Success Stories

Bowman Magic Touch

Cookie

Sapphire in Gold

Bridlesweet Dadelion

LVM The Real Deal

Rose Valley Reflection

Julie's Fine Kayla

Blossoms Wink and Nod

Dia H Valor

Frank

Betty

Colman

Getterdun Katbird Command

Lord Nelson

Follow A Miracle

Miss Stars N Stripes

FCM Noble Phoenix

Eva

Wick

Wonder Flight

Wonder Farm Tom

Black Knight

Finch

DCA Sealys Traveler

Bailey

Satin

FM Blaze

Timberdale Robert Royal

Kestrel

Floy

Raven

Whetstone Holly

EMK Captain

Sparky #2

Scarlett

French Kiss

Glory

CFS Stetsons Flaire

Belle Fonte Rena

Angel

Rudy

Jasmine

Roy

Sapphire in Gold

Music Rose

Amarillo

Wren

Tarron Rockette

Heron

ATM Trust In Me

Hallie

Starlit Acres Gun Smoke

Regan's Sparkie

Merlin Beloved Illusion

Jubal

Robin

SBS Junior Miss

Storm-Holly's Midnight

Regan's Sparkie

Tried-n-True Shining Star

Larue's On Time

ATMF Sonshadow

Thursday Morning Twylight

SML Enchanted Melody

RH&MJ Aprils Bob-a-Rebob

Aikane Royalwood Stardust

The Baptist

CHMH Dream Girl

Pinon Ridge Phantom

ATTHE Quickstep

Rafael

J Nuf Royalty Ruby

Village Creek's Savannah

Northdreams Freedom

EMK Captain

FMRescue Bewitched

Quietude Steeplechase

Silvershoe Nipper

Crown Legacy

BLKORCHID Dazzling Style

Jax Touch of Velvetine

RG Monarch Regency Lady

Mel T Dream Master

Honker Harmony Bay Nine

Vicky's Hadassah

Nonesuch Suddenly

Nogle's Lightning

Newby's Royal Shadow

Captain

Rose Valley Vctoriasecret

Windchasers Destiny

Mina

Harvey

Page Turner

Harper's Bazaar

Gabby

Finally Mr Alex

Morgan Hill Southern Belle

Bryce Acres Randallane

Hollybrook Peacock

Julia's Yellow Iris Sassy

ATM Trust in Me

MLF Aire Bourne

UC Holly

Blossoms

Newbys Blazing Dancer

Babes Easter Bunny Kid

Riveroak River Run

Hope Grove Now N Forever

Starlit Acres Gun Smoke

Ultras Sparticus

Rosewind Sunny Delight

Changing Times

Storm

BlackJack

Tolder

Cowgirl

Whippoorwill Gaiety

Captain's Design

Vicky's Hadassah

Ultra's Frequent Flyer

Dia Mika

HVK My Flaire Lady

WCG's Dollar

KTM Lady Victoria

Richmond's Fancy Abbey

Jo's Mariah

Cranberry

Sailor

Revenge

Rum Brook Immortal Ariel

Mr R's Diamond Hiest

Graywood's Marcus

Big Creek Cracker Jack

Reba Dawn Parade

Dia H Sandy

Samac's Last Moment

KRK Stardust

Hollybrook Golden Girl

MSB Natty Bumpo

FMRescue Forever Brilliant

Patience & Sunflower

Twice A Lady

Marigold

FMRescue Lady Mary

Jaw Jupiter's Secret

Riveroak River Run

Tried-N-Ready Melody Rose

Jellico Colors and Honors

MEMC Zane Grey

Rusty Radiance

Winter Moon Blacklight

Preferibly Tequila

FMRescue Mitsey

Alamars Trooper

Runnymede's Revision

Dia H Pixie

Avalon

JW Here I Am

SRB Courageous Rose

Miss Diamond

Minion Flipside

Royal Prince Charlie

Rocky Country Hill

Seasons Aria

Tucks Black Satin

Opal

MSV Irish Celebration

Showy Ladys Slipper

JDM Weather Watch

Aikanes Kias Memory

Bar Nothing Labrynth

HDD Imperial Royal Beauty

Sioux Brown

High Brook Bella Vita

Merlin Worth the Waite

Gradells Act One

Confetti's Tickertape

Regatts Rainbow

RG Allenda

JMF Royal Entertainment

Sonjas Simple Faith

Boxford Superwoman

Aerie Meadow Yuriel

HVK Dark Heritage

SSM Navarre Bulrush

Aikanes Prancing Prince

Keepsakes Stowaway

His adopter discovered Forever Morgans through Facebook, where she’d been casually looking around for another project horse to work with, hoping for a Morgan like the one she’d already had for several years. She came across the page for Keepsake's Stowaway and was delighted to discover that he was being fostered only a few hours away, so after a flurry of emails she drove down to meet him. She was thrilled to find out that he was even better in the flesh than she’d hoped: very cute, sweet, and flashy! She fell in love with him very quickly and before she knew it, he was hers!

