The naming of our farm was born in our roots. We were originally born in England amidst the “downs” or rolling hills. Near the “downs” is a British racetrack named “Upson Downs” that was not far from Mike’s parents home. Then there is a famous British novel by the same name. One of our favorite activities is driving our horses among the small hills to build up endurance. It all came together in “Upson Downs Morgans”
Our first Morgan and the love of our daughter’s life, KM Betsy’s Surprise, opened the door to many years of enjoyment with our Morgan family. They grew up together doing and winning everything imaginable. Her heart never said no…just let’s try it. We were hooked on the beauty, temperament and versatility of Morgans.
Our Morgan family has grown over the years, though our goals have very much remained the same. We still value versatility, beauty, a good temperament, conformation, kindness and a big heart.
We
remain a family operation raising about 2 foals
per year so that we can concentrate on each foal’s education and ability.
We believe foundation training is such an integral part of setting the
stage for later training and in making a foal easy to handle, loving, respectful
and mannerly. You will always find our horses lined up at the gate with a
“take me first” attitude. They love to work and we love working with them,
which garners a life-long attitude of partnership and trust.
As my daughter enjoyed showing and my husband and I have enjoyed combined driving, we diversified our breeding program to produce the athleticism we desired and the elegance required of today's show horses. Some of our favorite crosses have married the sane minds and athleticism with the elegance of the pretty heads and clean necks.
Our stallion, UDM Gold Mine, is such a cross. He has the wonderful temperament and the athleticism of his working western heritage and good size from the government-bred relatives through his sire line. He has the presence of Noble Command, the guts of UVM Flash, the beautiful head of Upwey Ben Don, the poll of Waseeka’s In Command and Waseeka’s Interlude, the athleticism of Green Meads Adonis, and the curviness of Gay Dancer.. While breeding is not an exact science, it helps when you stack the deck with ancestors in the pedigree that are admired in their own right.