We got a head start on the 2012 show season at the Fort Worth Livestock Show and Rodeo with five of the Thursday Kids. For their April/May issue, AMHA ran an article in the Miniature Horse World about how Thursday Kids began. Here are some of our favorite pictures from other shows in 2012.
Through the many years that we have bred miniature horses we have found that one of the best ways to introduce our horses to the public, other than by participating in shows, is taking them where groups gather, especially to libraries. We have taken them to many libraries and are on the summer schedule for […]
Several months ago, I had a can of red spray paint for plastic laying around from a previous 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 […]
From the April/May 2012 Miniature Horse World magazine Quite by accident, a group of children who wanted to learn more about Miniature horses became Lauren’s Thursday Kids at Little America Miniature Horses. In 2005 as a sophomore in high school, I showed one of my horses in an FFA/4-H county open-breed horse show. When I went […]
Monday, March 6, when I went to feed the mares I noticed one mare out in the pasture that did not come up. She was about one-half mile away in the back pasture, but I noticed something laying in the grass near her. I had been planning to sort out the pregnant mares and bring […]
Many breeders try to have foals as early in the year as possible, but we prefer to have them in the spring when it is not so cold, although here in central Texas weather is not too cold. With the weather warming up (a nationwide record of 92 degrees in Austin yesterday!), I realize that […]
The most common question that we’re asked is “What can you do with a miniature horse?” The answer is: lots of things. They are used for companionship, show, as therapy animals, for investment, or any combination of these things. Miniature Horses as Pets Miniatures are great as pets/companion animals. They’re smaller than “big” horses so they can be […]
Star-Telegram article By Sarah Bahari FORT WORTH — Kameron Welma led a miniature horse around the ring, feeling the dirt floor with his small feet clad in cowboy boots. Kameron peered out from under a large black cowboy hat and squinted at the judges. Born four months premature, the 9-year-old is legally blind. Kameron, of Kyle, […]
Paula, Tyler, Kameron, Anijah had a fun time with their families at the Youth Calcutta party. Kameron won High Point Boy 7 & Under for the show as well as Special Needs Showmanship World Champion.