Adorably nicknamed Gilligan, he now lives with her and her other Morgan at Truman State University in Missouri where he is participating in her Horse Training Techniques class. She says he is so intelligent that she is continually impressed by how quickly he learns, and how hard he tries. He's been ridden, negotiated trail obstacles, and has long-lined. Now their main focus is finding and filling in all the gaps in his training like picking up his feet, standing tied, and responding positively to stimuli. His report card reflects impressive progress!

Eventually Gilligan's owner hopes to show him, but for now they are simply enjoying each other's company, learning new things together. We hope this wonderful match of a rescued young Morgan who is getting a college education, with his loving equestrian university adopter, will inspire others to take a similar chance on another Forever Morgans horse awaiting a forever home!

FMRescue Stan

Harpers Bazaar

Immortality Iris

Bonanza and
Rosedust Forty Four Magnum

Magnum came to Whispering Oaks as "Rosedust Forty Four Magnum" in the early part of 2014 and was ridden often, especially during summer camp. Everyone loved him and nicknamed him "Napoleon" because he was so little but acted like he was king of the barn. The adoptive mom had only been riding Saddle Seat for about 3 or 4 months when she first rode Magnum, and fell in love. Not just with him and his spirited personality, but with riding in general. Though she had been enjoying riding a few different lesson horses at Whispering Oaks, she didn't feel any real connection. With her first ride on Magnum she felt like he was made for her! They were a perfect fit and she felt what she had learned up to that point finally made sense. Janice Scotto, her trainer, said that Magnum chose her - well, she certainly did chose him, too!

Their family is grateful for Forever Morgans and for foster homes like Whispering Oaks that save these beautiful horses and bring them into the lives of people that want only to love and care for them. They hope to adopt a few more in future years to come!

J-Nuf Royalty Ruby

Positively

HG Shock N Yall

Coachmans Mi-T Aria

Her local Connecticut dressage trainer mentored the process as she brought Dancer along. Dancer was willing and able to try anything asked of her, and she never bucked or did anything bad. The two formed an extremely tight bond and her owner takes great pride knowing she accomplished the majority of Dancer's training under the watchful eye of her own trainer.

Currently they ride low-level dressage, and lots of trail riding. Dancer has made it emphatically clear to her owner that she loves to trail ride! At a mature 15 hands she leaves warmbloods in her dust and shows every sign of enough confidence to go to trail solo, without any horse buddies, if asked. Her owner attributes these traits to the Morgan temperament. And upon realizing that Dancer loves being outside most of all, her owner trail rides her most days, with only occasional ring work. They recently went on a Breast Cancer Awareness ride and raised over $1200.00 for the event! They had a great time, and Dancer looked great all dolled up in pink. They went to one dressage schooling show over the summer, and plan on a few more this year. If all goes well, they will aim for a Morgan show or two. Her owner says Tiny Dancer truly is every little girl's dream.

Tiny Dancer gives her all, and is one of the sweetest horses her owner has had the pleasure of knowing. Dancer's behavior imparts the feeling that she knows she was rescued and that's perhaps why she always gives her all, showing appreciation and love for her owner. She had a rough start as a youngster, but her owner has promised Dancer that she is in her forever home and nothing will ever change that!

Rhulain

Tylers Sweet Fiddler

RG Night Heir

CHS Minuet aka Valentina's Reprieve

She is going very well under saddle, ridden by the adopter's twelve-year-old daughter. They ride English pleasure and also do some jumping. The adopter's daughter recently started cantering Val and that has gone extremely well, too.

Val is a very loving mare that enjoys being groomed -- as long as clippers are not involved! Both adoptive mother and daughter have a very special bond with Val. Val also has a wonderful work ethic, always doing what’s asked of her. Her favorite speed is anything but a walk!

RKT Nordic Foxtrim Val

Matlick View Nell

Fastrak Fransisca

Ragtime Magic Moment

The adopter and her husband are combined driving fans who love to drive. Another plus for them was that Magic appeared black. Because Magic was registered, her adopter was able to connect with the Morgan's breeder and second owner to find out she had been called "Peek A Boo" as a foal and had been sold to a mid-western farm as a yearling. She had "colorful" genes and had already produced a black and a buckskin.

Magic's adopter drove to the foster home and met a very knowledgeable horsewoman and Morgan person with whom she had a lot in common. She drove Magic and found she had speed and athleticism. She'd been backed a few times. Since Magic's adopter had trained her own Morgans, she was confident in her ability to continue Magic's training under saddle. She was aware the mare would need some finishing for carriage. Magic was cute, very typey, and unmistakably Morgan!

