Through the years
we've been raising
miniature horses, we've had the fortunate experience
of becoming close
to many of our horse friends through daily contact
and handling.
Each horse has its own personality and
individual
characteristics. Sadly, over the years, we have lost
several of our
good buddies and friends. They await us at the
Rainbow Bridge.
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Sooner
State Raider Light
Wodan Light Van Huttenest x
Ocalas Gidjet
"Raider"
was
our 29 inch red sorrel stallion and primary herd sire.
He had a
tiny
muzzle and typey head, extremely refined bone structure,
straight legs,
and amazing high action
for his small size. Raider passed on many of these
characteristics.
Raider's get have all done extremely well over the
years in the
show
ring and as sires and dams as well. Raider was a
historical
stallion
in every way. In 2007, Raider died from internal
injuries.
He was the
backbone of our entire Miniature breeding program.
He was always
there
when we went to feed or work animals. He was
gentle, quiet and a
stallion to the core. He is missed. Happily
we have several
young
sons to carry on his work and to stamp future foals with
his very
special qualities. Raider, we send you our love
and miss you.
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SRF
Head Liner
Flying W Farms Chiquita Diablo x NFCs Spanish Dancer
Head Liner
or "Hal"
was a 28 inch black bay grandson of the renowned "Little
Blue Boy"
on his sire's side. Hal won many 28" and under
championships. He
was our very first stallion who had a rough beginning
here with several
months of illness with colic surgery and a bout with
salmonella.
We lost Hal in 2007 to colic, fifteen years after his
first
episode. At the end of his life, he was a gelding
and loaned to a
friend's little girl as her first horse. He was quite
the gentle man.
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Bridget from her
registration
papers.
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Roys Toys Snippets Bridget
Bond Snippet x Bond Weegie
"Bridget"
was
our
first "powerhouse" mare. An own daughter of the
famous sorrel
and white stallion, Bond Snippet, "Bridge" was another
gentle, loving
horse. She was the dam to many wonderful foals and did
amazingly well
in the showring as a junior mare. Bridget is the
story of courage
and tenacity. Bridget died from a twisted gut
which occured
during the birth of her last foal, Jeffie.
Bridget, in pain and
dying, remained alive long enough to give her colt the
life-giving
colostrum and imprinting necessary for a baby
horse. When Jeff
was two weeks old, Bridget passed over the Rainbow
Bridge and left us
with a delightful little colt. Bridget's passing
was tearful but
she left us many memories. Two of her daughters
and one son (our
little orphan boy, Jeffie) remain with us at
Miniature Ventures.
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SENÕR
"Senőr" came to us in 2000.
He was a three
year old 100% Arenosa shetland stallion when we
purchased him. Larry
knew
Senőr from
almost when he was a foal. His life up to that
point wasn't a
happy one. He lived in an enclosure with
little or no human
contact. Larry was one of the few people who
he trusted in the
entire world. The opportunity
arose for us to
buy him and we didn't hesitate. Senőr needed to be
rescued. We bought
him, gelded him and brought him home. After
spending a year here
we took him to a trainer friend who taught him to be
ridden and to
trust others. When Senőr
returned, he became Brianna's first pony. Bri
spent many hours
learning to ride Senőr and
the rewards for both Bri and her
pony, especially in 4-H horse were great. He became a
favorite of many
young riders. Unfortunately Senőr broke his canon bone in
the Spring of
2008 and it was irreparable. We brought him home
to be buried
here on the ranch.
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Mini V Dorado's
Corbeta
Bristol
El Dorado x Mini V Bay Brianna
"Corbeta"
was a 2007
daughter of our 100%
Arenosa Stallion, El Dorado and Brianna's namesake and
mare, Bay
Brianna. Corbeta was a darling little 1/2 shetland
filly with an
exciting life in front of her. Bri took special
pride in Corbeta
and showed her to a champion junior mare 2007's Oregon
State
Fair. In November, 2007, Corbetta colicked and
ultimately died in
Larry's arms. That was a sad day here at Miniature
Ventures.
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MiniV Raiders Gabriel
Sooner State Raider
Light x
Miniv Raiders Red Terra
I have procrastinated
writing
this. Gabriel died in September. He was born
in 2003.
He was our "star" and he knew it. With three legs,
he touched the
lives of many, MANY people throughout the region, the
country, the
world. Gabriel's life was one which was full of
determination and
courage in the face of adversity. We love him
dearly and miss his
presence on the ranch. He is no longer with us
physically but
he'll always be with us in our hearts and his example
will touch us for
ever.
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A Classic Touch Princesita
A Classic
Touch
Poco de Echo x RHR La Princesa of Arenosa
Cita came to us
a foal
in 1993. She was a young, vigourous mare who was a
bit
offish. She however, was lovely, well conformed
and produced a
magnificent colt crossed with our El Dorado.
Sadly, she colicked
and also came down with hyperlipemia, a combination that
is grave and
extremely difficult to recover from. Cita will be
missed
greatly. Losing her on Friday, November 13, 2009
was an extreme
blow to our breeding program.
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