Kells In Kirby's Honor
"Mr Puckett"

 

2005 Update!

Puckett has now matured into a lovely stallion. The following photos were taken of him in 2004/2005. His mature height is 15.2 and he was tested to be Homozygous black. This means Puckett will never throw a chestnut or chestnut based foal no matter what color the dam is. Puckett's foals also "sport" little to no white. Puckett is now a proven sire. He seems to throw more fillies then colts, and generally produces size and lovely movement.

Puckett is "gifted" in terms of being a sport horse and sire of sport horses. He has spectacular movement; a Currier and Ives trot coupled with a rocking horse canter. These two qualities are hard to find in any horse; yet Puckett ranks a 10 in both categories. He is an extremely athletic individual and has the inherent ability to jump. He can clear a 5 foot effortlessly. Puckett´s sport horse ability is of no surprise as he is a grandson of the great Kennebec Count. Puckett is a proven sire of kind, athletic horses with beautiful movement, substance, bone and have excellent trainability. Puckett´s offspring have beautiful heads, small ears and are of good size; the largest standing 16.3. Puckett´s incredible long hip is the driving force behind his powerful, yet exquisite movement. As a sport horse sire he is among the best.

 

Kells In Kirby's Honor, known as "Mr. Puckett" is both a wonderful addition to our herd and a lovely compliment to our mares. We feel very fortunate to have found a stallion that not only possesses a pedigree which is rich in the blood of Herod, but is also coupled with those good old Foundation Morgan lines and the lines of the US Cavalry Remount horses. Our quest in the search of a stallion brought us to the realization that he must not only compliment our mares pedigree wise, but he must also meet our own very stringent criteria. One of our main requirements was that the stallion come from a "working/using" line of horses. A line that was calm, good minded and sensible. This above everything was our MAIN criteria. I look at horses as "Beauty is what Beauty does", and a horse no matter what it looks like is WORTHLESS without a good sensible mind. Next on our list of criteria included a line that would compliment our broodmares powerful true trots. We love the sport of carriage driving and a powerful ground covering trot is very important in our books. So what would be better than a grandson of one of the best carriage driving horses in the US, a grandson of the beautiful Kennebec Count? Mr. Puckett carries a pedigree that has been a true "find" for us for two reasons, he is a Count grandson, and much of the rest of his pedigree is also rich in the same Herod lines as our broodmares. My husband will often say that our stallion's resemblance to the rest of our horse's is uncanny. In all actuality our stallion is an apple from the same tree, with the addition of a little sugar and spice in the name of Kennebec Count!

Mr. Puckett also meets all of our requirements structurally. He is a big powerful horse, standing 15.2 and still growing. He is black in color sporting no white, has nice large bone, lots of substance, good prominent withers, and a powerful hip. His eye is soft and kind, head lovely. Best of all Mr. Puckett is extremely athletic, he possesses a tranquil smooth rocking horse canter and a wonderful strong true floating trot. The disposition and honesty of this Morgan stallion can be summed up with one photo. It is our logo photo; a black horse pictured with a boy and cattle in the Flinthills pasture. This is Mr. Puckett in this photo. He was three years old in that photo and my son was twelve years old. Prior to the photo the stallion was not ridden for about one month. We just took him out of pasture saddled him up and away we went. No round pen, no arena, no lounging, no nothing! Now I will say this. If this is all this stallion ever accomplishes for the rest of his life then that is OK with us. For this is what we are breeding for. A three year old stallion; a twelve year old boy; and acres and acres of land for this stallion to have the opportunity to run off, rear, buck, shy or carry on. But on the contrary, this stallion carries his young rider safely, sanely and proudly, whenever, wherever, and throughout these vast Flinthill pastures. He is my son's keeper. Believe me I would never place my son in harms way, the opportunity was there for disobedience, but this stallion is nothing but a gentle soul and a keeper of his young master. In short this photo tells it all, dedication and honesty of a stallion 100%, nothing less.

We purchased Kells In Kirby's Honor from Leon and Cindy Kells. He was just a weanling when he arrived. Our new stud colt was to be introduced to a family of eight, all full siblings, all offspring of Sweet's Tonga. His arrival was met with both curiosity and objection. So we thought that "Kirby" needed something that would give him a little respect from our full sibling family. Since Kells In Kirby's Honor was named after the Minnesota Twins baseball player, Kirby Puckett, we decided to call him "Mr. Puckett". He may not of had any size to him at that point, but at least his name gave him a little more respect from the family.

A picture is worth 1000 words they say. This next series of photo's depicts our stallion, Mr. Puckett, age 3, and my son, Eli, age 12. These photo's will truly express the true dedication and honesty of this stallion. He is no doubt, truly a gentle soul.

 

Spring Hills KCL

Sire of "Mr. Puckett"

Kennebec Count	Kennebec King	Kennebec Ethan
		Mayzie
	Helen May	Sonfield
		Helen Mala
Nicolette	J S Soot	Stone's Check Mate
		Bonnie Toot
	Nippi	Jet Morgan
		Dakota Girl

Names in blue can be clicked on to view a photo of that horse.

 

Pittridge Shonda

Dam of "Mr. Puckett"

Hi Society Whiz Kid	Max Hi Society Kid	Quiz Kid
		Hyray
	Heatherwald Rainsong	King Cookie
		Tapnor Shenandoah
Mindakee	Cherokee Lyle	Cherokee Gilmore
		Dottie Irene
	Joyride's Beaudette	Emerald's Beauchamp
		Moro Hills Ri-O-Rita

 

Jim & Suzanne Avery DVM
Rte 1, Box 73
Westmoreland, Kansas 66549
785-457-3596
ksbsmorg@bluevalley.net