Morgan Run Stables

Frankly, the barn owner is very unprofessional, has inappropriate relationships with her boarders, seems to have a drinking problem, doesn’t appear to actually care about the horses– I felt like a walking board check. We all know horse people are crazy but this was scary-​crazy.
It has extremely nice facilities, but it is somewhat expensive ($ 600 a month, with only 4 lbs of feed provided per horse a day, so anything extra you pay for), and lacks solid, knowledgable care. For example– the 4lbs of feed a day thing is because «The average horse doesn’t need more than that.» My 4 year old is already 17.1hh and in full work and 4lbs a day of low-​fat, high-​sugar, middling-​quality feed is not enough to meet basic nutritional requirements for him, or most big sporthorses.
If your horse comes in with an injury it is luck of the draw whether this gets noticed (or tended). Supplements may or may not be fed– when I left I found an entire month’s more Smartpaks than he should have had for my older horse. I understand some supplements can be confusing, but Smartpaks are like Supplements for Dummies. What is confusing about opening a tub once a day? Feed may or may not be fed in the right quantities. Hay is often moldy, which gets a: «Well, they’ll just have to eat it because we aren’t getting any more until it’s gone!» Attempts to discuss issues are met with either defensiveness or feigned concern– I say feigned because no changes ever seem to be made. It’s a mess.
And so on– this could be a very nice place but the people running it are terrible. I was so excited when I left I wanted to throw a party.