{"id":45569,"date":"2025-01-22T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/?p=45569"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:37:39","slug":"morgan-horse","status":"publish","type":"horse-breed","link":"https:\/\/www.ehorses.com\/magazine\/horse-breed\/morgan-horse\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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With a history that dates back over two hundred years, the Morgan Horse is one of America\u2019s best-loved horse breeds. What makes them unique? First of all, thanks to their power, strength, and excellent conformation, these compact horses can do pretty much anything a larger horse can. Morgan Horses are also handsome, intelligent, and great all-rounders. They are strong and healthy and will tackle any work that comes their way. Morgan Horses also bond closely with humans. It\u2019s not surprising this all-American breed has so many fans across the globe.<\/strong><\/p>

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The History and Origins of a Celebrated Horse Breed<\/h2>

Thanks to a famous book by novelist and horse enthusiast Marguerite Henry, American horse lovers know that \u201cJustin Morgan had a horse.\u201d But who was Justin Morgan<\/b> and how did his horse acquire his name? Born in Massachusetts in 1747, Justin Morgan was a composer, music teacher, and farmer who lived in Vermont. In 1792, he was given a young bay stallion named Figure<\/b> in payment for a debt. Born in 1789, Figure was a small animal at just 14 hands high (56 inches\/142 cm) and weighed about 1,000 pounds (450 kg).\u00a0<\/p>

However, his reputation soon grew as a <\/span>work horse <\/b><\/span>as well as a riding and driving horse. For his size, Figure had phenomenal strength and endurance. He was a true asset to any farm. His offspring inherited his qualities, his looks, and his ability to <\/span>catch people\u2019s attention<\/b><\/span>. He certainly had charisma and also a mysterious background. Some say he had Welsh blood and others that he was descended from a Thoroughbred called True Briton.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Others believe he was descended from Canadian horses, as he came from a place close to the border between America and Canada. \u201cJustin Morgan\u2019s Horse\u201d was soon even better known than his owner. Many people wanted their mare to <\/span>breed with him<\/b><\/span>. He passed into the ownership of several farmers and breeders, only taking on his owner\u2019s name after the human Justin Morgan had died. The famous <\/span>American Morgan Horse<\/b><\/span> breed was born!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhile the suggestion that Figure had Thoroughbred or Arabian ancestry is intriguing, it remains unproven. Welsh ancestry is certainly a strong contender, given Farmer Justin Morgan\u2019s own ancestry. Dutch or Canadian ancestry is plausible, too.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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