Recent content by arrelle

I advise on a small, regular horse trailer - as long as you have something safe to pull it with, as others have said. If this miniature is for your children, you may find they enjoy riding and eventually want a larger pony or a small horse. Would be nice to already have the capacity to move...

I haven’t been breeding my minis - but I’ve bred my APHA horses for years and used to stand an AQHA stallion. LWO has always been a very important test in both breeds simply because it can hide- I know several people with phenotypically solid horses (one has solid/breeding stock APHA papers...

Just an update; I’ve been able to drive her twice now and she’s just been fantastic! Now to buy a show cart and see if they make happy mouth bits in mini driving size.

Just wanted to share because I’m very excited! Back in August, I bought a new mare via some FB photos. I wasn’t looking for a new horse, it was actually totally on a whim because she looks very similar to my existing AMHR gelding. She got here in mid September and I immediately took her to my...

I think it's very rude to celebrate backyard breeding and creating grade ponies, so I guess we'll agree to disagree.

🙄🙄🙄 IF the mare is APHA registered and you want the color results filed, you’ll need to test via Etalon or UC Davis as those are the only two labs they will accept. I recommend UC Davis as Etalon is not known for their accuracy. The test is literally called Lethal White Overo (LWO), or you can...

Why on earth would you cross those two? The resulting foal would be ineligible for registration in either breed, and unless you have some bizarre specialty you're trying to create - it reeks of backyard breeding. If you're just going for color, there are enough grade colored horses in the kill...

Thanks! She’s a good girl with some fantastic old APHA lines; unfortunately, she has had cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) since I got her in 2016 and I retired her from breeding after her 2018 filly. Her 2017 filly is going nicely under saddle currently - this was two days after that photo...

I'm actually going to be the voice of dissent here - with the caveat that I've bred a lot of big horses, and not minis. However, these mares look large - but not necessarily close to foaling. In my experience, udder development is meaningless. 😂 I've had experienced broodmares that bag up like...

Hi All! New to this thread, because my driving is sporadic due to work (I did put in 20 minutes yesterday! 🎉). However, I had a quick question - my little cart at home is just a basic easy entry and I have a hell of a time getting my traces off. Is there a trick that I’m unaware of, or does it...

I have an easy entry cart for the house and I got a really wonderful harness from Chimacum Tack (Shoutout to @MindySchroder for her help with that!) for Christmas so I've been enjoying that immensely. Just want something appropriate for the show ring, as I do plan to hit the rings this year as...

Thank you! I'm already a member of that group; there's a bunch of carts/wagons that are pretty broken down - and then the occasional appropriate cart that is 20 years old and listed for $3K or covered in dirt and rust for $2500 -- is that normal?? 😂 There's one that was listed this weekend for...

Hi All - Potentially dumb question, but I'm new to miniatures so please forgive me. I finally went to an AMHR show this weekend to check out the scene and try to figure out what type of cart that I need. It seems like I'll want to show my guy in some of the pleasure classes, and the typical...

Here in North Texas we had one attacking people in 2018. A police officer even got dash cam footage of one potential attack and it was all over the news:

FANTASTIC! I'm still learning all of the different classes with minis (going to a Texas AMHR show this weekend to scope out the scene).... I mainly show the big horses and trail courses have long been one of the more exciting classes to ride. Having a comparable miniature version is awesome...