MARES
SPRING LAKE KATEFLY
(Yankees Anhingo x Yankees Pleasure)
1999 black mare (Ee aa), 100% Foundation
Katie is a 100% Foundation mare and is the product of my mother's main stallion and mare at the time (Yankee’s Anhingo and Yankee’s Pleasure). Katie moves with the grace and elegance of a royal queen. She has soft large eyes and the brains behind it that make her a Morgan. No wonder as she traces back to “Figure”, also known as Justin Morgan, 20 times in 11 generations, 143 times in the 12th generation and 335 times in the 13th generation!!! Talk about OLD blood and UP close!
She is trained under saddle in Western, Dressage (both classical and Western) and Hunter and has consistently won ribbons in every class she has entered in- breed shows as well as open competition. As a 3 year old she was High Point Champion at the 2002 Spring Fling in New Jersey. Katie is the kind of mare that excels at any task. She loves a nice trail ride and has gone on many overnight excursions. Add to all this the fact that she has had 5 foals it is a telling tale of how wonderful versatile this Morgan blood is. I was very happy when she blessed me with my young stallion MtnTop Whippoorwill Tanek, so much that I decided to keep him and make him my foundation stallion. She is also half sibling through the same sire as our other stallion, Spring Lake Thistle. You can see check Tanek and Thistle out on my Stallions page. RIP my sweet girl I will miss you until the end of time. See you at the Rainbow Bridge.
Yankees Anhingo
Yankees Pleasure
The Yankee
Lippitt Dulcie
The Yankee
Whippoorwill Duke
Jenny Lake
Lippitt Sam
Lippitt Dusky Kate
Whippoorwill Duke
Jenny Lake
Ulendon
Cascade's Udonnafly
Flyette
You can view Katie's complete pedigree here.
It includes pictures of many of her ancestors.
MTNTOP GOODNESS GRACIOUS
(Spring Lake Pallidin x Universal Selection)
2011 buckskin mare (Ee Aa Crcr), 100% Foundation, PSSM1 negative
Well her name really says it all. Goodness Gracious is right. We call her Grace and she is that as well. Talk about perfection- from the get go this girl has it all. Fantastic laid back shoulder, nice short back, and a hip to die for. Add in that she is a buckskin and that is just the icing on this very yummy cake. Grace is brave and bold and has no worries. She is the most photogenic foal I have ever had and I swear there isn't a bad picture of her anywhere. She has helped me clean the stalls and add in shavings and the plastic bag is just another thing to her. This is the attitude she had as a foal.
Grace is growing into all that I could wish for in a horse. She excels in her riding training. Loves to trail ride. I am pleased with how she handles all her lateral work etc.
2016 - A fantastic year with Grace. She went on several over night trail rides. Did a great job at a Police clinic where she learned trust and even walked over fire for me. Than we went to 4 Western Dressage shows and showed in Intro and Basic classes (Training level for you classical dressage folks). Our scores ranged from a 65% to a 75 % and we ended the year with Two All around Western Dressage Grand Champions and one Western Dressage Intro Grand Champion. We also received a Reserve Grand Champion year end award in Intro from the Woodbine series of shows. AND we also brought home the Grand Champion Year End award in BOTH Western Dressage Intro and Basic level with the Great Lakes Dressage club. So very proud of my Grace girl. And a special thanks to my good friend Dawn Wagstaff for coming to my shows and being a fantastic reader and groom. I could not have done all this without her.
2017 - WOW!!! What a year for Grace and I. We did some trail riding in and worked on moving up a level in Western Dressage with lots of shows. We did very well at all our shows coming home with lots of blues and a couple Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champions from the shows. Our Year End was quite a Awesome as well. We received Grand Champion in both Training and Level 1 with the Great Lakes Dressage club and got a lovely weekend tote bag and beautiful engraved plate. Grand Champion in both Training and Level 1 pony for the Western Dressage Assoc of Michigan club receiving a BEAUTIFUL buckle and ribbons. Reserve Grand Champion for the Woodbine show series. And for the AMHA Open competition we received Grand Champion in Level 1 and Reserve Grand champion in Training.
2018 - FANTASTIC!!! Another great year for Grace and I. Winning Year End Champion in Western Dressage in the Great Lakes Dressage club for Western Dressage Open Level one and coming home with AMHA Open competition Year End Champion as well for Western Dressage Level one. I feel truly blessed.
Grace has always been fun below are links of her training as she has grown up.
Her 10th ride -click here
2 weeks old - click here
I am excited to announce that Grace has checked safely in foal to MtnTop Whippoorwill Tanek for a mid April 2024 foal. This foal has been spoken for.
Spring Lake Palidin
Universal Selection
Spring Lake Peter D
Dulcie Lenda
Universal Trigger
The Yankee
Firepride Trill B
Yankees Anhingo
Yankees Pleasure
Dusty Joe
Triple S Silver Butie
Gold Cross SunCatcher
Universal Terrific Cross
Miss Terrific
You can view Grace's complete pedigree here.
It includes pictures of many of her ancestors.
MTNTOP MY PLEASURE
(MtnTop Whippoorwill Tanek x Tan War Bird)
2015 bay mare (Ee Aa ), 99.95% Foundation (standing picture at 9 years old)
To say that I am thrilled to have this mare back with us would be putting it lightly. I am WAY beyond thrilled!!
