RWF AFTER MY HEART 1997 Bay Mare

She was such a pretty baby and she stole our hearts, thus her name. She quickly stole the hearts of Janelle and Kay Schroeder as well, and they purchased her as a weanling for their Cadence Morgan Farm. Her sire, Tara's Cherokee, played a vital role in the success of the Ridgewood program and her dam, Charisma Command, added allure to an already impressive pedigree. We were very proud to have produced RWF After My Heart.

RWF BARTOK 2010 Bay Stallion

We welcomed 'Bryce' to the world at 5:00 PM on May 12, 2010. He is a welcome member of the Ridgewood family as he is the son of the great mare Cedar Creek Arabella, on lease from Cedar Creek Farm, and sired by Bocelli.

RWF BATIQUE 2008 Chestnut Mare

Batique is a spicy chestnut mare and so reminiscent of her really cool dam, AFF Chapel Belle. I think most people in the Morgan show world remember Libby McLemore showing Chapel Belle as a three year old under saddle so successfully. Sired by DBA Street Talk, Batique is an outstanding prospect for the show ring. We wish her new owners, Bruce and Jean Beckman, tremendous success with this remarkable filly.

RWF BAY DE NOC 1998 Bay Gelding

Bay De Noc was a beautiful foal as you can see in his photos. No surprise that he was elegant and smooth as both his parents carried the same traits. We sold him at an early age when we sold our farm in Michigan. He now resides in Cape Elizabeth, ME.

RWF BELENARDO 2009 Bay Gelding

'Spyder' is yet another of the good foals that JW Romantic Memories has given us. He has a long, flat hip and tremendous set to his shoulder. He is strong, talented and extremely bold--exactly what we like to see in our young Morgans. He is going to be a big horse and, if wishes come true, a harness horse too! Lots of talent and a very balanced and cadenced trot are this youngster's greatest attributes. He is very reminiscent of his sire, HVK Man About Town.

RWF BELISSIMA 2007 Chestnut Mare

We sold Belissima in utero. She is out of a linebred Trophy/In Command mare and is sired by the linebred Wham Bam Command stallion, Aljaks Double Whammy. We believe she is going to be an incredible brood mare one day. Take a close look at her pedigree and you'll understand why. And the frosting on the cake, so to speak, is that beautiful face!!

RWF BELLE ROUGE 2002 Bay Mare

I love this mare and while it was a tremendous sale for Ridgewood at the time, we still regret parting with her as a weanling. She is a long-necked, beautiful Harlequin daughter out of the great show mare Arboria LaBelle. I have little doubt she would have been an outstanding broodmare for Ridgewood had we kept her. She has gone on to be a winning hunter pleasure mare for her owners and we are proud of her accomplishments in that arena, too. Perhaps the day will come when she returns home. She would certainly be welcome!

RWF CASE CLOSED 2006 Chestnut Stallion

We've never sold a colt as fast as we did 'Carlos.' He was three days old. We had photos that Ken Martin had taken for us. I showed them to Debra Hurst and she said she wanted him. I said he was expensive and she wrote the check. The deal took less than five minutes. Amazing, but not as amazing as Carlos was as a baby. Unfortunately, he died much too young, so he never realized his full potential. To those that knew him, he was a special colt. His early death remains a disappointment.

RWF DEARLY BEALOVED 1991 Bay Mare

I remember the day she was born. It was in a pasture at our Michigan farm. Her dam, Bealoved, foaled earlier than we had anticipated. Jake took one look at her and said, 'it's a filly and her name is Dearly Bealoved.' She was a mare very reminiscent of her linebred Beamington pedigree. We bred her to Stonecroft Masquerade and she produced the nice mare, RWF To Have And To Hold, now owned by Debbie LaMay in Michigan.

RWF DENALI 2001 Chestnut Gelding

Denali is a really nice gelding sired by Carlyle Upper Caisse and out of the winning show mare, Merwin Caramore. He grew up to a be a reliable Classic Pleasure horse in both saddle and harness. He was started in his career by Jake Hendzel and Jerry DeSmidt, and they showed him successfully at regional shows. 'Leroy' is now owned by Joy Merbach of Hilbert, Wisconsin.

