Crown Oaks Ranch - Selah Morgan Horses

10/30/2025

Ooooh. "Man-up" is a beautiful thing to see! Preacher looks like a chess piece despite the bred mares rejecting his plea. 😆

10/29/2025

ICYMI -

An international collaboration between the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory and The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (R(D)SVS; Edinburgh), two leading veterinary schools, allowed for the discovery of the first known genetic cause of a rare eye condition called ectopia lentis in horse...

10/20/2025

Sexy boy!! Little Dreams Skyhawk at 17 months.

Sneak peek bc his black hair is returning soon! I've been practicing to learn a new lens cuz he curls my toes! The only problem is he wants to be near me all the time for scratches and love. His draw is amazing and heartwarming.

10/12/2025

Knight Babes!

Full sisters, Selah's Splashing Ovation (black splash) at 20 months and Selah's Royal Rendition (bay splash) at 8 1/2 months. Both are by the late La Cheval Knight Royale (UVM Abington x UVM Kassandra) x Shez Beyond Marvelous. It seemed they were doing the sisterly "I look better in pics than you do!" 😂

Their dam has a dun splash baking for April and if it comes close to these two I will be very pleased.

We're in a flash drought and it is still too hot in TX to video but maybe November. I am ready for crisp air!

10/07/2025

Calling on Foundation breeders for a bit of help!

I am digging deeper because adding Preacher gives me my first foundation Morgan since 2006. I created a chart to help me calculate %'s on future mating's and I would like to know if anyone can provide me instructions so I can confirm I am remembering correctly. Here is to 13 generations and I believe the number of horses excluded in each generation is then deducted from 100%?

50
25
12.5
6.25
3.125
1.5625
0.78125
0.390625
0.1953125
0.09765625
0.048828125
0.024414063
0.012207031

Is there a drop off generation where one or more of the excluded ancestors are no longer brought into the calculation? I don't want to assume that just because they aren't appearing in 13 generations that they don't exist beyond. I'm sure those numbers if dropped off could skew the result.

Also, I am curious what the plans are for horses that have outbreeding to one or more of the 3 exclusions but who have or will be so heavily diluted it will push their purity to 100%? With each new generation the %'s are getting diluted so I'm curious if some of the HPF horses will ever move into "Foundation." I got to thinking about this because then what happens to the horses whose pedigrees have never ever seen an outcross? I'm thinking too much lol.

Here is a candid of then 3 year old La Cheval Knight Royale because he appeared in a memory pop up this morning! He was not Foundation or HPF.

Thank for the help!

10/05/2025

Here's the new handsome black splash fella, Little Dreams Skyhawk, "Preacher."

He discovered a bur patch! 😩 He and Baylee were moved to the big field after removing the major mess in his forelock. Thankfully there was little hair damage cuz those suckers were wrapped in there tightly! Colts! 😆

10/05/2025

I am feeling so blessed today. I spent some time with the horses this morning and I am always taken back by how much Mandy (Selah's Splashing Ovation) resembles her sire. It's not just looks but also in carbon copy disposition too. Here are some comparisons and the late La Cheval Knight Royale (UVM Abington x UVM Kassandra) is labeled. 💙 It's very eerie but in such an amazing way and I still feel his presence through her!

10/04/2025

ICYMI!