MAKE WAY FOR MORGANS!
The amazing Morgan Four-In-Hand Team of "Dusty" whose registered name is Nordby Coalies Coal Dust, and "Duke" whose registered name is Nordby Coalies Duke (Full brothers by Caduceus Falcon x Coal Creek Sabra's Coalie) along with "Sam" registered as Nordby Shadow's Sam Spade, and "Rocky" aka Nordby Shadow's Rocky (Full brothers by Ortawn Captain Royal x Ribbon Shadow SRD) along with "Chief" who is registered as Meddo's Chief George (Del View Ebony x Skybeck Alouette) and "Socks" whose registered name is In-Glens' Priz Party (R A M Aries x In-Glen Special Tea) are setting a hot pace as they head into the homestretch for the World Equestrian Games.
There are six horses that rotate driving assignments so that each is in top condition for their challenging summer of top-level competition. This is an amazing picture from Bromont CAI-A Quebec, CAN on June 27, 2010. The team placed a strong 3rd out of 12 four-in-hand teams. They are currently ranked 5th out of 14 USA four-in-hand drivers and anticipate being selected to compete at Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 in Lexington, KY this October.
They will be at New England Morgan Horse Show doing demonstrations (July 29-31 during the evening sessions). They are currently the only Morgans in the running to be competing in the Games. The horses are owned by Maureen, Alan Aulson & family of Georgetown, MA, expertly driven by the master four-in-hand driver David E. Saunders of Morriston, FL with navigators Maureen Aulson and Mieke Wouters of Belgium rounding out the team.
These gorgeous and incredibly athletic Morgans have a website at www.blackprong.com/team/ and frequent updates are posted to Facebook pages: USA Morgan Driving Team and Morgans to the WEG! Hang onto your hat and check out the live action by clicking on the link below. Meet the horses, David, and the Aulsons at Northampton where they will also host a Lunch-N-Learn session about the intricacies of preparing a Four-In-Hand Team for competition.
See the team in action at http://www.youtube.com/user/miekewouters83#p/u/3/dkMXle9igvk
See them LIVE at Northampton!
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