1996 Homozygous Black Stallion
100% Foundation - 15.2h
~ REFERENCE STALLION ~
2009 Photos
Click on the pictures below to open
a larger image in a new browser window.
2008 Photos
Click on the pictures below to open
a larger image in a new browser window.
How fortunate we were to have leased
out Puckett to EMR Morgans; Ed and Valerie Radtke and their
daughter Sally Anderson. It has been such a pleasure working
with them. Truly salt of the earth folk.
This lease was the matching of two highly
talented individuals. Sally Anderson an incredibly talented
and gifted rider and Puckett and incredibly talented and athletic
horse. Now the two talents have come together and the results
are poetry in motion. Pictured is Sally and Puckett at their
first dressage open schooling show. Puckett placed first in
a line up of nine horses. We are so PROUD of him. Thank you
Sally!
Kells In Kirbys Honor is currently
standing at EMR Morgans. If interested in breeding to Mr Puckett
please contact Kansas Bluestem Morgans or EMR Morgans. Contact
information for EMR Morgans is listed below:
~ Puckett's New Adventure ~
Kansas to Montana
Puckett moved to Montana in the spring of 2008 and will be standing
stud at EMR Morgans.
Pictured are photos of Sally and Puckett in the Flint Hills
of Kansas. Their first ride together.
It was a beautiful spring day and Catherine
wanted to ride Puckett. He is one of her favorites. We took
Puckett out, dusted him off and he behaved like a true gentleman.
Pictured are Catherine and Puckett on a lovely spring day in
the Kansas Flinthills, March 2008
Puckett is lovely to watch and an incredible
ride. His rocking horse canter is smooth as silk and his trot
is nice and sporty. This guy is a sports model deluxe. Pictured
is Catherine with Puckett, and Puckett after the ride.
Puckett after the ride, standing tied.
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.
Puckettīs 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. Puckettīs offspring
have beautiful heads, small ears and are of good size; the
largest standing 16.3. Puckettīs incredible long hip is the
driving force behind his powerful, yet exquisite movement.
As a sport horse sire he is among the best.
2004/2005 Photos
Click on the pictures below to open
a larger image in a new browser window.
This image is full size.
Head profiles of Puckett Dec 2005
A Kansas frosty morning.
Pictured is Puckett clearing a 4 foot jump with at least 18 inches
to spare and if you notice he is not at the height of his jump.
Puckett is a gifted jumper. With a stallion this is not always
a good thing as one summer day Puckett jumped and cleared a 5
foot plus gate to his pen to visit our mare Burchtree Roxanne.
The result of the "breakout" was Steve and Glenda Farrier's filly
called Flyer. She is Glenda's soul mate so I guess the Lord up
above must have given Puckett "wings" that day as he knew Glenda
needed Flyer.
Pictured our adult "Puckett". Long hipped, substance, bone,
small ears, lovely head and totally "gifted" when it comes to
movement. The fact that he is homozygous black and throws foals
that are sizy with high trainability is "icing" on the cake.
Puckett demonstrating his "Currier and Ives" trot. He looks like
a real life image of the Black Hawk weathervane. His movement
both the trot and the canter is certainly a "gift".
This image is full size.
We have a local Competitive Trail Ride
that we like to attend. We do it for fun and enjoyment. I have
taken Puckett a couple times and he always does really well.
In fact one year he came in 4th out of a long list of "serious"
competitors with Arabian horses. The scores are based on the
horses manners on the trail and temperature, pulse and respiration
scores during the ride. I felt it was a real honor for Puckett
to place so high as we only attend this one ride once a year
and I do not consider myself a serious contender as we do this
for just the joy of it. His placement speaks volumes about this
stallion as we really did not train for this and we do not show
him. He usually is just worked here at the farm. Pictured is
a photo of the event. The first three riders/horse on the left
are our good friends, then Eli riding Willie, myself on Puckett
and Aaron on Beau.
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.
Foal Pictures
Click on any picture below for a larger view.
The Arrival of Kells In Kirby's Honor
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.
Weanling Pictures
Click on any picture below for a larger view.
The "Brothers" inspect
A discussion with "Beau", the brothers listen.
The "Brotherly" trio gather for a closer discussion and inspection.
Brother Woody stands guard, it is now Roxannes turn to inspect
the new arrival.
Brother "Beau" shows his discontent with the new arrival. He wants
no further inspections or discussions.
Winter Weanling Pictures
Click on any picture below for a larger view.
"I am a big boy and standing tied for long amounts of time is
not a problem"
"HA! Being tied is a piece of cake!"
"How long did you say I had to stand tied? I'm tired."
"What does until I learn the art of patience and discipline mean?"
Yearling Head Shot
Have you ever noticed, no matter what type of animal, the
eye always tells the story?
2 Year Old Pictures
Click on any picture below for a larger view.
3 Year Old Pictures
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.
A display of Mr. Puckett's athletic abilities
are depicted with this lovely smooth rocking horse canter and
a wonderful sliding stop.