Supplies Needed

• Pledge
• Brasso brass cleaner
• A soft cloth or two to clean with, preferably microfiber or an old tshirt
• Rubber glove (optional)
• Old toothbrush (optional)

Instructions

1. I start with the brass on my harness because the cleaner can get on the leather. Put on your glove and either put some Brasso on the cloth, or on your glove, and rub it in a circular motion on each brass part of your harness. The more tarnished the brass is, the more you’ll need to rub to clean it up.
2. Once you’ve restored the shine, use a clean portion of your rag to wipe off the rest of the product.
3. Repeat for the rest of the brass on your harness. TIP: Unbuckle each piece to work on it, then redo the buckle before you continue so you don’t change the way your harness is fitted for your horse! You can use the opposite side of the harness to remind yourself where to redo the buckle.
4. If your cloth is covered in Brasso, use a different cloth for cleaning with Pledge. Spray the pledge on your cloth (NOT on the harness) and rub it on the leather portions of the harness, taking care to avoid the embroidery.
5. For hard to reach areas of the harness, spray Pledge on the toothbrush and gently use it to clean those areas, then wipe them dry with the cloth.
6. Repeat until you’ve finished cleaning your harness!
7. Head to an AMHA show and get it dirty again!

Find your next miniature horse driving prospect with Little America. We have foals by LR Phantom’s Secret Storm, son of 35-time World Champion Single Pleasure Driving and Roadster horse, Silver Meadow’s Phantom Storm.

We also own 22-time AMHA World Single Pleasure Driving and Roadster winner, Lymrick’s Irresistible Force, “Guinness” and have his progeny for sale. Not only has Guinness won World Reserve Grand Champion Single Pleasure Driving Horse in both open and amateur, but he’s also been World Grand Champion Roadster Horse at AMHA World!

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2019

2018 

2016
Joe Kahre, IN, President
Al Bulgawicz, TX, Vice President
Laura Mullen, NC, Secretary
Heather Ward, Canada, Treasurer
Harry Elder, CO, Director at Large

2015
Sid Hutchcraft, President
Al Bulgawicz, Vice President
Julie Good, Secretary
Frank Lupton, Treasurer
Harry Elder, Director at Large

2014
Harry Elder, President
Sid Hutchcraft, Vice President
Julie Good, Secretary
Frank Lupton, Treasurer
Jim Barenklau, Director at Large

2013
Jim Barenklau, President
Sid Hutchcraft, Vice President
Darlene Bridges, Secretary
Thomas Thompson, Treasurer
Harry Elder, Director at Large

2012
Harry Elder, President
Sid Hutchcraft, Vice President
Julie Good, Secretary
Frank Lupton, Treasurer
Jim Barenklau, Director at Large

2011
Jim Barenklau, President
Clair Severson, Vice President
Sid Hutchcraft, Secretary
Frank Lupton, Treasurer
Julie Good, Director at Large

2010
Jim Barenklau, President
Dave Miller, Vice President
Clair Severson, Secretary
Larry Elniff, Treasurer
Joanne Ross, Director at Large

2009
Jim Barenklau, President
Dave Miller, Vice President
Laura Mullen, Secretary
Larry Elniff, Treasurer
Mike Want, Director at Large

2008
Mike Want, President
Tom O’Connell, Vice President
Clair Severson, Secretary
Kathy Krem Porter, Treasurer
Frank Lupton, Director at Large

2007
Mike Want (California), President
Robert “Bob” Kane (California), Vice President
Sheryl Peterson (Washington), Secretary
Tom Roberts (Kentucky), Treasurer
Sheryl Peterson (Washington), Secretary

2006
Felix Covington (Texas), President (resigned date?)
Mike Want (California), President elected date? to replace Covington
Mark Wilson (Texas), Vice President (resigned date?)
Robert “Bob” Kane (California), Vice President to replace Wilson
Sheryl Peterson (Washington), Secretary
Tom O’Connell (Connecticut), Treasurer
Bob Kane (California), Director at Large

2005
Robert “Bob” Kane (California), President
Tom Roberts (Kentucky), Vice President
Sheryl Peterson (Washington), Secretary
Tom O’Connell (Connecticut), Treasurer
Toni Reece (Delaware), Director at Large

2004
Robert “Bob” Kane (California), President
Tom Roberts (Kentucky), Vice President
Sheryl Peterson (Washington), Secretary
Tom O’Connell (Connecticut), Treasurer
Ronnie Clifton (North Carolina), Director at Large

2003
Ronnie Clifton (North Carolina), President
Tony W. Greaves (Texas), Vice President
Robin Miller (California), Secretary
Tom Roberts (Kentucky), Treasurer
Fred LeNeve (Ontario), Director at Large

2002
Tony W. Greaves (Texas) – President
Jerry Gum (Kansas) – Vice-President
Robin Miller (California) – Secretary
Fred LeNeve (Ontario) – Treasurer
Ronnie Clifton (North Carolina) – Director at Large

2001 (Annual Meeting date changed to February/March)
Tony W. Greaves (Texas) – President
Jerry Gum (Kansas) – Vice-President
Marilyn Gilchrist (Florida) – Secretary
Fred LeNeve (Ontario) – Treasurer
Wade Burns (North Carolina) – Director at Large

1999
Tony W. Greaves (Texas) – President
Jerry Gum (Kansas) – Vice-President
Marilyn Gilchrist (Florida) – Secretary
Fred LeNeve (Ontario) – Treasurer
Wade Burns (North Carolina) – Director at Large

1998
Mark Partin (Mississippi) – President (resigned January 6, 1999)
Mike Culy (California) – Vice-President (President from February 1999)
Richard Sievert – Vice President (from January 23, 1999)
Marilyn Gilchrist (Florida) – Secretary
Tom Roberts (Kentucky) – Treasurer
Wade Burns (North Carolina) – Director at Large

1997
Bud King (Indiana), President
Ed Birchler (Kentucky), Vice-President
Nancy Rivenburgh (Oregon), Secretary
Ray Ross (Ohio), Treasurer
Richard Sievert (Minnesota), Director at Large

