QUIETUDE MANDOLIN (Quietude Jubilee Kingdom x Quietude Madrid) Foaled 2005 Hey Susan ... What a wonderful mare to work with – she is coming along so well ... I really can’t say enough about her without being boring. But I will: she’s going straight and true under saddle already, coming up into the bit on her own, very early for her age and training ... you can see in most of the pictures how light her mouth is -- the rider needs no more than the weight of the reins themselves for effective contact, and thus they can bow between the bit and the hands -- she brings her head in on her own ... not bad for Year 1, let alone Month 2. Just a very fine and finely bred mare. Henry
~ Ridden by Henry Fleming, owned and photograhed by Ruth Shaw NC ~
DANIEL LAMBERT FOUNDATION STALLION FOR
THE LAMBERT MORGAN FAMILY
"The Quietude herd is a time capsule
of rich Morgan blood preserving the blood
of four of the most revered horses in Morgan
history, Jubilee King, Daniel Lambert,
Sherman Morgan and Justin Morgan. All are
in one beautiful package, the LAMBERT
MORGAN."
"Without the Quietude herd the Lambert
family
would most likely only be found in history
books."
~ Steve Giberti ~
CRITERION 1961-1995
CRITERION: FOUNDATION STALLION FOR THE
CONTEMPORARY CLEAN-BLOODED LAMBERT MORGAN
"Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?
The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." ~ Job 39: 19-25 KING JAMES VERSION ~
~ BRENDA TIPPIN NOTED MORGAN HISTORIAN
AND BIOLOGIST ~
"CRITERION makes a grand illustration
for this passage in Job 39:19-25. Using
Criterion himself as the ideal of what they
wished to breed for, Quietude chose to focus
on the Lambert and Jubilee King blood as
it was presented through him. Where
inbreeding and line breeding were used,
the Woodbury lines behind Criterion and
the founding Quietude mares already had
built in the necessary distance and balance
to keep it from being too close. The Quietude
program has done an amazing job of preserving
this fine balance using the blood of Criterion.
Like Jubilee King, like Daniel Lambert,
like Justin Morgan before him, Criterion
was exceedingly prepotent. Each of these
horses in that line presented an abundance
of the valued Morgan type and traits, yet
each added
a look and character to their particular
branch of the Morgan family that is both
Morgan and uniquely their own.
In understanding the lines behind Criterion,
he is not 'half Lippitt', as some might
think at a glance. The 'Lippitt' prefix
was first used by the breeding program of
Robert Lippitt Knight. The Lippitt registry,
established to preserve high concentrations
of early Morgan blood without outcrosses
was named after this, since so many of Knight’s
horses had these lines. However, not all
horses with Lippitt in the prefix were included
in the Lippitt registry, and likewise other
horses were included which did not have
Lippitt in the name. It makes more sense
to me to refer to those horses behind Criterion
as 'Woodbury sire line', since this is correct,
regardless whether they were part of the
Lippitt registry. The specially selected
high percentage Woodbury lines behind Criterion
were unique in that they were also woven
with additional threads of Daniel Lambert
and Bulrush. The blood of Justin Morgan’s
three most influential sons, Sherman, Woodbury,
and Bulrush are thus effectively blended.
Though some early breeders disapproved of
Daniel Lambert and would not cross to him,
due to prejudice against his speed and popularity
among trotting horse breeders, there were
several who recognized his Morgan excellence
and did. These are the Woodbury with Lambert
and Bulrush lines seen here. The term 'clean-blooded
Lambert' was never intended to suggest Morgans
of other bloodlines were somehow inferior.
It was simply adopted by Quietude to maintain
their own focus in preserving the look and
type of Criterion without adding the influence
of other families which might alter that. One can clearly see the beautiful stamp
of Criterion on all the Quietude Lambert
Morgans."
Lambert Morgan owners & friends came from Ottawa, Nova Scotia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Virgina, Ohio & North Carolina. The three days together were spent riding in our mountains, cooking, eating, by the campfire and all in good cheer.
QUIETUDE JUBILEE KINGDOM & FOUR OF HIS TWENTY-THREE FOALS
Jubilee Kingdom is what I would call a cornerstone horse - one to build on. Just as Criterion, Jubilee King, and Daniel Lambert were all cornerstones. He is all of these, and he is uniquely himself as well. Kingdom's pedigree is a work of art. His breeders at Quietude have managed to retain a full 50% of Criterion's blood in him - and 50% of Criterion's blood in a grandson or great-grandson coming through multiple lines is more potent even than 50% in a son or daughter. At the same time, where you see Criterion's name three times in the first three generations, his breeders have woven in the blood of seven different mares with no repeats in those first three generations. This is both beautiful and incredible." ~ BRENDA TIPPIN ~
QUIETUDE ROMAN EMPIRE (Quietude Jubilee Kingdom x Quietude
Miranda)
EMPIRE, a colt foaled the first
day of spring, has been sold to Henry Fleming NC.