RWF DIBELLA 2001 Bay Mare

RWF DiBella is truly a wonderful mare with a linebred pedigree that should grab the attention of any astute breeder. She's is out of the lovely and refined Tara's Sable, and is sired by Cedar Creekharlequin. She's had one daughter by Aljaks Double Whammy, RWF Belissima. DiBella is owned by JSP Morgans and is currently being offered for sale. Take a look; she's a great opportunity for a foundation broodmare. As an added incentive, Bella has also had several months of professional training under saddle.

RWF DREAMGIRL 2008 Bay Mare

Dreamgirl, or 'Diva,' was a special filly from the day she was born. She loves people. Inquisitive, beautiful, safe--a weanling ambassador for the Morgan breed. She is now owned by Jim and Tracey Coombes and their son Ryan, but it seems the bond is between Diva and Ryan. We get photos now and then and appreciate that we get to share them with you here. We can't imagine finding a better home for this tractable, beautiful filly. Diva is sired by Queen's Johnny Angel and out of the good Tedwin Topic mare, Suwanee Sweet Dreams.

RWF EMOTION 2009 Dark Bay Mare

'Claire' is a beautiful daughter of the WC park stallion Man In Motion, and the black park mare Miss Somonauk. She is a stunning filly with huge eyes, an extremely long forearm, long pasterns and overall refinement that catches your eye. She is right out of the Waterford Farm mold of World Champion show horses. She has solid in-hand potential, combined with a strong, balanced trot. And--icing on the cake--she's an extremely dark bay. Circle J Yearling Futurity eligible!

RWF ENCHANTED EVENING 1997 Bay Mare

When we saw this beautiful filly at birth, her name came to us in an instant--she was enchanting! Sired by Tara's Cherokee and out of the linebred In Command mare, GVF Intimate Command, Eve is bred to breed on. We sold her as a weanling to Kay and Janelle Schroeder and she went on to be a top winning Western show mare for them. I'm anxious for the day when she starts to produce offspring of her own.

RWF ESTELLE 2009 Bay Mare

We saved this name for a very special filly and Stella is just that. She is a beautiful girl and so reminiscent of her dam, I Stand Alone. Pretty as a picture and inquisitive as a cat, Stella has been drawn to humans from the day she was born. Her big brother, Meet Joe Black, has been a good show horse and we have high hopes that Stella will be the same. She is sired by SpringMill's World Champion Pleasure Driving horse, MEM The Patriot, who we've admired in the ring.

RWF FINEST HOUR 2008 Bay Mare

RWF Finest Hour is among our very best. She is exquisitely refined and beautiful. When she trots she floats and we simply stand, watch and smile. Her sire, DBA Street Talk, is a Serenity Masterpiece son who consistently passes on his long hip and great shoulder. Her dam, Cabot French Kiss, is a daughter of Futurity French Command and was a stunning park harness mare in her younger years. The combination of these two grand horses came together in our finest work as breeders. We're very proud of this young filly.

RWF INDIGO GIRL 2008 Bay Mare

'Amy' is a daughter of our good producing mare, JW Romantic Memories, and sired by the impressive Serenity Masterpiece stallion, Mainframe. She is also a full sister to Frosted Flake, the chestnut yearling that took the NEMHS yearling futurity by storm and went on to be an impressive saddle mare. We sold Amy as a weanling, but we truly loved her hot showy attitude. When you walked through the barn, she'd put her tail over her back in her stall and blow at you. She was just a really fun filly. John Suprenaunt and Charleen McCarthy are her new owners. We can't wait to see her come out in the show ring. Until then, we'll keep begging for photos to post on the website.

RWF JULIANNA 1994 Bay Mare

Okay, there's a story here that few have been told. There was once a woman who lived in Colorado. Her name was Julia Ann Ouska and we had become friends. When Julianna was born, I gave her that name in order to lure Julie into the Morgan world in a more serious way. Alas, it worked! Julie ended up purchasing her namesake and the rest is history. I would feel more shameful in telling the story had the ending not turned out so well! Julianna was out of the Forevermore mare, Perenielle, who we had purchased from our friend Tami Johnson (pictured driving Thunderbay at left), and in fact this may have been our first introduction to Tami. Sired by Thunderbay, Julianna was line bred to Beamington. We showed her some as a yearling prior to selling her. For her day, she was a very nice filly and we understand she lives in Colorado now, not too far from our home here in Elizabeth.

