and Alice Hess, Akron, New York, and foaled in 1950. Originally registered as Ledgewood Select, he was sold to Ted Davis and re-registered as Sealect Of Wind-Crest. He went on to sire 70 foals including the stallion Applevale Cadence (x Harmony Brook), winner of the 1970 and 1972 Circle J Grand Champion Stallion National titles and sire of 81 foals. These included Taryall Gene Thiery (x Michele’s Desiree) who was among the first shipment of Morgans sent to England for Angela Connor Bulmer’s Monnington Morgans, where he was known as Tarryall Maestro, serving as a foundation sire for the Morgan breed in that country. Applevale Donalect (x Windcrest Dona Lee) sired 51 foals, including the mare Springervale Pecora (x Ledgewood Pecora) who also went to Monnington Morgans, and the memorable Trijas Mr Pepperlect (x Little Miss Pepper), sire of 104 including Sherry Cole’s Tedwin Touch O’ Class, 1984 winner of Grand National Two-Year-Old Park Harness Stallion Stake and 1985 Three-Year-Old Park Harness Stallion. Other sons were Applevale Challenger (x Valatie) owned by Saddleback Farms and winner of the 1974 Grand National Americana Pairs Championship; Petalbrook Sigmalect, sire of 109 foals including UVM Watchman (x UVM Kris). Watchman was the sire of 133 foals, which included UVM Mystic (x UVM Teatime) dam of 1993 and 1996 WC mare UVM Unity (x UVM Lash). Daughters of Sealect Of Wind-Crest included Wind Crest Showgirl (x Windcrest’s Delight), the 1964 and 1965 National Champion mare, and Applevale Cassandra (x Townshend Tally) 1972 Grand Champion mare at the Circle J National show. Cassandra carried two additional crosses to Sealect through Townshend Sealois and the Cornwallis daughter Townshend Starlet, also out of Gladloss, and was the dam of five foals. One of the best-known sons of Pecos

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was Empyrean Apollo (x Windcrest Nancy C), bred by Gordon Voorhis and foaled in 1970. This legendary stallion lived just four short years. He won the Two-Year-Old Park Harness Championship at the New England Regional show in 1972, and left 24 offspring in his short career, including 1980 WC mare, Van Lu Love Story (x Westwold Dona Resa); Apollo’s Merry Don (x Barbara Dee), sire of 46 foals including 1984 World Champion Stallion Van Lu Starbuck, also out of Westwold Dona Resa and sire of 84 foals; Tara’s Hallmark (x Bar-T Regina), winner of the 1980 Grand National Open Western Pleasure Stallion Stake and sire of 28 foals; and Apollo’s Reflection, sire of 96 foals including Tara’s Rebecca (x Southerly Maria), dam of ten foals, among them 1989 World Champion Junior Stallion Tug Hill Celebrity (x Wham Bam Command), himself the sire of World Champion Stallion Man About Town LPS. Other noted sons of Pecos included Elm Hill Charter Oak (x Bar-T Coredor out of Corene), owned by Saddleback Farms, sire of 156 foals; Lippitt Pecos (x Lippit Tilly), owned by W. Robert Morgan’s Triton Farms and sire of 89 foals; and Applevale Red Fox (x Windcrest Dona Lee), also owned by W. Robert Morgan and sire of 87 foals. Pecos was also sire of the outstanding mare Sweet Pepper (x Little Miss Pepper). Bred by Mrs. Ayelin Richards and originally registered as R.R. Tracy-Mansfield, she was sold to Waseeka Farm and produced five foals including the well-known stallion Waseeka Peter Piper (x Waseeka Here Tiz), who left his mark on the West Coast for the Bowers’s Mantic Morgans, and was sire of 171 with many exceptional Morgans tracing through this line. Sweet Pepper was also the dam of 1974 World Champion Mare Trijas Vigilpepper (x Orcland Vigildon), who carried a line back to the Cornwallis daughter Seneca Lady Esther through her second dam, Little Miss Pepper (Brown Pepper x Golden River Dona). Another Pecos daughter was Ledgewood Pecora (x Janee), dam of seven foals including Applevale Boy King (x Kingston), Grand Champion Stallion at the 1972 Gold Cup National show. Boy King, bred by Gordon Voorhis, went on to sire 299 progeny, among them the mare Schenectady (x Springbrook Quizella) who was Grand Champion mare of the 1972 Jubilee National Show, as well as 1976 World Champion Mare and winner of other national titles.

