Circle H Merlita
AMHA #097811
(Rockquests Blackjack x Circle H Pita)
1984 Black Mare
Bred by the Hunnewill Ranch of Eastern California and Nevada, this mare
has a solid old Western Working Family pedigree. With two close crosses to that large,
solid stallion Condo who was pure old Brunk, she brings his blood forward in a very good
way. Half of her pedigree is the old California breeding and the other half brings in
Kansas, Utah and Washington.
Her sire was by Sonora Spar who was by Lee Spar; both were bred by the
Hunnewill Ranch who used their horses for ranch work. They summered the cattle in the
Sierra Nevada Mountains of eastern California and then moved them each fall to winter
pasture in the lower elevations of western Nevada where the home ranch is located.
Breeding Morgans was a multi-generation and entire family project for the Hunnewills. Lee
Spar was out of the mare Iva Lee Field, bred by Roland Hill and typical of his breeding
being by Sonfield and out of a Querido daughter with the second dam, also bred by Hill,
being by the Brunk Pat Allen, and out of a Sellman bred mare who was a daughter of
Headlight Morgan.
Lee Spar’s sire was Dude Spar out of another Hill bred mare who was
sired by Querido and out of the prolific mare Sonna, dam of 15 registered produce. Sonna,
bred by Sellman, was sired by Sooner who was by Headlight Morgan, and out of a daughter of
The Admiral—typical Sellman breeding. Dude Spar, bred in Kansas by Elmer Brown, was
sired by Sparbeau, son of Linsley. Sparbeau’s dam Sparbelle was the dam of many good
breeding horses. Also bred by Brown, she was out of the old Vermont mare Donbelle, dam of
many good breeding horses herself, and sired by a stallion with Brunk and Old Midwest
lines.
Rosalie Field, dam of Sonora Spar, was also Roland Hill breeding. By
Sonfield and out of a Querido daughter, her second dam, Redosy bred by Sellman, was by Red
Oak and out of a daughter of The Admiral.
So Sonora Spar was all old California breeding going back to those two
cornerstones of the Western Working Family, Richard Sellman of Texas and Elmer Brown of
Kansas.
Rockquest’s Blackjack is out of Rockquest Buddy Lee, a daughter of
Funquest Buddy Lee. This Funquest horse is from Stuart Hazard’s earlier breeding and
has no Flyhawk. His sire, Linsley Lee, is by Allen Lee who is by a Jubilee King son and
whose dam goes back to the speedy Charles Reade. Felix Lee was sire at Oklahoma’s
Chilocco Indian School where he sired many good registered Morgans and likely an untold
number of unregistered get. Linsley Lee’s dam, Linbar, was by Barberry, who also
stood at the Chilocco School and was Brunk bred with his dam being more then a half sister
to Jubilee King; and through his sire’s dam line, bringing in another cross to
Charles Reade.
Rockquest Buddy Lee’s dam was Rim Rocket, by Condo, and out of Mon
Heir Zoran. Rim Rocket, another of those prolific mares found in this pedigree, had
fourteen produce. Zoran was by the handsome Sun Dust, a product of Montana breeding going
back to Larrabee and Adams. Adams was doing some very close breeding and was breeding for
using ranch horses. The Larrabee lines bring in some more Daniel Lambert. Zoran was out of
a daughter of Agazizz, that very good Jubilee King son who sired some good using horses
and breeding stock. Rozan’s dam was Rozel, bred by Brown of Kansas, and out of that
good sire Romanesque, he of large and solid build. He was sired by Red Oak and out of a
daughter of Headlight Morgan. Rozel was out of a daughter of the Government Remount
Stallion Rockwood. The second dam was Brown bred by Linsley and out of a Headlight Morgan
daughter.
Linbar was out of the Elmer Brown bred Elberty Linsley, another good
breeding mare coming from a strong breeding family. Sired by Linsley, whose dam was by
Headlight Morgan, and out of Dolly D who was out of Donbelle and whose sire was the old
Midwest lines, Elberty Linsley brings more breeding strength to the pedigree.
Funquest Buddy Lee’s dam, Allan’s Fancy L, was by Tehachapi
Allen, bred in California by Frickert who was the first to bring Sellman’s stock to
California in the early 1920’s. He was by Querido and out of Tab, a Sellman bred mare
who had nineteen produce and has the Headlight Morgan sire line. Allan’s Fancy L was
out of Maggy Linsley, another Linsley daughter who was out of a Headlight Morgan daughter.
Circle H Merlita’s dam was Circle H Pita, sired by Condo, that good
Brunk bred stallion who was prized by the Mosher Brothers of Utah for ranch work, siring
good using horses, and for fun riding. Condo was sired by Congo, sire of 61 registered get
many of whom were excellent breeding horses in their own right. Condo was out of May
Burger, sired by the great Squire Burger and out of African Maid who is also behind Congo.
This is all solid old Brunk of mostly Daniel Lambert and Knox Morgan descent.
Circle H Pita’s dam was Pepita, sired by Sonfield and out of Kathleen
McCavlin, a maternal granddaughter of Winterset and whose entire pedigree is good Old
Midwest blood. She was said to be one of the loveliest mares ever in the breed.
It can be seen that Circle H Merlita has an extremely valuable
pedigree—for its purity and consistency. She brings forward to this century the
excellent breeding of Roland Hill, Richard Sellman and Elmer Brown, as well as that of
early Funquest and J C Brunk also, and does so in a manner that brings the old greats up
quickly. This is blood to be treasured by today’s breeder of working and using
Morgans.
Pedigree analysis and/or history for web sites,
brochures,
and private use by Laura Stillwell Algranti.
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