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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.Lindsay All About Horses, Team Morgan was there!
On June 5-6 th, Team Morgan was participating in the Lindsay All About Horses expo which is held on the new Lindsay Fairgrounds. This was the second event and the Ontario Morgan Horse Club voted once again to support this event with their promotional booth and live horse demos.
A big thank you to Sheila McNaughton for chairing team Morgan and to Amanda McKill for setting up and taking down the beautiful new booth that the OMHC is so fortunate to have for events such as this. The big black booth with the big photos provides an inviting back drop for guests to admire. There were plenty of OMHC newsletters and sales hotlines available and plenty of Canadian Morgan Magazines and colour brochures to hand out. For the kids, we passed out CMHA Youth Activity books which are a great educational giveaway.
On Saturday, Kelly Pilgrim and her husband Dustin Hosier drove in from Beaverton with their gorgeous stallion Wintop’s Main Pepper (aka Quentin) for the Morgan demo. Kelly’s thoughts for the day “Saturday for us ended up a great day. Quentin was just a pleasure.”
Quentin & Kelly Morgan Demo on the track in front of the Grandstand 
Quentin was a great ambassador for the breed. He had quite a bit of attention in the barn with everyone walking through. He was so well behaved people couldn’t believe he was a stallion. He had kids and parents coming up and petting him all day. He really enjoyed all the attention and did two demos that day and performed great. Quentin was shown in hunt attire for his demo and participated in the Parade of Champions. This was his first time performing off the farm this year and he did the demos without a foot out of place. All in all it was a great day!
Quentin in his stall at Lindsay Horses All Expo 
On Sunday, Nancy Kavanagh and her son David from Port Perry took their 3 year old gelding Cyan Star Trinity (aka Jordan) for the Morgan demo. Sunday morning dawned cold and wet and we were unhappy about performing in the rain but we needn’t worry about it; the sun came out by noon and all was just fine. David and I put Jordan in his stall and after he settled down from the excitement, he mellowed right out and enjoyed the attention.
Jordan and David in the Show Arena for the Morgan Demo 
The demo times were re-arranged slightly due to the weather and everyone performed in the show arena before a capacity crowd which was terrific. David warmed up Jordan on the track and then bravely jogged into the arena full of people, flower pots and white rails. This was also Jordan’s first time under saddle off the farm and with only 60 days saddle work, he did an amazing job. Friends of ours stood out in the crowd and listened to the comments: “Noble, magnificent and well balanced” is what they heard!
David and Jordan
The promo booth was manned on Saturday by myself and Sherri Wilson and on Sunday, Sheila McNaughton and Sandra McGinty along with her daughter Lauren held down the fort. The traffic was decent and we are pleased to have made contact with Morgan owners/admirers that didn’t know about the club.
Sumitted by Nancy Kavanagh