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WHY DO WE PROMOTE THE MORGAN HORSE?
The beauty of the Morgan horse lifts the heart. The breed exists solely because it pleases people. It is their heritage.
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.
Today, Morgans can be found in all of Canada and the US and in more than 20 foreign countries. Individuals generally range from 14.1 to 15.2 hands, with exceptions under and over that. Colors allowed within the breed include bay, black, brown, chestnut, gray, palomino, creme, dun and buckskin.
The Morgan has remained a stylish mount with conformation that lends itself well to a vast range of disciplines. Morgan versatility is widely recognized. The breed's soundness, power, agility and stamina make it the choice of many driving enthusiasts. Morgans comprise a large number of entries at Combined Driving and Carriage events. Morgans also excel in many other disciplines, including Park Saddle and Harness, English and Classic Pleasure Saddle and Driving, Western, Hunter, Jumper, Eventing, Dressage, Reining, Cutting, Endurance and Competitive Trail. They are gentle enough for lessons, 4-H and Pony Club involvement, and due to their steady, comfortable gaits, are in great demand as therapeutic riding horses. Morgans are equally well known for their loving, kind dispositions. Those who buy a Morgan often say they have not only purchased a horse, but have welcomed a new family member.The Equine Foundation of Canada
Charity Trail Ride
submitted by Laurel Gould
The Equine Foundation Trail Ride held on the Aug.22/23 weekend was a great success. It was held at Black Oak Stables in Orono, Ontario which is a private Morgan horse farm nestled out in the woods on the boundary of Clarington and Kawartha Lakes. It is also conveniently located 10 minutes by horseback from the newly formed East Cross Forest under the management of Kawartha Lake Conservation. The forest just recently opened one trail to the public after a two year regeneration period of the huge tract of land which was donated to them by many local landowners. With special permission our group was allowed to access a trail from the end of the forest on our side which then connected us to the open trail and proved to be the highlight of our ride! The outriders were allowed to go in on the Friday to become familiar with the trail and then take the group of 25 riders in on the Saturday. It was so picturesque from the highest point of the trail and the footing was perfect for horses!
The ride was sponsored by the Ontario Morgan Horse Club and the Just-in-tario Youth group to raise money for the Equine Foundation of Canada which is a registered charity that every year grants money to Provinces on a rotating basis for education and equipment for Veterinary Schools, clubs and people.
Black Oak Stable owners John and Laurel hosted the weekend of fun and non stop activities. While the weather looked menacing at times and the rains came down 5 km up the road, the weather stayed perfect where the riders and horses played all weekend.
The Silent Auction Table
Saturday started out with donuts and coffee compliments of the local Tim Horton’s. The local Lions Club kept the BBQ going before and after the 25 riders went out on the trails. After the ride the ice cream truck came and handed out free cones for an hour and the days prizes were awarded. Marie Lazenby of Whitby brought in the most sponsor money winning a prize and various rider prizes were awarded that had been donated from all the local feed and tack stores. There was a treasure hunt for the kids which was set up to identify and turn in tree leaves and flowers and naturally found objects. The exception to that was the treat hanging up in the trees that a riddle hinted for them to find.
Enjoying the Ride
After an hour of down time it was off to the campfire for spider dogs and s’mores. The laughter and stories went on until quite late (or in a few cases early)
Sunday started out again with coffee and donuts and thirteen riders went out in one group and toured along the E 108 snowmobile trail and then spent some time on a lovely private property filled with trails. Due to all the rain this summer there was a lot of puddles and some waist high brambles here and there but all the horses did fine.
Sherri Wilson's Campsite
The riders came back to a complimentary lunch and received some more prizes,
There were apples, carrots, horse treats and more for the taking! The final event of the day was the awarding of the Equine Foundation cooler which was won by Wayne Gerry of Bradford. Everyone then packed up to head home. There were about 50 people over the weekend and one person came from as far away as New York!
All the volunteers did an amazing job of gathering prizes and sponsorships and the local businesses were generous. A grand total of $1750.00 was raised for the EFC !!
It was a great weekend for all!