Suffolk Punch Stallion History Files Created in 2019

Colony Gordon 2317-S

Sire: Beccles Counterpart (ES8246) Dam: Colony Babs (EM27913) Foaled March 26, 1969 Bred by H. M. Prison, Imported by Ira O. Lange, Atkinson, NE in July of 1981He sired: 8 colts and 7 fillies a total of 15. From 1973 to 1988. There is a reprinted article written by Maury Telleen editor of the Draft Horse DH Journal, telling the story of selection of this horse in the U.K. at the Hollesly Bay Colony at Her Majesties Prison in Suffolk, England. Maury Telleen and Bill Hardt made the decision to buy this horse for Ira O. Lange. Although this horse doesn’t have as many offspring as Marshland Punch, who was imported the same year, he was a very influencial stallion on the modern Suffolk Punch Draft Horse through his sons who sired many foals.

Gordon's Tom Bombadil of Rohan 2513-S

Colony Gordon x Stoney Meadow Meagan Foaled 4/2/88

Gordon’s Tom Bombadil of Rohan stood 15.3 and approximately 1850 pounds. Tom Bombadil was reported to have a thick and compact build with good bone. He had a kind nature and was very laid back. He was also featured in the “Working Suffolk Stallions” article in the Autumn 1999 Draft Horse Journal, in which his owner at the time, Sam Yoder, stated that most anyone could drive this stallion. Gordon’s Tom Bombadil of Rohan sired 50 registered offspring. Several of his colts went on to be good breeding stallions themselves.

Billy of Hubbell's 2603-S Photo from "Draft Horses an Owners Manual" by Beth Valentine

Gordon’s Tom Bombadil of Rohan x Read’s Regal Ivy - Foaled 4/11/91 Deceased 2010

Billy of Hubbell’s stood 15.3 and weighed 1700 pounds. He was a working stallion. The Evia’s say he worked on the farm regularly with all their other horses while he lived at Mill Road Farm. Pat Evia tells me his is disposition and temperament were outstanding. He was very mild mannered and easy to handle. Billy had excellent barn manners. Pat says he produced very good looking offspring. Billy of Hubbell’s sired 40 registered offspring.

Garrettland's Rohan Rawhide - 2854-S

Gordon’s Tom Bombadil of Rohan’s x Garrettland’s Golden Rod Foaled 7/21/96

Garrettland’s Rohan’s Rawhide sired 39 registered offspring. Larry Newcombe of Newcombe Farm in New York purchased 6 offspring from this stallion, two of which are still his current working team. Mr. Newcombe says that Rohan’s Rawhide stood over 15 hands and approximately 1600 pounds. He was a very nice horse to be around, he ran out to pasture with the mares. He was not broke to harness but he was very easy to handle.

Brush Run Chief 2947-S

Gordon’s Tom Bombadil of Rohan x Lassie of Shady Lane - Foaled 6/8/99

Brush Run Chief stood 15.2. He was broke to saddle and harness. Caxton Christoffersen says he always produced them foals with a lot of depth and bone. Chief sired 28 registered offspring and is thought to have some unregistered offspring out there as well.

Garrettland's Gus 3185-2 Gordon’s Tom Bombadil of Rohan x Garrettland’s Tea Peony - Foaled 05/13/05

Mr. Robert Schiver’s of Serenity FARMS Suffolks which has divisions in both Louisiana and Tennessee, describes Garrettland’s Gus as “the ultimate working stallion”. Gus has willingly done every job in harness they have asked of him including plowing and logging, both single and double.He has also given wagon rides to the public during the holidays, these rides were at night touring through the Christmas lights. Gus is a dark chestnut, standing at 16.1 hands. He has sired 13 registered offspring. Gus is available to outside mares live cover. Contact Robert and Sherry Schivers.

Garrettland's Sam Bombadil 3256-S

Gordon’s Tom Bombadil of Rohan x Garrettland’s Tea Peony - Foaled 9/13/06

Sam Bombadil stands for the Gunderson Farm in Alberta, Canada. He was broke to work as youngster for chores and feeding cattle. He stands 16 hands and 1800 pounds. Sam has sired 23 registered offspring.

