About Us
Welcome to High Desert Morgans
Our Morgans are raised in the high plains of Northwest Colorado. We love our Morgans, and strive to raise and deliver the highest quality horses possible. We invite you to experience the High Desert Morgan difference.
Joel & Danyel Tuck
Owners, High Desert Morgans
High Desert Morgans is nestled in the mountainous, high desert landscape of Northwest Colorado
6,000-feet above sea level
Pristine mountains and high desert views
4 beautiful seasons
Our
Horses
Are:
Registered with the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA)
Foundation mares with bloodline records dating as far back as the 1890s
Versatile - our morgans enjoy living in a 4-season climate
Sure-footed - our location offers a unique landscape, resulting in a more sure-footed horse
Halterbroke - broke to lead and/or broke to ride
History of the Morgan
Morgans served many roles in 19th-century American history, being used as coach horses and for harness racing, as general riding animals, and as cavalry horses during the American Civil War on both sides of the conflict. Morgans have influenced other major American breeds, including the American Quarter Horse, Tennessee Walking Horse and the Standardbred.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, they were exported to other countries, including England, where a Morgan stallion influenced the breeding of the Hackney horse. In 1907, the US Department of Agriculture established the US Morgan Horse Farm near Middlebury, Vermont for the purpose of perpetuating and improving the Morgan breed; the farm was later transferred to the University of Vermont.The first breed registry was established in 1909, and since then many organizations in the US, Europe and Oceania have developed. There were estimated to be over 175,000 Morgan horses worldwide in 2005.
The Morgan is a compact, refined breed, generally bay, black or chestnut in color, although they come in many colors, including several variations of pinto. Used in both English and Western disciplines, the breed is known for its versatility.
About the Breed
The beauty of the Morgan horse lifts the heart. The breed exists solely because they please people. It's their heritage.
The Morgan is easily recognized by his proud carriage, upright graceful neck, blended with soundness of limb, athleticism, and stamina. In addition, Morgan thriftiness and longevity have made this breed a good bargain for more than 200 years—easy to love and affordable to own.
Companionable and comfortable on a quiet pleasure ride anywhere open skies beckon, working as a sensible partner in a long day of ranch work or endurance riding, waiting alert and ready to enter a show ring, or performing in formal riding disciplines, the Morgan is a versatile horse within a versatile breed. The Morgan horse agreeably adapts to his owner's lifestyle. This first American breed can be found worldwide.
Reliable, loyal, tireless, and versatile, a Morgan becomes one with people with of all ages and walks of life and shares the mutual enjoyment in every equine pastime.