While many of my trail riding friends were riding smoothly for miles, I was either posting or cantering to stay with them.

By chance, I bought a gaited Morgan.  Of course for years I denied there was such a thing but after looking at bloodlines and way of going, I decided to try one.

 This mare was Beamington and Brown Pepper lines so at least I was familiar with those famous names.  

 I have since had many inquiries about purchasing gaited Morgans.  There are not many of these to be had and certainly not here in Florida.  I bred my mare but since, sold the mare and the foal was sold before weaning.

I researched, rode and talked to many people and have settled on promoting the Missouri Fox Trotter.  I am not breeding them but am working closely with one of the most prominent and knowledgeable Fox Trotter breeders in the country, Ann Quinn of Dreamaker Farms in Niangua, Missouri.

Breed Information:

After the Louisiana Purchase, hundreds of new residents flooded south to Missouri, with rolling hillsides, forests and plentiful water.  They began breeding the Morgans Arabians, and Thoroughbreds that they had brought with the to the native stock.  The resulting horses had much of the same versatility as the Morgan but some came with an interesting broken gait that made them easy to ride.  These horses were chosen as breeding stock to promote this trademark broken gait that carries a rider comfortably even over rough terrain.

They also introduced Saddlebreds, Standardbreds and Tennessee Walking Horses and as the horses stature grew so did the distinctive gait that is now known as a fox trot. 

The fox trot is a diagonal gait in which the horse is walking in the front and trotting in the back.  The horse oversteps his front hoof prints with his hind prints, placing his back feet on the ground with a gliding action.  The fox trot will carry the horse and rider smoothly at a rate of eight to ten miles and hour.

These horses range from 14 to 16 hands and come in a variety of colors and patterns.