This stunning horse was owned by my mentor, Lynda Barthlein Marzac, for several years before Lynda (Sugar Creek Ranch) retired from miniature horse breeding. I coveted this mare from the moment I saw her walking across the field at Sugar Creek Miniature Horse Ranch. We were very fortunate to acquire Angel. Bred by Lois Myler, Angel's sire is the well known Van Los Paleface, a decedent of the famous Sample. Her sire's pedigree includes the Wink's line including Shodeo Time, and Showdeo Kid. The dam's line also includes the Wink's lines and additionally, Silverdales and Hillwickes. Lois Myler rebred Angel's sire and dam several times, but was never able to recreate any foal like Angel. She is a unique, one of a kind horse, which we treasure. She is art in motion. Angel has the personality to match her exquisite color and is a pure treasure to have here. We never tire of seeing her in the pasture and she is truly loved.

Angel has tested positive for the Frame (LWO), as well as the Sabino (SB1) overo genes, and negative for the tobiano, and silver genes. We believe she is carrying multiple sabino genes.

Her pedigree includes: Van Los Paleface, Lan Los Tony, Mylers Angel, Winks Shoedeo Time, Silverdales, Winks Shodeo Time, Van Los Vani, and Sample.

Lady has been tested and is positive for the Tobiano pinto gene; and negative for the Frame (LWO), and the Sabino (sb1) pinto genes. She is also Homozygous for Black (She can never have a red foal no matter what stallion she is bred to).

Her pedigree includes: Nostalgias Show Me The Money, Cajun Rebel, Nostalgias Edith Ann, Flying W Farms, Kraus Kings, LBFS Gee Gee, Sreenans, Grosshills, Bond Nemo, Bond Showboy, and Stouts.

Sire: Nostalgias Show Me The Money
Dam: LBFS Gee Gee

Strawberry was the top selling mare at The Miniature Horse Event in Texas in 1997 where she was purchased for over $20,000 by Aloha Ashly Acres. She was in foal to the famous stallion Roan Ranger. Shown here in foal at 20 years old, she has produced twelve foals, including several well known stallions: Aloha Acres Terminators Hercules, a 1999 AMHA Reserve National Champion; Aloha Acres Magic Marker, a two - time top ten AMHA National Champion Stallion owned by Olympian Ranch; and Aloha Acres A Touch of Magic. We have retained two of her foals for future breeding. She is an exceptional mare that we were lucky to acquire from Henry Horrox at Aloha Acres. She has a loving personality and is a joy to have here.

Strawberry has tested Frame (LWO) positive, and Sabino (sb1) negative. As she has never thrown a roan foal, so we believe she is carrying some other sabino pinto genes.

Her pedigree includes Cajun Cowboy, Flying M Cowboy, Flying W Farms, Kraus Kings Julianne, and Shady Acres.

Sire: Cajun Cowboy
Dam: Kraus Kings Julianne

Evette is a double bred frame overo, (both her sire and dam are frame overo pintos). Her sire is La Vista Brilliant Remark, a chestnut Frame Overo Pinto, by La Vista Remarkables Remarkable, a Rowdy grandson, with solid Bond on his dam's side. La Vista Brilliant Remark now lives in the United Kingdom at Birchwood Farm. Her dam is Ashley Acres Eve Was Framed, a black Frame Sabino Pinto, with a Lazy Acres, Ohios, and Dell Teras linage. Ashley Acres Eve Was Framed is currently owned by Reece's Miniature Horses. Evette is a sweet mare with lots of black pigment around her face and black eyeliner around both blue eyes. Due to the sabino trait she has white hairs interspersed in her coat giving a roan - like appearance. Though Evette is a classic frame sabino, the significant white hairs in her coat are hard to capture in a photo unless she is in the shade. Evette came to our ranch as a three year old and had her first foal the following year. She has been bred to two different solid black stallions and has produced three pintos; two frame overo foals, and one sabino overo foal. She is very strong for the overo pinto traits. This mare was bred by Jeanette McDonald. We are grateful to Patty Wilhoite for allowing us to purchase this exceptional mare.

Evette has been tested and is a bay color, positive for the Frame (LWO), Silver, Sabino (SB1), and homozygous for Red. She tested negative for Tobiano.