RWF KRISTINA 1991 Brown Mare

Kristina has the distinction of being the first Morgan mare to carry the RWF prefix. We are as proud of her today as we were the day she was born. Sired by Irish Ebony, a Beamington son who played an important role in our program in the early years, she is out of our foundation and prized broodmare, Hylee's Justintime, who also produced Northernaire (by Rimlo Black Valiant) and Flaire De Lark (by Waseeka's Skylark) for Ridgewood. Kristina had multiple wins in the Western division and continues to show in the junior exhibitor division for North Star Stables in Minnesota.

RWF MAESTOSO 2009 Brown Stallion

His name, Maestoso, means 'majestic.' He is among our best foals and his name suits him perfectly. It was good fortune that brought him to us. His dam came to us as from Mike Mooney. She was an aged mare and she had not foaled in several years, but we took a chance and bred her to Queen's Romeo using frozen semen. She settled with a single cover and then, unfortunately, Romeo died. We are so grateful to have this high-headed and talented colt as one of his last offspring. We call him 'Alex', named after our friend, Alex Mooney. He is a very special colt and we intend to keep him a stallion.

RWF MISS MELISSA 2001 Bay Mare

I remember the year we bought Minion Flipside. We weren't shopping for a mare, but during an English Pleasure class at the Jubilee, Julie turned to me and said 'I must have her.' So we packed her up and headed for Michigan. The following year, we bred her to Carlyle Upper Caisse and the resulting filly was RWF Miss Melissa, named after our dear friend Melissa Cribley-Wahl. Miss Melissa is currently owned by Tom and Kerry Bodine.

RWF MISS SAIGON 1997 Brown Mare

Though we sold her as a youngster, Miss Saigon remains one of the favorite Morgans we've bred. She was born on our farm in Michigan when the RWF prefix was still unknown. Through the years, she has helped promote the Morgan breed, and our farm, in important ways. The photo with Phil Fountain riding her still hangs in Jay's office--a tribute to our early days in the Morgan breed. She is sired by the Noble Flaire son, HVK Noble Wind, and is out of the Black River Major daughter, Sincerely. We continue to be proud of this wonderful mare.

RWF MONEY TALKS 2008 Chestnut Gelding

RWF Money Talks is the kind of colt that comes along once in a breeder's lifetime. Sired by DBA Street Talk and out of the Bell Flaire daughter, CBMF Fire And Ice, he definitely falls into our 'top ten' list of RWF Morgans. Definitely a show gelding with World Champion show potential.

RWF NICOLE 2009 Bay Mare

Nicole is one of the most beautiful fillies we have bred. She is out of the stretchy and elegant Mainframe daughter, Intel, and sired by Tara Good's great stallion, Stand and Deliver. She comes by her talent and good looks naturally and we wish the best of luck to her new owner, Barbara Darby, in Webster, New Hampshire.

RWF NOBLE PEACE 2005 Bay Gelding

RWF Noble Peace was the first foal presented to us by his wonderful dam, HVK Noble Rose. He is sired by the World Park Saddle Champion, Centerpiece, a stallion having significant influence in our program. We sold Noble Peace to the Charles Buller family as a weanling, and he went on to win a Grand National Reserve Champion title as a yearling. We are very proud to be the breeders of this fine colt and, although he has been gelded, we look forward to seeing his get in the future via frozen semen.

RWF NOELLE 1998 Bay Mare

We call her our Millennium Mare, as Noelle was crowned World Champion Mare at the 2000 Grand National & World Championship Show. Sired by Tara's Cherokee and out of a Wham Bam Command daughter, Noelle is the Ridgewood culmination of years of studying the Tara Farm breeding program. Her pedigree is rich in the blood of Trophy and In Command. We are honored to have bred such a beautiful mare. Noelle is currently owned by Phil and Gloria Blevins, SYP Morgans. We would love to have a foal from her one day.

RWF ON DISPLAY 2008 Bay Mare

Out of one of the most beautiful Harlequin daughters to ever breathe, 'Tara' is sired by the sire of champions, Stand And Deliver. She is a big, bold, stretchy bay with a world of potential. We recently sold her to Bruce and Jean Beckman and we wish them great success with this prospect filly. We're anxious to see her mature and show.