Marshland Punch 2417-S born 6 March 1981

Imported from the U.K. to Ontario, Canada 13 Dec 1982 by Hugh Grant out of Rowhedge Prudence EM 28026 by Marshland Ben ES8493.Marshland Punch was one of the most influencial stallions on the modern North American Suffolk Punch horses. He was owned by three folks on three corners of the continent. Ontario, Washington State and Alabama. According to the ASHA studbook he sired 43 registered offspring with many different mares throughout his breeding career. He was in Ontario for 10 years, Washington state for 5 years and Alabama until his passing. He has many, many descendents in North America today. He was a very correct moving horse and of considerable substance at maturity and a good nature. “I owned and stood for stud one of his sons, Marshall of Arcadia Canada with good results as a sire, kind, correct moving, easily trained horse, dark chestnut whole colored red.” ~ Jason Rutledge

Phelan Punch 3043-SMarshland Punch x Easton Judy - Foaled 2/14/01 Deceased 2009

Don and Pat Evia purchased Punch 11/8/01. He was purchased from Mack Gavett from Alabama. Punch sired 19 foals 10 stud colts and 9 fillies. His offspring were working horses and were well broke. He was 16.2 hands and weighed appoxamately 1800 pounds. Punch had a wonderful temperment and disposition. He was easy to handle and had great manners. Punch was not a working stallion although easily could have been. He was always pastured with all the mares on the Mill Road Farm and was a well behaved stallion. Was handled by the Evia's young grandchildren which gives you an idea of his disposition.

Marshal of Acadia Canada 2453-SMarshland Punch x South Portage Pearl - Foaled 5/8/85

This horse was bred by Dolland Collette a retired Canadian Mountie. He was imported into the U.S. by arrangement between Mr. Collette and Jason Rutledge. Marshal stood 16 hands and 1700 pounds. Jason Rutledge describes him as a kind, correct moving, easily trained horse. Marshal was well broke to harness. He was a lead horse in a four up plow gang in the Sheanandoah Valley for a couple of seasons, then he went to Kentucky were he stood stud and worked on a farm until he passed away. Marshal of Arcadia sired 20 registered foals and many grade offspring as well.

Jason says that some of Ridgewind’s best competitive pulling horses have been from the Marshal line. Chad Miano had a pair named Gem and Dan that were as stout at one time as any horses anywhere. He once won the Blue Ridge Folklife Festival and beat all teams there with them, including the heavyweights.

Booker T. Lightning - 2534-SMarshal of Acadia Canada x Southern Belle - Foaled 5/15/89

Booker T. Lightning stood 16.3 hands tall and weighed approximately 1700 pounds. He was not broke to work until his teenage years when we came to The Howe family of Wiley Wood Suffolks in Illinois. However he took to harness well and he was used in many of the Howe’s big hitches for plowing. Liza says he was an excellent breeding stallion for them, with their 6 mares producing 6 foals every year that they ran with Booker. The Howe’s kept many of his daughters to continue with their breeding program. Booker T. Lightning sired 49 registered offspring.

Acer of Shady Rock 2612-S as a two year old

Marshal of Arcadia Canada x Morganna April Foaled 2/18/92 - Gelded 2001

Acer sired many foals for Fair Winds Farm in Vermont. Jay Bailey tells me he stood 16 hands and approximately 1500 pounds. We was very well broke to work and did all the jobs on the farm alongside the mares. He plowed and cultivated the fields, raked and tedded hay, hauled firewood, and pulled many passengers for sleigh and wagon rides. Acer of Shady Rock sired 34 registered offspring.