1996
Tom Hartin (Texas), President (Resigned February, 1997)  Bud King succeeded him.
Bud King (Indiana), Vice-President  David McBride (Oklahoma, February, 1997)
Sandy Tremont (Texas), Secretary
Ray Ross (Ohio), Treasurer
Mike Want (California), Director at Large

1995
Tom Hartin (Texas), President
Mike Want (California), Vice-President
Sandy Tremont (Texas), Secretary
Bud King (Indiana), Treasurer
Jack Burchill (New Jersey), Director at Large

1994

Jim Wright (Kentucky), President
Tony Greaves (Texas), Vice-President
Michael Want (California), Secretary
Bud King (Indiana), Treasurer

1993
Jim Wright (Kentucky), President
Tom Hartin (Texas), Vice-President
Tony Greaves (Texas), Secretary
Bud King (Indiana), Treasurer

1992
Mellis See (California), President
David McBride (Oklahoma), Vice President
Linda Anderson (Texas), Secretary
Phil Marks (Texas), Treasurer
David McBride (Oklahoma), President for a few hours after the resignation of Mellis See, but was not elected later in the day.

1991
Robert King (Indiana), President
Mellis See (California), Vice President
Joanne Ross (Oregon), Secretary
Ray Ross (Ohio), Treasurer

1990
Ray Ross (Ohio), President
Bob King (Indiana), Vice President
Ethel Diercks (Iowa), Secretary
Rick LeNeve (Ontario), Treasurer
Roy Brewer (Texas), Director at Large

1989
Ray Ross (Ohio), President
Bob King (Indiana), Vice President
Ethel Diercks (Iowa), Secretary
Rick LeNeve (Ontario), Treasurer
Roy Brewer (Texas), Director at Large

1988
Bob King (Indiana), President
Roy Brewer (Texas), Vice President
Cheryl Belcher (Florida), Secretary
Ray Ross (Ohio), Treasurer
Arnold Landry (Louisana), Director at Large

1987
Bob King (Indiana), President
Roy Brewer (Texas), Vice President
Sami Scheuring (California), Secretary
Ray Ross (Ohio), Treasurer
Don Matthews (Florida), Director at Large

1986
Bob King (Indiana), President
Gary Black (California), Vice President
Sami Scheuring (California), Secretary
B. A. Pearl (Texas), Treasurer

1985
Ed Eberth (Indiana), President
Lee Martin (Oklahoma), Vice President
Sami Scheuring (California), Secretary
Bob King (Indiana), Treasurer

1984
Lee Martin (Oklahoma), President
Ed Eberth (Indiana), Vice President
Jim Summers (Texas), Secretary
Len Huff (Illinois), Treasurer

1983
Jack Gerhart (Texas), President
Ed Eberth (Indiana), First Vice President
Lee Martin (Oklahoma), Second Vice President
Sami Schuering (California), Secretary
Mark Verhaeghe (North Carolina), Treasurer

1982
Jack Gerhart (Texas), President
Jim Summers (Texas), First Vice President
N. A. Williams (Oklahoma), Second Vice President
Mark Verhaeghe (North Carolina), Secretary
B. V. Thompson (Texas), Treasurer

1981
Don Matthews (Florida), President
Fredericka Wagner (Ohio), First Vice-President
Jack Gerhart (Texas), Second Vice-President
Mark Verhaeghe (North Carolina), Secretary
Leon Blair (Texas), Treasurer

1980
Don Matthews (Florida), President
Dixie Blasingame (California), First Vice-President
Michelle Jones (Texas), Second Vice-President
B. V. Thompson, Jr. (Texas), Secretary
Leon Blair (Texas), Treasurer

1979
Charles Palmer (Texas), President
Dixie Blasingame (California), First Vice-President
Don Matthews (Florida), Second Vice-President
B. V. Thompson, Jr. (Texas), Secretary
Leon Blair (Texas), Treasurer

1978
Charles Palmer (Texas), President
Dixie Blasingame (California), First Vice-President
Don Matthews (Florida), Second Vice-President
B. V. Thompson, Jr. (Texas), Secretary
Leon Blair (Texas), Treasurer

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“Jumps for Hunters and Jumpers will be made of 1-1 1/2″ schedule 40 PVC piping or other suitable light-weight material with jump cups, not to include pegs, nails, bolts, etc.  All jumps must be a minimum of five (5) feet wide… Jumps thirty-two inches (32) or more in height must have a second rail added.  All post and rail jumps must have a ground pole.  Uprights are to be a maximum of forty-eight (48) inches in height. …Any decorations or jump wings must not protrude more than twenty-four (24) inches from the uprights.”

Supplies

• ??— 10′ length of Schedule 40, 1.5″ diameter PVC pipe (Use the underlined totals in the directions to calculate how many 10′ lengths you will need according to how many jumps you want to make, and which height of uprights you want–hunter and/or jumper.)

  

• 2-4 — 1.5″ PVC caps (2 for hunter uprights, 2 for jumper uprights)
• 2– 1.5″ PVC T connectors
• 2-6– 2″ PVC T connectors (For jump cups. 2 for hunter uprights, 4 for jumper uprights because jumps over 32″ in height must have a second pole added to keep horses from running under.. trust me, I had it happen at a show once when the rule wasn’t followed!  I like to have a cup/D-ring on both sets of uprights so I don’t have to change them out when I switch from hunter to jumper)
• 4– 1.5″ PVC Elbow connectors
• 2-6– D-rings (To hold jump cups. 2 for hunter uprights, 4 for jumper uprights. I like to have a cup/D-ring on both sets of uprights so I don’t have to change them out when I switch from hunter to jumper)
• 12– 1″ Sheet metal screws
• Saw
• Drill and bits
• Screwdriver

Directions

1. Cut the 1.5″ diameter PVC into the following lengths:

• Long side of base and jump pole length: 5′ (x3 for hunter, x4 for jumper) = (15′ of PVC used for only hunter, 20′ if doing jumper for an extra jump pole)
• Short side of base length: 10″ (x4) = 40″= (3.33′ of PVC used)
• Jumper uprights: 4′ (x2) = (8′ of PVC used)
• Hunter uprights: 3′ (x2) = (6′ of PVC used)

2.  Now it’s time to assemble the base!  Attach one 10″ piece to each of the two opposite ends of the T (x2) to form the sides of the base.
3.  Attach the elbows to the open ends of the 10″ pieces that are attached to the T (x4), with the open end of the T facing straight up so the uprights can go in later.
4.  Use two of the 5′ lengths to attach the two ends of the base and complete the rectangular base.
5.  Place the uprights in the T on the jump.  Put a cap on the top of each jumper or hunter upright pole.
7.  Use your measuring tape to mark where you will drill holes on the uprights:

• Hunter: By AMHA rules, hunter jumps have a minimum jump pole height of 18 inches and maximum of 28 inches, so I recommend starting with a hole at 18 inches, and ending at 28.
• Jumper: By AMHA rules, jumper jumps have a maximum jump pole height of 44  inches, so you don’t need holes past 44 inches from the ground.

