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Welcome to Celtic Oaks Appaloosas!<\/strong><\/p>\n

During my years of owning horses, I was frequently asked, \u201cWhat kind of horse do YOU like?\u201d My standard answer was, \u201cI like a good horse.\u201d By that, I meant any horse that cheerfully did the job he was asked to do. That was because I was, first and foremost, a teacher, and my partners were my school horses.<\/p>\n

In the fall in 1997, that answer was amended to add \u201c \u2026 but if I am going to breed horses, I am going to breed Foundation Appaloosas!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ulrich\u2019s Monarch<\/a> was responsible for that change. He was 13 when we met and he was a major part of my life until his death in December 2004. Before that, he was a fundamental part of two Foundation Appaloosa programs. First was of Don and Mary Ulrich, his breeders, who spent nearly two decades producing leopard Foundation Appaloosas on their Wyoming ranch. Monarch was one of their reference sires when the Ulrichs dispersed their herd in the late 1980\u2019s and early 1990\u2019s. Milton and Mary Decker, of DREA Red Eagle Appaloosas in Oregon, purchased him in 1993.<\/p>\n

\u201cPapa\u201d<\/a> was an excellent example of the Foundation Appaloosa, combining the hardiness, calmness, dedication and graciousness of the Native American family\u2019s equine partner with the distinctive and recognizable Appaloosa coat pattern. He passed on these qualities in his offspring, as well.<\/p>\n

Here at Celtic Oaks, the goal was to continue to produce a high standard of Foundation Appaloosa, a horse with the beauty, movement and color to fulfill the needs of the most discriminating owner. The breeding program\u00a0has been suspended indefinitely for several reasons, not the least of which is the economy.\u00a0 Not only that, but as a responsible breeder, I don’t want to have to sell a yearling\u00a0or weanling in order to make\u00a0room for more on the way.\u00a0 If I cannot commit to feeding the ones I create, then I have no business creating them.\u00a0 Besides that,\u00a0at the moment, any foals produced would be for me to keep; since I\u00a0have just the right number of mouths to feed, the mares will have other jobs to do.<\/p>\n

I am pleased and proud to announce that Monarchs Eagle Legacy was sold to Michael Snow, of Spirithorse Appaloosas<\/a> in Burleson, Texas.\u00a0 “Jamie” will have his first foal crop on the ground in 2009.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to Celtic Oaks Appaloosas! During my years of owning horses, I was frequently asked, \u201cWhat kind of horse do YOU like?\u201d My standard answer was, \u201cI like a good horse.\u201d By that, I meant any horse that cheerfully did the job he was asked to do. That was because I was, first and foremost, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celticoaksappaloosas.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}