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Originally Posted by oldE
...instead of being a compact, typey Morgan, he grew to over 16 hands. He doesn't have a mean bone in his body, but 1200 lbs going the wrong way can cause problems for you.
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That is a BIG Morgan.
We bred them for trail and showing at certain levels...all based on their personality, which you know well.
When I was chasing the baseball dream, I worked two winters as a swing groom at the Thoroughbred training track in Aiken, SC...which still has a vibrant winter training facility. In those days every groom had three horses and my job was to take their "string" on the groom's day off.
I would always talk to the groom that had the string I was working the next day...the better bred stakes horses were the most aggressive and it was important to know where they were in the training cycle. The horses just off a "breeze" were tired. Those getting ready to "breeze" were amped like Van Halen.
I never got kicked...the closest I came was a "cow kicker" that barely missed me.
This was in the mid seventies and I can still see it.
Mend well!