Stephen Kinney was a professional trainer and exhibitor of show horses in a career spanning 35 years, until retirement in 2001.

Stephen started riding for the love of it: a love which led him from a hobby in Woodstock to a career in the United States, where he won hundreds of awards, including more than 50 titles in Class A, Regional and National competition.

His greatest achievements in the ring came showing Morgan horses in English Pleasure and Park Saddle, events designed to showcase the extravagant trotting members of this versatile breed.

The pinnacle of Stephen’s career came in 1999 and 2000 with two great horses, Aspenglow Genesis (pictured) and CN The Commanding Touch, at the New England Morgan Regional in Northampton, Massachusetts, and at the Morgan Grand National and World Championships in Oklahoma City, where he and Genesis won back-to-back English Pleasure World Championships, a feat accomplished only one other time.

 HIGHLIGHTS

 1999

Aspenglow Genesis

English Pleasure World Champion                                          Oklahoma

 CN The Commanding Touch

Three Yr. Old Park Saddle World Champion                         Oklahoma

 2000

Aspenglow Genesis

New England Regional English Pleasure Champion           Northampton

English Pleasure World Champion                                         Oklahoma

CN The Commanding Touch

Four Yr. Old Park Saddle World Champion                          Oklahoma

~ INDUCTION MAY 12TH, 2007 ~