Announcing the 2025 Amanda Hill Young Breeders Incentive Grant Recipient

[Paula Kimball presenting the check to Elizabeth Stockwell and Jim Sebring (center). Photo courtesy of Shane Shiflet Photography]

Lexington, Kentucky: The Morgan Horse Foundation, Inc. is proud to announce that Jim Sebring and Elizabeth Stockwell of Chatham, New York, have been awarded the 2025 Amanda Hill Young Breeders Incentive Grant. They were chosen by the committee from a field of eleven exceptional applicants. 

Elizabeth began her Morgan horse journey as a 10-year-old simply wanting to be around horses as much as possible. Years later, she walked into a Morgan barn. “It was simply perfect: lesson horses and other kids my age spending their whole Saturday brushing horses…I was hooked on Morgans, and I didn’t even know it yet!” 

Jim is a lifelong Morgan enthusiast. His journey as a breeder began some years ago working alongside his dad, Harry, at their Copper Beech farm. Continuing along and expanding upon those same foundation lines, Jim strives to bring horses to the sport that “we can authentically enjoy working with and stand behind completely.” 

Joining their talents, Elizabeth and Jim are now breeding Morgan horses via their collaboration known as Lucky Break. With a vision to build a modestly sized breeding program focused on producing dynamic, highly trainable Morgans, their aim is to keep sales prices reasonable. A vision that would make Amanda Hill proud. Acknowledging the leg-up they received to get their program started, Elizabeth said, “We are Lucky Break, and we hope to allow for others to catch their own when they trust us to breed their next champion!” 

On Thursday evening at the New England Regional Morgan Horse Show in Northampton, Massachusetts, AMHA President Steven Handy and Paula Kimball, Amanda’s Mother, along with Amanda’s close friends Stacey Myers, Scott and Danielle Neidlinger and Liz Ciccone, presented the $2,500 check to Jim and Elizabeth. 

Congratulations Elizabeth and Jim! We look forward to welcoming your Morgans into our family!

About the Amanda Hill Young Breeders Incentive Grant: This grant celebrates the memory of Amanda Hill and her connection with the equine industry.  Amanda was a long time Morgan owner, exhibitor, and breeder whose passion for the Morgan horse was highlighted in her volunteer work across the Morgan industry. Learn more about this grant HERE.