Morgan’s are intelligent, versatile and fun horses.  They are the X-men of the horse world. Originating from one American stallion called Figure. Figure was later known by the name of his first owner Justin Morgan. Why did I choose a Morgan and why they chose me?

I have loved horses for as long as I can remember. Mum said I used to crawl under the horses legs while they were grazing as a toddler. My first introduction to the Morgan horse happened quite by accident. It occurred before I was even a teenager. I was born with a reading problem, which I have since overcome by reading everything I could get my hands on. Growing up in a poor family meant story books were a rare commodity. My Mum worked as a cleaner for the local primary school. Occasionally Mum would find old broken books the librarian had thrown in the bin. Mum would bring the books home for me, it was like Christmas especially if it was a horse story!  This one evening Mum brought home a book called, “Justin Morgan Had a Horse”. The book had a plastic cover but all the pages were loose and falling out. After dinner, I lay down on my bed and started to read. I immediately fell in love with the Morgan Horse.

At Seventeen, I joined the American Morgan Horse Society.  I subscribed to their magazine “The Morgan Horse- Official Breed Journal”.  I would check the local papers and  horse magazines for any trace of Morgan horses. Years later an Australian Sires magazine had an article about Morgans but no contact details for a society. I rang the magazine who gave contact details for a stud in Orange. After a brief telephone call it was evident that I would have to keep looking. My desire to have a Morgan Horse just kept getting stronger.

A few years later the Australian Sires magazine was published with contact details of the Morgan Horse Association of Australia. This led me to meet Judi Anderson and Kiewa in May 1996. It was a foggy morning and the photos of Kiewa were amazing. He was my first experience in meeting a Morgan horse. He was everything I had expected and more.

My search continued to find a Morgan horse of my own that was 15hh or taller to suit my height. I had read in the American Morgan Horse magazine that there were Morgan’s of that height. This led me in 1999 to Jenny Bird’s place. With a sore belly from laughing and two rolls of film later, I still couldn’t find a pure Morgan 15hh or taller. I did although meet more Morgan people at the local pub over dinner and got to have my first Morgan Horse ride thanks to the Hayes family. While I am sure they don’t remember the day, it was an amazing experience for me.

Over the years, I have owned over twenty horses. I have been involved with Arabians, Quarter Horses,  Welsh Cob, Thoroughbreds, Shetlands and Warmbloods but my heart always came back to the Morgan Horse. I have competed at pony club, showing, barrel racing, endurance, eventing, and dressage.  I have worked as a horse boss at a kid’s camp and a Jillaroo on a cattle property. I have raced mini trotters and prepared thoroughbred yearlings for auction. I have breed and broken in horses and trekked on the National trial.  I have also been elected to a number of official positions on breed associations and performance horse committees.

Finally in 2006 while in Canada, I showed my husband Tim, a Morgan horse. I had explained early that my long search in Australia to find a tall Morgan horse had been in vain and that we would need to find one to import on our next trip to Canada/America.

On our return to Australia, I surfed the web onto my computer for Morgan horses in Australia. Just maybe with time heights of Morgan’s in Australia had changed! I found two Morgan Studs with reports of taller Morgans and they were both close to me, Di Howard and Wilga Park’s website. Di and I spoke several times on the phone but we could never get our schedules to meet. I also wanted an entire riding horse (mare or stallion) and the Lyons only had young stock at the time.

  Kathy and Greg Lyons organised for us to come up for a day trip in mid 2007 to see a Morgan gelding at Jane and Kim Warren’s called Red Bluff Killarney. He sounded perfect for Tim as he had just lost his riding horse. Tim fell in love with Morgans; unfortunately Killarney and Tim did not connect. Unexpectedly Maddy (Wilga Park Madagascar) and Tim did. We picked Madagascar up in March 2008 after all the equine influenza bands were lifted. While recovering from a knee injury Madagascar became my constant companion. He would allow me to brush his entire body from the balcony. He would be my guard horse should I venture out into the paddock on crutches.

The following year saw us become a two Morgan horse family, with the addition of a palomino part bred called Boomtown Texas.  In 22nd May 2009, Texas finally arrived home and riding her is always a pleasure. In 2010, we continued with the trend and added a third Morgan called  Lisianthus. Now we have a palomino, and two buckskins.

In 2013, we purchased our foundation stallion Wirraway Manhattan along with his aunty Tui’s Song of Songs. 

In 2019, we introduced dun Morgans to Australia. We have now had over ten Morgan foals and our quality of Morgan bred just keeps getting better!

In 2020, we continue to work out ways to improve our breeding and training program.

Why Morgan Horses?

Every day I am amazed at their intelligence and kindness. I love having an uncomplicated horse who  I can just get on and ride.  In whatever takes my fancy. They cost little in feeding and don't need shoeing. They bring so much joy to our lives and it is a real blessing to have found our Morgans.