PARADE: Among the best known sons of Cornwallis was the stallion Parade bred by Mr. and Mrs. J. Cecil Ferguson in 1948 at their Broadwall Farm in Rhode Island. Parade’s dam, Mansphyllis (x Mansfield), was the first Morgan owned by the Fergusons, which they purchased from her breeder, Frances Bryant. They chose to breed her to Cornwallis, then standing at Townshend Farm. Parade was National Champion Stallion in 1955 and major contender at many shows. While traveling in Europe, the Fergusons visited the famous Lippizan Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria, which was under the direction of the great horseman Colonel Alois Podhajsky. The Fergusons became friends with Podhajsky and his wife, inviting them to visit their Morgan horse farm when they brought the Lippizans to America for the 1964 tour of the U.S. and Canada. The Podhajskys then had an opportunity to ride Parade. Podhajsky was so impressed he asked the Fergusons to allow Parade and his son Broadwall Drum Major (x Debutansque)

Corisham AND OFFSPRING

Top to bottom, left to right: Corisham; Weatherwell Celsius and Murray Gibson; Shananigan, owned by Ron & Sandra Johnson,

Hermitage Farm; Highover Independence and Chris Cassenti. Photos © Bob Moseder; Jan Lynick; Pheneuf

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to participate in the tour across North America. Parade and his sons were also part of Ferguson’s internationally acclaimed four-in-hand coaching turnout. Another son of Parade was Broadwall St Pat (x Lippitt Georgia) who spent time at the famous Jackson Ranch in Montana, siring several ranch horses before going to Leo and Louise Beckley of Beckridge Farms in Washington. Among foals sired at the Jackson ranch was the mare Lisa (x Felicity) who became the dam of champion cutting stallion Mortana Pat (x Senatefield). Broadwall St Pat went on to sire many foals for the Beckridge program, among them the mare Beckridge Patora (x Orafield). Patora became the dam of the famous dressage gelding, Beckridge Patrex. Broadwall St Pat spent his final years as a ranch horse and sire for Windswept Land & Livestock company in Baker City, OR, siring a total 102 foals.

OTHER KEY CORNWALLIS LINES

Many trace through Allen’s Seneca Chief, a full brother of Pecos, and Allen’s Major (x Nubbin), sire of 45 foals.

Important daughters were Seneca Sweetheart, a full sister of Pecos who sold to Wind-Crest Farm and produced eight foals; and Seneca Lady Esther (x Betsy Ross), dam of three foals including the well-known stallion Brown Pepper (x Upwey Ben Don) and his full sister Windcrest’s Debutante, dam of the great show mare Townshend Debadonna, Grand Champion Mare at 1967 Eastern National and 1968 Jubilee National Shows; and Townshend Gladys (x Gladloss) dam of eight notable Townshend foals; and 1957 National Champion Mare Townshend Cornita (x Manzanita), dam of five Townshend foals. Brown Pepper produced 26 foals and his line is often an influence through the full sisters Little Miss Pepper, dam of 17 foals including Sweet Pepper and Trijas Mr Pepperlect (x Applevale Donalect and Donna Mae Pepper, who was dam of Fiddler’s Contender (x Red Pepper), sire of Tedwin Topic (x Waseeka’s Cajun Queen), who in turn sired 307 foals (Note: The article “Legacy Mares: The Daughters of Tedwin Topic” by Renee Page appears in the February 2013 issue of The Morgan Horse).

