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OGO Tejon De Oro Hermoso
Primavera Valdez X Woodrose Katrina
2005 Buckskin Colt
Bred by: Wendy Legate
OGO Morgans,Hollister, CA
Primavera Valdez was bred by Richard and Phylis Nelson , Mohican Farms, Polk, Ohio, and till his death was owned by Bob and Carol Simpson, Yuba City, CA. He was a 15.1 hand buckskin stallion foaled in 1979. He left 58 registered Morgan progeny. Valdez was sired by Primavera Vaquero and out of Tia Margarita by Tio Lalo out of Gay Berta. Margarita was also bred by the Nelsons. Primavera Vaquero was by Vaquero Mac out of Panzarita Ro by Ro Mac.
Vaquero Mac, himself sired only 15 Registered Morgan horses, some of whom went on to be breeding horses, but for the most part his line has died out. Vaquero Mac was also bred by the Nelsens. He was a very handsome chestnut horse . Vaquero Mac was a solid, well balanced individual, with powerful hindquarters, and the same overall smoothness his son inherited. Vaquero Mac's sire was the chestnut Ro Mac, bred by Dr. CC Reed of California. Ro Mac was 14.3 hands and Vaquero Mac was very obviously his son- the bodies of Vaquero Mac and Ro Mac are almost interchangeable. Ro Mac was by the well known Gay Mac . Gay Mac in turn was by the US Government Morgan Horse Farm premier stallion Mansfield. Mansfield was by Bennington by General Gates out of Mrs. Culvers. It is almost impossible to find a Morgan Horse today without Mansfield on the papers. So wide an influence has Mansfield had. Mrs. Culvers the dam of Bennington was brought into the Government Farm breeding program from KY, in an effort to increase size in the herd. She was a great granddaughter of Gist's Black Hawk Morgan by Blood's Vermont Black Hawk, by Black Hawk , son of Sherman Morgan one of the three most famous breeding sons of Justin Morgan. General Gates was by Denning Allen out of Fanny Scott, a mare of primarily Thoroughbred breeding. Denning Allen, however was all Morgan, with multiple crosses to Sherman Morgan through Black Hawk. Denning Allen also carries a cross to Woodbury Morgan, and one , more rare to Red Robin, another son of Justin Morgan, though a lessor known son.
Artemsia was the dam of Mansfield, and through her is a link to what is considered as Ancient Morgan lineage breeding. She was by Ethan Allen 3rd out of the Harrison Orcutt Mare. Ethan Allen 3rd ( Borden's ) was by Ethan Allen 2nd (Peter's) son of Peter's Vermont by Green Mountain Morgan and going back to Gifford Morgan by Woodbury Morgan, another of the three most famous breeding sons of Justin Morgan. The cross of Bennington and Artemsia has long been considered a “golden cross” and it is one which has produced the backbone of not only the WWF, but of all of today's Morgans who can be considered of Government breeding. This then is the top sire line of Primavera Valdez, pure old US Government Farm breeding. On Artemsia's pedigree one finds the names that rank among the most famous in the early years of the breed – Cushings Green Mountain, Billy Root, Hale's Green Mountain, Black Morgan, The Batchelder Horse, The Levi Wilder mare, and yet another of Justin Morgan's lessor known sons-The Hawkins Horse. Dewdrop the dam of Gay Mac was by General Gates out of Ellen. Ellen was a Vermont bred mare, standing 15.2 hands with nine crosses to Justin Morgan, through all three famous sons, Sherman, Woodbury, and Bulrush. She was owned and registered by Joseph Battell and kept as a broodmare at the Government Farm. She produced 14 foals, 13 of whom were filly foals. She was a big, smooth, upheaded mare and beautifully bred. She was one of the best of the Government broodmares. Ellen carried her line to Bulrush through Morrill, by The Jennison Colt a grandson of Bulrush. Gifford Morgan by Woodbury is on her pedigree as well as Motion by Daniel Lambert going back to Sherman Morgan. Bessie Ro was the dam of Ro Mac. She was by Querido ( full brother to Mansfield) and out of Roboss by Red Oak. Bessie Ro was bred by Roland G. Hill of California, and again is considered pure WWF. Roland G. Hill bought many of his mares from Richard Sellman of Rochelle, TX. The Sellman name is revered by breeders of the Working Western Family, and horses of his breeding's lines are highly sought to this day. After the death of Richard Sellman, his horses were dispersed, and as in the case of Roland G. Hill, some of the mares went to California breeders, becoming in turn the basis for the Morgans we now call old California bred. Others went to Quarter Horse breeders in Texas, lost to the Morgan breed, but a goodly part of the Foundation Quarter Horse as we know it today.
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