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 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 Newton.

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


March 10, 2024- Kate Cabot's first show with four-year-old Thunderous (KS Bluestem The Old Guard x Coral Forest)! They were second in the Driven Dressage Training Level Test A at the Stride Schooling show at the Florida Horse Park. I am so proud of them both and huge thanks goes to their training team of Linda and Larry Poulin. When you are a small breeder, it is tough to prove your horses are what you know they are until someone like Kate comes along and proves it. We are so very grateful to you, Kate, for believing in our boy!


February 25, 2024- Nothing like a little extra assistance from an enthusiastic Morgan when you're out fixing broken fence posts! "Helpful" Stony picked up Jim's coat, grabbed the handle of the wagon and finally dumped the bucket of tools. Stony is a 2023 colt, palomino carrying the rare silver dilution and also W20, and he is available! Go to his page to learn more about him. On thing is for sure, Stony's new owner will never be bored with this clown around!


January 2024- It has been a horrible start to the New Year. Winter seems to be the time when my old animals have health issues, but generally they come along as one sick animal at a time. We lost our 13 year old dog Nellie to hemangiosarcoma on January 11. Kyrie (age 22) had an eye injury which turned into a stromal abscess, necessitating 5X daily treatment for four weeks and counting. Topaz, who is 32 this year, was down one AM and could not get up; she has an old injury to her right hind leg (this happened while off our farm back in 2008) that limits her ability to use that hock. I thought it was the end for her but with vet assistance we were able to get her up. About 10 days later she laid down in the muddiest spot in the field and was struggling to get up. Again, I thought it was the end but I had the idea to shove some hay up under her butt for traction and right before the vet rolled in she managed to get up. Now I hold my breath every time I see her lying down, but if she is on dry, grassy footing she seems able to cope. Rosie (age 30) joined the party by coming in one morning with her left hind end listing wildly to the side. I knew what it was- had this experience with Pat years ago- and testing confirmed it was EPM. She is finishing up a course of Protazil but is still not right- switching her "leaning" side back and forth over the course of days with some good "straight" days in between. And Papi choked on his feed again. He had done this almost two years ago and I've been extra careful since then to wet his feed well. It was a rough go for my almost 35 year old stallion but thankfully he is still here with us. I am exhausted and just hoping things will improve, with no losses to the oldest ones, but knowing that is probably unrealistic. Photo is of Charli, Stony and Rosie (on one of her "good" days), mid January.


October 7, 2023- On the first Saturday in October we host The Southern Model Horse Convention, a model horse show, here at our farm. "SouthCon" is now in its 35th year, and was started as a unique way to promote the Morgan breed amongst hobbyists. Entrants are able to interact with our Morgans all day. Here is our 2023 buckskin splash colt Louis (Fantabulous, KS Bluestem The Old Guard x Fantastical) with some of the show's entrants. Louis is for sale; see his web page for more info, pictures and video.

Site updated: March 10, 2024
BROOKRIDGE MORGANS
Jim and Laura Behning
75 Glass Spring Rd.
Covington, GA 30014
(770) 385-1240
Click to email us at morgans@mindspring.com

 

Learn more about the very rare silver dapple gene at the Silver Dapple Morgans Project.

 
To learn more about color in the Morgan breed, visit the Morgan Colors website.


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