Her pedigree includes: La Vista Brilliant Remark, Ashley Acres Eve Was Framed, La Vista Remarkables Remarkable, Bond Miss Citation, Ashley Acres Tinys Little Eagle, Lazy Acres Daisy Mae, NFCS Remarkable Rowdy, NFCS Red Fascination, Bond Pop Pops, Bond Priscilla, Rowdy, Dell Teras, Dels, Ohios Buckeye Queen, and Rusts Acres.

Sire: La Vista Brilliant Remark
Dam: Ashley Acres Eve Was Framed

Abyss has been tested and is Black (aa), and carries a single Cream gene (nCr).

Her pedigree includes: Dippers Duffy, Boones Little Apache, Roan Ranger, Gold Melody Boy, Starlights Little Dipper, Yellow Diamond Little Feather,  Bozemans, Bond, and Sligo.

Sire: Dippers Duffy
Dam: Darmonds Onyx

Susie's sire is our former herd sire Sugar Creek Bolero, a jet black tobiano pinto stallion with blue eyes, from the Bond and Gold Melody lines. Bolero was our primary herd sire for many years and Susie is one of several of his offspring we kept. Her dam is Rolling Hills Strawberry Shortcake, a red roan frame overo pinto mare from the Flying W Farms and Shady Acres lines. Strawberry was the top selling mare at The Miniature Horse Event in Texas in 1997 where she was purchased for over $20,000 by Aloha Ashly Acres. Both sire and dam have terrific conformation, and combined with their two superior pedigree lines it is no wonder that Susie is producing exceptional colored foals.

Susie has been tested and is Frame (LWO) overo pinto positive, and is heterozygous for Tobiano pinto.

Her pedigree includes: Bond Commodore, Bond Jocko, Bond Fantasy, Sugar Creek Golden Contessa, Johnstons Gold Boy, Gold Melody Boy, Johnstons Golden Dream, Cajun Cowboy, Flying M Cowboy, Flying W Farms, Shady Acres, Kraus King Julianne.

Sire: Sugar Creek Bolero
Dam: Rolling Hills Strawberry Shortcake

China is the offspring of our broodmare Rowdy Lass, a Rowdy and Top Banana descendent. China was born to Rowdy Lass in the spring of 2001. We bought Rowdy Lass in foal to Sid's Terminator from Aloha Acres in Florida in 2000. China's sire is Sid's Terminator, a double bred both Roan Ranger and Boones Little Apache son. China was born the most beautiful iridescent coffee color with bright blue eyes. Her eyes changed over the next six months until they were amber. She is truly a "horse of a different color", with the most unusual iridescent hue. Visitors here will often stop and stare at China as they have never seen that color horse before. She stands out no matter what horses are around her as something very unusual. Her dam is homozygous for black, and both China and Rowdy Lass carry the cream (dilute) gene. She remains a sparkling iridescent color in the daylight which is a challenge to photograph. This is a correct, balanced mare that is passing on her traits to her foals. She is a calm and easy going mare that adores being a broodmare, and caring for her foals. She passes on her confidence and stability to her foals.

China has been tested and carries a single Cream gene, and is negative for the Frame (LWO), and the Champagne gene.

Her pedigree includes: National Champions including Sids Terminator, Roan Ranger, Johnstons, Boones Little Apache, Starlights, Dippers, Shadow Oaks Top Banana, Rowdy, NFC, Equus, Kewpies, Golden Pennys, Little Tex, and Komokos lines.

Sire: Sids Terminator
Dam: Samis Miss Banana Rowdy Lass

We have wanted to add some Reeces 4GS Little Kings Alfalfa Pleasure (a.k.a. "Hawk") blood to our breeding program for some time. In the spring of 2008 that dream became a reality. Bred by Rick and Becky Ferguson of Illinois, Kitty Hawk is by a solid black, frame (lwo) positive, Reeces Shadow of a Hawk, a "Hawk" son, and out of a chocolate silver dam, Fergies Double Oak Miss. All Kitty Hawks pedigree lines are new to our breeding farm making her an ideal outcross for our stallions. While we have other toveros in our breeding program that include splashed white in them, this is our first pure splashed white mare. She has tested frame (lwo) negative, and is a classic splashed white overo pinto pattern. Her grandsire, Fergies Lucky Medicine Hat is a splashed white tobiano pinto and we think that is where the splashed white comes from, though her dam carries minimal markings. She also carries the Fishers line of horses which we have always admired. Kitty Hawk has a distinct, dark undercoat and she has darkened since her arrival from a classic red silver bay to a dark chocolate silver bay. She and a nice dishy head with dazzling blue eyes and should be a great cross with our frame, sabino, and tobiano stallions.

