Frequently people ask if I could give them information about one stallion or another. That encouraged me to assemble this page about some of the stallions that appear in many pedigrees. I have searched my files, browsed through miniature magazines since they started being published, and recalled many of the experiences that I have had with minis. With all the sources at hand, I will try to show some of the stallions you have asked about through the years. If you would like to correct anything that I may have listed in error or would like to add to the information that I have, please feel free to send me your comments. I will be adding to this list as time goes by, so please check back to see if that horse in your horse’s pedigree shows up eventually.
By the way, this list is not all-inclusive, nor a list of the best of the breed. It is simply a list of horses that I know something about, that I have seen, or that I have learned about by talking to the owners or others who knew about them. If your favorite is missed, my apologies.
Rhoten's Little Dandy
1982-2000
This was an outstanding son of Bond Dynamo, who proved himself in the showring as grand champion at halter many times and in performance classes, capturing the National Grand Championship in Single Pleasure Driving in 1987. As impressive as those wins were, he has proven himself as a sire even to a greater degree! His foals have won at least twenty-six National Championships, Reserve Championships, and National Grands. Some of those wins are as follows:
NFC Dandy’s Shady Lady
National Grand Champion Junior & Senior Mare 1992 & 1995
1991 Reserve National Champion Yearling Mare
1992 National Champion Two-Year Old Mare 30″ to 33″
1995 National Champion Senior Mare 32″ to 34″
Vermilyea’s Fine N Dandy
National Grand Champion Senior Mare 1999
NFC Dandy’s Curtain Call
Reserve National Grand Champion Junior Mare 1990
1990 National Champion Weanling Mare
Others include:
Vermilyea’s Dancing Star, Reserve National Champion Weanling Mare 28″ to 30″ 1997
Vermilyea Farm’s Dandy Dancer, National Champion 28″-30″ Two-Year Old Mare 1997
NFC Dashing Dandy, Reserve National Champion Yearling Stallion 1992
NFC Dandy’s Whirlwind, Reserve National Champion Amateur Junior Stallion 1991
NFC Dandy’s Summer Rose, National Champion Liberty 1990
NFC Dandy’s Snazzie Lassie, Reserve National Champion Single Pleasure Mare 1994 & Formal Park Driving 1995
NFC Dandy’s Moon Man, National Champion Single Pleasure Driving Stallion 1996, National Champion Gentleman’s Single Pleasure and Single Pleasure under 32″ 1997, Reserve National Champion Single Pleasure Stallion and Single Pleasure
NFCs Dandy Moon Man
This is by far the most winning “Rhoten’s Little Dandy” get with an outstanding National show record as follows:
1996 SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING STALLIONS FIRST PLACE
1997 PLEASURE DRIVING HORSE RESERVE NATIONAL GRAND CHAMPION
1997 GENTLEMEN’S SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING NATIONAL CHAMPION
1997 SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING STALLIONS RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION
1997 SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING 32″ & UNDER NATIONAL CHAMPION
1998 SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING OVER 32-34″ SECOND PLACE
1998 SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING STALLIONS SECOND PLACE
1998 GENTLEMEN’S SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING SECOND PLACE
1998 PLEASURE DRIVING HORSE RESERVE NATIONAL GRAND CHAMPION
1999 SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING STALLIONS RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION
1999 GENTLEMEN’S SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION
1999 OPEN SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING RESERVE NATIONAL CHAMPION
1999 LADIES’ SINGLE PLEASURE DRIVING NATIONAL CHAMPION
1999 PLEASURE DRIVING HORSE RESERVE NATIONAL GRAND CHAMPION
NFC Dandy’s Legend, National Champion Light Multiple Hitch and President’s Touch of Class 1997
NFC Dandy’s Diplomat, National Champion Ladies Roadster, Reserve National Champion Open Roadster 1994
Grosshill Dandy’s Showkayce, Reserve National Champion Weanling Mare 28″ and under 1997
Grosshill Dandy’s Shameless, Reserve National Champion Yearling Mare 28″ to 30″ 1997