Ridgewind Rubescent Rudra 2650-S 1993-2011

Sire 2453-S - Marshal of Arcadia Canada Dam 2704-M - Starith foaled 31 May 1993 - 2011

Rudy’s sired 16 registered offspring, 14 mares and 2 colts and many colts that were gelded and not registered and many grade offspring. He was a grandson of Marshland Punch by a Canadian Stallion, Marshal of Arcadia Canada and out of a mare that was the only surviving female out of a line from Paul Hartkopf that included Patches Starfire and Faith. Rudy was born and died in the same field here at Ridgewind. He was hand bred until 9 year old and was turned out with mares at that age about the same time he went to work full time in the woods and on the farm with our teams. He was started single and did multiple jobs before being worked beside another horse. We used a jockey stick for about two logs and took it off and just made him mind. He sired several great mares that have produced wonderful offspring. He has one surviving entire son Red Cedar of Po Boy’s farm. Rudy was about 16/2 and weighed 1780 lbs. in working shape, wore a 26 inch collar and number 5 Anvil brand draft shoe front and rear. He wa our main horse in harness and at the breeding stanchion for many years. We pulled competitively with him, winning the State Fair of Virginia crossing 9,000 pounds. We used him for weddings, parades and lots of public events. He passed his kind and tractable disposition to his descendents. He was a very attractive horse with an exceptional head and eye. He was Grand Champion Draft Stallion over all breeds at the oldest continuous horse show in America at Upperville, Va. 2004

Red Cedar of Po' Boy Farm 3474-Sby Ridgewind Rubescent Rudra 2650-S, out of Shady Rock Larith 3664-M. Cedar was bred by Jason Rutledge and Kay Gschwind and born on Chad Miano’s Po Boy’s Farm, in Nicklesville, VA.

Red Cedar is a tall horse standing over 17 hh and has worked his entire mature life so his weight is far less than what his frame could carry. He has sired one registerable colt so far with more to come this year. Red Cedar has been available live cover to outside mares, contact Chad Miano.

“Chad’s Red Cedar is probably the most conditioned, hardest worked Suffolk Punch Stallion in the world today.” ~ Jason Rutledge

Kingland Royal 2716-S

Elmodam Prince x Wingfield Kathryn - Foaled 5/29/90

One of the influential stallions to stand at B Bar. Royal was a big horse standing at 17 hands and weighing 2250 pounds. He was imported to the U.S. from England by Mr. John Blethen of Winthrop, WA. Royal was not broke to work. Royal sired 37 registered offspring.

B Bar Matrix 3163-S

Kingsland Royal x B Bar Crystal - Foaled 5/14/04 (deceased)

Matrix was standing stud with the Siwella program in Alberta, Canada when he passed away. They say he was a well mannered, easy to handle stallion. He sired 14 registered offspring.

Siwella Zeus - 3440-S

B Bar Matrix x Siwella Lucy’s Trixie - Foaled 4/16/12

Siwella Zeus is currently standing for the Diamond M Ranch in Alberta. He stands 16.3 and weighs just under a ton. Owner Matt Monds says Zeus is very athletic and well broke to harness driving nicely on both sides of the pole. He has currently sired 7 registered offspring as well as some cross bred foals. Diamond M Bandero is now at Ridgewiind Farm in Virginia. Zeus is not available to outside mares at this time.

Ironside Dogwood 2330-S

Cruiser x Ironside Ivy Foaled 4/10/74 - Deceased 1998

Ironside Dogwood stood 15.1 and 1575 pounds. Dogwood was a true working stallion, doing many jobs around the farm. Jason Rutledge says he was “broke the best” and Mari Malyski Lintin-Leedy describes him as a “gentleman in all things”. Dogwood was even handled by novice drivers at work horse clinics put on by Walden Ridge Farm. Dogwood was the Grand Champion working horse at the Blue Ridge Draft Horse and Mule Show in the mid 90’s. Ironside Dogwood sired 46 registered foals.

Elson’s Elm Flat Duke 2564-S Sire: Ironside Dogwood 2330-S Dam: The Greenwood’s Cassie 2725-M

Duke was foaled on 5/19/90 and passed away in 2010. Owned by Kathy Noble in Oregon for 7 of his years, he was a very good natured stallion. Liver chestnut in color, he stood at 16 hands and weighed around 1600 pounds. He was trained to work in harness and sired 25 foals, including Cotton, listed below.

Cotton 3038-S

Elson’s Elm Flat Duke x Pardonell Angel - Foaled 5/1/01

Cotton is one of the stallions standing for Don and Chris Gunderson in Alberta. He stands 15.2 and 1600 pounds. Cotton was used extensively for sleigh rides and as a logging horse when he was owned by Don Ellngson. Cotton has sired 11 registered offspring.