Magic arrived at the home of her adopter in early July 2012. They drove her a few days after she arrived. She was, in fact, speedy and handy! Saddle work took a little longer. She settled into the herd with another mare and two geldings. She was ridden lightly on trails with another horse alongside. She was a bit spooky about being mounted but got over it soon. The next summer she went on a horse camping trip to a northern Vermont state park. She made an excellent horse camper: quiet and well behaved.

Magic's adopter originally hoped to train her for combined driving and has plans to pursue this soon. In the meantime her saddle training and carriage work will continue. Her new life has been easy, sharing pasture with another mare. Magic's owner also entertains the notion of eventually driving her as part of a pair. Stay tuned. You may see "Pumpkin" at Vermont Morgan Heritage Days in the Justin Morgan Standard class!

Logan's Nite Mist Melody

RKT Nordic Daisy

Acorn Ridge Bluejay

Sun-West Orianna & ZHF Lady Liberty

Libby was so skinny they didn’t believe she could possibly be pregnant. They figured she'd been recently bred for a foal the following year. But upon free feeding her hay and giving her a large in and out space of her own so she could come and go as she pleased, Libby began to rapidly expand at her middle. She bagged up the first week of May. And so the waiting game began!

When the vet said two weeks later to keep a close eye on her and be prepared for a foal any day, her owner's vigil began. She sat outside with Libby every day, watched her eat the grass and hay, and soak up the sun. For two weeks she checked Libby every two hours throughout the night, getting up and going to the barn as her alarm clock directed.

Finally Memorial Day arrived. Libby's owner sat out all day watching her contentedly eat grass. Then she noticed a broken bucket clip that needed immediate replacement. As soon as her partner came home she said "we need to run to the store to get a new clip but we need to hurry, I don't want to leave her alone for long." Checking Libby one more time, her owner left for just 40 minutes. (Experienced breeders will know that Libby was just waiting for exactly this private time to bring her baby into the world!)

When they returned with the new bucket clip, Libby was standing quietly in her stall, and sure enough the baby was already there. The baby was named Banana, in honor of their "code word" for their rescue runs at the auctions when they wanted one "to keep" but didn't want the unspecified partner to know they were getting another horse. So "Banana," the baby, had earned her name. Her official name is ZHF Lady Liberty, the first-born foal for Zion Hill Farm.

Libby has come a long way and now teaches young students to ride walk/ trot with much patience, staying nice and easy for the kids. And, she loves Banana who is by her side every day. Banana has been started in lines and has pulled a drag but has not yet been hooked. She is very smart, willing, and also so quiet that students who walk and trot on her do just great!

Libby went to her first shows this year with a youngster and won their equitation class. Libby also did the patterns for four youth of the year students in the walk/trot division and she was quiet and responsive even in the rain! Libby's owner is so very proud of both Libby and Banana. That pride has inspired her and her best friend to save more horses, and they have indeed traveled to many auctions and have saved many more horses since this first Morgan mare arrived in their lives.

Libby's owner contacted Libby's original breeder who sent foal photos as well as updates about Libby's sire, dam and siblings. They plan to stay in touch.

WYP Alusive

APS

Kaniksu Abendigo

Merlin Beloved Illusion

Her owner had begun carriage driving and was "just browsing" the Morgan ads for a horse that both rode and drove. She found a Forever Morgan gelding of interest, but he’d already gone to Texas to a fabulous kid. She kept browsing...and wham...there was Luvy. She was smitten. Luvy reminded her of that favorite mare she'd just lost to the Rainbow Bridge. She applied right after Merlin Beloved Illusion was rescued, and got her!

Recalling that Luvy arrived at her new home around 10pm, her new owner led her to a stall with some hay, grain and water. Luvy just looked at her. The very next morning when her new owner went down to do chores, Luvy nickered at her and put her head on her new owner's shoulder. It was love, not at first night, but immediately thereafter!

With no history accompanying her, Luvy was presumed to drive because she arrived with what the farrier called expensive road shoes. Two years ago Luvy was sent to the trainer to see if she could drive, and the answer was "wow!" The trainer guessed she’d been an Amish woman's or kid's horse. The trainer gave her seal of approval to show Luvy as a driving horse.

Meanwhile, Luvy's owner has been tuning up one of her geldings who drives wonderfully, and adopted another Morgan gelding, too. She plans to drive those two geldings as a pair at shows, perhaps this year.

' So for now Luvy is "on vacation" and still greets her owner daily with lovely nickers, and hugs by putting her head on her owner’s shoulder. And if Luvy gets called when she's in the pasture, she comes running and plants her head on her owner's shoulder. They love one another dearly, another match meant to be.