8.  Time to drill holes for the uprights!  Grab a bit that’s bigger than the peg of the D-ring you’ll be using.  It’s hard to get the holes aligned perfectly through the upright and through the cup later, so you’ll want some wiggle room.  Get them as straight through both sides of the pvc as you can.
9.  Now onto the jump cups.  Take your oversized Ts and cut out a little more than half of the  section that branches out (see below).  You want it to be a little over half gone so it makes it easier for the jump pole to fall down.  That way your jump doesn’t get broken when a horse hits it!  Then drill a hole through both sides for the D-ring to go through.

10.  To keep the base together, I recommend that you use sheet metal screws.  You DON’T want to use PVC glue, because if any piece gets broken, you’ll have to cut it off and splice it together.  With the screws, everything stays together but if something gets broken, you can take it off without cutting.  We use screws at every connection point on the base except where the uprights go in.

11.  The final step is to put the jump cups on the up uprights, pins in, and adjust the length of your jump poles.  For measuring everything out, it’s easiest to use 5′ for jump poles, but for them to fall out of the jump easily, they need a few more inches taken off.  Just put the poles in the cups and see how much you want taken off, it should be at least two inches.

12.  Congratulations!  You’re now finished and can enjoy your jumps!  To learn how to make striped jump poles, visit our other blog post, How to: Paint Obstacle/Jump Poles.

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project and decided I’d use it to enhance our obstacle/jump course.  Since then, I was given three more cans of paint (one that’s fluorescent yellow!), so I’m now working on some more jump poles and figured I’d share the main way I go about painting them, as well as a few other options for having decorated obstacle poles.

Supplies

• • • PVC pipe of the diameter and length you want
    • Spray paint suitable for plastic surfaces (one or more colors)
    • 1″ masking tape
    • Several feet of string (length of the pole or could use a measuring tape instead)
    • A pencil
    • Two plastic bags (I use bread bags)
    • A sandwich bag or regular plastic bag (to protect your hand while spraying)
    • Two clothespins
    • A couple of paper towels or an old sponge
    • Scissors

Directions

1. Read the directions on your spray paint can to make sure it’s an appropriate day for painting!

   

2. Wet a paper towel or  and clean any dirt off of the PVC pipe that is to be painted.

   

3. ***For if you want to have a base color instead of white.  If not, move on to question number four*** shake up the paint and then put the sandwich bag on your hand to keep the paint off and spray away!  I hold one end of the pole up while I spray.

   

4. Get a piece of string and cut it to be the same length as the pole.  Decide on a width/spacing for your stripes, then use the string to measure even spaces/stripes by folding in half and marking it with a permanent marker or tying knots in the string at appropriate spots.  You could also use a measuring tape instead and skip this step, I just find the string to be foolproof, I have a tendency to mess up numbers!

   

5. Use a pencil to mark the appropriate spots along your rope or measuring tape.

   

6. Run masking tape around the pipe along the outer-most side of each stripe’s pencil marks (My pictures end here because I realized that previous poles that I had painted with this paint were fading because the paint was NOT for plastic!  Make sure you use paint that is for plastic.)
7. Make a hole smaller than the pole’s diameter in each of the bread bags and pull them onto the pole, stopping at the middle of the masking tape.  You don’t want any paint to leak past the tape, so use a clothespin to secure each bag and keep it out of your way.
8. Follow the directions on your spray paint can to get it ready.
9. Prop the pole up or just hold one end up with a hand.
10. Put the sandwich bag on the hand you’ll be spraying with!!  You could also use a rubber glove or bigger plastic bag.  Trust me, if you don’t use something, you’ll end up looking like you have chickenpox or something weird going on with your hand for several days.  I learned this the hard way after doing my first poles in red!
11. Apply second coat after around 10 minutes (or whatever your directions say), if you want.
12. Allow it to dry, then move the bags to the next stripe to be painted!

    

–Lauren Greaves

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Miniature Horses as Pets

Miniatures are great as pets/companion animals.  They’re smaller than “big” horses so they can be kept in the back yard just as you’d keep a dog or cat, and are lower maintenance than other breeds of horses.  They take up less space, eat less, make less of a mess, and don’t require shoes like many other breeds.  They can be handled by children (I started showing when I was 3), or by the elderly (one of our customers bought a mini for his mother’s 96th birthday).  Any age will do.  For people who are intimidated by big horses or had an accident with them in the past, or just don’t have the energy for them anymore, miniatures are the perfect alternative to still be able to enjoy the beauty of the horse.

Showing Miniature Horses

At shows you can do anything you do with a big horse except for ride.  That might sound like a joke at first, like there’s nothing left if you take riding away, but boy would you be wrong.  The two major associations for miniature horses, the American Miniature Horse Assciation (AMHA), and the American Miniature Horse Registry (AMHR) and their clubs offer halter, color, liberty, showmanship, jumper, hunter, obstacle, driving obstacle, and costume classes to youth, amateur and open exhibitors at local, regional, and world level shows.

Miniature Horses as Therapy Animals

Many have probably heard about miniatures being used as therapy animals.  The seeing-eye-miniature horse idea got some publicity for a while there.  However, our favorite use of them therapy-wise is done by Hearts and Hooves.  Hearts and Hooves is a non-profit organization that takes miniatures to hospitals, nursing homes, and many other places to provide emotional healing.
Finally, miniatures, like many other animals, can be used as investments.  Developing a winning history in the show ring can increase a miniatures value, as can breeding.

