My favorite topic! I totally have a preference for the 30" and Under horse. It's what I strive to produce and it's all that I show. Here are a few of mine:
Past horse, WF Mas Corona. Was shown as a senior stallion and had many National and World successes as well as unanimous regional champion (AMHA) and reserve senior champion stallion (AMHR). His mature height is 27.5". His is now a gelding and loved by a 8 yo boy!
I always enjoy this picture as it shows just how tiny he is in comparison to his competition. This is the class where he was awarded Reserve Champion Senior Stallion for the AMHR Area IV Show.
This is Star Ridge Acres Golden Miracle. She is a baby in these photos. Had a 5.25" cannon at birth. She was premature. She is now 4 and is no more than 27.5. She has a National Top Ten as a weanling - even though she was the shortest horse to be measured at the AMHR National show in 2007. They simply wrote "under 24" on her measurement card!
This is Raven Beauty. She has never measured over 28" at any show. She showed with a trainer for 3 years. She has many titles, but the biggy ones are 2X World Champion (open and ammy), 2X World Reserve Champion, AMHR National Champion, multiple Supremes each year out, and she earned her ROM from AMHA in Open Halter. She is 5 this year. She is a 5th consecutive generation World Champion (or better) halter horse. She is currently being bred for her first foal. The sire will be Little Kings Black Velvet, producer of multiple World GRAND Champions.
This pic is from the AMHA World Grand Champion Mare class in 2009. It was an honor just to have a horse that placed well enough to be eligible for the class. She was the unanious winner of her open class that qualified her to show in the grand class. Can you tell I'm just a tad proud?
Thanks for looking!