Does anyone have Morgans?

[Timex]

my son and his Morgan mare, 5 or 6 years ago. her dam is a Brunk bred reining horse, the sire is my old jumper pony, a mishmash of Lippett/gov’t/bald Mtn lines. the mare is 12 this year, my son is 16. the breeder is a friend, and gave her to him when his old pony died. he started her himself when she was 4 and he was 8, and i dont think anyone else has ever been on her back. she’s 14.3 on her tiptoes, and he’s 6’ tall, but she’s so stocky that she still packs his butt around. we have several more morgans/crosses on the farm as well. love those little suckers.

[clanter]

our first Morgan, Shamrock Foxie Joy, was the same age as our youngest daughter the grew up together

age 3 daughter in the pink

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age four

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age five

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age six

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age sixteen

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[Hope_And_A_Prayer]

@clanter

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I am in love with this photo

[4horses]

Midlife crisis - who is your horse’s sire? He’s stunning! That mane is something else!

[MidlifeCrisis]

@4horses

Midlife crisis - who is your horse’s sire? He’s stunning! That mane is something else!

Farceur’s Fool’s Gold now deceased. He was owned by Malin Morgans and then sold to Ice Morgans of Sweden. I never had the opportunity to meet him in person. You can google him for more pictures. Very drool worthy.

[Gesaffelstein]

@Timex

my son and his Morgan mare, 5 or 6 years ago. her dam is a Brunk bred reining horse, the sire is my old jumper pony, a mishmash of Lippett/gov’t/bald Mtn lines. the mare is 12 this year, my son is 16. the breeder is a friend, and gave her to him when his old pony died. he started her himself when she was 4 and he was 8, and i dont think anyone else has ever been on her back. she’s 14.3 on her tiptoes, and he’s 6’ tall, but she’s so stocky that she still packs his butt around. we have several more morgans/crosses on the farm as well. love those little suckers.

This is great!

[clanter]

@Hope And A Prayer

I am in love with this photo

helmeted kid is our daughter on her Morgan Foxie, her two friends were school mates… there were times when our older daughter needed to pick the two younger ones up from elementary school. She was in middle school so she would saddle up her horse then pony the two others horses to the school to pick them up.

Older daughter’s horse was offered a diploma by the middle school principal since the horse was st the school so often

Here is older daughter’s horse who was at the school as a prop from an oral book report on Justin Morgan Had a Horse.

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[equinelibrium]

I don’t have a Morgan but I love all the photos and stories - thanks everyone for sharing!

[SharonA]

Clanter… tell us true, now … Do you look at the pictures of your daughter and Foxie growing up together and shed a tear or two?

[Lokinator]

Here is my Boo. She was my first horse and we’ve been together about 19 years. She’s even moved cross country and started a new life with me. She turns 27 in a month and just this past October, due to our two “working” horses being out at the wrong moment, packed out an elk in Montana back country as if she had done it her entire life.

She has taught me everything - she was not an easy horse for a green rider. I love her to pieces and really wish they didn’t get old. I’m not sure what “type” she is - but I think it’s a mix of older and newer styles. Her registered name is Full Tilt Boogie if anyone cares to peek!

I’m in a perpetual search for another Morgan. I just haven’t found the right one. So far my Arab crosses are fitting the bill…but there is always a stall open for the right Morgan. I’m going to check out the Prairie Hill site as Montana is closer to North Dakota than New England.

Last two photos are recent - one from last spring meeting our filly and one from this fall - the others were from younger days.

[Hippolyta]

@MsM

Interesting how many Morgan peeps with palominos post here! I’m old enough to remember when anything other than bay or brown (and grudgingly chestnut, preferably liver) was frowned upon and considered “nontraditional”.

BTW, when I was at UConn they had a Morgan foal born that was all black but had blue eyes! Under the rules at the time he could not be registered. They called him “Neon”!

We have a photo of that horse! My mother went to check him out with an idea to buy him. Early to mid 1970s. I was maybe 5 or 6 but I remember him. When I go home next time I will dig it out & share.

In my mind’s eye, the perfect horse will forever be a government bred Morgan (maybe with a special place for UC line). I get teary…

Another thing my mother has at home is an old trophy with a model of Mentor. I don’t remember what it was for, maybe a futurity or something. She didn’t win it, it was given to her by someone who knew she was a fan.

So you can imagine where my lifelong preferences come from…

[Hippolyta]

Some you may like this site: http://oldmorgans.blogspot.com/

[MsM]

Anyone want to analyze my Morgan’s pedigree? I believe it is a mixture of some considered “foundation” breeding with a bit of show lines. https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/bnwd+illicit+affair

[JumasMom]

I’ve had Morgans for over 30 years! My first horse was a grade Morgan that I evented as a kid. Currently I have two: an 18 year old gelding that I bought at 18months old and have competed up to Intermediare-1. He’s western working on top side, and Beamington great grandson through dam.

My second is a 22month old filly. She’s a DJJJ Ebony Gold granddaughter through sire and Flyhawk through dam. Very excited to see her develop! (Pic taken at 18months)

[quietann]

@MsM

Anyone want to analyze my Morgan’s pedigree? I believe it is a mixture of some considered “foundation” breeding with a bit of show lines. https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/bnwd+illicit+affair

You have that correct. The interesting thing is that there’s mixing of those lines throughout his pedigree. I see way more pedigrees that are show lines on top crossed with foundation on the bottom, and a lot of the “modern” bred ones don’t have any apparent Foundation lines unless you go pretty far back in the pedigree.

Cool pedigree in any case, and palomino like my mare! I love that the “colorfuls” are so much more accepted now. Maybe not so much in the breed ring, but that means more for the rest of us.