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.
Shady Acres Jo Jo
1979
Measured 29″
Sire: Shady Acres Joniko 28.5″
Dam: Shady Acres Trinket 30″
When Vern Brewer and I were looking for miniatures in the early 80’s, we made two or three visits to Ray and Ruby Lee, in Hardin, Kentucky. He had one of the nicer groups of small stock that we were able to find. Jo Jo and his sire were two very pretty stallions that were his main herdsires at the time. The next few years, Vern bought most of the mares that the Lees had, but none of the stallions.
Jo Jo had thirty-nine foals with the last being registered in 1991.