Cumberland's Ezra 2561-S

Ironside Dogwood x Reads’s Royal Suzanna - Foaled 3/26/90

Cumberland’s Ezra was one of the stallions who stood at the B Bar Ranch in Montana. The breeding program was managed by Mr. Don Yerian, and in it’s prime was one of the largest herds of Suffolk Punch horses in the United States. Ezra stood at 15.1 hands and weighed about 1650 pounds. He was broke to drive. He sired 59 registered offspring.

Apple Tree Archie 3337-SPatch-Work Jeremiah x Lake Farmpark Ironside Mary - Foaled 8/1/08

Don and Pat Evia purchased Archie 9/12/09 from Jerry Jensen in Michigan. Archie sired 23 foals 12 stud colts and 11 fillies. Archie was a working horse who worked on an Amish farm and was broke to all types of equipment. Archie was a great working horse who would work with any other horse. The types of work he completed was logging, plowing, discing, planting, haying, spreading manure, and harvesting. Archie had a great disposition and temperment and was able to be handled by all. He had great manners and enjoyed being around people. Archie was 16.3 hands and weighed approxmately 1800 pounds. He was sold 9/19/16 and now lives in Tennessee.

Eyke Sovereign 3396-S

Euston Bobby Dazzler x Dam Eyke Opal foaled 5/1/09

Imported from U.K. to U.S. in 2010, to Ridgewind Farm, 8014 Bear Ridge Rd. SE, Copper Hill, Va. 24079. He’s sired 25 registered offspring and 2 grade fillies, 14 colts, 13 fillies. He has 14 grand foals by his sons, 8 fillies, 6 colts. His get are spread widely throughout North America with 2 sons, in Alberta, Canada, 2 sons in New York state, one in Ohio, one in North Carolina, one in Missouri, one in Vermont and one grandson in Maine, daughters in Louisana, Kentucky and Virginia. We recorded 9 mares serviced by Eyke Sovereign for 2019, ASHA Stallion Breeding Report. Eyke is green broke to work single and ride. He will spend time in the collar this coming year and go in a team with a well trained mare to start his working career. He is 17/1, weighs well over a ton, wears a 29 inch collar and number 6 Anvil Brand draft shoe. He was pinned Grand Champion Stallion at the North American Suffolk Punch Spectacular as groomed, turned out and shown by Jadene Maloy and Sam Maloy. He’s a good natured horse, kind and responsive to positive handling, he moves perfectly, is wide and deep bodied, whole colored bright Chestnut. Eyke is available to live cover for select outside mares. He has been collected and shipped for A.I. Fresh Chilled semen but that effort was unsuccessful in settling mares and we currently have no facilities regionally for the practice of Artifical Insemination.

Ridgewind Aethling John 3471-S photo by Jennifer Nidy

Born June 13th, 2013 - Eyke Sovereign x Ridgewind Rubescent Ruby

John has spent the last four years with the Beeler family in TN. He has sired 7 foals total, 5 for the Beeler’s and his 8th is due any day now. John has been worked single and in pair, to wagon, buggy, and log arch, and has even been ridden under saddle around the farm. His quiet temperament shines through when he is handled by the Beeler’s young daughters. He placed 2nd in the junior handler class at the first ever North American Suffolk Spectacular with their 13 year old daughter on the line. He was also awarded “Best Foot” at this event as well. John has been used in pasture and hand breeding and done well at both. He recently has made the move to North Carolina, inquiry’s about Ridgewind Aethling John can be made to Clifford Cox. Ridgewind Aethling John is the horse on the banner for this page.

Ridgewind Aethling Donald 3463-S

Eyke Sovereign x Ridgewind Rubra ENT - Foaled 3/23/13

Donald is currently standing at Reber Rock Farm in New York State. John Hammond described Donald as 15.2, correct, lowdown, thick and wide. Donald is broke to work and currently has sired 12 registered offspring. Inquires about Ridgewind Aethling Donald can be made to Chad Vogel.

