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 a 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. Can't forget our barn cat, Kitkat!

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

May 12 2025- Automagical (Positively's Pride x Positively Charmed) our 2024 smoky black silver gelding, is 19 months old today. He is a cousin to CDE winning Thunderous and is looking for a new home. See more pictures of him on his web page.


April 1, 2026- It is Papi's 37th birthday! No foolin'! Papi is our stallion, Positively's Pride.


March 15, 2026- Today Alysha Baxter visited us from Canada. She was on vacation with her partner, and they had been in Florida earlier in the week visiting Kate Cabot's Thunderous and trainer Kaylee Angstadt, so she got to see a product of our little breeding program in action. Alysha and I had a fun but way-too short visit. The horses were muddy and wet from the rain and of course the sun came out right as we were finished! Here's Alysha with Coral. Come back soon Alysha, and thank you so much for taking the time to stop by!

Site updated: May 12, 2026
BROOKRIDGE MORGANS
Jim and Laura Behning
75 Glass Spring Rd.
Covington, GA 30014
(770) 385-1240
Click to email us at morgans@mindspring.com