The owner of Merlin's Beloved Illusion says, "I am always telling people looking for a Morgan to check out Forever Morgans first!" We agree.

Wachuset Hope

Wheatland Lacy

JAX Suite Victory

MLF Sudden Glory

Cedar Lake Velvet Jewel

Julie's Fine Kayla

Chester

Crestfield Double Joy

Tazara Cappuccino

Exeter's Allegra

Aquila's Zena

Wata Diamond Star

Little Man Cowboy (QH)

A-L Josephs Dream

Sonja of Reliance

Orca's Fantasy

Bar Nothing Halo's Duce

Steppin to the Sky

Intrigue's Black Lady

Darlin Diva

FMRescue Jessica's Light

JBS Copper Penny

Page Turner

Valley View Crystal Rose

Idlewild Derringer

Relentless Charm

Michelangelo

Rocky Illuminator

Annabelle

Eclipse

Keepsake's Stowaway

PMM Jestures Noble Rose

Gabby

Dia H Valor

Oak Grove Pretty Woman

When Julia was rescued from the kill pen, FM contacted her former owners. One of these was a kind-hearted Amish gentleman who was dismayed to hear that a beloved horse was almost sold for slaughter, and was very happy to learn that Julia was adopted by a home with young girls who adore her. He was intrigued by FM's mission and promised to tell other Amish about FM as an alternative to sending horses to the slaughter auction. True to his word, he has shared FM's information with many of his friends and neighbors. FM has now bought several horses directly from Amish in this community. This is a win-win situation for everyone involved: the owner typically gets as much money as they would from the auction, the horse is not at risk of being bought by a kill buyer or exposed to the stress and germs of an auction, FM gets more information on the horse and its history, and FM doesn't have to pay the auction or broker fees. Several adopters and former owners have even formed friendships, exchanging letters and sending photos of the horses in their new homes.

JRC Blaze of Glory

Rosedust Forty Four Magnum

April Fern

Michas Spirit Flame

Jake

Briarmead Suite Melody

Jasmine

SAMAC's The Shake

Moonshine

Maggie Mae

TE Lightening Crashes

Rio's Night Time

JMF Johnny Who

UDM Sable

RKT Nordic Wynning Lady

Festival Delight

Isaac

Derawnda Jonathon

Monaco Mexicali Rose

Quietude Steeplechase

Avalon

Starlit Acres Dorothy

TL Peaches N Kreme

Aerie Meadows Yuriel

Jenny Moro

FMRescue Twice A Lady

WB Mobile

Lyla

Black Tuxedo Commander

Scenic Aries Dusty

Vigilante

Admiral

Northdreams Freedom

Fields Creek Kelly O

Miss Manners & Forever the King

BR Darling Shadow

Billy Bob, a.k.a. The Riddlin Kid

The pair enjoys competing in eventing, where Billy Bob goes by the name The RiddlinKid. Billy Bob's foster mom was able to attend their very first competition and watched them come in third! In his first season of competition, he has come in 3rd at his first 3-phase event (with a trainer riding), 2nd at his first derby cross, 7th at his first hunter pace, and 6th at his first 3-phase with his adopter riding. He is a wonderful and brave little guy, very honest to the jumps and having a blast at competitions.

Coachmans Mi-T-Aria

Tiona's Sabetha Kathleen

Harper's Bazaar

Snowdancers Shadow Magic

Cherish

JBS Brandywine

Fancy

Valentino

Mercury

MEM Super Trooper

Renaissance Reflection

MJL Lady Hawk

SWP Happy Holly

Mint Brook Ruby Twilight

TE Tickle My Fancy

Ducky

RMW Sedona

Silk Oaks Tell Sackett

Arborwind Yabba Dabba Doo

Arabella

Bonanza

Bella

Allie

SSL Bed of Roses

DJJJ Black Diamond

Flint

Although Flint had no prior experience as a therapy horse and had signs of a hard life prior to being rescued, he blossomed in his new role. His patience and sweet nature make him one of the "go-to" horses for new riders. Flint loves the attention and takes very good care of his students!

Aikanes Pandora

Paint Rock's Sky Hawk

Master Merlyn

TTA Ima Showboat Too

Kid Hope

Springmill Aire Apparent

Universal Shine

CSH Minuet

Ragtime Magic Moment

Sun Valley Don

Forever Dakota

Layla

The Ringo Kid

CBMF Illumination

Soldier

Clovers Ebonaire

Quincy

Canabar Fancy Footwork

Cowboy

Earth Wind and Fire

Danny

WAR Adikyrie

Rock

Irish Justice

O'Leary

O'Reily

CD Paradise Bix

C Echo C Lemon Twist

Lemon Delight

Raven

Rojo

Topaz

Galahad

Honey

Merlin's Beloved Illusion