SEALECT LINES – PERFORMING HORSES FOR ALL DISCIPLINES

CARRIAGE DRIVING AND CDE: Margaret “Peggy” Gardiner’s Kennebec Count (Kennebec King x Helen May), tracing through Lusealect, 3d dam of his sire, was one of the first Morgans to excel in the sport of Combined Driving Event, or CDE. Peggy gave Larry Poulin his first driving lessons and introduced him to the Count in 1975. Poulin began with Count and his son Kennebec Russel (x Kennebec Cory), sweeping the East Coast CDEs in 1985 and became the first Morgans to win the United States Equestrian Team National Pairs Championship. Competing later that year at the World Combined Driving Competition in England, they won first in dressage and won the National Pairs Championship again in 1986. At the World Championship Games in Germany in 1987 they were the highest-scoring American entry, winning the Cones phase, with second in Dressage. Count won his third and final United States Equestrian Team (USET) National Pairs Championship in 1988 at the age of 18, and is among a handful of

ParadeAND OFFSPRING

Top to bottom, left to right: Parade and Col. Alois Podhajsky; Easter Parade; Broadway Drum Major; Panorama and Bob Baker;

Broadwall Brigadier; Waseeka Thisizit; Broadwall St Pat.

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famous Morgans which a Breyer model has been created for. Lisa Singer won the 1994 U.S. Pairs Championship with Meadowgreen Molly (Patchwork Lancelot x Penn Boys Patty), Meadowgreen Treasure (Patchwork Lancelot x Penn Boy Pennie), and Avalon Avant Guard (See Jay Apollo x Appleton Enchantress). Molly and Treasure carry two Sealect crosses through their sire whose 3d dam was Lady Topfield, a double granddaughter of Topfield (Panfield x Hermina). Avant Guard’s 4th dam is Clistie, and her dam’s sire, Green Mead’s Squire traces through his 2d dam, Glady. Lisa also won the 1995 USET World Pairs Competion with Molly and Treasure in Poland, and her Morgans were high score U.S Competitor for Dressage World Pairs in 1997. In 2001, she won U.S. Pairs Champions again with Avant Guard and two other Morgans, Count On Me (Kennecbec Count x Nemours Isabella) and LR Ami Bengali (HRM Eye of the Tiger x LR Ami Allynda). Count On Me carries two additional crosses to Sealect through his 3d dam Elm Hills Coralinda (Pecos x Bar-T Coreder.) Bengali traces through his grandsire, whose dam Roman Empress was a daughter of Oldwick Crusader. Lisa again won the 2002 US Pairs Championship, using Count On Me and Avant Guard. Another great example of a Morgan competing in CDE is Shelly Temple’s gelding LR Ami B-Line (Tanglewood Trade Wind x Melissa’s Nora Bea), United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Horse of the Year for Combined Driving Single Pony in 2006, 2007, and 2010, as well as the Single Pony National Championship for 2006, 2010, and 2011, and various championships at major Morgan shows. “Cooper,” as he is known, carries four crosses to Sealect, tracing his direct sire line through the Sealect Of Wind-Crest son Applevale Wayfarer. His sire, Tanglewood Trade Wind, brings in two crosses through Elm Hill Bay Leader, sire of his dam. Elm Hill Bay Leader’s 2d dam, Little Sister, traces her sire line to Cornwallis through Allen’s Seneca Chief, and his 3d dam, Selection, was another of the golden, Sealect x Gladloss, crosses. Cooper’s 2d dam, Sunrise Melissa, was a daughter of Lucas Ashmore, out of Lusealect. Shelly drove him to 11th place in September 2011 at the (Federation Equestrian Internationale) FEI Pony World Driving Championship, and the U.S. team won the bronze medal. Shelly’s next goal is to qualify for the World Pony Championships in France, November 2013.

DRESSAGE: Beckridge Patrex (Merry Dexter x Beckridge Patora) owned by Deb Doughterty has two crosses to Sealect. Merry Dexter’s dam Merry Bellstar was by Merry Knox by Meade. In 1994 Deb became the first rider ever to earn a United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Gold Medal on a Morgan (meaning she had to earn at least two scores at Intermediare I or 2 and two scores at Grand Prix with score of 60% or better in front of at least two different judges at two different USDF competitions). Pattie is one of only 12 Morgans in the history of the breed who have successfully competed at Grand Prix level dressage. Nine of these individuals carry crosses to Sealect. Big Bend Doc Davis (Green Mt Doc Bird x Big Bend Connie F) placed second and fourth in Grand Prix Musical Kur under rider Mona Sansoucy-Gaudet at the 1988 New England Dressage

Empyrean Apollo AND OFFSPRING

Top to bottom, left to right: Empyrean Apollo; Apollo’s Reflection; Van Lu Love Story. Photos © J. Beeck; Scott Trees; Jack Schatzberg

Elm Hill Charter OakAND OFFSPRING

Left to right: Elm Hill Char-ter Oak and Jeanne Herrick; Tedwin Top This and Pat Blickensderfer.

