Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
North America

Mittelrahmiges, practical all-purpose-horse. The small head is exactly or easily concave, has big eyes and small ears as well as a small mouth-part. The powerful neck is put on curved and high and changes to a wide, slanted shoulder. Flat instep, short, more broadly backs and powerful kidney-part. The croup is bemuskelt strongly, falls broadly and easily. Dry foundation, stable joints, good hooves, no Behang. Not especially fast, but incredibly persevering, step-sure and hard-working. Friendly Natures and big intelligence. Colors: usually brown and fox, small insignia. Size approximately 145 to 153 cm.

One can call the Morgan the eldest race under the American Reitpferden. it goes back to one single stallion, that was pulled from a proprietor by the name of Justin Morgan in 1789 and should have moved (possibly, it led also Welsh-Blut) strongly on the Godolphin Barb. it was only 140 cm big, proved as an animal unbeatable in every sense, however. As deck-stallion, it stamped its products very trusted so that one could speak of a local hit soon. it attained meaning over its sons Woodbury, Sherman and Bulrush, whose descendants u.a. Influence on the breeding of this Trotters, Saddle Horses and Tennessee Walker practiced. Is Morgan very popular as work and leisure time-horses and also becomes on shows shown.