THE QUIETUDE LAMBERT BREEDING PROGRAM

JUBILEE KING

JUBILEE'S COURAGE

CRITERION

COURAGE OF QUIETUDE

QUIETUDE COCK OF THE ROCK


DANIEL LAMBERT

THE QUIETUDE LAMBERT BREEDING PROGRAM

JUBILEE'S COURAGE & HIS SON CRITERION
Written by Brenda Tippin / Morgan Historian

''The historic family of Daniel Lambert is among the oldest and most respected of the Morgan breed... Thanks to a few breeders who diligently had preserved it throughout the years..this great family is once again making a comeback.'

"Of all the remaining branches of the Lambert family alive today, this, is by far the largest concentration of pure Lambert blood close up in the pedigree, due to the diligent concern of Susan and Shannon Hanley in preserving this family at their Quietude Stud.

Criterion was the Jubilee's Courage son with whom Frances Bryant chose to continue her breeding program, and the Hanleys purchased him when she was dispersing her herd. Susan and Shannon have skillfully tailored their breeding program to achieve exactly those qualities they felt were most important to them as breeders through careful infusions of high-percentage Woodbury blood upon the concentrated Lambert blood through the great Criterion and then breeding closely among his children and grandchildren. Criterion,
one of the greatest recent examples of the type of old Justin, passed away in 1995 at the grand age ofthirty-four.

Criterion was the Jubilee's Courage son with whom Frances Bryant chose to continue her breeding program, and the Hanleys purchased him when she was dispersing her herd. Susan and Shannon have skillfully tailored their breeding program to achieve exactly those qualities they felt were most important to them as breeders through careful infusions of high-percentage Woodbury blood upon the concentrated Lambert blood through the great Criterion and then breeding closely among his children and grandchildren. Criterion, one of the greatest recent examples of the type of old Justin, passed away in 1995 at the grand age of thirty-four.

The unique Quietude herd contains practically no non-Morgan blood beyond that from horses registered in Volume I. Exceptions to this rule are very few and always weighed carefully. The result is a classically old style Morgan any old-time Vermont breeder would be proud to own, with all the deep-bodied muscular type of Justin, and the Lambert color, style, and beauty, with an astounding natural athletic ability.

The Hanley's dedicated interest and beautiful videos have won many new aspiring Lambert breeders, many also adopting the clean-blooded Quietude standard. Most are small breeders hoping to produce a few clean-blooded Lamberts in addition to crossing the Lambert blood."
THE SECRETS OF CLOSE BREEDING AT QUIETUDE
OR WHY THEY ARE CLEAN-BLOODED
BRENDA TIPPIN / GENETICIST
I have a lot of ongoing research for the very excellent CLEAN-BLOODED Lambert program. Maybe some people do believe the breeding was too close,but each breeder is entitled to their own preferred methods and theories on what they believe will work best for the lines they are using. Having some background also in marketing, I can only be deeply impressed by the accomplishments of the Quietude program in producing some 303 horses in 36 years, and maintaining many, many satisfied customers during that time allacross the US, Canada, even Europe. That is no small accomplishment, and quite frankly, if the quality is not there, I know enough about marketing to understand that would never happen. Close breeding does sometimes work very well; I can think of many other instances of historical breeders who have usedit very successfully, and its my opinion that the Quietude program falls in that category.
Some were offended by Quietude's use of the term "clean-blooded", feeling that it implied Morgans of other bloodlines were somehow inferior. That was never the intent, the term was only adopted for their own use to maintain their focus their breeding goals on the Lambert family as presented through the type andlikeness of Criterion. He was their ideal Morgan and they wished to reproduceand preserve his type and individual traits as far as it was possible to do. In that they have succeeded to a remarkable degree, and in the process have preserved a family of rare old bloodlines that otherwise would have been lost.In my opinion, they deserve a lot of credit for that. I have heard some attemptto criticize their stock by describing all manner of undesireable traits thatsimply are not there - and its interesting to note that those critics have never made an effort to personally visit the Lamberts of Quietude or review their videos in recent years,i f, in fact, they ever looked at them at all. The Quietude program has thrived, in spite of their critics, and the stories I've heard from many who love those horses and their very real accomplishments in many areas would fill abook. I've been enjoying reviewing both recent and old video of Quietude horses as part of my research. Rarely does one have the opportunity to so closely study several generations of the same family and individual expression passed down through many different sons and daughters.
HOW CLEAN-BLOODED LAMBERTS DIFFERS FROM LIPPITTS AND OTHER FOUNDTION MORGANS
Susan and Shannon developed the definition of a clean blooded Lambert in an effort to define their own direction in breeding and to give guidance and historical information to future breeders. The Lamberts are a family of horses, because they trace through common ancestors to one horse, Daniel Lambert,regardless of who the individual human breeders were involved, and his blood appears numerous times in their pedigrees. The Lippitts are the only other clean family in the Morgan breed, for the exact same reason, only their family traces back to Woodbury. The Lippitt name , unfortunately, was taken to honor the breeder, Robert Lippitt Knight, who was most involved in producing and moving forward the family, and I agree with Susan' s long time assertion that the family should have had a name that desginates their actual family origins and commonality, and not their breeder. But too late, Lippitt it is.