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Association (NEDA) Freestyle Sweepstakes, his first Grand Prix Level show. He was the only American horse on the grounds, defeating several horses long listed by USET for that year’s Olympics. In 1991, two Morgans, Browns Fiddle Dee (Dobson x Hoosier Holly) with owner Deborah Gyulay and Ten Penny Action (Applevale Voyager x Doverdale-Bambi-Jean) with owner Janet Moulding became the first to win the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) Open Competition Gold Medallions in Dressage, which requires eight FEI scores including two from Grand Prix. Browns Fiddle Dee carries four crosses to Sealect. His sire Dobson is a great-grandson of Pecos out of Tika Tu Pepper by Brown Pepper. Hoosier Holly is a granddaughter of Devan Cap, whose 2d dam was Ceres, who was also 2d dam of his sire O.C.R. In 2011 West Mt. Winston (Far Wells Brooks x West Mt Santana) became the first Morgan in history to receive a Performance Certificate for Grand Prix from the USDF and was named Dressage Horse of the Decade by Horseworld.com. He also holds three consecutive Dressage FEI Level Morgan World Championships (2008-2010). He traces to Sealect through his second dam, Santana Breeze, who was by Bar-T Invader.

ENDURANCE: Chelby (Calliope Jesse James x Small Night Hawk), traces her sire line directly to Sealect in five generations through her great-grandsire Allen’s Major. Chelby competed in the Green Mountain Horse Association 100 mile ride seven times, placing every single time, and winning grand champion for her ride of 2000. She also competed in Pony Club, CDEs, trotting and galloping races, and one, two, and three day competitive trail drives. Chelby also won the 60 mile VERDA (Vermont Equine Riding and Driving Association) trail drive 2001. Fox Brush Custom Design (Funquest Erick x Bowood Elusiv Dream) or “Rikki,” bred by MaryAnn Schafer and owned by Wirraway Morgan in Australia, became the first purebred Morgan to complete the 100 mile Tom Quilty Gold Cup, Australia’s premier endurance ride, on a par with the Tevis cup in June 2013. She was 19th out of the 111 who finished from 245 starters. Her dam, Bowood Elusiv Dream (Appleton Town Crier x Topfield’s Sunrise), owned by MaryAnn, competed and won in Carriage, CDE, Combined Training, Competitive Trail, and Dressage—she was the first Morgan mare to win the AMHA Sport Horse Award. MaryAnn also competed in jumping and many other sporting events with her dam, Topfield’s Sunrise, who carries two Sealect crosses. Dream carries three—one through Clistie and two through Lady Sealect. Clistie was 2d dam of Appleton Town Crier, and Lady Sealect was 2d dam of Topfield. The 2d dam of Topfield’s Sunrise was Springbrook Princess by Quizkid. Rikki carries an additional cross through her sire, Funquest Erick whose grandsire Funquest Talstar was out of Star Of Cornwall, 2d dam Cornwallis Pat, by Colonel’s Boy by Cornwallis. Funquest Erick was the second Morgan in the history of the breed to be named Morgan Sport Horse, and the first Morgan to be approved as an American Warmblood Sire with a score of 83 percent placing him in top 10 of all Warmbloods tested.

ROADSTER: One of the most successful World Champion Roadsters was the mare Greentree Mary Jane (Greentree Bonnie

Ledgewood Pecora AND OFFSPRING

Top to bottom, left to right: Ledgewood Pecora and Applevale Boy King; Applevale Boy King; Applevale Encore and Bob Whitney.

Photos © M. Patriquin; Gloria Axt

Sweet PepperAND OFFSPRING

Clockwise from top left: Sweet Pepper; Waseeka Peter Piper; Trijas Vigilpepper.

