Since the days of Figure, the Morgan has been admired and sought after for their versatility, beauty, stamina and intelligence. If you thought you couldn't have a Morgan and the smooth ride of a gaited horse, we have great news! The Morgan Single-Footing Horse Association (MSFHA) is a recognized service organization of the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA). MSFHA takes the position of promoting all Morgan types and disciplines, with particular emphasis and promotion of the inherent four beat gaits found within the present registry of the Morgan breed. We are committed to research, education and promotion of these Morgan horses due to their outstanding athletic abilities. We are fully affiliated with the AMHA as a service organization and serve our members as such. You, too, can be a part of something special!

Become a member of the Msfha! Member benefits: Four newsletters per year filled with information on gait, bloodlines, training, information on clinics and great places to trail ride. Meet other gaited Morgan admirers, get tips on the care and health of your horse and lots more. Members can advertise their gaited stock FREE on the Msfha web classifieds and stallion pages! All for only $20 a year.  You may use your credit card via PayPal or mail your payment to Secretary/Treasurer Janet Hunter at address below and include your name, address, phone number, email and web site if you have one. If you have a Morgan, let us know about it!

Message from the President

Hello Everyone,

Time for the last newsletter of the year. Thanks Vali, for all your work on doing the newsletter. Its great and so are you.

For those of you haven't heard by now, the voting was announced in Sept at the annual meeting. I was re-elected as president, (big surprise as I was the only one on the ballot) Mel Frandsen is our new vice president, Janet Hunter will stay on as secretary and the changes to the by-laws were approved.

So all will know, one of the changes was that the president and vice president.can serve only 2 consecutive terms. Since this will be my 2nd term someone will need to step up to run in 2 years. Be thinking about that now.

It has been a great experience over the last few years to serve the club in different capacities and become acquainted with many of you. The highlight of the annual gathering for me has always been renewing old acquaintances and making new ones. This one was no exception. A big special thanks to Jim and Vali for hosting and to all the rest who made the effort to come. It was great. Missouri was beautiful and we had some fun rides.

It was suggested that we hold the next one in Utah, so if there are no objections we will shoot for that. Make plans now to come and attend. We will fill in more of the details as time goes but put it on your calendar and come and ride or just come. I will have some horses for those coming too far to bring horses and hope to see many of you.

I'm thinking about labor day weekend. Let me know pros and cons for you on that date as it is not set yet.

Heidi has agreed to serve as an advisor and will continue to run the website. Thanks Heidi.

One idea that came from the meeting was to use the e-letter capability from the club on a more regular basis. We may drop to only 3 news letters a year and a monthly e-letter to keep everyone up to date. Nearly all of our members have email accessibility so if you are one who doesn't, get in touch with me and we will work something out. The officers will rotate writing the e-letters so you wont have to hear from me every month.

As always we value the input from each of you so please feel free to contact me or one of the other officers. We have a monthly conference call to try and stay updated and accomplish what needs to be done, so we can discuss ideas and suggestions at those meetings. Also if any of you have a desire to help out in any capacity just please let me know. We are always looking for help.

Good luck to each of you through the winter and a big MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

 

Speedy Trails,

Ken Thomas

 

 

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