–Lauren Greaves

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Appaloosa Miniature Horses

Many appaloosas are born with lots of color while others are born solid and gradually acquire appaloosa coloration. It is very difficult to know at birth what color the foal from appaloosa parentage will be. Below is an example of a Xenon-Light Van’t Huttenest son that was born bay. When he was sold at four months of age he showed absolutely no appaloosa characteristics. He had no white hairs, no striped hooves, no scelera, and not even a speck of pink skin. Here you see him pictured at four months, three years, five years, and six years. He is Little America’s X- Skipper and is owned by Billie Lindale in New Jersey.

Here are some typical examples of appaloosa patterns. Pictured below are a snowcap blanket which is said to be homozygous, although currently there is no genetic test to prove this. The horse is Little America’s Tex Lil Feather, a son of Little America’s Sesquicentennial Tex. The next is a black blanketed app, Little America’s Tex Two Timer LHH, another son of Sesquicentennial Tex. The next is a leopard appaloosa, also by Tex, named Little America’s Tex Kickapoo. I might add that all three of these colts were born the color that they are shown and have pretty much stayed the same color. By the way, the last two colts are out of solid mares with no appaloosa background!

Blue Roan and Gray miniature horses

The A photo is a mature mare that is a true blue roan. You will see that her legs and head are black but her body is a mixture of black and white hairs making her appear bluish in color. When she has her winter coat she is mostly black.

The photo B is two gray fillies…. a weanling and a two-year old. The weanling was born black and the lighter one was born silver. Both will be white by the time they are eight to ten years of age.

The bottom five pictures are ALL OF THE SAME HORSE at various ages. C is at one day old. You can hopefully see that he shows some white on his nose and over his eyes. By the way, both his sire and dam are gray.

D is the same colt as a yearling. You will notice that he has lots of white hair scattered throughout his face (and also his body which you can’t see in this picture).

E is about three years of age… notice the dark at the top of his tail and his legs are still fairly dark. He is also showing dappling at this age.

F is about a year older … notice his legs have lightened and the tail is lighter. He still shows some dappling, but not as much as the year before.

G is age six… note the tail is almost totally white but he is still keeping some of the black in his mane but all the dapples has disappeared. He is now eight years old… sorry I don’t have a current picture. He is almost totally white… his mane has a slight grayish tint but the body is totally white.

The horse is NFC LA Egyptian King Rapsody by Hemlock Brook Egyptian King and out of Soat’s Lil Rapsady… Here is another dramatic example of the graying gene:

Roan Miniature Horses

Not all red roans have dark faces, even if the books say they should (the dark spots in the photo are water spots from a rain). She is really the same color of mixed red and white hairs throughout, but is not a grey because she stays the same color. The mare is Littlebit’s O’Honey.

This is a daughter of the above mare in early spring. She is much darker when she sheds, almost black.

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Grand Champion Senior Stallion: Ima Boone’s Little Buckeroo Too

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Stallion:Alvadar’s Double Destiny

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Dust Me Off
(Junior National Grand in 1995)

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Mare:  NFC Egyptian King’s Winning Colors

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  NFC Rowdy’s Bold Tradition

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Tococas Storm E Bear

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Grosshill E K Creation’s Double Cross

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  TTR Destiny

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Sierra Dawn Uno’s Roxie

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Alamo’s Locomotion Dream Weaver

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  WF Santa Fe

(Also won in 1995)

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Lucky Four Rebel’s Cloud Buster

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Scott Creek’s Fancy Pants
  (Best All Around Horse in 1995)

Reserve Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Chance of Gold Farm’s Upland Splash

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Stout’s Bonanza

Reserve Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Lute’s Komo Dandy

Best All Around Horse:  Scott Creek’s Fancy Pants (previously pictured)
 (also won in 1995)

Super Amateur:  (tie) Joanne Ross & Scott Creek’s Fancy Pants

& Julie Richards & Concho Gadabout

1997

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Winner’s Circle Adonis

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Solid Gold Tender Legacy

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Lil Hill’s Neon Dream

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Little King’s Bianca Buckeroo

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Tococa’s Storm E Bear (pictured previously)

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  WF Santa Fe

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Marystown Dakota Supreme

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Lucky Four Rebel’s Reflection

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Cross Country Bay Mist

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Lucky Four Rebel’s Another Doll

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  R S B Red Coat’s Silverado

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Lucky Four Rebel’s Cloud Buster

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Candyland’s Best Kept Secret

Reserve Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  NFC Dandy’s Moon Man

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Bayne’s Native Son

Reserve Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Oasis Collection’s Two Tone (pictured previously)

Best All Around Horse:  Heerman’s Gentleman Joe

Super Amateur:  Bonne Burrone & C&S Supreme Choice

1998

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Alvadar’s Double Destiny

Reserve:  Philia Blazes’ Joe Dandy

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Cross Country Bay Mist

Reserve:  Boon’s Little Miss Buckette

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Tococa’s Storm E Bear (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Westwind’s First Edition of Bonsai

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Grosshill’s Boogerman’s Fine Line

Reserve:  Hunt House Farm’s Medalion

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Alamo’s Locomotion Rowdy’s
Down Under

Reserve:  Scott Creek Mystical Dynachrome

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Freedom Hill Farm’s Expense Account

Reserve:  Star Valley’s Hit the Jackpot

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Mountain Meadow’s Playboy

Reserve:  NFC Dandy’s Moon Man

Grand Champion Country Pleasure Driving:  Sierra Dawn Uno’s Radiant Prince

Reserve:  Heermann’s Whiskey Light

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Flying W Farm’s Spotty’s Shadow

Reserve:  Buttonwillow’s Rascal’s Dancer

Super Amateur:  Rebecca McMillian & Hermann’s Whiskey Light

Best All Around Horse:  Out Dun Spot

1999

Grand Champion Senior Stallion: First Knight’s Redi or Not

Reserve:  Vermilyea’s Snippet’s Red Tape

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Vermilyea Farm’s Fine N Dandy

Reserve:  Alamo’s Locomotion Rowdy’s Down Under

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Westwind’s First Edition of Bonsai

Reserve:  SRF Encore

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Vermilyea Farm’s Olympus

Reserve:  Fallen Ash Scout’s Good Deed (pictured later in page)

