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 stretched 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 my 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 willing, 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 last 40 years. Many of my articles for The Morgan Horse magazine can be found here. Our Morgans are pictured in five books on equine color: 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 maintaining Morgan websites for several long time customers.

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 Newton.

Sit back and relax as you explore our website. I love to take pictures, so there is a lot to look through, over many many years. 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

August 2025- Automagical (Positively's Pride x Positively Charmed) our 2024 smoky black silver colt, is now 10 months old. He is a cousin to CDE winning Thunderous and is looking for a similar competition/breeding home. See more pictures of him on his web page.

July 2025- Thunderous (KS Bluestem The Old Guard x Coral Forest) went to his first New England Morgan Horse Show- one of the largest and most prestigious Morgan shows in the country- and came away with many wins in the carriage diving division, including The Peter Webster Memorial Trophy, won with Thunder and trainer Kaylee Angstadt's winning run in Open Progressive Obstacle Driving. Proud owner Kate Cabot, proud breeder, me!


Thunder's win ad in the September 2025 issue of THE MORGAN HORSE magazine.


May 13, 2025- Fantastical (RG Black Dandy x Coral Forest), 2005 buckskin mare owned by Sara Edmunds, recently went to a trainer to perfect her bridle work. Sara says "The trainers loved her, and they got to learn the interesting Morgan personality and busy bee that Callie is. They train quarter horses for cutting, and they were amazed at her energy with comments like 'she’d make a great endurance horse' and 'you can’t wear her out'.”


May 10, 2025- Thunderous (KS Bluestem The Old Guard x Coral Forest) continues his winning streak with first place in the GMHA Arena Trial Training Level division in Vermont. He was driven by Kaylee Angstadt for owner Kate Cabot. We are so incredibly proud of him!


April 1, 2025- It is Papi's 36th birthday! No foolin'! Papi is our stallion, Positively's Pride. I was using my cell phone today to get pictures of him because I have the shutter sound turned off on it, which is not an option with my Nikon. If he hears the shutter click he is gone. Well, he has figured out my tricks and led me on a merry chase up and down his field today, only stopping to stand still in the shade. Of course. So the full sun pictures here were stills from the video I posted earlier. You have to laugh at him, and I got my steps in for today too, so there's that!

February 2025- Thunderous (KS Bluestem The Old Guard x Coral Forest), owned by Kate Cabot, shown with Kaylee Angstadt driving at Spring Fling CDE in Florida. Most of the updates from Thunder's competitions have been videos, but this really nice picture deserved a spot on this page! We are so proud of him and hope his cousin Automagical also finds a good competition home! Photo: Pics of You

Site updated: August 21, 2025
BROOKRIDGE MORGANS
Jim and Laura Behning
75 Glass Spring Rd.
Covington, GA 30014
(770) 385-1240
Click to email us at morgans@mindspring.com