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Brookridge Morgans began as a
childhood dream of mine. Like many young girls, I collected model
horses; one of my first was the Breyer black Morgan, a gift from my grandmother. Involvement
in the model horse hobby eventually led to the real thing- first
with a friend's Morgans, and later with the purchase of the Morgan
mare Reminiscing in 1984.
The Brookridge ideal is the Morgan of classic "old type". This curvy,
full-bodied, pretty headed, unmistakably Morgan
horse is reflected in my
artwork and
equine sculpture and, hopefully, in the Morgans that I breed. I appreciate the older Morgan bloodlines of all families.
My training philosophy uses positive
reinforcement, which results in horses with incredibly willing and
cheerful attitudes. The Brookridge Morgans live the majority of
their time outside, as
nature intended, barefoot and in the company of
the herd.
I am deeply involved with colorful Morgans and enjoy
researching and writing about breeding programs and bloodlines related to the various colors
present in our breed. My articles currently appear in our breed journal,
The Morgan Horse
magazine. Older articles appeared in Simply Morgan,
Classic Morgan Admirers, the Rainbow Morgan Horse Association
Newsletter, Just About Horses, and many other equine publications over the years.
Many of my articles for The Morgan Horse magazine can be found here. Our
Morgans are pictured in many books on equine color, including Sponenberg's EQUINE COLOR GENETICS, Lesli Kathman's THE EQUINE TAPESTRY, Jeannette Gower's HORSE COLOR EXPLAINED,
Vera Kurskaya's HORSE COLOR EXPLORED and the textbook THE HORSE
(Evans et al).
I maintain two educational websites about color in the Morgan breed: Morgan Colors and
the
Silver Dapple
Morgans Project. I edited the
Rainbow Morgan Horse
Association newsletter from 1996-2016, and also served as editor of the Georgia Morgan Horse Club newsletter.
I am semi retired equine artist who sculpts and paints as well as
creating eye-catching equine advertising and website design.
My very handy husband Jim built most of our farm himself, including our lovely
barn. Our extended family includes
the new owners of
horses we've owned and/or bred and our canine companion
Nellie.
Sit back and relax as you explore our website. I love to take pictures, so there is a lot to
look through.
Even better, come see our Morgans in person.
We welcome your visit, and so will the horses. Give us a call or
email today! -Laura Behning
BROOKRIDGE NEWS
April 14, 2023- Fantastical (Callie) has foaled a big buckskin splash
colt by the black splash stallion KS
Bluestem The Old Guard! "Louis" is 100% Foundation and is
available; email me if you are interested. You can see more pictures and info about him on his page here.
(photo: Kate Hornick)
March 2023- Coming three year old
gelding Thunderous (KS Bluestem The Old Guard x Coral Forest) has
been in training with Larry Poulin in Florida since October of 2021.
Larry is probably best known for his partnership with the Morgan
stallion Kennebec Count and his son Kennebec Russell, as they were
the 1985, 1986 and 1988 National Pairs CDE Champions. Thunder's
owner Kate Cabot has visited him twice at Larry's place in Florida this spring and got to drive
him for the first time!
Thank you Larry Poulin for the careful training you are giving
Thunder, and to Kate Cabot for your leap of faith in purchasing our
boy in 2020 when he was just a few weeks old. We are so excited for
Thunder's future!

October 2, 2022- While it is always bittersweet to see a youngster you've
lovingly raised leave the farm,
it makes the transition so much easier when you know they're going to capable hands. So when Jennifer Poulin-Novaria expressed
an early interest in our Leelee, I knew it would be a great new home for her- Jen already has Leelee's half sister Conjured (Ariel),
and loves her. So it is also a great honor that Jen wanted
another from my little breeding program. I hemmed and hawed about parting with Leelee for the better part of a year; meanwhile Jen
waited patiently for me to decide. In the end, with foals hopefully on the way for 2023 and stall/pasture space limited, I asked Jen
if she was still interested, and that was that. This morning Jen, her brother Bill and Bill's daughter Morgan arrived. Leelee got her
first ever trailer loading lesson which took about two hours- letting her self-load, on and off, on and off, until she was completely at ease with the process. And finally we closed the trailer doors on a very calm Leelee. Off she headed, not even a whinny from her or the other horses, which I was glad about as that is always heart wrenching.
THANK YOU Jen - I look forward to future adventures with you, Leelee and Ari!
Site updated: May 4, 2023
BROOKRIDGE MORGANS
Jim and Laura Behning
75 Glass Spring Rd.
Covington, GA 30014
(770) 385-1240
Click to email us at morgans@mindspring.com
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