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Maestro’s Nightwind Melody

Reserve:  Fallen Ash Scout’s Maid to Love

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  WF Set On Go

Reserve:  Cross Country Mr. Jazz

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Martin’s Boozer’s Daring Difference

Reserve:  NFC Dandy’s Moon Man

Grand Champion Country Pleasure Driving:  Quail Creek’s Sugar Delight

Reserve:  Woodland Creek’s Sha Cha Bonne

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Martin’s Boozer’s Daring Difference

Reserve:  Young’s Little Cupid
(Grand and High Point 2000)

Grand Champion Amateur Stallion:  LM Hawk’s Billy the Kid Kim Congleton Sullivan

Reserve:  First Knight’s Redi or Not K. C. Pappas (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Amateur Mare:  Laurel Acres’ Hello Baby Cathy Fatigati

Reserve:  Star Valley’s Aim to Please & Margot Cahill

Grand Champion Amateur Gelding:  Tococa’s Storm E. Bear & Pam Hodge (pictured previously)

Reserve:  What A Folly’s Tomahawk & Jenifer Van Deinse

Super Amateur:  Brad Stevens & Desert Gold’s BTU’s Dream Catcher

High Point Driving Horse:  Moutain Meadow’s Summer Rose

Best All Around Horse:  Young’s Little Cupid

2000

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Little King’s Buckeroo Baccarra

Reserve:  Philia Blaze’s Joe Dandy

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Sierra Dawn Uno’s Reflection

Reserve:  Lucky Four Rebel’s Sunbeam

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Manipulator’s Irish Coffee

Reserve:  La Vista Remarkable Whitney’s Magic

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Little King’s LF Buckeroo Zorro

Reserve:  Silver Meadow’s Skywalker

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  WF Steel Magnolia

Reserve:  Blue Ribbon Will’s Perfecta

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  WF Set On Go (pictured previously)

Reserve:  WF State of the Art

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Mountain Meadow’s Summer Rose

Reserve:  Dream Maker’s Black Tie

Grand Champion Country Pleasure Driving:  Heermann’s Gentleman Joe

Reserve:  Half Measure’s GM Maverick

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Young’s Little Cupid (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Pleasant Valley Rainbow

Grand Champion Amateur Stallion:  Little King’s Buckeroo Baccarra Michael Tusing

Reserve:  Fallen Ash Scout’s Nightcap & Kris Vegter

Grand Champion Amateur Mare:  WF Steel Magnolia & Lorilyn Heinig (pictured previously)
NGC Senior Mar in 2001

Reserve:  YR Sweet Seminole Breeze & Kris Vegter

Grand Champion Amateur Gelding:  Carousel Ima Boot Scottin Boogie Mike Riedel

Reserve:  WF State of the Art & Kris Vegter

Super Amateur:  Julie Bray & Concho Gadabout

High Point Driving Horse:  Young’s Little Cupid

Best All Around Horse:  Star Valley’s Hit the Jackpot

2001

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:Blue Ribbon’s Mr. Bodacious

Reserve:  Celebration’s Legacy Royale

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  WF Steel Magnolia (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Celebration’s Bay Be Royale

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  WF Set On Go (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Bar B Destiny’s Cricket

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Walden Hill Unforgettable

Reserve:  Meridian’s Eklektic Destiny

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Scott Creek’s Mystic Monique

Reserve:  Fallen Ash Scout’s Real Rosy

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  RSB Winning Tradition

Reserve:  Silver Plates Sir Lucas

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Samuel’s Lil Romeo

Reserve:  Celebration’s Tennessee Talent

Grand Champion Country Pleasure Driving:  Glory Be Farm Legacy’s Bojingle

Reserve:  Desert Shadow’s Free Spirit

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Dream Maker’s Black Tie

Reserve:  Bristol Pepperjuana

Grand Champion Amateur Stallion:  Meridian’s Eklektic Destiny (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Bear Branch Crow Feather

Grand Champion Amateur Mare:  Fallen Ash Scout’s Real Rosy (pictured previously

Reserve:  Maestro’s Nightwind Melody (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Amateur Gelding:  WF Set On Go

Reserve:  Tomahawk’s Robinhood

Super Amateur:  Dale Putman & Wood Canyon’s Merlot

High Point Driving Horse:  Celebration’s Tennessee Talent (pictured previously)

Best All Around Horse:  Bristol’s Pepperjuana (pictured previously)

2002

Grand Champion Senior Stallion: Fallen Ash Scout’s Good Deed

Reserve:  Little King’s L F Buckeroo Zorro

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Southridge Howz My Dolly

Reserve:  Champion Farm’s B T Celebrity

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  W F Set on Go (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Glenn Star’s State of the Art

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  ERL Voltaire

Reserve:  Pecan Grove Charger’s Customized

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Lucky Four Impressive Kristeyna

Reserve:  L M Hawk’s Sahara Bey

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Lucky Four Rebel’s Up N’ Atem

Reserve:  Walden Hill Wallstreet Design

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Celebration’s Tennessee Talent (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Buttonwillow’s Rocky’s Illusion

Grand Champion Country Pleasure Driving:  Half Measure’s G M Maverick

Reserve:  7s Nashville’s Magic Moment

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Wild Spirit’s Star Dancer

Reserve:  Las Dorado’s Buckeroo’s Cajun Rhythm

Grand Champion Amateur Stallion:  Lucky Four Impressive Santa Fe Bey

Reserve:  Fallen Ash Scout’s Nightcap

Grand Champion Amateur Mare:  JSW a Perfect Toy 4 U

Reserve:  Lucky Four Black Velvet Buckarena

Grand Champion Amateur Gelding:  Walden Hill Wallstreet Design (pictured previously)

Reserve:  WF Set on Go (pictured previously)

Super Amateur:  Toni McFarland & Shadow Lakes Honey’s Bumper

High Point Driving Horse:  Wild Spirits Star Dancer (pictured previously)

Best All Around Horse:  Circle J Bunanza

2003

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:La Vista Remarkable Mardi Gras

Reserve:  Sierra Dawn Uno’s Pharaoh

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Sierra’s Golden Rain Dance

Reserve:  Astartes Secret Enchantress

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  WF Set on Go

Reserve:  Honeysuckle Knoll Toy’s Little Rusty

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  DD Silks Egyptian Stryker

Reserve:  Another Dimension DWB ‘s Batman

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Alamo Streaker’s Moiran Wind