He will remain a stallion and be trained
in dressage. "Kingdom represented perfection to me
from the moment I met him in person
(I never had the pleasure of knowing
Criterion, but perhaps he had the same
effect on you and Shannon), and I knew
I would have to have a son ultimately.
There is nothing really to improve upon
from Kingdom - just a matter of choosing
a mare that will at best complement,
or, at worst, in no way dilute, his
charisma, gameness, and balance ...
Miranda immediately struck me as the
right mix of things -- she is so "game"
for a mare ... intelligent and good,
but owns her space and place in the
world without apology - with a classic
beauty and balance, and rare eyes that
see right through you.
So I think the gods were fairly aligned
on Empire,
and it could not have been any other way." ~ HENRY FLEMING NC ~
QUIETUDE MANDOLIN
(Quietude Jubilee Kingdom
x
Quietude Madrid)
Hi Susan and Shannon, I
have had the opportunity
to ride Mandolin since Ruth
has had her in town -- I
can tell you she is going
to be a fabulous mare in
the arena and on the trails
- a natural talent ... I
don't know her mother well,
but she certainly has a
generous helping of her
father in her, and I would
trust her with my children
already. She is as much
like Kingdom as a "her"
could be -- a temperament
so fair it would well compensate
for any physical shortcomings...
except she doesn't have
any, and is instead so strikingly
pretty, and more so every
week.
~ Henry Fleming NC ~
Susan, as you can probably
tell from his notes, Henry
is as crazy about Mandolin
as I am. He rode her
for about an hour yesterday,
and told me I had better
be glad he had already bought
a colt, or he would be trying
to take her from me.
She looks sleek and is developing
solid chest, shoulder, neck
and hindquarter muscles.
Henry did lots of long and
low work with her yesterday
— very relaxed trot at a
steady rhythm. Her
new copper bit — French
link, with a very wide bar
— about as gentle as it
comes — seemed to work well
with her. He rode
her in a dressage bridle,
with a flash, and she quickly
adapted to that, too.
She is a very quick learner,
and so trusting.
~ Ruth Shaw NC ~
ANOTHER JUBILEE KINGDOM
KID! Is there something ya'll didn't tell me about Calais? Like maybe she was already trained <grin>? Seriously, I saddled her for the first time yesterday and there were NO issues at all!! I had been working on sacking her out with a saddle pad, continued doing this yesterday, laid the pad on her back and then took up the saddle. After I let her smell it and look at it I started raising and lowering the saddle and no reaction. I started swinging the saddle at her belly...she was so concerned that she started trying to eat grass. Finally I just decided to treat her like a 'grown up horse'. Swung the saddle on her back, cinched her up, (complete with back girth, breast collar, etc)...still no reaction. I was sure that when I asked her to step off she would have a problem with the pressure of the girth if nothing else. nope...no bucking not even humping her back up. Acted like she had been doing this her whole life and was ready to go to work:) My cousin held her and I took a few quick pics so I thought I'd share:)
What a good girl!! Lucy Ray GA
QUIETUDE CALAIS
(Quietude Jubilee Kingdom x Quietude Paris)
QUIETUDE WINDWARD PASSAGE (Quietude Jubilee Kingdom x Quietude Cherish) When we brought Windward home as a year and a half old stallion I tried to heed the words of Shannon Hanley as he very patiently loaded this young fellow. "He's very sensitive and needs patience in handling since he's been running with the guys since they were weanlings......and this guy will put you on the map when he's old enough to breed".
Well, Windward and I spent that winter getting to know one another and the time spring came he would do anything I asked of him. We had bonded. He now is a 3 year old checking out all the mares but when I bring him in and put a halter on him.....he's all mine again. I love when we turn him into a new pasture how he struts his stuff and shows off, tail in the air....so full of himself but when he calms down he's right there ready for a hug. What more could anyone ask for?
QUIETUDE FARE THEE WELL (Crawford x Daisy Woodbury) Fare Thee Well is a horse that dreams are made on. We never owned a stallion before and we didn't know what to expect and he was not quite two-years-old when we brought him home. My granddaughter Kalie Morgan (yes her middle name is Morgan) was only two when she spied Fare Thee Well and the mare behind the barn. Under the wood fence she crawled and sat at the feet of Fare Thee Well and our mare. Before I could get to her I watched as this gentle stallion reached down and nuzzled her outstretched hand ever so gently. After my heart started beating again I knew I could never explain the tenderness this stallion showed this baby. He knew, trusted and made a connection...... and eight years later he's still the same. We try and give him the love and respect he has given us over the years as a stallion, father and trusted friend. He is absolutely remarkable.