She has tested negative for the frame (lwo) gene, and positive for the silver, and agouti (bay) gene.

Her pedigree includes: Reeces Shadow of a Hawk, 4 GS Little Kings Alfalfa Pleasure, Little Kings Alfalfa Please, Warwick Farms, Luckys, Fergies Lucky Medicine Hat, Oak Forest Wild Streak, East Acres Blaze, Fishers Frosted Ellusion, and Fishers Elaine.

Sire:  Reeces Shadow of a Hawk
Dam: Fergies Double Oak Miss

When Darrell Mulkey and Tommy Smith of Millennium Farms retired from miniature horses in late 2009 this beautiful mare caught our attention. As we could not decide between Millennium's Abyss and Couture, we did what any level headed miniature horse lover would do, we bought them both!! Couture is a gorgeous black bay mare with huge, expressive doe eyes, and attitude to spare! Couture was the last of Dippers Duffy's foals born in 2006, the year that her sire died. He only sired two more foals the next year in 2007 that were born after his death. Dipper's Duffy was a Boones Little Apache son, and a Roan Ranger Grandson. Her dam, Rose, is a daughter of the incredible NFC Sugar Boy, by Roan Ranger. Rose is gorgeous mare that has proven herself over and over again to be a producer of spectacular offspring. Couture's great grandsire on both sides is Roan Ranger, giving her Gold Melody Boy on both the top and bottom of her pedigree. We are thrilled to have this mare join our band of brood mares. Couture carries herself with a presence of greatness. She has a floating trot and demands that you earn her trust. Her aloof nature has given her the nickname "Contessa"! That barn name has now stuck. Once again, we wish to thank Darrell and Tommy of Millennium Farms in Texas for allowing us to purchase this mare.

Her pedigree includes: Dippers Duffy, Checkmate Sugar Boys Black Rose, Boones Little Apache, Starlights Little Dipper, NFCS Sugar Boy, Flying M Blue Rose, Roan Ranger, Johnstons Starlight,  NFCS Sugar Baby,  Flying M Cracker, Justabouts Ranchs Pansy, and Gold Melody Boy.

Sire: Dippers Duffy
Dam: Checkmate Sugar Boys Black Rose

Until we saw Deelite, we had never seen another horse that so closely resembled our herd sire Canterbury All That Jazz, other than his own offspring. She has many of the same markings with  lots of dots trailing down her hip, as well as splashes of black on her chest shield, and across her back and sides. She is also that jet, non fading black color that we adore! Mix her incredible color patterns with a friendly, easy going personality, and you get a winner of a mare.

Deelite has been tested and is Homozygous for Tobiano (TT), and is also Homozygous for the black gene (EE), therefore (she can never produce a red foal no matter what stallion she is bred to). She is negative for the Frame (LWO), and Sabino (Sb1) genes.

Her pedigree includes: Bond Showboy, Bond Nemo, Stouts Black Magic, Stouts Blackberry, S Bar PS Snickers, S Bar PS Cocoa Princess, Little Hoof Prints Painted Prince, Dawsons Bond Uno, Stouts Lil Chief Toy-ya, Dell Teras Superman, Dell Teras Miss Oklahoma, Ohios Bay Lady Cocoa Butter, Circle N's Okie'ss Misty, Circle N's Ko-Koa.

Sire: S Bar PS Uno Eclipse
Dam: Circle N's Lucky Gal

Clementine has proven herself to be a real asset to our breeding program. As a solid black she is versatile in being able to be bred to any of our stallions. And as a homozygous for black mare we know she will never produce a red foal no matter what stallion she is bred to. Clementine is three quarters Bond breeding tracing back to Bond Commodore, Bond Jocko, and Bond Showboy. Clementine has produced several beautiful foals for us and is a sweet mare. Her correct body and legs are a great asset to our breeding program. While she is one of our smaller mares, she has excellent leg to body proportions, and passes on this trait to her foals. Her large, dreamy brown eyes, dishy head, beautiful cheeks and muzzle are a lovely sight to behold.

