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USEF Honors Three Morgan Women
The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) recently
honored three women from the Morgan community. Their honor
was announced at the USEF Pegasus Awards Dinner, which took
place on Friday, January 16, in Lexington, Kentucky, during the
2015 USEF Annual Meeting.
Ellen Di Bella was the recipient of the Walter B. Devereux
Sportsmanship Award. This annual award, given in memory of
Walter Bourchier Devereux III, is presented to the horseman or
horsewoman who personifies the ideals of the current sportsman’s
charter through commitment and dedication to the sport.
Out of the Archives
Anyone whose Morgan has Wawayanda Watch Out in its
pedigree also has this horse in the pedigree as Sealect of
Windcrest is the great grandsire of Watch Out.
This photo from the January/February 1960 issue of The
Morgan Horse magazine shows Sealect of Windcrest as
the Reserve Champion Stallion from the 1959 Mid Atlantic
Show.
Mary Woolverton received the Pegasus Medal of Honor. This
annual award recognizes individuals who have exhibited
outstanding service to horses and the sport, and who, through
their dedication, have attracted people to the sport and contributed
to horse sport by advancing its popularity.
Longtime Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse
Show® manager, the late Fern Bittner, received the Honor Roll
of Distinguished Officials Award. This is awarded to retired
USEF licensed horse show officials who had outstanding and
influential careers officiating at competitions both large and
small, and whose officiating standards helped improve the
quality of show ring competition. Fern was also the recipient
of the annual Richard E. McDevitt Award of Merit, named for
the President of AHSA, awarded posthumously for meritorious
service to equestrian sport.
Sealect of Windcrest (Pecos x Janee), brown stallion owned by
Voorhis Farms, Red Rock, NY.
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I found this lovely photo of a young Mary Woolverton in The Morgan
Horse magazine of April 1963. The caption reads: “Prince of Pride
(AMHR 11621 – PHBA 16905) Palomino Morgan Stallion. Winner of
the Open Palomino Stake Class at the 1963 Denver National Western
Stock Show. Prince placed in 6 out of 7 classes. Prince was shown at the
National Morgan Horse Show in Northampton last summer. Owned by
Mary Woolverton, Littleton, Colorado.” There are also many photos in
TMHs of the 1960s of the pair showjumping which they did successfully
as well as dressage, trail, costume, harness, western pleasure and regular
saddle classes. Newer members of MHAA might not be aware of the
contribution Mary made to the Association in its formative days, helping
guide our early steps.
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