Can I chime in?
We are back among the land of the living! aka on line and with electricity which means HEAT, WATER, LIGHT !
Our smallest breeding stallion is Lucky 17 Cowboy. 25 1/2" He just fell into our lives and we feel like the luckiest people on earth to have him with us. He is 10 years old this year and has a very high percentage of foals who have been World or National Top Ten so we think he is unique among miniature stallions.....from very small foal crops his foals have been awesome!
Cowboy came to us at 4 months old through a sale. Becky, Redrock, called me one night and said "You have to come out to the sale and see this little colt". I did and was astounded at the quality and size of him. The next day Becky bid for us and won the bid. Unfortunately someone else wanted him too and the bidding went way over what I expected. Then I had to figure out how to tell Frank, who was still in Chicago, what I'd done!
These pix of Cowboy were taken when he was 6 or 7. Straight out of the pasture in full coat with just a bath and trim job.
Cowboy has bred mares pushing 36" with the help of our breeding deck and could actually go a lot higher.
And our big boy is Star Skipper, 29 1/2". He has been among the top 3 in AMHA, AMHR & PtHA (3 different sets of judges, 3 different sets of competition and he has been World Reserve Champion and Top Ten in all 3!) and now his foals are following in his foot steps. We spent 5 years trying to buy Skipper after he came to us to be shown when he was 6 months old. Finally, SUCCESS!
This is Skipper straight out of the pasture too.
I sure would like to see pictures of some of the other little ones mentioned on here that didn't have pictures posted. I think the very small miniatures have had tremendous advancement in conformation in just a few short years.
Go Little!
Charlotte