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Take
a look at this eye-opening report and graph compiled
by Mike Arnold.
Foundation
Qualified Morgans by Decade
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Mares
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Stallions
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Geldings
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Decade
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Reg.
Morgans
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Found. Qualified
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%
Found. Qualified
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Reg.
Morgans
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Found. Qualified
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%
Found. Qualified
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Reg. Morgans
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Found.
Qualified
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%
Found.
Qualified
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Reg.
Morgans
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Found.
Qualified
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%
Found.
Qualified
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1930-1940
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1503
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1487
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98.9%
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864
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853
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98.7%
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569
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565
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99.3%
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70
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69
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98.6%
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1940-1950
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4555
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4412
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96.8%
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2390
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2317
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96.9%
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1744
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1701
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97.5%
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421
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394
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93.6%
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1950-1960
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5329
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4970
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93.2%
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2900
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2703
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93.2%
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1365
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1282
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93.9%
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1064
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985
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92.6%
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1960-1970
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16711
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13860
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82.9%
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8500
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7084
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83.3%
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3315
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2732
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82.4%
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4896
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4044
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82.6%
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1970-1980
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34578
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19932
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57.6%
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17726
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10362
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58.5%
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6532
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3854
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59.0%
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10320
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5716
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55.4%
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1980-1990
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43680
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13179
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30.1%
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22628
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6939
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30.7%
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8287
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2826
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34.1%
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12765
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3414
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26.7%
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1990-2000
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31987
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5194
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16.20%
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16427
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2700
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16.4%
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6916
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1318
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19.1%
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8644
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1176
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13.6%
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2000-2010
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8029
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1016
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12.60%
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4146
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522
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12.6%
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3086
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405
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13.1%
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797
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89
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11.2%
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"Notice
the decline in the numbers of Registered Morgans
in the 1930's. This was due to the Great Depression
and Dust Bowl, when many horses were not registered,
starved to death, and it was the end of the horse
and buggy
days. When the numbers went up, right after WW2, it was mostly very much due
to the increase in numbers being raised in the west, popularity as a fancy pleasure
horse, the Government Farm was encouraging ranchers, Indian reservations, etc.,
to raise more horses through the Remount program and also due to the general
popularity of the Morgan as an all around, tough ranch horse. The Morgan was
the most popular horse for ranch use in the 1940s and 50s, but then was overtaken
by the Quarter Horse." ~Joanne Curtis
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