~ Joyce Napotnik PA ~
QUIETUDE HOMEWARD (Quietude Jubilee Kingdom x Quietude Honor Bright)
Cathy Von Stetina is riding Homeward, Ruth Shaw is on Maxwelton who is Cathy's Lambert, and I am riding Shenandoah. Homeward is owned by nine-year-old Amanda Spreen. Cathy is trail riding Homeward until Amanda comes to Quietude for her summer vacation.
An email from Ruth Shaw, owner of Quietude Mandolin (Quietude Jubilee Kingdom x Quietude Madrid) and
Quietude Seneca Rocks (Calcutta of Quietude x Quietude Kindle)
Susan, What fun it was to ride the trails on three Quietude geldings. Maxwelton, a Barcelona son, is a baroque dark chestnut and trail horse extraordinaire. Willing and so steady, he is the perfect training partner for Homeward, a flaxen Jubilee Kingdom son recently under saddle. To see Homeward enjoy the river, cross the wooden bridges, and ignore many potentially scary distractions was a real pleasure. He has given his trust to Cathy. And there you are on Calcutta's son Shenandoah -- always forward, curious and fun! These horses can often be ready to enjoy on the trail sooner than you would think. They are sensitive -- never dull. Once you have their trust and respect, they are the best partners ever! Ruth NC
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!
Five of our oldest retired broodmares are here to celebrate their birthdays. Honor of Quietude is thirty-two, Critieria of Quietude thirty-one, Quietude Sally Moro twenty-nine and both Caress of Quietude and Critique of Quietude are now twenty-eight. All are healthy, hardy and happy!
Criteria, left, enjoys a hug and listens to a friend. Caress, right, is on the trail crossing the Greenbrier River. These photos were taken when Criteria was thirty and Caress was twenty-seven years.
QUIETUDE LAMBERTS: In Switzerland owned
by Gabriella & Philippe Wieland.
Visit their website:
http://www.wm-morganhorse.ch
QUIETUDE PERIWINKLE
(Quietude Cock of the Rock x
Quietude Juno)
QUIETUDE LAREDO &
PHILIPP WIELAND
(Quietude Barcelona x
Critique of Quietude)
WSMH FLYING JEREMY (Quietude Barcelona x
Quietude Periwinkle)
Quietude Laredo & Philipp Wieland
in Switzerland
Dear Susan and Shannon,
We had a visit from Mary Booth, who owns Quietude Marco Polo, at the breeds exposition. It is nice to have people from the USA coming to Switzerland to see our Lambert Morgans.
Laredo had just come from the winter paddock and he hadn't done much for the last month nevertheless he was great! He had to look at all the other stallions and mares but, as always, he was well behaved and an eye catcher!
There is a big interest in the Morgans here and a lot of Swiss people don't know about the breed. Philipp and Laredo will go for ten days to the exposition in Bern like they did last year. ~ Gabriela ~
QUIETUDE GOLDRUSH IN NEW ZEALAND
Owned by Peter & Helen Robson.
JUSTIN MORGAN IN GOLD Are Morgan horses ploughing fields. A
lost art?
Perhaps that may be so in Vermont but
it is no secret in New Zealand that QUIETUDE
GOLDRUSH, or 'Jock' as he is called,
and his sons and daughters are superb at
keeping a straight row and winning over
all comers be they draft horse or heritage
tractors.
Lambert Morgans: Golden in sprit,
ability, strength and "do-ability"!
Hi Susan, Just a note to tell you that Peter and Jason with 'Jock' (QUIETUDE GOLDRUSH) and his progeny have just won the REID and GREY Otago Cup for Heritage Ploughing. That, is they have beaten all heritage tractors over the season plus were second overall to all types of tractors including those heading off to the World Championship on Slavakia later this year. I've just been on your site and can't get over how much QUIETUDE JUBILEE KINGDOM is like Jock...They are so similar it is uncanny! Right now we are in the midst of the total renovation of our home but Pete is still finding time to go ploughing. He and Jason are going to the National Silver Ploughing Championships in Temuka on May 2nd and 3rd. Unfortunately I'll have to stay at home to help look after Jason's children but I would love to be going!
Jock is now getting on in years but is still the fantastic natured horse he has always been. The notes that you have on your site about the Quietude stallions are certainly true of him.
Hopefully we will be travelling to the States next year. We have a friend who lives not very far from you in South Carolina so we will be able to visit. Helen ~ Owners of Quietude Goldrush and his sons and daughters: Peter & Helen Robson NEW ZEALAND ~
UPDATE ON THE COMING THREE-YEAR-OLD STALLION
QUIETUDE MARCO POLO & QUIETUDE MACKENZIE
UPDATE ON QUIEUDE MARCO POLO
(Quietude Barcelona x Quietude Valencia)
Three-year-old stallion.