Clementine has been tested and is homozygous for black. She cannot produce a red foal no matter what stallion she is bred to.

Her pedigree includes: Bond Commodore, Bond Showboy, Bond Fantasy, Bond Jocko, JRS Little Silver Girl, and Sugar Creek.

Sire: Bond Famas Amos
Dam: Sugar Creek Silver Belle

Kharisma came to us as a four year old. Bred By Barbara Norman at Winner's Circle, she was born among miniature horse foundation champions. The Norman's were instrumental in producing some of the greatest miniature horses in the breed. Kharisma is the half sister to Winners Circle Adonis, the AMHA National Champion and Grand National Champion in Junior, Two Year old, and Senior Stallion in Halter. They both share the same sire, Martins Dealers Choice, a multi-champion, and sire of champions. Kharisma has an elegant body and Araby head. She is also a great moving horse. Kharisma graces our pastures with her aristocrat presence. She is a joy to watch and has produced some terrific foals for us. These photos were taken of her as an eleven year old mare. You can see she has kept her body and remains a head turner. We are thankful to have acquired her from Judy and Bob Mathey.

Her pedigree includes; Martins Dealers Choice, Bond Dynamo, Bond Jocko, Dell Teras Miss Independence, Dels Tinker Toy, Chantilly Lace, Komokos Dyn O Mite.

Sire: Martins Dealers Choice
Dam: Chantilly Lace

It would be hard to express the number of superlatives needed to describe Lucky Charm! She is beautiful to watch move, and is as friendly as a puppy dog. We just love having her. She goes out of her way to find people to nuzzle, and is equally friendly with other mares. Her pedigree includes Rhotens Little Dandy, a National Grand Champion driving horse. Bred by Lisa Davis at LTD's, she was previous owned by Linda Baerthlein Marzac where I first saw her at Sugar Creek Ranch in California. She was then sold to Aloha Acres in Florida, and I spent several years trying to convince Henry Horrox to sell her to me. She was a favorite of his, and I understand why. Lee Crutchfield eventually convinced him to sell her. We are very grateful he did. Charm is equally at home in a pasture or a barn stall. She is a happy wherever she is.

She has been genetically tested and is a bay, Frame (LWO), Sabino (SB1), and is homozygous for Black. She has tested negative for the Silver gene.

Her pedigree includes: Shredder, Southview, Sundance, Rhotens Little Dandy, Flying W Farms, Bond, Ohios, Sonrisa, Silverdales, and RGR.

Sire: Shredder
Dam: Southview Mi Charm

Another breathtaking mare! Blossom is perhaps the most elegant mare I have ever known. She dances when she moves. She has a light Arabian-type frame, and an elegant head with a small muzzle. Bred by Harvey and Mildred Levy, now retired from Bar Ls Ranch, Blossom is the daughter of Bar Ls Dazzling Dude, a tovero show stallion that won many awards in both halter and multi-color stallion classes. She looks exactly like her grand dam, AWH Blossom, now deceased. She also has the Fishers line, known for their driving horses in her lineage. We found her on the L'il Beginnings Sale Page. We wish to thank Kim Wende for letting us acquire Blossom.

Sire: Bar Ls Dazzling Dude
Dam: Bar Ls Grand Prix

Hope has been a wonderful addition to our breeding program. She carries both the tobiano and the splashed white overo pinto genes. This little mare surprised us by testing homozygous for tobiano! She will always pass on a tobiano pinto gene no matter what stallion she is bred to. The splashed white gene from her sire provides additional white in her coat. Her unusual coloring was found to be caused by a single cream gene that turns her black patch to a mocha color. She also has jet black in her tail and a partial jet black right ear. We thought at first she was a buckskin. But further dna testing revealed she was a black (aa). Some have thought she was a grulla, but that the white covers the typical grulla markings. She has produced a grulla filly. Her sire, Medicine Man, is a loud, jet black, splashed white and tobiano tovero pinto. Her dam, Dancing Cloud, is also a loud pinto that is tobiano, and either a roan or a sabino, and carries the dilution gene that she passed on to Hope. Originally bred in Missouri, Hope came to us from Irene Joyce in Michigan.

