Since the breeder was also coming to the same show my daughter had her five year old entered in Dressage she had her new five month old weanling shipped to the Morgan Nationals. The show had about 1200 head attending.
She thought since he was there and could be entered into the Sport Horse In Hand class as there was not a prerequisite for qualifying for the class he was entered into the Stallion/Geldings section.
There he was a five months old in the middle of twelve other real horses who had been at shows for years.
He was not impressed by the others, he did his class without fault and they retired to the line up.
When it was announced he won the class handler daughter and my wife, the breeder and her daughter who were all there nearly fainted
He also out scored all the ten mares who were in a separate class
Being the highest scoring entry he was award the World Championship Sport Horse In Hand as a weanling. When they hung the championship ribbon on him they had to tie a knot it as it was dragging the ground
We are not sure but the may be the youngest Morgan World Champion.
He just turned one year last month and really is a good boy
(daughter also had this horse’s half brother who two years prior had also won the same World Championship, he was lost in a pasture accident as a three year old. This May was the birth of his full sister (a beautiful black filly) who has been purchased by another person who intends on showing her)
