All my life I have been an avid horse lover. So when my Great Aunt Ethel Gardner
started our breeding program well over 50 years ago with her great stallion, The
Yankee (Whippoorwill Duke X Jenny Lake), Morgan horses became my way of life. I am
very blessed to be a third generation Morgan breeder and owner. I work in conjunction
with my mother Niven Owings, whose Spring Lake Farm is centrally located in Lake
Wales, FL. My Great Aunt and my mother have been some of my greatest mentors and
they have instilled a strong sense in me that the Morgan Horse should be a versatile
horse. Pick your horse for his correct conformation, intelligence, disposition and
versatility; then pick your discipline, change your discipline, use the same horse.
With the Morgan this is easy to do as they are known for their quick and flexible
minds, calm and steady way of going-
Our hopes are to produce foals that match or exceed the expectations that we have of their parents. In essence, each foal should be better than the sire and dam. This results in a classic Morgan, with a chiseled head and tippy ears, a full curvy body along with strong sturdy legs and fabulous "Morgan" feet. By carefully selecting and matching mares to stallions, we believe that is what we are accomplishing at our farms. Because of this, sometimes we only produce a few foals each year, but I think it is worth the wait.
Our foundation lines are rich in old blood, with such respected Morgans as Squire Burger, Lippitt, Flyhawk, Ulendon, Blackwood Correll, Mentor, Californio, Winterset, Jubilee King and his full sister Sentola and of course Whippoorwill Duke. We are honored to have some of the closest living relatives to Figure in our herds as a few of these horses will trace to Figure in 11 generations as many as 12 times.
At MtnTop Morgans in Brooklyn, MI we have been selectively adding few colorful Morgans that we hope will have a great influence on the foals we produce. Above and beyond, we strive to produce the "perfect foal"; if this foal also happens to be colorful, then that is wonderful too.
Visitors are always welcome at both MtnTop Morgans, Brooklyn, MI and Spring Lake Farms, Lake Wales, FL as our horses just love visitors. A call in advance is most appreciated.
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We have been having such a warm yet wet winter so far this season. That finally it was dried up a bit and stayed warm. My daughter and one year old granddaughter are here visiting and what better place for her to be than at the barn with the horses.
She just has really fallen in love with the horses which of course makes me her Nanna very pleased.
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