At the end of this show season, I decided both of my miniature horse driving harnesses were way overdue for a thorough cleaning. I reached out to Lutke Harness Shop to learn what to use on the patent leather of my Lutke harnesses. The harness being cleaned in the video below is a custom harness I […]
Tony has been active in the American Miniature Horse Association (AMHA) for many years, including serving as President for several of them. Here is a record of the AMHA executive committee members since 1978. 2019 President Sheryl Peterson, OR VP Joann Ross, OR Treasurer […]
There is always the question of, “What do you do with them?” A new category answer for that one is, “You can put them on stage!” In the past few months, here are some of our horses performing at various places: Lauren’s gelding, Little America’s Xenon Dimitri, joined her on stage at the Hays CISD production […]
We’ve had many customers over fifty years of raising miniature horses. We had an internationally known Italian fashion and leather goods designer, a former Broadway stage producer, a famous singing Mexican movie star, a founder and CEO of one of the world’s leading sellers of personal computers, and the latest, an internationally known restaurateur and […]
By Alyssa McCarthy Parker in From The Field on on Feb 23, 2015 I don’t know if there is ANYTHING cuter than a miniature horse. I fell in absolute love with the little guys and gals at Little America Miniature Horses. Tony and Carol Greaves were fantastic hosts and it was great to learn so much […]
Taken from the April/May 2014 issue of the American Miniature Horse Association’s publication, the Miniature Horse World “Lifetime Achievement The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a nominee who has been an AMHA member in good standing for a minimum of five years. This individual is to have demonstrated an exceptional and specific contribution toward […]
By: Lauren Giudice, Lily Morris and Joshua Fechter (reposted) For over 50 years, Tony Greaves has been raising miniature horses. His love for horses began when he was young boy. His father raised Shetland ponies and horses. Greaves and his family now own Little America Miniature Horses. He and his wife, Carol, live on their […]
Last month while we were showing at the Fort Worth Stock Show, our good friend, the show manager Nancy Braesicke introduced me to a friend who was a pilot. It was just my luck that during my week off from school this month (Spring Break), he was in Central Texas and had the time to take me […]
We use a couple of different types of practice jumps in our arena. These directions are for jumps that are frequently used at AMHA shows. The AMHA rulebook gives the option to use 1-1.5″ diameter, PVC pipe; we use 1.5″ and I wouldn’t go any lighter. Here is what the rulebook says: “Jumps for Hunters and […]
Excerpt from Austin American-Statesman article by Esther Robards-Forbes Just outside Buda, Tony Greaves raises some of the smallest horses in the world. There’s also a handful of tiny donkeys and one accidental tiny mule. Greaves has been raising miniature horses for fifty years and runs Little America Miniature Horses. He started with horses that stood […]