Morgan horse

Morgan: Brown with silver dapple.

The Morgan is an American breed of horse that goes back to the stallion Figure.

Background information on the evaluation and breeding horses can be found at: exterior, interior and horse breeding.

Exterior

As a show horse, which is called the Morgan used in many areas, he has long and thick long hair. He also has a well defined withers, a broad chest and he is well muscled. Typical race is the high erection and the curved topline. Morgan Horses also be successfully introduced as driving horses.

Interior

The Morgan Horse has a balanced character, it is people oriented and easy to handle. Particularly noteworthy is its versatility that it is now considered now already 200 years.

Breeding history

The Morgan Horse goes back to the stallion Figure, who went to debt settlement to a man named Justin Morgan, 1789. The horse became known as the horse of Justin Morgan, which led to racial name. Despite strong labor input as a draft horse stallion reached a high for horses aged 32 years and was never beaten in many Zugwettbewerben and race, which he as an old horse nor denied. Because of this Unbesiegtheit he was such a sought-after stallion that his descendants could start their own race. Thus, the Morgan Horse is the only horse breed that can be traced back to only one stallion. The pedigree of Figure lists some of the Godolphin Arabian in its ranks. The headquarters of the registry and the Museum in Vermont, where the Morgan Horse undergoes a high esteem. In Europe, have already achieved a good stock Morgan Horses in England, Sweden and Germany. There are also isolated in other European countries, Morgan Horses.