Things are good here. Marco (aka Rocketship) is happy and fit and we are having a blast bombing around on the trails. I figured we needed a bit more discipline though so we are having our first session with a Real Dressage Trainer on Sunday. I'm excited to improve my riding to be able to match MP's potential - he is ultra-responsive under saddle and it's clear I need to improve my equitation to bring him to the level he deserves!
Mary Booth MA
Marco is doing GREAT. I took him out after four days of no work – Cyd brought Chica up and we did a trail ride together. Marco is MUCH better about crossing streams (he’ll follow his girlfriend, Chica, anywhere) and yesterday he crossed a narrow, scary wooden bridge (so scary I got off and led him across). He was Nearly Perfect about it. He is 100% forward, great attitude, tons of energy (new nickname: “Jet Pack”). We are doing a little jumping on the trail as well. He looks really good. He’s getting big, and really developing into a nice-looking horse. He’s always had more neck than some of the others and now he is really coming into his own, development-wise… he looks very baroque. Sweet as ever, if a bit more of a handful this spring. He’s gotten very 'helpful' around the barn, so you can’t leave any tools, buckets, etc about or he has his way with them. ~ MARY BOOTH, MA ~
FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK
ROAD May 2009 Competitive Trail Ride
Leverett, MA SCORE OF 98/100
TIED FOR BLUE RIBBON Quietude Mackenzie is owned
& riddenby
Esther Fiddes CT
TThe Quietude herd
preserves the highest percentages of any Morgan
family in the world. There are but a handful of horses, if that, alive today with a TCP (Total Combined Percentages) that can approach the Quietude herd. To begin with, the high percentage of Justin Morgan is hard to match, then you add in the highest percentages of Daniel Lambert and Jubilee King and you can see why this family should be revered by all Morgan enthusiasts." ~ STEVE GIBERTI MA ~h
"CRITERION was a correct, baroque, stylish, wonderfully moving, well-tempered stallion who passed his traits on to his get. He was sired by the Jubilee King son, Jubilee's Courage, bred by Mrs. Bryant. Mrs. Bryant chose the excellent Old Vermont mare Lippitt Robrita to go to Jubilee's Courage, and got Criterion. Robrita's sire, Lippitt Rob Roy, was noted for his get, his usability and good temperament. The mare Alrita, Robrita's dam, was noted for her beauty, very long mane, correctness and her ability to produce fine foals. She carries three crosses to Daniel Lambert behind her, thus giving another mixture of the Lambert and
Old Vermont lines."
"But Mrs. Bryant was not
doing anything new. For
J. C. Brunk, that master
breeder, had already been
doing this, melding Daniel
Lambert sires with Old Vermont
mares of high percent. His
mares existed before the
name Lippitt was given to
much of this family, but
they were the same breeding
as what was to become Lippitt,
and usually from the same
foundation stock. Brunk
then danced the intricate
dance of close breeding
getting results that only
a master can. From this
came Jubilee King and Paragraph.
Jubilee King became one
of the most influential
sires of the breed but sadly
very few bred on his descendants
in any sort of pure, intentional
form so that today his name
is usually just one more
lost in a pedigree."
LAURA ALGRANTI
~ NOTED MORGAN HISTORICAL
WRITER ~
CALCUTTA OF QUIETUDE
(Criterion x Dolly Ashmore)
'Take for example your Calcutta.
He is the oldest living son
of Criterion. Did you know If
you expand his 5 generation
pedigree, tracing the sire line
of all 32 horses on the right
side, as well as the sire line
of their 1st and 2d dam, which
makes 96 lines - he has 45 direct
crosses to Justin Morgan in
just 12 generations, 17 in 11
generations, and 10 in 13 generations.
That is pretty impressive!.'
~ BRENDA TIPPIN ~ Morgan Historian
and Biologist ~
QUIETUDE JUBILEE LAMBERT
(Criterion x Delilah Vermont)
'The percent of Jubilee
King in Quietude Jubilee
Lambert is 34.375%. Criterion:
Jubilee King was his grandsire,
so he has 25%. As for Delilah
Vermont, her grandsire was
Cavendish who was 50% being
by a Jubilee King son out
of a Jubilee King daughter.
Cavendish was bred to another
Jubilee King daughter to
produce Delilah's sire,
Legend of Cavenglo - so
he had 50%. Delilah's dam
Dina Vermont was by the
Jubilee King son Red Vermont,
and out of a Jubilee King
granddaughter, so Dinah
had 37.5%. That makes Delilah
43.75%. Bred to Criterion,
her son Jubilee Lambert
has 34.375% of Jubilee King
blood. Which is amazing!
~ BRENDA TIPPIN ~