Sire: High Hopes Indian Medicine Man
Dam: RSC Dancing Cloud

Desire is by Justin Time, our black frame overo stallion, and out of Celeste, our bay tovero mare. Desire is a beautiful, deep mahogany bay, with a beautiful top line and tail set, a lovely feminine face, and large brown eyes. She is a very correct mare, and she has a great personality. She had her first foal for us, Pacific Tango, in 2007. Her lineage includes many well known show horses. We are looking forward to the foals she will have in the future.

Her pedigree includes; Gold Melody Boy, Bond Commodore, Van Los Paleface, Mylers Angel, Carousel Galaxy,Texans, Stouts, Winks, and Shady Acres.

Sire: Pacific Justin Time
Dam: Sugar Creek Celeste

Her pedigree includes: Painted Bandit, Rowdy, Kraus Kings Lightning, Rocking HS, San Antonios, Just, Komokos, Lazy N, and Sunnydale.

Sire: Painted Bandit
Dam: Jacks Miss Moonglow

Cloud Nine is a refined mare by our former herd sire Sugar Creek Bolero, a Gold Melody x Bond, Jet Black Pinto Stallion and out of Tivoli, our Bond Sir Galahad, Chocolate Silver Medicine Hat Tovero Mare. She is three quarters Bond breeding and one quarter Johnstons breeding. She is what we are striving for in our breeding; elegant, with great leg to body proportions. Cloud Nine has tested positive for the silver gene, and tested homozygous for Tobiano! She will always have a tobiano pinto foal no matter what stallion she is bred to. She has just one patch of color on her belly on the left side, and one black right ear. She also has eyeliner and black around her left eye. Otherwise she is all white with dazzling blue eyes. We believe that, like her dam Tivoli, she is carrying the splashed white gene.

Sire: Sugar Creek Bolero
Dam: Bond Tivoli

She has been tested and carries the dilution (cream) gene. She is also homozygous for black (she can never produce a red foal no matter what stallion she is bred to).

Her pedigree includes: National Grand Champions LTD Magic Man, Sample, Rowdy, Shadow Oaks Top Banana.

Sire: Magic Mans Color Prints
Dam: Pacific China Blue

Celeste is known at our ranch affectionately as my teddy bear because of her size, bay color, and personality. Our smallest mare, at just 28 inches, she makes up for her diminutive size by having an incredible personality. For those of you that have seen the outstanding British comic strip by Norman Thelwell, Celeste looks just like one of the "Thelwell ponies". And she certainly has a bigger than life character to match any of those ponies in the comic strip! She is another mare that continues to surprise us by producing loud colored foals. Ones that are far more refined and taller than she is, and foals that have a lot of leg. Celeste has produced homozygous tobianos, toveros, sabinos, and solids. We always wait for her next foal with great anticipation. Her sire is Carousel Galaxy a tobiano pinto from the Texans, Shady Acres, and Lil Ponderosa lines. Her dam is Stouts Sweet Potato, a silver dapple bay tovero pinto mare that is pure Stouts on both top and bottom of her pedigree. Celeste is one of our ranch's earliest acquisitions in 1996 when she was four years old. She had her first foal with us, Pacific Dual Image, a stunning black tovero pinto colt that we showed for several years. As of 2009 she has produced eight foals for us. One of which we have retained for breeding; her daughter, Pacific Desire, who is herself now part of our brood mare herd. Shown here at seventeen years young, Celeste remains a miniature horse to never underestimate. She has earned the title of "Barn Queen", having passed up several other "Barn Princesses", along the way. She is a true treasure that we have been honored to share our time with. Celeste was bred by my mentor and friend, Lynda Baerthlein Marzac at Sugar Creek Farms.

Her pedigree includes: Carousel, Texans, Springwater, Lil Ponderosa, Shady Acres, and Stouts.