IFR Aethling Spyked Punch 3515-S

Eyke Sovereign ES9035 3396-S, out of Patchwork Isabelle 3237-M Foaled 20 March 2015

Spyke spent his early years on our small farm in Florida and recently we relocated to Southern Missouri. He had a very successful showing at the 2018 North American Suffolk Punch Spectacular, bringing home the title of Reserve Champion Stallion as a three year old. Spyke is maturing into a substantial stallion, currently standing over 16 hands and weighing approx. 1800 pounds. 2019 will bring time in harness for Spyke with training under saddle to follow. He will also begin his first breeding season. We have a small Mare band that we will expose Spyke to, as well as offering breeding services to small amount of outside mares. We will have the ability to collect and ship both cooled and frozen semen as well as live cover breeding. Inquiries about IFR Aethling Spyked Punch can be made to Matt and Cindy Holland-Malnory.

Ironside Jack 2293-SJunaiata’s Lee x Oakleaf Dee Dee - Foaled 4/10/69 - Deceased 1992

Ironside Jack was an incredibly well traveled stallion, he had owners from California to Maine and several states in between. An interesting piece of his travels is while in Maine he was owned by well known poet, Kate Barnes, of the historic Chimney Farm. A place with significant literary connections, as Kate’s parents were also award winning writers. Jack was reported to be a good looking horse, standing over 16 hands and weighing approximately 1950 pounds. Jason Rutledge described him as very well balanced, with good bone, and large black eyes. Jack sired 33 registered offspring. There is no recollection that he was every broke to work. Mr. Rodney Read does know that at some point he was shown in halter and won reserve champion, at the Western Idaho state fair. Mark Christman, of a representative of Poulin Grain, told me that 30 years ago he was invited by Parker Sanborn, a well known breeder of Percheron horses and Jersey cows at the time to go see a horse with “the best front end he had ever seen.” The horse Parker took Mark to see was Ironside Jack. - Leah Haney

Crossroads Tolly 2483-S

Ironside Jack x Campbell’s Suzanne - Foaled 4/3/86 - Deceased 1998

Tolly stood for the Cornish and Garrettland breeding programs. He stood 16 hands tall and was well broke to harness Sam Yoder speaks highly of Tolly and his talent as a workhorse. Crossroad’s Tolly sired 24 registered foals

Cumberland's Jango 2858-S

Cumberland’s Durango x Read’s Royal Suzanna - Foaled 7/17/97

Cumberland’s Jango stood 15/2 hands and 1600 pounds. Those who knew him speak in incredibly high regard of his temperament. Ashley Taylor Chaffin speaks of how as a kid she used to climb the fence and hang all over him, and he was happy to stand there and soak up the attention from a young girl. Mari Malyski Lintin-Leedy says he would walk down the fence line and follow her daughter to the bus stop in the morning and walk down to meet her when she got off the bus in the afternoon. Jason Rutledge says Jango would work where ever you needed him. He pulled logs as a single and pair, and could be used for pleasure driving. Cumberland’s Jango sired one registered offspring.

3533-S - Jango's Brightwood - foaled 17 June 2015 Out of Molly of Brightwood 3653-M, by Cumberland’s Jango 2858-S,

Co-owned by Stanley Selby and Mari Leedy of Crossville, Tn. Foaled June 17th, 2015. Woody has been started in harness and light driving and will begin his breeding career this spring. I suspect he will finish out the same size as his Sire at 16 hands and about 1700 lbs. He is still filling up his adjustable 23-24-25” collar. He is easy going and eager to please and we are open to various collection methods . Woody is unavailable to outside mares at this time.

Sendholme Red Rufus 2999-S

Happy Valley Juggler x Sendholme Amaranth Gem - Foaled 4/3/99

Rufus was imported in 2000 by Ken and Martha Laing of Orchard Hill Farm, Ontario, Canada. Rufus was broke to work single and double and expected to do any and all farm and forestry work alongside the mares. He was used by the farms apprentices and in the farms draft horse workshops training people to drive. Rufus stood 16 hands, had an 84 inch girth, and wore a 24 inch collar. Sendholme Red Rufus sired 25 registered offspring.