Reserve:  Rocking M Destiny’s Classy Dream

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Knell’s Gentleman Jack

Reserve:  Walden Hill Wallstreet Design

Grand Champion Single Pleasure Driving Horse:  Century Farm’s Crystal’s Image

Reserve:  Century Farm’s Bey Masquerade (full brother to Image (above))

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Wild Spirit’s Star Dancer  (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Sweetwater’s Joker’s Wild

Grand Champion Country Pleasure Driving Horse:  Meridian’s Dyna Tempest

Reserve:  Laurel Acres Hello Baby

Grand Champion Amateur Stallion:  Manipulator’s Buckingham

Reserve:  ERL Voltaire

Grand Champion Amateur Mare:  Lucky Four Rebel’s Miss Show Biz

Reserve:  Champion Farm’s B T Celebrity

Grand Champion Amateur Gelding:  WF Set on Go (pictured previously)

Reserve:  LR Scout’s Next in Line

Super Amateur:  Toni McFarland with Shadow Lake Honey’s Bumper

High Point Driving Horse:  Sweetwater’s Joker’s Wild

Best All Around Horse:  Wild Spirit’s Star Dancer (pictured previously)

2004

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  ERL Voltaire (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Little King’s Duke Dreamer

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Los Arboles Black Velvet Mirage

Reserve:  Lucky Four Impressive Krisleyna

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Meridian’s Eklektic Destiny (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Glory Be Farm’s High Time Traveler (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  First Knight’s Lord of the Ring

Reserve:  Another Dimension DWB’s The Joker

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Liberty’s Miss Kentucky

Reserve:  ML Electra’s Melody

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  LR Scout’s Super Star

Reserve:  Scott Creek Monarch Aplozz

Grand Champion Single Pleasure Driving Horse:  Century Farm’s Bey Masquerade

Reserve:  Pleasant Meadow’s Buck’s Bay Blue

Grand Champion Country Pleasure Driving:  MTC Sun Dial

Reserve:  Desert Shadow’s Free Spirit

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  WF Steal My Heart

Reserve:  Wild Spirit’s Wind Dancer (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Amateur Stallion:  Nostalgia’s Silent Investor

Reserve:  CH Steel Magnum

Grand Champion Amateur Mare: Rocking M Destiny’s Classy Dream

Reserve: Scott Creek Sometimesalady

Grand Champion Amateur Gelding: JSW Eternal Destiny

Reserve:  LR Scout’s Super Star

Super Amateur:  Paula Matthews with Samuel’s Lil Romeo (pictured previously)

Best All Around Horse:  Wild Spirit’s Star Dancer (pictured previously)

High Point Driving Horse – Samuel’s Lil Romeo (pictured previously)

Champion of Champions:  Liberty’s Miss Kentucky (pictured previously, also won in 2005 & 2006)

2005

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  First Knight’s Lord of the Ring (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Another Dimension’s DWB’s The Joker (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  ML Electra’s Melody (pictured previously

Reserve:  Rocking M Destiny’s Classy Dream (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Glory Be Farm’s High Time Traveler (pictured previously)

Reserve:  SRF Encore

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  CH Steel Magnum

Reserve:  Nostalgia’s Silent Investor (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Liberty’s Miss Kentucky (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Willow Creek’s Dancing Queen

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Wild Spirit’s Wind Runner

Reserve:  LR Scout’s Super Sport

Grand Champion Single Pleasure Driving Horse: Mini Pleasure’s Check Me Out

Reserve:  Winner’s Circle BZ Barnaby

Grand Champion Country Pleasure Driving:  Philia BTU’s Cruiser

Reserve:  Meridian’s Dyna Tempest

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Martin’s Boozer’s Daring Difference

Reserve:  Wild Spirit’s Star Dancer  (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Amateur Stallion:  First Knight’s Lord of the Ring (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Flying Ace’s Attitude of Royalty

Grand Champion Amateur Mare: Liberty’s Miss Kentucky (pictured previously)

Reserve:  River’s Edge Rebel’s Juliette

Grand Champion Amateur Gelding:  Glory Be Farm’s High Time Traveler (pictured previously)

Reserve:  JSW Eternal Destiny (pictured previously)

Super Amateur:  James Mellinger with Alvadar’s Destiny Afire

Best All Around Horse:  Wild Spirit’s Star Dancer (pictured previously)

High Point Driving Horse:  Winner’s Circle BZ Barnaby (pictured previously)

Champion of Champions:  Liberty’s Miss Kentucky (pictured previously, for the second year!)

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Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Hemlock Brook’s Egyptian King

Reserve:  Johnston’s Starlight Ranger

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Del’s Sleeping Beauty
 Her dam, Dell Tera’s Queen, was NG 1984

Reserve:  Kraus King’s Twiggy

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  NFC’s Sugar Boy

Reserve:  C Blondie Boy

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  NFC’s Chorus Girl

Reserve:  Rhoten’s Thumbelina

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  LeRoy Brown

Reserve Rhythm and Blues  

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  NFC Rowdy Can Do

Reserve:  Flying W Farm’s Little Blue Mink

Grand Champion Open Pleasure:  Flying W Farm’s Moonlight Bay

Reserve:  Rhythm and Blues (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Roadster:  Flying W Farms’s Moonlight Bay (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Kraus King’s Twiggy

Grand Champion Multiple Hitch:  Cinder of Eureka, Hobby Horse Ebony Miss, Dell Tera’s Black Beauty III & Crescent’s Miss Abbie

1987

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Rowdy’s Charm

Reserve:  Bond Snippet

Grand Champion Junior Stallion: Brewer’s Orion Echo

Reserve:  Flying W Farm’s Blue Quo Vadis

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Bond Little Lucy B
  Her dam, Bond Miss Rie, was RNG in 1984.

Reserve:  Flying W Farms Blue Daisy

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Brewer’s Orion Lace

Reserve:  NFC Rowdy’s Supreme
She sold for $70,000 at the NFC Dispersal in 1993.

