Roycan Country Haven -

"Roycan JC Duke"

WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN RAISING A STALLION

We've been in the morgan horse industry for over 40 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

aand 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:

*Quiet for our kids to be around
*Animated for when he needed to show off and be very impressive
*Alert and easy to train
*Respectful
*Trained to know when he could be a stud yet behaved when around mares that were not to be bred
*Able to manage him with just a halter at any time. No restrains

I believe over the years we did accomplish that with the stallions we had the privilege to own or handle. Now we are starting over

and so far, our yearling colt has the potential. Our students and grandsons are able to halter and groom him in the

crosstie area. Now they are learning to handle him in the arena while teaching him.

His hormones have not totally kicked in yet so that part of his learning is still to come.

BLOODLINES

Now the fun part begins! 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 love this part of the breeding.

We've been looking at various bloodlines for our next venture in breeding. As of right now (this moment)

our colt has what I would call "Old bloodlines".

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.

So far Roycan JC Duke has not let us down!

"Moonrakers Jennasis"

I'll be honest I don't know alot about the HMSTD Run Runner lines but he is

certainly a typy morgan. Crossing to Roycan JC Duke we might get some interesting

colors but certainly off-spring that look like morgans!

HMSTD RUN RUNNER

If we did the bloodlines right with Roycan JC Duke then we should have

a very dominate morgan head with large eyes, nice neck and solid body.

Now to move onto the next step! What are we missing?

Duke has nice action in his front end but the KW Brianna high stepping

motion didn't come through. Jazz had English Pleasure motion but

nothing like his dam.

So we went hunting.....

We purchased "Acorn Ridge Spice Girl" for many reasons but one

of those was her motion and bloodlines of high stepping motion.

"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 want. 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.

Here's where things get interesting. Will the cross between Duke and Posh give us the outcome we want???

1st Step breeding in 2023 and then the long wait till 2024.......

Vigilmarch

Noble Flaire

And the Beat Goes On

Simply Maserati

Suite After