Saddlebred Stallions

Saddlebred Stallions n fact it is said, that ninety percent of today’s Saddlebreds carry Morgan blood. The original list of stallions selected as foundation sires by the National Saddle Horse Breeder’s Association in 1899 included the Morgan stallions Cabell’s Lexington and Coleman’s Eureka . Justin Morgan’s sons, daughters and grandget were also successfully crossed on Thoroughbred and Canadian and Narragansett pacer stock to crate the influential ancestors found in most modern Saddlebred pedigrees. In fact, Justin Morgan himself is listed as entry XXXI in Volume I, page 75 of Scharf’s Famous Saddle Horses, first published in 1936. Today, the majority of Saddlebred stallions who carry Morgan blood, do so through Justin Morgan’s grandson Black Hawk and his grandsons, Gist’s Black Hawk and Indiana Chief, and through the great-grandson, Peavine. A number of earlier American Saddlebreds trace in direct male line to Justin Morgan. Cabell’s Lexington 3234, foaled in 1863, is one well-known Saddle Horse sire who traced directly to Justin Morgan through his grandsire, Blood’s Black Hawk (also known as Blood’s Vermont Black Hawk), and great-great-grandsire, Sherman Morgan (by Justin Morgan).