The term clean blooded refers to the fact that neither family has ANY 20th century outcrosses to saddlebred, thoroughbred, etc. 		Both the Lippitts and the Lamberts have common ancestors that predate Daniel Lambert and all the foundation horses of the Lippitts.The two families have been woven back and forth over the years. Without a "club" however, the Lambert family, which was being carefully continued by the Brunks, then by Frances Bryant, fell into obscurity, until the Hanely's bought Criterion and Susan began doing research. That research uncovered what a treasure they actually had and they have single handedly resurrected the family. There have been others along the way who began programs, such as Eve Oakley, but unfortunately, they didn't understand or possibly appreciate the need to promote the Lamberts as a family instead of just their own individual breeding program.

 As an aside, the Foundation Morgan group and the Cornerstone Morgan group use a different definition for their foundation horses. They allow outcrossing up to 1930 (so that Bennington may be included) and they allow the offspring of Ladelle, who had outcrossed foals after 1930. Obviously, since the Lambert and Lippitt families have no 20th century outcrossing, they qualify as foundation horses.
 
Many, many Morgans have Daniel Lambert in the pedigrees. ANY Morgan with Jubilee King in their pedigree will have some Daniel Lambert, as Jubilee King's great great great grandsire was Daniel Lambert.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/jubilee+king
  LAMBERT BREEDER DAWN WAGSTAFF OH

In order for a Lambert horse to be considered clean blooded for breeding guidance, the sire must be a clean blooded Lambert, and the dam must be either a Lippitt as defined by the Lippitt club (no 20th century outcrossing), or a Woodbury, which is a horse whose dam was a clean blooded Lambert mated to a Lippitt stallion. (the sire line is then Lippitt instead of Lambert, which makes the foal a 1/2 lippitt for purposes of the Lippitt club because of the Lambert dam, not a clean blooded Lambert because the sire line is not Lambert).
 
Susan came up with the Woodbury term because these horses, of which there are few living today, were not being kept track of, despite the fact that they had no 20th century saddlebred, and were being lost to the breed.Small Town Ellie Ash was an example of a Woodbury mare. She had a Lambert dam-Small Town Sallie Ash, and a Lippitt sire-Marvelous Ideal. When I bred her to a clean blooded  Lambert stallion, Quietude Kingdom of the Sun, she produced a clean blooded Lambert filly. Had I bred her to a Lippitt stallion, she would have produce another Woodbury, as the Lippitt club would not recognize the foal as a Lippitt due to the Lambert family in the dam.
 
So,the short of it is that for the foal to be a clean blooded Lambert, the dam must be either a full  Lippitt, or a clean blooded Lambert,
and the sire must be a clean blooded Lambert.
AND ONCE MORE FROM BRENDA TIPPIN
BRENDA TIPPIN / GENETICIST

I do still have a lot of ongoing research for the very excellent cb Lambert program. Maybe some people do believe the breeding was too close,but each breeder is entitled to their own preferred methods and theories on what they believe will work best for the lines they are using. Having some background also in marketing, I can only be deeply impressed by the accomplishments of the Quietude program in producing some 303 horses in 34years, and maintaining many, many satisfied customers during that time allacross the US, Canada, even Europe and New Zeland. That is no small accomplishment, and quite frankly, if the quality is not there, I know enough about marketing tounderstand that would never happen. Close breeding does sometimes work very well; I can think of many other instances of historical breeders who have used
it very successfully, and its my opinion that the Quietude program falls in thatcategory.		 Some were offended by Quietude's use of the term "clean-blooded", feeling thatit implied Morgans of other bloodlines were somehow inferior. That was neverthe intent, the term was only adopted for their own use to maintain their focustheir breeding goals on the Lambert family as presented through the type and likeness of Criterion. He was their ideal Morgan and they wished to reproduce and preserve his type and individual traits as far as it was possible to do. In that they have succeeded to a remarkable degree, and in the process have preserved a family of rare old bloodlines that otherwise would have been lost. In my opinion, they deserve a lot of credit for that. I have heard some attemptto criticize their stock by describing all manner of undesireable traits thatsimply are not there - and its interesting to note that those critics have nevermade an effort to personally visit the Lamberts of Quietude or review theirvideos in recent years,f, in fact, they ever looked at them at all. The Quietude program has
thrived, in spite of their critics, and the stories I've heard from many wholove those horses and their very real accomplishments in many areas would fill abook. I've been enjoying reviewing both recent and old video of Quietude horsesas part of my research. Rarely does one have the opportunity to so closelystudy several generations of the same family and individual expression passeddown through
many different sons and daughters.