Who will you be BREEDING this year???

[ClickMini]

Every year I get so excited reading about all of the new foals. I have only had one mini foal and that had such a sad ending when I lost my Luna after moving heaven and earth to save her little life. I have had minis for five years now, obtaining the best bloodlines and the best quality minis I could afford. I now have a very nice little herd and I finally feel like I am going to try to breed again. I am starting to pray already that #1: I get my mares safely in foal and they carry to term, and #2: that my mares and babies make it easily through the birthing process. I have paid my dues...it is time for me to have some luck here!!!

I also want to publicly thank my wonderful friend and mentor, Stacy Score of Mountain Meadows Miniatures. She has patiently supported me through MANY phone calls and helped me so much with the decision processes along the way. She is the best!!!

So here is who I am going to breed this year! Post yours too! I want to see what crosses people are doing and are excited about.

This year it is all about Alladdin. I bought him back in 2003, he was my very first mini. Here are a couple of new pictures of him that I love, I think they show what I see when I look at his beautiful, intelligent, darling little self.

I am going to breed him to Flirt! I am hoping that I get a pretty silver bay from this cross!!!

I am also going to breed him to Stepper! I think this will be a very nice cross.

Well I am so excited I can't think of anything else right now. I will be an absolute mess when the babies are coming, I am sure! I don't care, fillies or colts...as long as they are healthy I will take either gender!

Let's see what crosses you are looking forward to, and what you are hoping for!

 

[Jill]

I'm not sure who I'll be breeding to DunIT here this year. He will probably have 2 brides for 2009, but waiting to see what happens with his brides from last season right now.

Down at Erica's, I have two mares who will come home in a couple months. One, Erica's Double Dipped is currently in foal to Big City (I'm just a tiny bit excited LOL). She's a perlino BTU granddaughter (Bandito daughter). She will be bred to Erica's Res. National Champion, Taker, before coming home

You can see him on Erica's website. He's double bred Redboy and he is a gorgeous silver bay.

Then also hanging out with Erica is Erica's Sweet as Sugar, who is another perlino BTU granddaughter / Bandito daughter. Sweetie is already getting to know our National Champion Erica's Echos of My Destiny (HOF). Sweetie will come home carrying my first Destiny foal, and I am very excited about this one who's not even cooking yet.

 

[cowgurl_up]

Since this will be my first year breeding, (yay!

) I will be breeding my boy T's Dressed To A Tee:

hopefully, fingers crossed, to my new girl Flaby's Society Belle:

I am hoping all goes well as I bought her bred so it will be my first time with doing the first step to that. I have worked at many horse farms where I have helped the process or watched it, but it was all big horse farms and we mainly did AI. It should be interesting and I am hoping all goes well for my first time!

 

[ClickMini]

Jill, I just bet you are excited! I would hardly be able to stand it if I had a Taker foal on the way! I tried to buy one of his last year but wouldn't you know...NFS. Guess I have good taste. LOL! I wonder what your Destiny baby will turn out as, color-wise? That is an interesting combo. Do you think Destiny is a smoky black, dark silver, or liver chestnut? He is a very unique color.

Cowgurl, I am like you, I came from the big horse background. I have been around a lot of births from the big guys. Your minis are very nice, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors! Isn't it exciting!!!

 

[PaintNminis]

I am SO Glad you asked!!

I am very excited about these 2 Crosses

LAZY BEAR LADY SAPPHIRE

2000 AMHA/AMHA/PtHA Sorrel Mare w/Rowdy bloodlines 33.500

Please note not very good Pics I got the Show Halter on wrong her head is WAY Shorter in person

to:

[SIZE=12pt]Fallen Ash Farms Mine By Design[/SIZE]

Click on the Registered Name to see the Sire

1999 AMHA/AMHR National Top Ten Smokey Black Pinto Stallion - Own Son of Fallen Ash Farms Dark Design! 31.250 Inches Tall

Hoping for: Buckskin Pinto w/Blue Eyes

& Then.............

A SUMMER PLACE JE TIEME

2005 AMHA/AMHR Black Roan Appaloosa w/Rowdy & Blue Boy Lines

these Pictures arn't the Best either

to:

[SIZE=12pt]Westwind Sir Prize Surprize[/SIZE]

Click on the Registered Name to see the Sire

2001 AMHA/AMHR Silver Bay Stallion - BTU Grandson 32.500 Inches Tall

Hoping for: Silver Bay or Silver Dapple Appaloosa

Then I have 2 other mares I am thinking of Breeding But I don't know what stallion I would like to use etc.



