Our 50 acre farm is nestled in the bluffs of the Mississippi River valley, just outside Red Wing in southeastern Minnesota. Our hilly pastures offer good natural exercise for our Morgans and good shelter from the cold Minnesota winters. Our horses are outside pretty much always as we just have a small 3 stall barn, which is reserved for foaling.

How did our love affair with the Morgan begin……

I had grown up with horses – mostly grades - and as an adult purchased my own grade mare and had a couple Arabian geldings that we trained to ride and drive. Then over 20 years ago, after having seen my first Morgan stallion at a stallion service auction, I was hooked. I purchased the breeding service and bred my grade mare; the result being a colt (pictured below) of definite Morgan type. Of course a half-Morgan was not enough for me and the search for a purebred followed. We purchased a couple Morgan mares and raised a couple nice foals, but having learned more about breed type and correct conformation, replaced these first mares with what would basically be our foundation mares – Pittridge Shonda and Coal Creek Onyx. Shonda, now at age 26, is retired, and Onyx passed on a couple years ago, but we are fortunate to have descendants of them to carry on their bloodlines. While taking our mares to be bred at Spring Hills Farm, we just happened upon our senior stallion, Spring Hills K C L, then a two year old and had the opportunity to buy him. We hadn’t planned to own a stallion, but couldn’t resist him, and he has been the perfect stallion. Though we don’t show, KC has been used for trailriding and driving, besides breeding. Over 17 years later, he has sired well over 100 foals. KC was our introduction to the “sport” bred Morgan and that is what we breed for – “sport” movement, exceptional disposition, good type and conformation. We have sold over 60 Morgans in the past 20+ years and continue to produce a few exceptional foals each year. KC, though not as potent as he used to be, is still producing foals and we look forward to future foals by his son, Kells Above R Xpectations. About ten years ago, we had clients requesting that we add another stallion so that they would have something to breed their KC daughter’s to. We purchased RC Black Tie Affair (Funquest Cafallero x Miss Prairie Queen) as a yearling and he has produced many wonderful typy foals with exceptional fun personalities. Though Morgans come in many colors these days, we have always been fond of a black horse so you will notice the majority of our Morgans are black.