I have always been very much a horse person and have always had and enjoyed big horses. The more I got to learn about miniature horses the more interested I became. There were no miniature horses on the Falklands so the chance of ever owning any seemed fairly remote. In 1996 we visited 2 miniature horse studs in England. From then on I was smitten! In 1997 we imported a mare and stallion from each of the two studs we had visited. Kilcummer Stud in Cornwall and Toyhorse International in Sussex. This was to be the base for our stud. It wasn’t an easy process getting them from England to the Falklands. They had weeks in quarantine in England. Then they had a 30-day boat journey from England to Stanley. They then had to get from Stanley on East Falkland to West Falkland where we live. Another boat trip, this time just
a couple of days. All their traveling was done in a 20 x 8-foot container converted to a traveling stable. They traveled very well and settled in immediately, even adjusting remarkably quickly bearing in mind that our seasons are the opposite of UK. They soon shed their coats and came into season at the right times for our summer etc.

As at that stage we didn’t have a road to our farm from Hill Cove where they were off loaded so this meant their adventure wasn’t quite over. To get them home to Main Point we walked them the 15 miles over some rather rough terrain. At some stages their little legs had trouble getting over the grass bogs! 
  However I think at the end of the day they were probably in better shape than the three females who walked with them and led them on their little adventure. All with stiff tired legs and a few blisters from taking short cuts through creeks and getting wet feet! This didn’t bother the horses at all! On this walk home their characters really shone through and we soon realised that each one is very much an individual. The walk was made all the more interesting for the adults as one of the fillies was in season and thus the little colts would get very excited when who ever was leading them got too near the person leading the fillies!

I have read many times that you can never own just one mini horse and like potato crisps they are addictive.  That was certainly the case for us as in 1999 we imported a further nine miniature horses, this time all nine came from Kilcummer Stud in Cornwall. Their journey was more or less identical to the first four except by this time we had roads and this meant they could do the last leg of their journey in a trailer rather than having to be walked to Main Point.

We could not have managed all this without the kind help of
Janice of Kilcummer Stud who went to great lengths moving her own horses away from her stud so that she could quarantine ours at her stables. Also she made sure we got an excellent selection of stock on the budget we had. I am sure she could have sold them for much more individually to other breeders. Janice has been breeding miniature horses since 1980 and now specialises in breeding palominos and tiny spotted miniatures.

We always have the worry and especially so at foaling time that we do not have a vet near by. Vets are based in Stanley along with hospital and all commodities, which is not even on the same Island as us. So to get a vet (or a Dr for that matter) for that matter in an emergency would take some time.

We do keep a basic veterinary medical kit (and a human one as well!) and there is always a vet on the end of the telephone to offer advise but we have lost some foals due to problems with foaling, though now we are using milk test strips and breeder alert foaling system this has helped immensely not only on sleepless nights but also in saving lives. Unfortunately even with all these aids nothing could be done to help our dear little Juliette when we lost her foaling with her 5th foal for us. She was one of our original 4 minis and is sadly missed.

Photo's in loving memory of Juliette

"Pintaloosa colt bred by Shanen Miniatures"
Miniature Horses are such loveable friendly animals, they make great pets and are really gentle natured.

 They are ideal pets for the very young and very old and for all ages in between! People can’t help but love them. Apart from the odd occasion like the day I arrived home from a very long and tiring day driving sheep to find our dear Kirsty had managed to get into the house and then push the door shut behind her. At the same time leaving her foal locked outside. It became evident as soon as I opened the door at what greeted me that the usually placid mare who often popped in for a visit and never before even considered leaving a calling card had on this occasion became rather upset due to the fact that baby was locked outside! Ian arrived home shortly after to find me shovelling horse poop out of the kitchen!

All pictures show minis in a very natural hairy state. We never clip our minis due to cold winds and frequently changeable weather conditions..

If you are interested in buying one of our special little miniature horses please contact us for more details, pedigrees can be provided for all. We have not posted pedigrees on this web site, as it may not be of interest to everyone. All our miniatures come from long lines of registered stock of British and Dutch bloodlines.

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