Sire: Carousel Galaxy
Dam: Stouts Sweet Potato

Treasure found her way to our ranch in the fall of 2009 as a yearling. Her spectacular markings are from her sire Standing Ovation. Her dam, Sonata, is a bay, minimal white splashed white overo pinto. Treasure was bred by Ted and Rosemary Roberts of Teddy's Treasures in North Carolina. This ranch may be one of the miniature horse industries best kept secrets. She came onto our ranch and fit in as if she had been here all her life. She is the friendliest, most loving mare, and we are looking forward to breeding her when she gets older and having her joining our broodmare herd. In the meantime we are just enjoying watching her eye candy good looks! We want to thank Melanie Peterson at Hidden Timber Ranch for allowing us to acquire this terrific mare.

Treasure has been tested and is Bay, Frame (LWO), and Sabino (SB1) positive, and homozygous for Black (she can never produce a red foal no matter what stallion she is bred to).

Her pedigree includes: Jandts Impressives Standing Ovation, NFC Imprssives Samurai, NFC Rowdys Impressive, Rowdy, Hemlock Brooks Egyptian King, Jandts, Rehs, Dell Teras, Shady Oaks, Log Cabin, Vant Huttenest.

Sire: Jandts Impressives Standing Ovation
Dam: Shady Oaks Moonlight Sonata

This lovely Lady joined our herd in 2004 as a weanling, and produced her first foal for us in 2008. Her sire is the late Vermilyea Farms Stylish Buckaroo, a stunning palomino stallion with an incredible head and neck, and an outstanding pedigree to match.  Her grandsire, NFC Rowdy's Stylish Conclusion, is a Rowdy son, that sired eight National Grand Champions and many champion and reserve Champions at the national level. Her Sire's dam is Little Kings Buckaroo Chardonnay, a Boones Little Buckaroo daughter !! The Buckaroo name is synonymous with excellent breeding. Her dam PLF Prancing Pixie has Evans lines on the top and bottom. With an elegance that was evident at birth, we look forward to what she will continue to bring to our breeding program. We thank Nancy and Don Richey for breeding such a beautiful mare and allowing us to acquire her.

Lady has been tested and is both Frame (LWO), and Silver negative.

Her pedigree includes: Rowdy, Boones Little Buckaroo, NFC Rowdys Stylish Conclusion, Little Kings Buckaroo Chardonnay, Vermiliyea Farms Stylish Buckaroo, Evans, PLF Prancing Pixie.

Sire Vermilyea Farms Stylish Buckaroo
Dam: PLF Prancing Pixie

Sire: Cross Country Native Dancer
Dam: Cross Country Layla

Combining conformation with outstanding color, Jewels carries three color patterns; the frame (LWO), sabino, and tobiano genes. This stunning mare has everything you would want in a color breeding program. She also tested homozygous for black. The possibilities of what color patterns she can produce are nearly endless!  Dazzling blue eyes just add to this already impressive package. We expect the black patches to continue to darken over the next few years as is typical with this sabino gene. This is the only time we crossed Jewel's sire, Canterbury All That Jazz, our jet black homozygous for tobiano stallion, with her dam Feather, a brown frame sabino overo pinto. This cross has created a elegant mare with the conformation and movement we strive for. Her dam Feather now lives at Never Ending Ranch in Ontario, Canada. We have retained Jewels to carry on where her dam left off.  We are looking forward to what she will do for our breeding program in the future. We feel she will be worth the wait. In the meantime, it is a joy to see her move and light up the pasture with her elegance and color to burn.

She has been tested and is positive for the Frame (LWO), Sabino (sb1), and Tobiano pinto genes. She also tested homozygous for black (she can never have a red foal no matter what stallion she is bred to).

Her pedigree includes: Canterbury All That Jazz, Arrows Dancing Feather of LTD's, Vermilyea Farms Renegade, Bryland Farms Pocket Money, National Grand Champions LTD's Magic Man, and Magic Mans Bows and Arrow, Magic Mans Stormy Moon, Bonds Galahads Legacy, NFCS Geta Light, Summers Mucho Dinero, Spring Valleys Pocahontas, Bolins Buttons and Bows, Southview Mi Charm, Bond Sir Galahad.

Sire: Canterbury All That Jazz
Dam: Arrows Dancing Feather of LTD's