Featuring 4 breeds: Morgan, QH, Appaloosa, and the Mustang.
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the Morgan Horse, whose underdog story is legendary
we have had many Morgans over the last thirty two years… we have had them in many open competitions as well as within the breed.
There was an earlier documentary that included my daughter (at 1:56 in the attached below) jumping her buckskin, that horse could clear jump five feet obstacles with ease. he was 15.2h
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Boy those are good looking horses Clanter and your daughter and her horse look stunning.
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all her doings, she bought the horse when she was 13 then trained him herself to a reserve nation working hunter at Morgan Nationals and she also rode him to National Championship as a NATRC distance horse…he was the National Champion Junior rider horse however since riders and horses are judge separately in NATRC she was beat by a few points so she was Reserve (another long story)
he Knew he was Good, and he would do anything for her
her later horse Socrates was her double winner… National and World Champion at the Morgan Nationals (very fittingly she had been issued number one to wear out of the over one thousand entries) …so she got two things she always wanted, a Morgan World Championship and wearing the number 1 (numbers are issued in order of when the entries are received by the show office)
We got Morgans specifically for our kids. My wife and I had worked with several breeds and knew we did not want any of those. After really thinking about what we wanted to accomplish we settled on either Connemaras or Morgans. After looking at nearly four hundred head there was one that I just told my wife we were going back to buy. That horse just had the “Look” even though it was much younger than we wanted.
I must say, the Morgan community is close, people remember my kids from the days they showed in the 1990s… are encouraging them on these days
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WOW! Is that Socrates in the last pic? He looks fab! He really grew up to be a stunning fellow.
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he was two in that photo.
Daughter has Another soon to be born foal form the same breeder bought. So the barn is being reorganized once again.
And with all the nice horses in the backyard, what do the grand kids fall in Love with…
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Those were all the old fashioned wonderful Morgans, not the skinny, flighty, flashy Morgans so many in my area are breeding. Love me a good solid broad-chested Morgan.
Anyone else annoyed by the girl on the Mustang doing the Pony Express run with her hands flying all over the place?
And dang, not usually a fan of Appaloosas, but those were some GORGEOUS horses! With tails! 
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we had a POA who was just the prettiest pony, and had a beautiful set of ears… but rocks were smarter than he was… took us about five years to get him to a point where we thought it was safe for him to be sold. He had been bred for color, which worked but for him every day was a new day as what he learned the day before had been forgotten.
(over Five Years after we sold him, daughter had one of her horses at a hunter/jumper barn to use their course for training. She had Foxie cross tied in a common area used for saddling when off in the distance a person turned the corner leading a pony… both pony and Foxie immediately knew each other nicking to one another)
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Kind of disappointed in the program. Nice enough for youngsters, but very superficial and a few eye-rolling moments. I expected more from Nature.
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I’m curious how the parties chosen to be highlighted were selected.
UVM makes sense.
But the QH, Appy, Mustang parties are not familiar, but also didn’t look like they are leaders in the breeds…
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Agree.
I agree. It’s the second time with a horse program on Nature I come away that it seemed cheesier than what I’ve come to expect.
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How can you take issue with a first nation family and Appaloosas?
I agree on the QH folks…but I really appreciated the Apps getting the right context.
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And the Mustang breaking young lady.
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I watched that with my husband and ! There was his friend Mike and his Quarter Horses! Thrilling! He is a super horseman and all around person. He ranches and does Reined Ranch Horse competitions. We have been to two and it is impressive.
Those Morgans took my breath away, seriously. Now I want to go to that stable’s Morgan Days. Anyone have info on that?
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Mike Miller’s ranch got AQHA Remuda of the Year either 2020 or 2021. So I would consider him a good rep for the breed. Especially since he shows the ranch horses in RRH too.
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Day of the Morgan & Foal Raffle open house, held this year on Saturday, October 29, 2022. The 2022 Raffle Foal has not been born yet, stay tuned for more updates!
https://www.uvm.edu/cals/morganhorsefarm/raffle-morgan-program
Our family has had Morgans for a while, we found the biggest issue is the amount of tack they can need… same horse can be a Western Pleasure, Working Hunter, Competitive Trail, driven in harness, Event, Dressage …each discipline requiring its own tack… you end up with more than most tack rooms can accommodate
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I was fortunate enough to live one town away from Whippoorwill Morgans. They also did “meet the foals” and “versatility events” every year.
It was really interesting to see their breeding program evolve over time. Early on they marketed as “family friendly”. Their stock tended to be the chunky foundation-style but also quite small - many were pony sized. Over time they started aiming for a more athletic horse and also increased the size. Their horses earned a reputation in Morgan dressage especially.
Although I am on my second Morgan, neither was from their lines! Most of their stock sold as babies and I was never interested in a horse that young for a boarding situation.
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I wish they had talked about the Lippitt Morgans. I really am glad the “park horse” look is diminishing, but it’s still there. I look at a Morgan and I think Justin Morgan got his hands on a Cheval Canadien, to be honest. They are amazing.
I think the cowboy stuff was too much, who cares how they met, yikes.
Also would have been more enjoyable to see a Cloud update (I do know he’s passed), since it was the Pryor herd and it looks like his offspring were in some shots.
I loved the mustang gal, she really was a highlight.
The Appy’s are so nice, some you can REALLY see the “quarterloosa” but frankly I do like the throwback to their baroque origins. Tail or not.
pretty amazing horses…we have had a few…one Shamrock Foxie Joy who was half Lippitt going back five generations in her pedigree… you go back 97 years
https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/shamrock+foxie+joy
we also had her half sister (same sire)
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