Pleasure is from a cross that I consider to have been one of my golden crosses. And now I am able to have one back in my barn. Pleasure is incredibly trained in both arena work, obstacles and trail and we intend to put her to task on all those. She has become my husbands new riding horse after the loss of Dude. And Pleasure is easily taking on the challenge and high standards Kurt had of Dude.
I am attaching lots of links to many of Pleasures training videos from foalhood through some riding. Than please check back often as I will be adding to both her pictures and video libraries.
MtnTop My Pleasure - 45 days under saddle (click here)
There are many videos of Pleasure as a foal on my Training page (click here to go to that page)
Whippoorwill Talisman
Whippoorwill Newmoon
Whippoorwill Locket
MtnTop Whippoorwill Tanek
Yankees Anhingo
Spring Lake Katefly
Yankees Pleasure
Myrrhwood Marcello
GoldenAcresGold Digger
Tan War Bird
HRH Marionette
Rimlo Black Talent
WAR Le Fire Bird
WAR LE Bird
You can view Pleasure's complete pedigree here.
It includes pictures of many of her ancestors.
SPRING LAKE CALI'S BINGO aka BABY
(Spring Lake Thistle x Whippoorwill Calisto)
2016 chestnut mare (ee aa SW20/n), 100% Foundation, PSSM1 negative
If you are a pedigree person hers will make you drool with an outstanding peidgree rich in some of the best lines in the Morgan bred just check out Baby’s pedigree. UP close in her third generation you will find the wonderful Californio and fantastic Blackwood Correll plus a double Whippoorwill Duke in the 4th generation. Through her sire also brings in Whippoorwill Duke in the 4th generation as well as Lippitt Sam. She also has the great Trophy in her 4th, 5th and 7th generation. Not only does she have the bloodlines she has the Morgan look and temperament. And just LOOK at that head her sire sure passes on a beautiful head.
This young mare is VERY laid back and easy going and will make a fantastic asset to my breeding program. Just imagine her bred to MtnTop Whippoorwill Tanek!!!
It is tough getting free moving pictures of Baby as she is an in your pocket type of girl or being the lowest in the herd pecking order she is hidden behind others when they are out kicking up their heels.
Baby has been bred back to MtnTop Whippoorwill Tanek for a 2024 foal, guaranteed black. This foal has been spoken for.
The Yankee
Yankees Anhingo
Lippitt Dulcie
Spring Lake Thistle
DSF Trophy Medallion
Southbrook Trophys Summer
Jades Belle Star
Blackwood Correll
Whippoorwill Newmoon
Whippoorwill Kathleen
Whippoorwill Calisto
Californio
Whippoorwill Salus
Whippoorwill Pazazz
You can view Baby's complete pedigree here.
It includes pictures of many of her ancestors.
This is an incredible exciting part for me. Working with some fantastic breeders has given the Morgan breed the opportunity to share some of our OLD and almost lost bloodlines with others. BUT I am only one very tiny piece of this big picture puzzle. The big picture in all of the things happening belongs to the vision that Wendy LeGate of OGO Morgans has to getting many Morgan breeders to work together. And I feel very blessed that she included me in this big picture project.
SO hold onto to your hindend folks I will be sharing some fun and exciting pictures VERY soon of our new addition who has been named to show how we are all working together.
Pictures coming hold onto your hats
You can view Cat's complete pedigree here.
It includes pictures of many of her ancestors.
MtnTop Sweet Anticipation
(MtnTop Whippoorwill Tanek x Tan War Bird) pictured L-R 3 weeks, 4 years and November 2023
2017 Smoky Black mare, 99.95% Foundation, EEaaCrcr, PSSM1 Negative
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You can view Sweetie's complete pedigree here.
It includes lots of pictures of her ancestors.
Whippoorwill Talisman
Whippoorwill Newmoon
Whippoorwill Locket
MtnTop Whippoorwill Tanek
Yankees Anhingo
Spring Lake Katefly
Yankees Pleasure
Myrrhwood Marcello
GoldenAcresGold Digger
Tan War Bird
HRH Marionette
Rimlo Black Talent
WAR Le Fire Bird
WAR LE Bird
The following videos are of Sweetie when she was a baby and here at MtnTop Morgans being trained.
3 weeks old
3 months old and
5 months old
YES she is walking over fire and NO I don't train all my babies to do that some are just more ready and willing to do that sort of thing and Sweetie was definitely one of them!
OGO Gold Moscata MtnTop
(Gold Moscato x OGO Shawalla Daisy Dawn)
2023 chestnut filly (ee Aa), 100% Foundation, SW20/SW20
OMG I am so VERY excited to announce that one of my babies will be coming home VERY soon!!! Sweetie is the last of Tan War Birds foals before we sadly lost her in November of 2017. And while I do love all my babies I do have a few that were my "favorites" and Sweetie was certainly one of those. She was EASY to train and very much like her other 12 siblings they loved to self-train LOL We have a full sister to Sweetie so you can see we LOVE this cross. Well EVERYONE loved this cross I couldn't keep a Tanek/Birdie foal as everyone wanted one, if I had 5 of them a year they would have been spoken for so you can see why I am excited!
Sweetie will be heading down to my good friend, Barbara Harris place in CO on a breeding lease for 2024 and then come home in 2025 to have a few babies for me and become a riding horse. I already have the stallion all picked out for her when she comes home!!