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John x Ashland Dark Mist). Ashland Dark Mist was by Ashland Grand Slam (Gladgay’s Grand March out of Glady x Clistie). Mary Jane’s 2d dam was Ashland Amanda by Gladgay’s Pride, full brother of Gladgay’s Grand March. Her 3d dam, Ashland Polly Darling, was again out of Clistie. Mary Jane was hard to beat, winning eight world titles in the Grand National Amateur Roadster To Bike Finals from 1980-88, with over 20 Grand National wins altogether. Another great roadster was Trijas Peter Pepper (Trijas Mr. Peppertime x Citadel Park Gypsey). Trijas Mr. Peppertime is out of Little Miss Pepper. Citadel Park Gyspey is by Whitmorr Sparkler by Kane’s High Society by Quizkid. Peter Pepper’s 2d dam is Ruverna Penny Pepper, also by Brown Pepper. Peter Pepper swept up roadster championships at major shows all across New England, East Coast and Southern States from 1994-2006, when he was 19 years old, as well as winning two world titles for Roadster under saddle in 2000 and 2001.

TRAIL: Beckridge Royal Pat (Orcland Royal Don x Beckridge Papita) was a great ambassador for the Morgan breed, and was a dominant factor at shows in the Pacific Northwest from 1980 – 1990. Owned by Kristina Hoover, he won the 1983 World Champion Trail Horse for her when she was a teenager, as well as many other medals and championships for both her and her sister Kasey, who won a 13 & under world equitation title with him in 1989. Later he pulled Kristina’s wedding carriage. Pat traced to Sealect through his dam, Beckridge Papita (Broadwall St Pat x Lita Field). UVM Windfall (UVM Tennyson x Merryweather Annie B) was an outstanding example of versatility. Known as “Toby,” his owner, Lora Dunlap, an Orlando attorney who knew nothing about Morgans happened to buy a $1 raffle ticket for a foal while visiting the University of Vermont. She won. And Toby continued her winning streak with eight world titles, and at least 15 other national titles. Foaled in 1991, he began winning championships at major shows at two years old, winning well over 150 championship titles in everything from pleasure, carriage, and obstacle driving, hunter, trail, Western pleasure, sport horse in hand, dressage 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level tests,

OTHER SEALECTDescendants

Top to bottom, left to right: Townshend Debadonna (Orcland Vigildon x Windcrest’s Debutante out of Seneca Lady Esther by Cornwallis); Townshend Harryet (Sealect x Glad-

loss); Townshend Donlecto (Sealect x Donaldis); Glady (Mansfield x Lady Sealect by Sealect) at 30 years old in winter coat; Townshend Melarry (Melody’s Morgan x Townshend Harryet by Sealect); Tinkerbell (Sealect x Friendly); Townshend Cornita (Cornwallis x Manzinita);

Townshend Sealecta (Sealect x Gladloss) and Townshend Vigalect by Orcland Vigildon; Townshend Gladalect (Sealect x Gladloss). Photos © Tarrance; Beverly; Ima Haas

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and many more. Toby’s grandsire, Equinox Benn Adam, traced to Sealect through his 4th dam, Seneca Sweetheart. UVM Heidi, the dam of Windfall’s sire, was by UVM Watchman. On his dam’s side, Windfall has four more crosses to Sealect through his 3d dam, Ironwood Hello Dolly (Devan Robbie x Devan GlenDeVere). Devan Robbie was by Devan Comet, who was out of Ceres. Devan Robbie traces to Sealect again on his dam’s side, with Ceres as his 3d dam. Devan GlenDeVere, Windfall’s 4th dam, was by Devan De Vere, whose 2d dam was also Ceres, and, Ceres was the 2d dam of his sire, O C R. Sadly, Lora Dunlap, who had become a staunch supporter of the Morgan breed, passed away in 2010 of pulmonary thrombosis at just 54 years old.

