Archive for March, 2006

NEW Foal!! Introducing…OGO Primavera Black Gold - born March 24th at 6:00 a.m. on the button!

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

NEW Foal!! Introducing…OGO Primavera Black Gold - born March 24th at 6:00 a.m. on the button!OGO Primavera Black Gold - New Foal of Old Growth Oak Morgans

I had been up and down all night and early mornings for over a week. RanchBoss Black Star (Black Velvets Dark Knight x Teluras Black Gold) bred to RanchBoss Cortez (Primavera Valdez x Teluras Black Gold) was due Saint Patrick’s Day. As big as a barn, she still had not foaled. I could tell by the way she was acting that foaling was eminent but I knew she preferred to be alone to give birth. I literally told her out loud that I was going to go in the house for 1 hour and would not be trying to peek at her cross-my-heart-hope-to-die-stick-a-finger-in-my-eye.

Sure enough, 1 hour later I open the back door up a crack to peek out and there is a foal just emerged still attached by the umbilical cord. I quietly went out and fed the adjacent horses so they wouldn’t be worrying about their breakfast. Then I put hay in Black Stars bin and brought her pan of grain to her. I got a bucket of water knowing she would be thirsty - but unwilling to travel down to the end of the pasture to the water trough. After she drank her fill and began to munch on her grain, I turned my attention to the foal who was now standing. A beautiful black colt with a big star in the center of his forehead and a sliver of a snip near his right nostril.

OGO Primavera Black Gold was born on March 24th at 6:00 AM on the button. This colt is significant - due to being a double, Teluras Black Gold (now deceased) who was a pure California Working Western mare of the finest Foundation bloodlines. On the new colt’s sireline, he is a grandson of the late great Primavera Valdez. Thus, this colt’s name is a tribute to both his grandsire and his grand dam. This colt is for sale.

Magazine collection

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

I’d appreciate any help regarding my collection of Morgan Horse Magazine. The collection dates back to the 1940’s, includes sale bills and special editions. The collection is in its entirety, not missing any magazines, and runs from January 1940 through June 2004. I would like to sell the collection as a complete unit, but have no idea where such a posting might gather interest. Thank you.