Staff Writer
 

A Delhi farm and its horses received attention last month in a national industry magazine.

Contributed photo Gideon, a stallion at Black Willow Morgans in Delhi, was included in a feature of the farm in the July issue of The Morgan Horse.

The story included a history of the farm as well as pictures of the horses there.
 

Jeff Wilson and his family breed Catskill Morgans. He said the line originated in this area in the 1960s.
 

"It’s an old bloodline, and I’ve kept it alive, kept it going," Wilson said.
 

A bloodline is the pedigree from which a horse comes. A Morgan horse is the second-known type of horse in the United States. According to the American Morgan Horse Association, the first breed, the Narragansett Pacer, no longer exists.
 

Wilson said there are 40 horses on the farm, seven of which are foals. There are six stallions, or studs.
 

There were nine foals last year, Wilson said.
 

"If (the bloodline) is going to stay alive, it needs to be recognized by other people and continued," he said Monday.
 

The farm started out by boarding horses and giving lessons, Wilson said, but has progressed into breeding the Catskill Morgans.
 

Wilson said he’s grown up around this type of horse.
 

The Catskill Morgan is more than just a pretty horse, Wilson said.
 

"It’s very beautiful, and it’s very gentle," he said. "It’s user-friendly."
 

Wilson said he took pictures of the farm for the magazine and then answered questions through e-mail about the farm.
 

"It lets the world know that this wonderful line is still out there," Wilson said.
 

Koliander said Wilson had contacted the magazine before stories and farms were selected for the July issue.
 

"We decided that it had some historical background to it," Koliander said Monday. "It would fit (in that issue)."
 

The point of the story was to show how a farm was going into the 21st century with 20th-century bloodlines, Koliander said.
 

"They do pretty much everything on their own," she said. "We try to get different varieties (of farms) into the magazine. It really runs the gamut."
 

Koliander said the magazine has a circulation of about 5,000. It’s considered prestigious for a farm to be featured in the magazine, Koliander said, because there are a number of Morgan farms.
 

Being in the magazine should give not only more exposure to the farm, Wilson said, but also to Delaware County and Delhi.
 

"This is very unique," he said. "Just because it’s local doesn’t mean it’s not worthy of some recognition."
 

The website for Wilson’s farm is http://www.blackwillowmorgans.com.