WESTERN – REINING AND CUTTING: The 2012 World Champion Reining Horse Heartquest Erin (Funquest Erick x Shyann) has three crosses to Sealect. In addition to the cross through his sire, Heartquest Erin has two additional crosses through his dam. His 3d dam is Wawayanda Star Time by Wawayanda Wallington out of Applevale Lyric, she by Sealect Of Windcrest. 4th dam is Blair by Sconondoa Chief out of Seneca Sweetheart. More Apples Please (Mortana Pat x DJP Storm Princess), who carries four crosses to Sealect, won ten times at Oklahoma City in various reining competitions between 1997-2007, including several world titles. Black Rock Velvet, the second dam of More Apples Please, was by Cedarcrest Challenge out of Cedarcrest Delight, both by Green Gates Henry J, a son of O C R. The dam of Cedarcrest Challenge, Big Bend Lady’s Pal (HyLee’s Lady’s Pal x Hopi Palawaki) was a great-granddaughter of Quizkid. More Apples Please was named a blue hen mare for The Morgan Horse’s “Broodmare Yearbook of 2010,” having produced two world titled offspring both of which also have multiple wins at Grand National. These are Disco Patricia and Disco Kid CH, both by Twin Pond Disco Kid. Mortana Pat was a champion cutting horse, and sire of many reining and cutting horse champions. He beat many top Quarter Horses in open competition at cutting, as witnessed firsthand by the

Sealect Across theDISCIPLINES

Top to bottom, left to right: Coaching: The Broadwall Four-In-Hand,featuring sons of Parade; Dressage: Big Bend Doc Davis and Mona Sansoucy-Gaudet; Combined Driving:

Bowood Elusiv Dream, Spring Gladstone CDE; Jumping: Topfield’s Sunrise; Grand Prix Piaffe: Beckridge Patrex and Deb Dougherty; Cowboy Dressage: Santa Fe Renegade and Eitan Beth Halachmy; Endurance: Fox Brush Custom Design; Cutting: Mortana Pat and Ray Ellsworth Jr.; Roadster: Greentree Mary Jane and Danny Williams. Photos © Freudy; Ronni; USEF; Bob Moseder

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1952 - Deerfield Meadson - National Champion Harness1953 - Wind-Crest Donfield - National Champion Stallion1954 - Windcrest Sentimental Lady - National Champion Park Saddle1955 - Parade - National Champion Pleasure1957 - Wind-Crest Donfield - National Champion Stallion, National Champion Park Saddle, National Champion Park Harness1957 - Townshend Cornita - National Champion Mare1958 - Wind-Crest Donfield - National Champion Stallion, National Champion Park Saddle, National Champion Park Harness1958 - Townshend Harryet - National Champion Mare1959 - Wind-Crest Donfield - National Champion Stallion1959 - Waseeka’s ThisIzIt - National Champion Mare1959 - Madalin - National Champion Park Harness1960 - Wind-Crest Donfield - National Champion Stallion1960 - Bay State Bonnie - National Champion Mare1960 - U.C. Torin - National Champion Gelding1961 – Lord Jeff - National Champion Pleasure Saddle 1962 – Panorama - National Champion Park Harness1963 – Orcland Ike - National Champion Park Harness1964 – Gladgay’s Pride - National Champion Stallion1964 - Windcrest Show Girl - National Champion Mare1965 - Gladgay’s Pride - Eastern National Champion Stallion1965 - Windcrest Showgirl - Eastern National Champion Mare1966 - Kadenvale Don - Eastern National Grand Champion Stallion1966 - Wind-crest Maytime - Eastern National Grand Champion Mare1966 - Twilight’s Tinkerbell - Western National Grand Champion Mare1966 - Kane’s High Society - Jubilee National Grand Champion Stallion1966 - Gladgay’s Pride - National Champion Park Saddle1966 - Kadenvale Don - National Champion Park Harness1967 - Townshend Debadonna - Eastern National Grand Champion Mare1968 - Townshend Debadonna - Jubilee Grand Champion Mare1968 - Waseeka’s Skylark - Gold Cup Grand Champion Stallion1969 - Driggs Night Hawk - Gold Cup Grand Champion Stallion1969 - Topside Mercedes - Circle J Grand Champion Mare1969 - Bar-T Invader - Western National Grand Champion Stallion1970 - Applevale Cadence - National Champion Stallion, Circle J Grand Champion Stallion1970 - Applevale Don Juan - Western National Grand Champion Stallion1971 - Waseeka’s Moonshot - Circle J Grand Champion Stallion1972 - Applevale Boy King - Gold Cup Grand Champion Stallion1972 - Applevale Cassandra - Gold Cup Grand Champion Mare1972 - Schenectady - Jubilee Grand Champion Mare1972 - Applevale Cadence - National Champion Stallion, Circle J Grand Champion Stallion1973 - Prince Omar - World Champion Gelding1973 - Whitmorr Serenade - Grand National Champion English Pleasure 1974 - Waseeka’s Moonshot - World Champion Stallion1974 - Trijas Vigilpepper - World Champion Mare1975 - Topside Firefly - World Champion Mare1976 - Schenectady - World Champion Mare1977 - HVK Viceroy - World Champion Stallion1977 - VF Chiquita - World Champion Mare1978 - Mair Shakespeare - Grand National Champion Stock Horse