Orchard Hill Red Blaze 3203-S

Sendholme Red Rufus x Orchard-Hill Arabella - Foaled 5/23/05

Orchard Hill Red Blaze was born at Ken Langs farm in Ontario Canada May of 2005. As a yearling he went to Lachine MI. He moved to Indian Mound Farm in Nelsonville OH in 2016.He has sired 26 registered foal and 2 with registration still pending. Red is well broke to harness and has pulled a carriage for a wedding, logged and plowed both single and double. He enjoys spending his time turned out in the field with his ladies and foals and is a great babysitter to the young ones. Red stands 16.1 and approx. 1700 pounds, a very kind and willing stallion. Only live cover breeding available at this time. Please contact Chris Pidcock with any questions.

Orchard Hill Red Ernest 3209-S

Sendholme Red Rufus x Orchard-Hill Gena - Foaled 8/27/05

Orchard Hill Red Ernest stands for Garrettland’s Suffolks in Maryland. He stands 17 hands weighs 2120 pounds. Mr. Yoder says he’s a easy going horse who was trained to work at 11 years old. He is well broke to harness and is used in a pair for many jobs around the farm. Ernest has sired 28 registered offspring. Orchard Hill Red Ernest is available to outside mares, live cover, with a live foal guarantee. Contact Sam Yoder: 240-321-6157, leave a message if he doesn’t answer, he’ll call you back.

Ernest's Red Maurice 3467-S

Orchard Hill Red Ernest x Chief’s Red Rose - Foaled 3/30/13

Ernest’s Red Maurice aka “Red” is the herd sire for Wiley Woods Suffolk, in Illinois. Red stands 16+ hands and weighs in at approximately 1500 pounds, deep red chestnut in color.

Red is green broke to drive, he was attended the ASHA meeting in Darlington WI. he plowed that year on the 2-bottom plow with my mares. he went to the 2017 Whiteside Co Fair and won Grand Champion Stallion that year! Red is a pasture breeder, he is not trained for hand breeding. I am willing to breed outside mares. He has 5 registered foals and 4 more with registration pending. We recorded 9 mares on the breeding report for the 2019 foal crop. Inquiries about Ernest Red Maurice can be made to Liza Howe.

Ernest's Anhizer Busch GCS 3487-SOrchard Hill Red Ernest x Sage HVF - Foaled 5/15/14

Ernest’s Anhizer Busch GCS aka “Andy” is owned by Mark DeKorne of Michigan. Andy stands 16.1 and is well broke to work, he can do any job needed on the farm alongside the mares. Often he works in a three abreast hitch. Andy is pastured out with the mares and shows no aggressive behavior. Andy has sired 3 registered offspring. One of those offspring is now residing in Australia. Mr. Dekorne is open is making Andy available to outside mares.

Siwella Xavier 3383-S

Red Rock Vincent x Siwella Pet’s Lacy - Foaled 6/17/10

Siwella Xavier (3383-S) hails from Alberta, Canada. He was born on June 17, 2010. As a seven year old, he was imported into the states by way of Michigan and that is where we purchased him in 2017.

Xavier, now eight years old, resides with the Flanagan family on a small scale organic farm located in Saxapahaw, North Carolina. Xavier (we call him X-man) stands 16hh and weighs 1700 pounds. His get are scattered across the states and Canada. He has sired 7 registered foals and another soon to be added to the registry. His son, Duke, is currently the herd sire for the Christofferson family in Michigan. A daughter, Hidden Creek Saddie, is living and working with the Laing family in Ontario. He is also sire to Valan's Aelfred The Great (Handsome Hank) who lives with the Handleys in Ontario where he has been featured on the cover of Horse Canada magazine.

Xavier is the main power source on our organic produce farm. He will work single or double. He has fed out hay through a Canadian winter. Here, he has done logging and been worked to most all farm equipment. His temperament is what we most value in him. Docile and easy going coupled with a mighty work ethic. We are open to outside mares and have covered mares both in pasture and in hand. Inquiries about Siwella Xavier can be made to Tema Patrick Flanagan.