Thanks for Letting me Share!

 

[Riverdance]

My favorite stallion is WINDCHASER. I have 4 others, but I just love what WINDCHASER produces.

Here are some of his get from 2007 and I will be repeating most of these breedings. I am expecting two repeats for this year.

These guys are now inside the barn and I just can not wait to be able to clip them down. The beginning of March the heat will go one in the barn and I will clip them all down

 

[Dona]

This is our stallion "Kickapoo's Apache Moon". He is a 30.5" Bay Sabino/Frame Overo.

He will be bred to the following mares:

"Kickapoo's Deja Vu" 30.75" Chestnut Sabino/Splash/Tobiano

"Lil Gs Citori" 27.75" B/W Tobiano

"Reeces Mystic Hawk" 32.5" Chestnut (lab tested LWO negative!)

And "Libertys Skips Magic" 31" Max White Sabino (homozygous for Black, Silver and Sabino, which means she can only produce Silver Black or Silver Bay Sabinos when bred to Apache...hopefully they will also get the Frame gene from Apache)

I am expecting Apache's first foal crop for ALL of the above mares THIS year as well.

We also have two of Apache's sisters who are both Bay Frame Overos just like he is. They are expecting foals from Mustardseed Legionaire's Destiny....a 27" b/w Tovero this year.

"Kickapoo's Laced By Moonlite" 32.5" Bay Frame/Sabino Overo

"Kickapoo's A MayZing Moon" 33" Black/Bay Frame/Sabino Overo

 

[Keri]

Hmm...I'll be breeding one if all goes well. This will be the last breed for my mare. Twin Acres KerryBlue will be bred to Winners Cirlce BS Boomerang. He's a double registered buckeroo grandson with multiple national top tens and grands and reserves in halter. I'm excited! He's a bay and white pinto and my mare throws towards the stallion (almost all the time). So we're hoping for color.

 

[BlueStar]

I am so excited for our 2008 foals!!

First I have Fancy

Bred to a Perlino BUCKEROO SON!! Due in June!!!

Then we are hopeful that our older mare Suprise who we thought wasn't going to get in foal anymore...

To our herd sire Harley...

I hope the pics come up and are the correct size....

 

[Lucky-C-Acres-Minis]

Well, we bought our new herdsire in 2006 and only crossed him on our appaloosa mare as she was the only one open at the time, that cross resulted in our black snowcap colt Vader

For 2008 we have all five of our broodmares in foal to him for his first full foal crop for us, so depending on the results of these foals, we'll see who we breed back!! We also have two new mares in our line-up who we personally have not foaled out yet, but have had some nice foals, so anxious to see what they give us with our boy!

 

[MBhorses]

we are be breeding Little America Silver Keepsake our silver bay appy to a few mares for 2009.We can't wait to see what he has.

We haven't decide which mares yet.PM me the ones you think will cross with him the best.Keepsake is only 27 inches tall.keepsake is only be 3 yrs old, so he will only get a few mares.

KEEPSAKE

We are plan on breeding our silver perlino pinto stud as well for 2009 to some mares.

DUSTY OUR SILVER PERLINO PINTO.

 

[SHANA]

I am not going to post photos as I have to many but you can see my minis on my website.

I will breed the following mares to Goat Hills One For The Books:

Town And Country Candy, Cherokee Stables Ohso Dandy, Benviews Special Dawn, Sweetwaters Little Carmelita, Minni Spark Black Blinker No 5 and Leaning Pines Harlequin Romance.

I will breed the following mares to Cross Country New Kid In Town:

Sharptails Peanut Butter and Benview Christina

If I still have Sarabeau's Infinity And Beyond I will breed him to Risquefishers Winter Sky and if not she will be bred to Cross Country New Kid In Town.

I can't wait for my 1st 2008 foal, due in March.

 

[CheyAut]

I'm breeding most of my mares to Spin, aka VFG El Arlequin (I don't yet have good pics of him online, I just got him last month, I have lots of photos on my other computer I need to get online...):

The mares are:

Confetti (again, no good pics, also just got her last month)

Cocoa

Sage

And Casi

I'm also going to breed Chianti (CJ Cameos Royal Chianti)

to Ruby (Landrys Cowboys Diamonds & Rubys)

Jessi

 

[SWA]

This past November we put our Gold Champagne Pinto Stallion, Rolex, in with our Gray Champagne Mare, Rose. We don't think they "took" though.