1979 - Windy Hill Symphonee - Grand National Champion Stock Horse1980 - Van Lu Love Story - World Champion Mare1981 - Apollo’s Reflection - World Champion Stallion1982 - HVK Viceroy - World Champion Stallion

A PARTIAL LIST OF CHAMPIONS TRACING TO SEALECTTo illustrate the ongoing influence of Sealect on the Morgan breed the author traced a line of “national” and world champions over several decades with strong ties to the stallion. The list is not complete, it is a sampling, of which we are featuring three decades from 1952-1982. Although the bloodline becomes more dilute after that, the influence remains impressive as is illustrated in the author’s analysis of the pedigrees of LPS The Boogie Man and Long Acres Broadway. The term “National Champion” prior to 1973 refers to titles

won at the “Eastern National” now New England Regional.

World Champions LPS The Boogie Man (top), with eight crosses to Sealect, and Long Acres Broadway (bottom), with 11,

exemplify the influence of the bloodline many decades later.Photos © Howard Schatzberg

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author. Garnet Star (Mortana Pat x Snake River Firefly), the first foal bred by the author, grew to 16h like her mother and was sold to Earl Henny who had never owned Morgans before, and used her for riding mountain trails in the wilderness. He claimed she was the best mountain trail horse he ever had. Twin Pond Disco Kid (UNH Campus Kid x CS Maid Of Music), the sire of More Apples Please’s world-titled offspring, was himself a World Champion Reining Horse, who also carries a cross to Sealect. His dam, CS Maid of Music is by Windcrest Music Man, whose second dam is Seneca Sweetheart.

VAQUERO HORSEMANSHIP: Col. John “Hutch” Hutcheson of Gab Creek Farm in Georgia uses the Vaquero style of horsemanship. His late foundation stallion, PKR Primavera Brio (Primavera Valdez x Rose Hill Lapapillon), and his current stallion, Gab Creek Golden Vaquero (PKR Primavera Brio x LBF Gay Enchantment) have three crosses to Sealect through Brio’s dam. Rose Hill Lapapillon is by Dee-Cee Traveler out of Cap’s Com-ette by Devan Cap. Brio’s 3d dam was Town’s Gay Sallie by Firestone by Townshend Gaymeade by Meade. Hutch has twice taken a full sister of Brio, Gab Creek Gay Mashanta, on his wilderness pack trips to Wyoming. Hutch’s article,“Scaling Mountains on a Morgan,” The Morgan Horse March 2012, was entered in the prestigious American Horse Publications 2013 awards and won First Place of 21 entries for Feature, Single Article, Circulation under 10,000. It features his adventures with horses of this bloodline.

