paintponylvr
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AJ, at 45-1/4", was a Shetland, not a miniature. He did sire several foals that would have qualified for AMHR registration at maturity, had we or their owners wanted to go that route. He covered mainly our own mares - of which we had 4 mares that only had 1 foal each (2 Arabians that were covered from a ramp & 1 - 13.1 hh 1/2 arab pony mare that jumped into his pen OVER a 5' gate; 40" shetland mare) and 2 that had 5 each (both mares larger than him - 1 covered on his own, then with the ramp; the other, though larger at 12.1 hh - he covered easily). 1 arab that had 2 (bred with ramp) and 1 Xbred arab that had 2. 1 that had 4 & 1 that had 3 (both Shetlands smaller than him).
of the outside mares that produced foals by him - 4 were Shetlands, 1 was a 12.2 hh xbred, 2 arabians and 1 QH. Not sure how the 1st QH & Arab were covered before I purchased him. The 2nd Arab and the Xbred mare were bred from our ramp. He was hand bred to two of the shetlands while on our property, and ran with the other 2 for 1 season while on a lease.
You can see the actual listings here - AJs Foals
We still own 4 of AJs offspring. 1 small Shetland mare, his very first foal for us in 1997; a 2008 1/2 arab gelding; a 2011 Shetland stallion (soon to be gelded) and AJs last purebred Shetland, now our youngest stallion. Echo, born in April 2013 (10 months after AJ passed) is so like his sire at times that sometimes I wonder if AJ didn't come back in his son's body!! Echo is, right now, the same age as AJ was when I purchased AJ in 1995 (3 yrs old). We have 3 AJ "grand children" - 2 silver tobi geldings out of his 97 daughter and a 2016 black tobi colt by Echo. Echo, like his sire, is homozygous for the Tobiano gene (meaning he will always sire a "painted" baby) and he is also larger like his sire. He has his sire's GREAT personality - which is exactly what I'd been looking for.
Only time will tell...
of the outside mares that produced foals by him - 4 were Shetlands, 1 was a 12.2 hh xbred, 2 arabians and 1 QH. Not sure how the 1st QH & Arab were covered before I purchased him. The 2nd Arab and the Xbred mare were bred from our ramp. He was hand bred to two of the shetlands while on our property, and ran with the other 2 for 1 season while on a lease.
You can see the actual listings here - AJs Foals
We still own 4 of AJs offspring. 1 small Shetland mare, his very first foal for us in 1997; a 2008 1/2 arab gelding; a 2011 Shetland stallion (soon to be gelded) and AJs last purebred Shetland, now our youngest stallion. Echo, born in April 2013 (10 months after AJ passed) is so like his sire at times that sometimes I wonder if AJ didn't come back in his son's body!! Echo is, right now, the same age as AJ was when I purchased AJ in 1995 (3 yrs old). We have 3 AJ "grand children" - 2 silver tobi geldings out of his 97 daughter and a 2016 black tobi colt by Echo. Echo, like his sire, is homozygous for the Tobiano gene (meaning he will always sire a "painted" baby) and he is also larger like his sire. He has his sire's GREAT personality - which is exactly what I'd been looking for.
Only time will tell...