RWF ON THE REVERSE 2008 Bay Gelding

'Ben' is a tall and beautiful gelding with a world of potential as a show horse. He is sired by the champion stallion, Ben's Rhapsody, an important stallion in the Copper Beech breeding program, and out of the talented park mare, LIV Reality Star. He is exquisitely refined with the attitude it takes to be a showring star. We sold ben to Rebekah Murray and are anxious to watch them grow together as a team. Rebekah and her family are new to the world of Morgan horses.

RWF OVER THE RAINBOW - Leased 2005 Bay Mare

'Ruby' is the 2006 World Champion Mare. She is owned by Ann Hailey's Copper Beech Morgan Farm and will eventually retire to the CBMF breeding program. Every moment of our involvement with this wonderful mare has been a joy. Ann Hailey has generiously offered Ruby to us to breed in 2011. We are excited that she will be returning to Colorado. Thanks, Ann.

RWF PAGANINI 2006 Bay Gelding

From the time he was born, we knew he was special. His dam, now deceased, was among our very best mares. His sire, Beethoven, is a known sire of athletes so 'Logan' comes by his greatness honestly. As a yearling, he was the World Champion Jr. Gelding at the Grand National and World Championship Show in October. Afterwards, he was sold to Frank and Monty Kugeler of Denver, Colorado. Watch for Logan in the Hunter division with Mary Cockriel this year and with his new owner, Monty, in the future. We're very excited to have a top contender in the Hunter Pleasure division--a first for Ridgewood.

RWF PEACEFUL WARRIOR 2007 Bay Stallion

Another astute purchase by Debra Hurst Walters, she purchased Warrior after having lost the great colt, RWF Case Closed. Warrior is sired by Centerpiece and out of the wonderful Noble Flaire daughter, HVK Noble Rose, making him a full brother to Grand National Reserve Champion RWF Noble Peace. Warrior will debut in the Three-Year Old saddle division in 2010 and is looking every inch the part of a top notch show horse.

RWF PERFECT WORLD 2008 Bay Stallion

He had to have been a special colt for us to give him this name and, from birth until now, we've never felt differently. Perry is now a big, strappin' coming two-year-old and we are excited to see him grow into his show shoes in the years ahead. He is sired by the sire of show horses, DBA Street Talk, and out of the refined and beautiful show mare, Soul Sister. Perry is owned by Ken and Joan Martin of Jackson, Michigan (Aljak Acres) and we share their enthusiasm for this up and coming stallion.

RWF RUNAWAY BRIDE 2008 Bay Mare

Runaway Bride is a cool and fun name for a cool and fun filly. 'Julia' is sired by the sire of performance horses, Beethoven, and is out of the great show mare, AFF Chapel Belle. She has a long refined neck, a long cadenced stride and we expect to see great things from her in the hunter division. Julia is owned by Shaughnessy Morris and Maretta Kennedy.

RWF SAWYER BROWN 1997 Bay Gelding

Sawyer Brown was second generation Ridgewood Farm breeding. He was sired by the typey and beautiful Triton In Command and out of our good producing mare, RWF Dearly Bealoved. A turn of events forced us to sell Sawyer before we could help him realize his potential as a show horse. We wish we had had the opportunity to show him ourselves.

RWF SONGBIRD 2008 Bay Mare

'Exotic' is the only word to describe 'Cassidy'. She is out of a Serenity Masterpiece daughter, I Stand Alone, who is also the dam of the winning show gelding Meet Joe Black. Her sire is the HVK Bell Flaire son, Hylee's Galaxy Seven, making her yet another of the Flaire/Masterpiece cross that has worked so well for us and others. Cassidy is a big, stretchy mare with perhaps the most exotic, pencil-fine neck and throat of any we have bred. She is a talented filly with a lot of size and an equal amount of show-horse attitude. This filly is going places in a very big way.

RWF SUPERSTITIOUS 2006 Bay Gelding

'Bobby' was one of six outstanding foals we had that were sired by Centerpiece. His dam is the elegant brown mare, Carlyle Decadence, now owned by Debbie LaMay in Michigan. He is also the first foal born on our Colorado farm carrying the RWF prefix. We sold Bobby as a yearling hunter prospect and anticipate seeing him in the show ring in years ahead.