COWBOY DRESSAGE: Eitan Beth Halachmy is known for his patented Cowboy Dressage, which he made famous with Holiday Compadre (Carlyle Command x Holiday Temptress), dancing together to music. Carlyle Command is out of Wawayanda Bay Maebel who is a great-granddaughter of Parade in direct sire line. Compadre’s 2d dam was Decatur Magic Touch by Waseeka Peter Piper. Compadre was also the 1993 and 1996 World Champion Western Pleasure horse. Santa Fe Renegade (Gradell’s Vigilante x Sable N Mink) has six World Champion Western Pleasure titles, and he and Eitan were asked to represent the U.S. in the closing ceremony of the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. They were invited to represent the U.S. again for the World Equestrian Games at Lexington, KY in 2010 where they performed Cowboy Dressage during the opening ceremonies. Santa Fe Renegade in direct sire line is a great-great grandson of Windcrest Music Man, who was out of Windcrest Delight, and she out of Seneca Sweetheart. Renegade’s dam is by Tug Hill Commando who is out of Fiddler’s Majesta, 2d dam Fiddler’s Cameo. Cameo was a granddaughter of Waseeka’s Here Tiz, he out of Waseeka’s ThisizIt. Her 2d dam was Donna Mae Pepper.

SHOW: In addition to the wide variety of performance Morgans tracing to Sealect, his influence has been a dominant factor in the breeding of show bloodlines as well. An unbroken line of National and World Champion Morgans from 1952-2012 all carry crosses to Sealect—a remarkable span of 61 years. Some more recent

examples of show lines tracing to Sealect include LPS The Boogie Man (Man About Town LPS x Honeytree’s Simply Unique) and Long Acres Broadway (Tug Hill Whamunition x Mantic Mardi Gras)—who were World Champion Stallion and World Champoin Mare three years in a row 2003, 2004, 2005, and Boogie Man was world champion again in 2007. Plus they each have several other world titles. Boogie Man’s pedigree shows eight Sealect crosses, with three coming through Lady Sealect, and five to Cornwallis through two of his sons and a daughter: two through Pecos, another through Corisor Of Upwey, and two more through Seneca Sweetheart. Boogie Man’s grandsire, Tug Hill Celebrity, was out of the lovely mare Tara’s Rebecca, a daughter of Apollo’s Reflection. The Lady Sealect crosses all trace back through Devan breeding to Ceres. Finally, his third dam, UVM Mystic, is a granddaughter in direct line of Petalbrood Sigmalect. Long Acres Broadway has, according to her pedigree, 11 crosses to Sealect. These come through Fiddler’s Majesta, Brown Pepper, Waseeka’s Thisizit, Waseeka Peter Piper, and Ledgemere Frolic a daughter of Applevale Chieftan by Pecos, and include four crosses through Lady Sealect—two through her daughter Glady, one through Ceres, and another through Knickerbocker. The remaining seven crosses come through Cornwallis—three through Parade, two through Pecos, and two through Seneca Lady Esther.

TOWNSHEND FARM – THE SEALECT LEGACY CONTINUES

More than 90 years after the birth of Sealect, Townshend Farm continues to carry on this remarkable legacy. An excellent

example of Nancy’s favorite golden cross of Cornwallis with a little Government and Ben Don is the newest 2013 Townshend foal, a handsome chestnut colt (Call To Order x Townshend Hi Maralyn) with five crosses to Sealect and already showing promise of the Sealect type and look. He is the first foal of Townshend Hi Maralyn (Woodnbrook High-N-Mighty x Townshend Mara Don) and tracing back to Sealect in five generations direct sire line through her grandsire Elm Hill Charter Oak. Charter Oak brings in an additional cross through his 3d dam, Corene. Fiddler’s Viva, 2d dam of Maralyn’s sire is by Waseeka’s Vivo, a son of Waseeka’s Here Tiz. On her dam’s side, Marayln carries two crosses back to Lady Sealect through her 2d dam, Townshend T-Rissa (Green Mt T-Bird x Bay State Wardissa). T-Bird’s dam, Royalton Twilight, was a daughter of Knickerbocker. Maralyn’s 4th dam, Bay State Wardissa, was a daughter of Meade. “The greatest contribution of Sealect and Cornwallis to the Morgan breed was their influence on breeding programs all across the country,” notes Nancy. “They were working and performance horses, lots of endurance and substance as well as high-headed classic Morgan type and beauty. They had a great work ethic, pleasant to be around in the barn—they were hot, not quiet horses, but tractable, worked well for different age groups. For a breeding stallion, it’s important that they produce what you expect, characteristics you believe in and you can see the pedigree come through. The Sealect and Cornwallis blood did that for many, many programs.” And it still does. n

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