When I became the principle breeding manager of WAR Morgans back in 2011, my Aunt Elaine (pedigree expert around here!) told me I needed to find WAR Justalent and bring him home! I had vague memories of this stallion, sold at age 3 in 1999, but more knew the name as I remembered my Grandmother Ruby showing me a photo of him with a row of kids lining his back sent from his new owners some years after he left Kansas. Plus his dam WAR Justina still remains the best producer of cow horses here, so already knew I would love to ride him! I did some searching and found him in Indiana with the same family he was purchased by back in 1999! He was 16 or 17 when I first made inquiries and over the course of a couple years, his current owner, Mark Holsher (son of the original buyer) and I agreed to move him back home to his birthplace. He arrived late summer 2015 at the age of 19 years. He was amazing! Having worked on a cattle ranch all his life, he was fantastic and went right to work here. He singlefooted and was the best horse to cover miles of range in a hurry- he never took his time which is a very sought after attribute for this particular rider! He was cow savvy and ever so gentle to handle. He was a perfect gentleman when riding with mixed company and was a dream to tag baby calves off of- not even minding a confused little calf running under his belly! I was impatient for his first pasture breeding season to end here in 2016 as I was that anxious to get to partner with him working cattle again, when tragically he was lost due to an apparent lightning strike very early in the season. I still miss riding him on those long pasture gathers...