Breed Characteristics
"The Morgan is easily recognized by his proud carriage, upright graceful neck, and distinctive head with expressive eyes. Deep bodied and compact, the Morgan has strongly muscled quarters. The intelligence, willingness, zest for life, and good sense of the Morgan is blended with soundness of limb, athleticism, and stamina. In addition, Morgan thriftiness and longevity have made this breed a good bargain for more than 200 years - easy to love and affordable to own. The Morgan horse is free moving and calm under western tack or elegant and aristocratic ridden in English style. A tractable temperament allows the Morgan to excel when driving in single or multiple hitches. Companionable and comfortable on a quiet pleasure ride anywhere open skies beckon, working as a sensible partner in a long day of ranch work or endurance riding, waiting alert and ready to enter a show ring, or performing in formal riding disciplines, the Morgan is a versatile horse within a versatile breed. The Morgan horse agreeably adapts to his owner's life style. This first American breed can be found worldwide. Reliable, loyal, tireless, and versatile, a Morgan becomes one with people of all ages and walks of life, sharing the mutual enjoyment in every equine pastime."..AMHA
ColorsMorgans come in a wide varity of colors. The most common being Bay, Brown and Chestnut, however they also can carry the dun modifier, the dilute gene, and silver. This makes for more varity in this breeds color genetics, including dun, grullo, buckskin, palomino, cremello, perlino and smokey cream. The also come in roan, rabicano, splashed white, Frame and sabino. They do not seem to carry tobiano.
Helpful Links
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Our Morgans
Morgan Stallions
Morgan Mares *We have taken liberties with a few of our "colored" Morgans. The No white rule that was put in place in the 1960's was revoked in 1996. Even though these horses were not allowed to be registered, they were continued to be bred. Once the rule was revoked many horses that were originally banned from the registry, were given papers. This is how we have horses born prior to 1996 that are overo/sabino morgans.* |
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