They are both virgins, (is that ok to say on here?).

Then they also had a sort of complicated "time of it", being that he is so small (31") and she is a whopper at 37"... I honestly don't think they were able to figure out how to over come the size obstacle between them.

So we gave them a break from each other through December. Then around mid-January we decided to give them another go of it. Hubby "says" he saw them working it out around that time, but I've only seen them "try and try again".

Here lately though, the past couple weeks of February, he seems to have lost interest in her, so I don't know if that means they were finally "able" and she must be in foal now...or if they might have decided to just forget about it?

Now, I seperate them after morning feed where she's in with the other girls, and only put her back in with him through the night, because she's an escape artist (she's just too smart for her little britches) and his corral seems to keep her pretty well "put" where I don't have to worry about the periodic midnight treks off in the woods after her.

Anyways, depending on when and IF she took by him, we'll be expecting their very first baby sometime by end of '08 to early '09. We'll likely be having her vet checked in a few weeks to know for sure though.

We have wedding/honeymoon plans to work on for now for our son, who just got married!

So for the next few weeks we'll be mostly working on all that for now.

They had a small "official" ceremony last week with just family there to witness, and they'll be having a formal ceremony the end of March, just before he's to leave back for Iraq.

EDITED TO ADD PICS: Sorry about dropping off like that, the ferrier just pulled up. But he finished the ones for this month's visit and is on his way now. So anyways, here are the pics of our expected "momma and papa to be"...

Our Gold Champagne Pinto Stallion, "Bethel Rolex Gold Champagne of Ms".

Our Gray Amber Champagne Mare, "SWA Champagne N Roses".

Now that their feet are done, hopefully I can give them a bath over the weekend and get some newer/better pics.

Thanks for letting me share.

 

[targetsmom]

We really want to breed our Buck Echo granddaughter (Cay Lees Omegas Champagne On Ice who had the false pregnancy last year) to our now-3 year old stallion SRF Buckhot. But we are still waiting for his first foal due in late May/early June and would like to see what he produces first. But we might not be able to wait.... We would also like to re-breed at least one of the mares due to foal this year - Vermilyea Farms Exotic Exposure (a Jefferson Halls Gambler daughter) or Jones Call Me Blue Admiration ( a Blue Boy bred Cross Country Call Me Awesome daughter) to Buckshot. All of the mares and the stallion can be seen on our website at www.ontargetminiatures.com.

 

[Erica]

I will be waiting to evaluate who each mare will be crossed on, when their foals arrive this year and then make a decision on their best cross.

09 foals will be out of;

Cross Country Take My Breath Away HOF - a Res. National Champion, who is a son and grandson of Redboy

Little Kings Big City Buck - a multi National Champion producer, and son of Buckeroo

Little Kings B T Buck Bandito - a multi National Champion producer and BTU son

Erica's Echos of My Destiny HOF - National Champion, grandson of both Buck Echo and Double Destiny

and then a stallion in the wings to try a few mares on.....

Possibly may try a breeding with a couple two year olds;

Erica's Big City Prankster Bucks; two time Res. National Champion

D&S A Pharaohs Fortune; National GRAND Champion Stallion

 

[Freezin Cold B]

Okay, my mom gets final say but..... here is the crosses I WANT this year. Hopefully, I'll get my way.

This is our Yearling Stallion World Champion, and Dandy son. Blue Royale

This is who I want to cross him on. She is an AMHR National Grand Champion. Derby Girl.

Here is their last foal. She's 4 now but I think another one just like her would be

 

[minie812]

WE WILL BE BREEDING ALL OUR MARES TO TINKER TOYS FIESTA THIS YEAR

 

[Lisa Strass]

Oh Amy, you make me smile with your excitement

As for me, (knock on wood because I hate to count chickens before they hatch and the 2008 ones haven't even hatched yet!) I am also super excited for 2009. I've been slowly adding/looking for mares for what seems like forever. I still need to make my final decisions, but I am really excited for the line-up I have for Red Alert next year.

 

[MountainMeadows]

Prince is going to be either a very happy stallion or a very tired one! Baylee on the other hand is going to be madder than a wet hen this year! Pretty much all my mares are going to Prince since he was gone last year, as well as a select number of outside mares that the owners have honored us with the decision to breed their precious girls to Prince.

Stac