In 1984 my father (John Leskosky Sr.) purchased the bay Morgan stallion - JMF Northern Star from a neighboring rancher. Northern Star sired a number of part-breds for us. It wasn't until 1994 that I made the move to purebred Morgans and DM Morgans was born. To my credit, I have bred 104 Morgans.
Petanio Arr Pride (shown above and featured in our logo), a strongly line-bred Brunk and Old Government stallion purchased by myself in 1997 put DM Morgans on the international map. Besides Petanio's sporty size of 16.2hh, this gentle giant's pedigree is one rarely seen in today's Morgans. It reads like the who's who of Morgans with Stellar, Linsley, Romanesque, Jubilee King and Go Hawk (to name just a few) that appear on his registration papers.
Petanio's get can be found across North America and into Italy. We doubt there will ever be another stallion like Petanio. Owning him was a true blessing. Petanio was a sire for all reasons and will forever remain our cornerstone. A number of his daughters and granddaughters have been retained by Marana Farms.
Our first export was in 1997 with DM Hawks Flying High who was shipped to New York. We imported The American Patriot from Arkansas in 2000. Since then we have exported and imported countless numbers of Morgans.
In 2004 DM Morgans moved to its current home, the Picture Butte, Alberta dairy farm known as Woolywind - owned and operated by my husband Bernard. I can't begin to thank Bernie enough for his sincere interest, care and handling of the horses. No decision is made without Bernie's input.
2007 marked a new era for DM with the additional prefix purchase of Marana, a mother - daughter name combination. Starting in 2008, horses born will be registered with this prefix. Among the 2007 highlights was the birth of Canada's first verified dunskin filly born here - DM Aimee Farrah. We also imported the exotic and rare colors of grey and dun.
Marana Farms has made Morgan horse history with the 2010 birth of Marana Olympus, the breed's first known grey perlino!
As of June 16, 2011 we've bred 104 purebred Morgan foals since 1995. We've exported 55 Morgans since 1997 - 15 of which were expectant Mothers (all had live foals). And since 2000 we've imported 23 Morgans. We're proud of our accomplishments and look forward to adding to these numbers!
Since 2008 - 22 Morgans carry the Marana prefix with more to come.
Members of the Canadian Morgan Horse Association and Rainbow Morgan Horse Association, USA. All our Morgans are dual registered with the American Morgan Horse Association.
