George H. Morris Biography
Who is George H. Morris? Why is he so popular in the equestrian world? And how did he become who he is today? First off, George H. Morris is a well-known and highly honored man to the equestrian world. He is a world renowned horse trainer and judger. He participates in the hunter and jumper discipline. He judges and participates in competitions and clinics. He was a chef d’equipe for the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) show jumping team. He is known for his outstanding hunt seat equitation, which is why he is also considered a “founding father” of hunt seat equitation.
George H. Morris was born on February 26th, 1938 in New York, New York, United States. After his mother’s husband passed away she fell in love and decided to remarry. She married Harry H. Morris, Jr. and a few years later gave birth to George H. Morris. George had 3 half
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He said, “I think it is time. I am the old school. I operate by, ‘It’s my way or the highway. I had great success with that; it’s how I was brought up.”
Today, George H. Morris is doing clinics to train riders. He is in his older days but when George is set out to do something, he does it. He has lived for many years and has trained on to many different horses that his knowledge is sought after by so many eager to learn equestrians. George serves and participates on the USEF National Jumper Committee and Planning Committee, and he is the president of the United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame. This year George H. Morris will serve as coach for the Brazilian Showjumping Equestrian Team in Rio.
George H. Morris has lived a long life full of learning, wins and loses. But he has gained so much through all of that to be the man he is today. He has become a very influential teacher and trainer to many equestrians including myself. To many he is just an older man but to equestrians he is the father of the
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The three beat gait was stuck in my head, like so many hammers pounding on my skull. “Ow,” I groaned, as I slowly got to my knees. Earlier that day, I had been taking horseback riding lessons. I was at Blacks Hill Stables. Usually, I ride Noelle, but this time, I am riding Bart. Bart is quite a character, we joke that if he had a voice, it would be really deep and slow. We always talk to him like that. Bart walks like a turtle. However, even if he goes slow, he really is a beautiful horse. He is about fifteen hands and is brown like a roasted chestnut. He has a thick white blaze down his face, three white socks on his legs, and black points. I had gotten to the stables, and it was my lucky day. Bart is somewhat known for being a dirtball, I remember one time when my riding partner had to brush him for fifteen minutes and he was still dirty. Luckily, I did not have to brush him very much. When I was done putting his tack on, I walked him down to the big ring. There are two riding rings at Blacks Hill Stables. There is the small ring and the big ring. The big ring is for more experienced riders that need more space to canter, that was
Completion of at least 100 hours of continuing educations in the horse profession and equine science. To
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