Valan's Aelfred The Great - 3563-S

Siwella Xavier x Valan’s Lady Elizabeth - Foaled 7/31/16

Valan’s Aelfred The Great aka “Hank” currently stands at 16.1 hands tall and growing. He begins his working and breeding career in 2019 for Boyd and Christina Handley in Ontario, Canada. Christina says that Hank has taken to harness training with a very ho hum attitude and they expect him to be a very good working horse. Hank will be used to cover the Handley’s three mares. He is not available to outside mares at this time.

Cornish King Arthur 3137-S

Yole Arthur x Owl Hoot Lady Jane - Foaled 6/13/03

Arthur is from a Canadian bred mare and an imported English stallion. He stands 16 hands tall and approximately 1650 pounds. Arthur has an easy going temperament and spends his summers turned out to pasture with the mares. Arthur has sired 44 foals with 29 of them being fillies.

Cornish King Herod 3542-S

Cornish King Arthur x Mill Road Mattie Foaled 5/11/16

Herod currently grazes in the pastures of Danville, VT, with a herd of belgian/percheron cross mares. His owner Timothy Hodges says he has a great disposition and will begin training in harness this summer as a three year old. He currently stands 15.2 hands tall. Three crossbred foals are expected from Herod for 2019. Mr. Hodges is open to making Herod available to outside mares for live cover.

Maple Hill's Rocky

Red Rock Seamus x Anne’s Golden Princess - Foaled 6/21/96

Rocky is 15 years old - stands 15.2 - approx. 1800 pounds.Rocky was foaled in Ohio, where he he was broke to harness and worked the fields for approx. two years. He was then purchased by a farm in Missouri who turned him out with their mare herd, and his main job was pasture breeding for about ten years. He has sired 8 registered foals.

He was purchased by Shirla Williams of Kansas in 2017. Shirla plans to use Rocky for purebred Suffolks and sport pony crosses. Maple Hill’s Rocky has four crossbreds and one grade suffolk foal expected for 2019. Rocky is not available to outside mares at this time.

Red Prairie Star - 3523-S

Maple Hill’s Rocky x Molly May - Foaled 1/9/15

Red Prairie Star is owned by Iron M Draft Horses in Iowa. Star stands 16 hands tall is well broke to drive. He has been used for plowing, spreading manure, and wagon rides. To date Star has sired 7 crossbred draft foals. His owners are in the market for Suffolk mares to produce purebreds as well. They are open to making Red Prairie Star available to outside mares. Contact Jennifer Moore if interested.

Cornish Rock - 3246-S

Red Rock Seamus x Cornish July Dew - Foaled 7/4/06

Cornish Rock stands 15.2 and weighs approximately 1550 pounds. Rock is a personable horse and enjoys attention from visitors to the farm. He spends his summers turned out with the mares. Cornish Rock has sired 28 registered foals.

Cornish Red Moses 3493-S

Cornish Rock x Cornish Cider Brandy Foaled 6/17/14

Cornish Red Moses works daily on an amish farm. His working skills include,logging, planting, plowing, discing, haying, cultivating, and all other farm equipment. He is an easy stallion to handle. His disposition and temperament are outstanding. He has wonderful barn manners. He is a proven breeder, though he has no registered offspring as of yet. He stands at stud for Don and Pat Evia in New York and they are open to discussing his availability to outside mares.

Read's Regal Cedric 2461-SHaddiscoe Counterpart x Read’s Vicky

Foaled 5/5/86 - Deceased 2004

Read’s Regal Cedric stood for Mr. Bill Skog in Wisconsin for many years. Mr. Ken Laing says that Cedric had an excellent temperament and was well broke to work. He stood 16.2, weighed approximately 2040 pounds, and had a 93 inch girth. Cedric sired 42 registered offspring.

Red Rock Jethro Tull 2727-SRead’s Regal Cedric x Armstead Mountain Violet

Foaled 6/19/95 - Deceased 2007

Jethro Tull was bred by Mr. Bill Skog and purchased by Ken and Martha Laing as a yearling. Mr. Laing says Jethro was well broke to work and had an excellent temperament. He sired 12 registered offspring.

