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Judy’s dream wasn’t just to own horses, but to
build a farm and share her life with her animals such that she could
enjoy all of the activities involved in horse care. As a young
single woman, it was a labor of love in that she saved enough to
purchase her horses as well as 60 acres, and to build the home that
she lives in to this day, from scratch. Judy came by the Valecho prefix by rearranging the name she initially wanted to register with the state – "EchoValley" upon finding out there were already several farms with that name.
Rosy came home to that farm, and several years later Judy was able to talk Peggy out of Vanderland Princemoro and "Itchy" as he was know joined them. Itchy came by his nickname as he loved being brushed, itched, and handled and Judy remembers him leaning into the brush such that if you moved suddenly he’d have to catch his balance. Judy remembers Itchy here...
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We all know that with our Morgans, it’s almost
impossible to stop at one or two, and so in 1967 the typey O-AT-KA
Don Moro came to join them. Judy remembers him as a Morgan that you
loved to look at as he had such a gorgeous head and eye. Of him she
said she did some breeding with him, some showing and "I had fun
with him."
Judy acquired him by way of Ellen and Dick
Stanton of Tanglewood, and during that time she would take riding
lessons at their stable. Windcrest Flair was another Morgan stallion
owned by the Stanton family and Judy’s first Valecho prefix foal was
sired by Flair and out of Rosey – Valecho Sur-E-Nuff a chestnut mare
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