My "holy grail", ever since I was a child, has been a pretty black mare. I got serious about the search in 2003. Not just any black Morgan mare would do; she had to be beautiful, correctly put together, have an excellent temperament, and I wanted bloodlines with no modern outcrosses. This is NOT an easy list to satisfy! I inquired after SO many mares who qualified by bloodlines but whose conformation, once I received more photos and/or video, were a huge disappointment. Those that met my criteria were not for sale. Finally, I found two contenders in late 2008, but after much deliberation, could not pick just one. If I couldn't decide, perhaps neither of these mares were "the one"?

My former stallion Gone Gold went up for sale in August 2009, and suddenly I had to scramble to find a mare to breed to him to in order to use my retained breeding. The owners of one of the mares I had considered graciously agreed to a lease-purchase, with the purchase happening only if the mare got in foal. She was quickly on her way to be bred to Roadie. Unfortunately she retained fluid after breeding, resulting in an infection, a lot of expense to clean her up- and no foal. With much sadness, I sent her home.

In late October 2009, a few days before we laid our beloved old mare Reminiscing to rest, my old friend Tom Bainbridge emailed me and said he would part with his stunning black mare, Rosie. I have loved this mare since I first saw her on Tom's website, and had told Tom if he would ever consider selling her, to please let me know. Bless him, he remembered, and his promise that this beautiful black mare would be mine helped ease my sadness over Marie's loss. It was meant to be, and it is impossible for me to ever thank Tom enough for this opportunity.

Rosie is broke to ride, although much of her life has been spent out to pasture or raising foals. She was used in a handicapped riding program while with her second owner, Liz Banks. She has the Funquest head and curviness, and her size comes from her Red Correll breeding.

Currently, Rosie is with dear friend Charlene Cook of Edgefield Farm in Goshen IN, on lease for the 2010 breeding season. Plans are for Rosie to join the Brookridge herd in the fall of 2011, possibly in foal. It will be a long year and a half for me, but after so many years of hunting for just the right black Morgan mare, I can be patient awhile longer!

Darkhawk of Hideaway	Sunup Mike	Funquest Falcon
		Funquest Modana
	Hylee's Firefly	Torchfire
		Choquita
Avondale Berne's Hope	Blackwood Correll	Red Correll
		Lady Rockwood
	Cotton's Susie Kay	Kenney's King Cotton
		Kane's Sistie Kay

You can view Rosie's complete pedigree here.
It includes pictures of many of her ancestors.

More photos of Rosie
(click on a thumbnail to enlarge)