Battlemeade Geordie 2661-S

Ruby R Judson x Ironside Nora - Foaled 5/15/92 - Deceased 2009

Battlemeade Geordie spent his entire breeding career in Alberta, Canada. He stood 16.1 and sired 13 registered offspring.

Siwella Reuben 3196-S

Battlemeade Geordie x Miz-Kit - Foaled 5/4/05 - Deceased 2011

Reuben was bred by Art and Laurie Lewis of Alberta but spent his breeding career in Ontario. He stood 17 hands tall. Reuben sired 9 registered offspring.

Orchard Hill Wendell 3394-S

Siwella Reuben x Orchard Hill Gwen Foaled 7/19/11

Orchard Hill Wendell stands 16.3 and approximately 1800 pounds. He has sired 2 registered offspring and two unregistered. Wendell is truly one of a kind. His kind temperament and willingness makes him a pleasure to be around. He was bred & raised by Orchard Hill Farm, owned by Ken and Martha Laing in Ontario, Canada. Who say he was named after the famous writer Wendell Berry. He resided with them until he was 3 years old.

Sadly, Wendell's sire, Siwella Reuben, passed away at 6 years of age. With this being said Wendell does not have any full siblings. The only half sibling stallion known resides in Ontario but it is unknown if he is standing at stud or even still a stallion.

Wendell is now owned by Mitch and Alli Eakin of Bent Mountain, VA. He will be available to a limited number of outside mares through artificial insemination.

Owl Hoot Dewey - 2490-S on the off side.Fashfire x Victory’s Elizabeth’s Babe - Foaled 6/12/87

Owl Hoot Dewey stood 15.2 and approximately 1550 pounds. Dewy was well broke to work and was used on the farm by both Mr. John Hammond and Mr. Sam Yoder. Dewey stood for the Cornish, Garrettland, and Forest Spring breeding programs. Owl Hoot Dewy sired 42 registered offspring.

Colony Commodore 2643-SColony Windsor x Kingsland Bridie - Foaled 2/20/90 Deceased 2003

Commodore was imported Don and Cathy Baxter along with 2 English mares Colony Camelia and Easton Judy. He was a big stallion at 17hh and to my knowledge never broke to work. He produced 12 registered offspring. Information provided by Mr. Ken Laing.

Piney Woods Deacon 2618 -SRidgewind Red Andy x Read’s Regal April Foaled 5/6/92 Deceased.

Piney Woods Deacon stool 15.2 and approximately 1600 pounds. He was reported to be darker red than this late summer photo. Clifford Cox describes him as sharp and very cleanly made. Deacon was well broke to harness and was featured in Maureen Ash’s article “Working Suffolk Stallions” in the autumn 1999 Draft Horse Journal. In the article Steven Barclay told of how Deacon and his teammate at the time would walk along the outside row of corn starting and stopping on voice command alone, while he hand picked corn two rows away. Piney Woods Deacon sired 39 registered offspring.

Centaur's Diamond 2698-SSir William of Little Deer Creek x Winyards Crocus

Foaled 7/22/94 (Gelded 2002)

Rich Purdy and Maureen Ash purchased Centaur’s Diamond as a weanling Bruce Reiniger in Oregon. Maureen says that his temperament was his star quality, he was easy to train and easy to work with. He worked hard on their Wisconsin farm, it did not matter if he was hitched with mares or geldings. He plowed, planted potatoes, mowed hay, hilled potatoes, raked hay, tedded hay, dug potatoes, dragged pasture, got dressed up and pulled a sled for a wedding. Diamond was even the breaking horse for several of his offspring over the years. He stands about 16.2 and approximately 1800 pounds.

Seven Hills Max 2814-S

Sunnyview’s Robin x Read’s Majestic Mary Foaled 5/29/97 Deceased 2015

Seven Hill's Max stood 16.3 hands and weighed 2000 pounds, he was broke to work. The owners of Trueman Farm in Saskatchewan, where he stood at stud, tell me that he had a beautiful temperament, quiet and easy to work with. Max sired 31 registered offspring.