From: krystek@alcor.bms.com (Stanley Krystek)
Subject: Re: Favorite Breed
Organization: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Macromolecular Modeling
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:34:21 GMT


I have a favorite brred as well, it is the MORGAN.  I was introduced to 
this wonderful breed by my wife who owned a morgan/QH mix most of her
life.  This horse (Foxy Lady) has the head and neck of a Moragn and the 
Quaterhorse tail end and chest.  She is broader than most Morgans.  Her
face is very expressionable and it is easy to fall in love with her. I never
thought I would get caught up in the horse business, but these magnificient
animals are hard to ignore.  We now have a 7 year old Morgan (recently 
gelded), so he was a stud until last January, his name is Jupiter.  We 
can now keep him with the mare and our old pony (Blondie) who is 33, a 
welsh/Belgin mix.  Jupiter has the classic details of the old style Morgans,
proud head and neck, muscular body ('cause he was a stallion for 7 years he
developed quite well) and strong legs.  We are training Jupiter to trail ride
using Foxy Lady as the example, I can ride Foxy (who is 22) almost everywhere
and thru everything, and over most things, she is not jumping at her age.
What better example can Jupiter have the an old expert on trail rides.  We also
hope to get Jupiter trained for driving (as we own carts and sleighs - but it never
snows much anymore).  That is why I love morgans they are versitile and yet
compact of stature, both Jupiter and Foxy Lady are 15.1 or 15.2.

For the other Morgan fans out there, the Vermont State Morgan farm in Middlebury
is an excellant place to go for a day, and there is now a museum dedicated
to the Morgan Horse near the Horse farm and a new Morgan Horse Institute which
is in part running the museum and also is working to promote the breed in 
conjunction with the American Morgan Horse Assn.  The museum and new Institute
are looking for contributions (money or info about the history of Morgans etc..).

There is also a Morgan at residence at the Kentucky Horse park in the section
that contains the Breed varieties.  I highly recomend a trip the the that park
for those who love all breeds od horses and if you time it right you can go for 
specific breed shows in the summer or for events.  There is an excellant campground 
as part of the park as well.

I wrote too much, sorry....

stan
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