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Progeny of
WHAT IS A LIPPITT MORGAN
In 1910, Fullerton Phillips, a wealthy Pennsylvania gentleman, traveled to Vermont with a dream of raising Morgan Horses. He discovered that the horses he was finding were rangier than his Morgan ideal. They were bred for speed in harness and had been crossed with other breeds. Therefore, these Morgans lacked the versatility, stamina, and overall beauty that he had come to admire and associate with the type and characteristics of the Morgan breed.
Phillips began his search for the older bloodlines and found his ideal.
Phillips died in 1927. His precious herd was dispersed after 17 years of careful breeding.
A man named Robert Lippitt Knight was a man who had a special love for old and rare breeds. He chose two stallions and four mares from the Phillips Estate, and brought them to his Green Mountain stock farm in Randolph, Vermont. Later he added a few more mares to his herd. Most of the other Morgan owners were breeding their stock to horses of other breeds and trying to stay competitive with the changing wants and needs of the show ring as well as saleability, fashion and trends. Knight had no worries about such things. He had his own mission and had no concerns for what others wanted or needed. His mind was on the conservation of the original bloodlines.
When Knight died in 1962, the culmination of a lifetime of breeding was dispersed at auction.
In 1971, a small group of people who were dedicated to these special and rare horses gave the name Lippitt Morgan to these horses in thanks to Robert Lippitt Knights contribution.
The Lippitt is a distinct horse that has no recent outcrosses to other breeds, resulting in the highest percentage of the original blood available today. Therefore, Lippitts also possess more of the original type and qualities of their founder, FIGURE, otherwise known as Justin Morgan.