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  NFC’s Tagalong

Reserve:  Flying W Farm’s Excalibur

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Landry’s Johnny Walker Red

Reserve:  Sweetbriar’s Hot Fudge Sundae

Grand Champion Single Pleasure Driving:  Rhoten’s Little Dandy

Reserve:  Flying W Farm’s Moonlight Bay (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Roadster:  Kraus King’s Twiggy (pictured previously)

Reserve:  Rhythm and Blue

Grand Champion Multiple Hitch:  NFC’s Brandy Wine & NFC’s Butterscotch Boy

1988

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Hidden Meadow’s Cognac

Reserve:  X’Caliber’s Little Navajo

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Brewer’s Orion Classic

Reserve:  Brewer’s Orion Legacy
His dam,. Dell Tera’s Queen, was NGC in 1984.

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Jingle Bells

Reserve:  Little King’s Miss Buckeroo

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Martin’s Dominique

Reserve:  NFC Egyptian King’s Fantasy

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Rowdy’s Surprise

Reserve:  Cisco Kid

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  X’Caliber’s Rocky

Reserve:  Wright’s Little Bucko

1989

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Bond Cracker Crumble C

Reserve:  Reh’s Caper Kid

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Glenn’s Southern Legend

Reserve:  McSperitt’s Gimme A Break

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  NFC’s Beauty Mark

Reserve:  NFC Egyptian King’s Promise

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Brewer’s Orion Elation

Reserve:  Bar B Little Bit’s Touch of Class

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Little King’s Robin Hood

Reserve:  Sweetbriar’s Hot Fudge Sundae (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Heart Acre’s Burt Reynolds

Reserve:  Kegley’s X’Tra Special

1990

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  NFC’s Apache Kid

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Barimor Napolean

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  NFC Rowdy’s Gem

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Little Man’s Blue Baby’s Rowdy

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Palmer’s Bourbon King

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  NFC’s Grey Ghost

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Brewer’s Orion Impressive

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Stallion: Poco Cinco

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Germel’s Ruth

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Mare:  NFC Dandy’s Curtain Call

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Bar L’s Golden Nugget

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  NFC Rowdy’s Bold Tradition

Best All Around Horse:  Concho Gad About (first time this award was presented)

1991

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Little King’s Debonaire

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  NFC Egyptian King’s Payoff

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Brewer’s Orion Elation
  Was also NGC Junior mare in 1989.

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Mare:  NFC Egyptian King’s Winning Colors

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Bond Crusader

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Magnolia Farm’s Black Light

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Brewer’s Orion Spectacular (pictured previously)

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Stallion: NFC Rowdy’s Champion
Topped the 2001 National Sale at $50,000.

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Runnin Bare’s Classy Comment

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Meridian’s Electra Dynamo

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Brewer’s Dynamo Topper

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  D. R.’s Satin’s Shadow

1992

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Lazy N’s Boogerman

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  NFC Egyptian King’s Challenger

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  NFC’s Flash Dance

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Cross Country’s Call Me Madam

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Bond Crusader

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  NFC Rowdy’s Bold Tradition

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  First Knight’s Bit-O-Hotshot

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Stallion: Little King’s Buck Echo

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  NFC Dandy’s Shady Lady

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Mare:  NFC Egyptian King’s Stardust

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Gingerbread’s Blue Boo Ghost Tale

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Critter Creek’s Ford Aristocat

Best All Around Horse:  HNF’s Quapau

1993

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Bond A TOY4U-C

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Charles Legacy Royale

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Runnin Bare’s Classy Comment
 Also NGC Jr in 1991

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Brewer’s Orion Impression

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Windhaven’s Night Dancer

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Chelse Sweet William

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Solid Gold Cinsation

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Stallion: Britt Helm Grande Illusion

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Deile’s Little Kelly

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Little King’s Buckeroo Dejavu

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Solid Gold Image

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Brewer’s Legacy Conclusion

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Little King’s Debonaire

Reserve Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Lowrey’s NFC’s Nashville

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Justabouta Ranch’s Moonbeam

Reserve:  BZ’s Dr. Q

Best All Around Horse:  Flaby’s Supreme

1994

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Little King’s Buck Echo

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Hemlock Brook’s Silver Elegance

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Meridian’s Electra Dynamo

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Sami’s Just Banana’s Premadonna

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Tococa’s Storm E Bear

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Cross Country’s Little Geronimo

Grand Champion Junior Stallion:  Britt Helm’s Grande Illusion

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Stallion: Alvadar’s Double Destiny

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Britt Helmps Grande Review

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Mare:  NFC Egyptian King’s Lil Star

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Lowrey’s Thunder’s Grand Slam

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Plumbar Little Kevin

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Lowery’s NFC’s Nashville

Reserve Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Mountain Meadow’s Playboy

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  NFC Egyptian King’s Non Stop

Reserve Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Desert Shadow’s Renegade

Best All Around Horse:  Landry’s Johnny Walker Red

Super Amateur:  Orville Suddarth & Summer’s Mucho Machismo

1995

Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Sierra Dawn Uno de Mayo

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Stallion:  Cross Country Call Me Sir

Grand Champion Senior Mare:  NFC Dandy’s Shady Lady
 Junior National Grand in 1992

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Mare:  Little King’s Madam Buckeroo

Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Tococa’s Storm E Bear

Reserve  Grand Champion Senior Gelding:  Brewer’s Legacy Conclusion (pictured previously)

Grand Champion Junior Stallion: Winner’s Circle Adonis

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Stallion: Grosshill E K’s Top of the Line

Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Dust Me Off

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Mare:  Grosshill Boogerman’s Perfection

Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  WF Santa Fe

Reserve  Grand Champion Junior Gelding:  Sonoita Spellcaster’s Azul

Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Oasis Collection’s Two Tone

Reserve Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Horse:  Ima Rootin’ Tootin’ Outlaw

Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  NFC Egyptian King’s Nonstop

Reserve Grand Champion Roadster Horse:  Oasis Collection’s Two Tone (pictured previously)

Best All Around Horse:  Scott Creek Fancy Pants

Super Amateur:  Lisa Schmidt & Gold Hill Prancer

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Grand Champion Stallion: Big Bad John

Grand Champion Mare: Ruth Haynes Moto

(Dam of Del’s Cowboy)

