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.
Shadow Oaks Paul Bunyan
1969
Measured 32 1/2″
1982 Reserve National Grand Champion Senior Stallion. A prolific sire and one of the main stallions of Dixie Blasingame’s Shadow Oaks Ranch. He has 91 AMHA foals of record (with the last being in 1991) including:
Shadow Oaks Top Banana
Shadow Oaks Top Banana
1984 National Grand Champion Senior Stallion
Top Banana is the sire of:
Sami’s Mr. Banana Chip
1996 Reserve National Champion Two Year Old Stallion 30 to 33″
1997 Reserve National Champion Ladies Single Pleasure Driving
1997 Single Pleasure Driving 32 to 34″
Also the sire of Sami’s Lil Banana’s Lassie who was Reserve National Champion Youth 13 and Over with Junior Mare
Other champion foals of Paul Bunyan:
Shadow Oaks Chairman of the Board
National Champion Senior Geldings 32″ and Under
Shadow Oaks Dan Cupid
1993 Reserve National Champion Senior Geldings Over 32″ TO 34″
1994 Reserve National Champion Amateur Hunter