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Marengo horse farm breeds stable of champions

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Mark Bodnar, right, and his brother, Whitney, show off a horse named Merriehill After Hours at Merriehill Farm in Marengo.

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Most of the horses bred and trained at Merriehill Farm in Marengo are Morgans.

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Merriehill Farm, owned by the Bodnar family, is tucked away off Meyer Road on the west side of Marengo.

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Merriehill Farm in Marengo is owned by the Bodnar family.

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A horse named Tudor Oaks The Real Deal peeks out from his stall at Merriehill Farm in Marengo. He is owned by Dr. Bruce Peterson of Roscoe, Ill.

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Several young horses check out visitors to the farm last week at Merriehill Farm in Marengo. The farm mostly has Morgan horses and some American Saddlebred horses.

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If there is a Super Bowl for Morgan horses, it's the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show held in mid-October in Oklahoma City. The show featured 1,100 horses from all over the world. Merriehill Farm in Marengo, owned by the Bodnar family, saw 12 of its 17 horses take first place this year at the 35th edition of the show, and altogether winning 24 of 43 events plus six second-place finishes.