1980

Grand Champion Stallion: Summers Mucho Macho

Grand Champion Mare: Lakeside Lady

1981

Grand Champion Stallion: Double-O-Seven and A Half Moto

Reserve: Flying W Farms Little Blue Boy

Grand Champion Mare: Flying W Farms Little Bay Duchess

Reserve: Flying W Farms Black Magic

1982

Grand Champion Stallion: Martin’s Buster Bond

Reserve: Shadow Oaks Paul Bunyan

Grand Champion Mare: Flying W Farms Black Magic

Reserve: Flying W Farms Caprice

1983

Grand Champion Stallion: Boone’s Little Buckeroo

Reserve: Stout’s Tom Thumb

Grand Champion Mare: Flying W Farms Calico Kitten

Reserve: Boone’s Little Buttercup

1984

Grand Champion Stallion: Shadow Oaks Top Banana

Reserve: Bond Bright Brume

Grand Champion Mare: Dell Tera’s Queen

Reserve: Bond Miss Rie

(her foal, Bond Little Lucy B, who became National Grand Champion Senior Mare in 1987)

Junior Champion Stallion: Contender

Reserve: Komokos Bay Rum

Junior Champion Mare: Flying W Farms Blue on Blue

Reserve: Chico Katie Be Good

1985

Grand Champion Stallion: Skip-A-Star

Reserve: Komoko’s Wee Willie

Grand Champion Mare: Yellow Diamond Moonlight

Reserve: Chico Katie Be Good

Junior Champion Stallion: Spring Valley’s Fantastic Blue Chief

Reserve: Yashica Light Van’t Huttenest

Junior Champion Mare: Sundance Solid Gold

Reserve: Little King’s Cayenne

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Dwarfism in our miniature horses is not something we like to publicize or talk about, but that does not make it go away. We have all gone to the circus and seen the “world’s smallest horse” and even had them paraded before us on television programs. Any breed of animal that attempts to reduce size has to accept dwarfism as an unwanted by-product. We as breeders of miniature horses can do everything possible in our breeding program to minimize the possibility but it will always be with us. We as a registry have always tried not to issue a certificate on a horse with dwarf characteristics. In some cases these faults are not obvious from a photograph and certificates have been issued. In other instances the dwarfy characteristics might have been borderline at birth and only became more obvious as the horse matured. Such was the case in the following letter:

Dear AMHA: I am sending in the registration paper for my filly. As she gets older she is becoming more and more dwarfy. I feel she cannot possibly represent the Miniature Horse breed. I think a lot of other people should do the same. Even in the ads in the MINIATURE HORSE WORLD I see a lot of dwarf traits. Also enclosed is a copy of an article on dwarfism I wrote for our club’s newsletter. If you would like to print it in the HORSE WORLD feel free. Yours truly, Joanne Donig

“Dwarfism is a dreaded word to Miniature Horse breeders. What is a dwarf? There are several degrees of dwarfism. Many aren’t too bad and can make excellent, very lovable pets. Others are so bad that they should be humanely put down at birth as they may be unable to stand or function on their own. The most common dwarf traits are bulging forehead and extremely dished face. The nostrils are often set too high or close together and the mouth may be undershot or monkey mouth. Some may have a very short neck with a belly that has a bloated appearance. The legs may be short and stubby with club feet or deformed to some extent. Foals born with dwarf traits generally tend to get worse as they mature. Does anyone really know what causes dwarfism? They often have a perfectly normal sire and dam. This leads us to believe it is caused by some recessive gene carried by the parents. It may never happen again, or every foal by these two animals may have dwarf characteristics. It’s hard to say what one should do with the parents of these dwarf foals. I think if they are bred or used again it would definitely be with a totally different bloodline or unrelated partners. Dwarfs should absolutely NOT be used in anyone’s breeding program. After all, our aim is to raise the standard of the Miniature Horse breed, not lower it!”

We appreciate Mrs. Donig’s honesty and particularly her encouraging us to print photographs of her dwarf. Following is a Checklist approved by AMHA’s Board to assist breeders and inspectors in determining if, in fact, a given horse is a dwarf. Hopefully, it will be of some help to you.

Some Common Phenotypical Characteristics of Dwarfism in Miniature Horses

A Checklist for Miniature Horse Breeders

1. Legs do not grow in length (normal bone growth does not occur and/or occurs unevenly at the epiphyses). Foal may appear “cute” at birth but as body depth, length, and width and head size all increase with age, the legs do not grow in length. Thus, the adult dwarf appears to have an oversized head and body for its overall height.
2. Dwarf foals are often born with retracted tendons, club feet and buck knees that cannot be straightened out at birth. Joint enlargements and joint deviations (epiphyseal growth irregularities) are common. Extreme cow hocks, extremely short gaskins and severe sickle hocks, all with varying degrees of visible “joint looseness” and/or joint weakness are also very common. Premature arthritic processes take place in most dwarfs, resulting in progressive ambulatory disabilities.
3. Undershot jaw (“bulldog” or “monkey” bite). The molars, therefore, are also malaligned, requiring that the teeth be floated much more frequently than for a normal mouthed horse.
4. One type of dwarf has a large bulging forehead with extreme dish (convex) face and turned up nose. Overly large and protruding eyes (sometimes placed at uneven angles). Nostrils placed too high up on face (brachycephalic). A second type of dwarf has a more normally shaped head and eye, but the head is still much too large for its body. This type of dwarf does not usually have an undershot jaw as described in #3).
5. Head obviously longer than neck (the distance from the poll to the withers should always be at least 1.1 times the distance from the tip of the nose to the poll–in full-size horses the neck is almost 1.5 times longer than the head). In some dwarfs, the neck is so short that the head appears to come directly out of the shoulders.
6. Girth depth deeper than leg length; enlarged entrails and genitals. Potbellies are inevitable.
7. Scoliosis, kyphosis and/or lordosis (vertebral deviations) are common.
8. Often unable to rear or stand on hind legs. Odd “tilting backward” gait, with shoulder markedly higher than croup.
9. Mental retardation and inactivity/depression (probably due to pain) are often sequelae to the various forms of dwarfism.

The decision of the AMHA Board at its meeting on February 3-4, 1989, was that if a horse exhibited any two of the above characteristics it would not be registered with AMHA. The presence of only one characteristic might prohibit registration depending on its severity.

 

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