RWF TINY DANCER 2007 Chestnut Mare

Tiny is a gorgeous filly that we sold to Charleen McCarthy and John Suprenaut as a weanling. She is sired by Minion Millennium and is out of the Noble Flaire daughter, HVK My Flaire Lady, making her a product of the golden cross--Flaire x Masterpiece. She has spent the last two years running in the fields of New Hampshire, but we are anxious to see her show ring debut sometime in the future. We understand she is a farm favorite.

RWF TITLETOWN 1997 Brown Gelding

Every now and then a mare comes along that sets you back on your heels. Brentwood Lady Magic was just such a mare, and set new standards of excellence both in harness and under saddle. We felt fortunate when we were able to purchase her and have her join the Ridgewood band of broodmares. She produced just one foal for us, RWF Titletown. He is sired by the incomparably beautiful Futurity First Edition, owned by Susan Overstreet and Nightmusic Morgans. Titletown has been a great show horse and has been campaigned mostly on the southeast circuit. He is a trooper through and through and we are proud to have him carry our prefix.

RWF TO HAVE AND TO HOLD 1998 Bay Mare

The shipment of semen arrived and we had two mares in heat. We called John Scheidt to see if he was okay with us inseminating two mares in hopes of getting one of them in foal. The end result was two mares, two foals, RWF To Have And To Hold and RWF Walk In The Park, both going on to be winning show horses in their own right. RWF To Have And To Hold comes from a long line of Brunk breeding including horses like Irish Ebony, Beamine, Beamington, Irish Ecstasy and Falcon's Ladylove, to name just a few. We are proud to have bred this lovely bay mare who now resides in the broodmare band for Debbie LaMay.

RWF TRES JOLIE 2006 Bay Mare

Jolie is a beautiful daughter of Futurity French Command and out of our great producing mare, JW Romantic Memories. We bought her in utero and were thrilled when she was born--as beautiful as her pedigree suggested she would be. He dam continues to be a top producer for Ridgewood and we are anxious to see foals from Jolie sometime in the future.

RWF TRIUMPHANT 1998 Chestnut Gelding

RWF Triumphant was the only foal Valiant Tony ever sired for Ridgewood, and Tony was a prized member of our Morgan family. Triumphant was out of our foundation mare, FCF Elana, making him a maternal brother to World Champion RWF Victorious. A very tall, talented and smooth colt with a world of potential. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, we were forced to sell him as a two-year old. He was in training at the time with Mark and Melissa Wahl and showed great potential as a show horse.

RWF TUSCANY 2006 Chestnut Gelding

Tuscany was an impressive colt, very reminiscent of both his sire and dam. He had a beautiful head and a perfectly laid-back shoulder, similar to both his parents. We sold Tuscany as a coming yearling to Steve and Annette Smith and, unfortunately, he was the only foal ever given to us by Sadie Hawkins before she died. Tuscany is now owned by Paul Yoder in Danville, OH.

RWF VICTORIOUS 1995 Chestnut Gelding

There is no moment of greater joy than when a horse carrying your prefix, that you have bred and have loved, steps into the coliseum in Oklahoma City and gives your farm it's first World Championship title. This outstanding gelding stepped up to take the Two Year Old World Champion Park Harness Championship title and we are extremely proud of that accomplishment. 'Vic' was sired by Duke of Wynne and was out of our great mare, FCF Elana. The thrill of that moment can still excite me today. We've bred World Champions since, but there is no thrill as exciting as the first. Thanks for the memories, Vic.

RWF WALK IN THE PARK 1998 Brown Gelding

The shipment of semen arrived and we had two mares in heat. We called John Scheidt to see if he was okay with us inseminating two mares in hopes of getting one of them in foal. The end result was two mares, two foals, RWF To Have And To Hold and RWF Walk In The Park. He was long in coming, but when he arrived, he arrived in a big way. 'Simon' went on to be a winning Jr. Exhibitor Park Saddle horse on the East Coast and now is being shown out of Peeper Ranch as a successful English Pleasure horse. We have a great time every time we see Simon show and, more often than not, we get to see his victory pass as well.

RWF WHAMERICAN BEAUTY 2008 Bay Mare

Erika is the younger maternal sister to RWF Paganini and shows the same potential as her World Champion big brother. We lost her dam shortly after she was born, so this young lady will always have a special place in our hearts. She is elegant and beautiful; you could build an entire breeding program around her pedigree. CONGRATULATIONS to Bruce and Jean Beckman on their selection of this outstanding show mare. We wish you much success.

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