The Morgan Horse can be called the first true American horse breed, the Pride and Product of America, providing transport for the first settlers of the USA. Morgan Horses were used for the cavalry and made up most of the nations regiments in the Civil War. Later they were widely used throughout the USA history for ranching, plowing, pulling carts, driving, racing, and pleasure riding.

A breeding program was established in 1905 by the US Department of Agriculture for Morgan Horses to retaining the traditional Morgan qualities while increasing in size. Today, Morgan Horses can be found in all states and in more than 20 countries. The classic Morgan families include the Lippit Morgan, the Brunk, and the Western Working Family.

Morgan Horses possess many wonderful characteristics that makes this breed great for beginners and children: courage, strength, intelligence, agility, speed, zest for life, a want to please, a pleasing gait, grace, and beauty. They are easy to train, reliable, loyal, tireless, versatile, and like to be with people. They mature slower than other breeds (at the age of 3 or 4 years), live longer and adapt readily to the owner's lifestyle.

The Morgan horse is perfect in various styles of riding. It is free moving and calm under western tack, elegant in English style, excels when driving in single or multiple hitches, comfortable to ride on a quiet pleasure outing or on an endurance ride and can also be a sensible partner in ranch work. It is also able to enter a show ring and perform in formal riding disciplines.

This breed comprises a large number of entries at Combined Driving and Carriage events. Morgans are good 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. Morgan Horses are gentle for riding lessons and can be used as therapeutic riding horses.

Morgans are light sport horses who remain unchanged in the past three centuries. Morgan Horses come in the colors of bay, black, sorrel, gray, palomino, cream, dun, buckskin, chocolate, and chestnut with white, cream, gray or black mane and tail.

One can easily recognize Morgan Horses by their proud carriage, upright graceful neck, and distinctive elegant head with expressive prominent eyes, firm fine lips, large nostrils, and well-rounded jowls. The ears of a purebred Morgan Horse are short and shapely, wide set, and carried alertly. Morgan Horses are also known for their strong excellent bone and hoof quality.

Average Life Span: 30-45 years.
Average Height: 14.2-15.2 hands.