JS Shakira and her rider Shyla Lefever went to their first western
schooling show. Wow did they do good. They took first in western
equitation, trail and reining and second in western pleasure. They also
did some of the games. I was so proud of them. They took High Point for
the day. Our next show is a 4-H show on May 14th. That one will be both
english and western. Not bad for an Event Pony. I'll keep you updated.

Veronica

OK, I am finally over the worst of my bout with Influenza!  Boy that is a nasty bug! 

 Anyway, papers are off in the mail and I am really having to hustle to get ready for Ride the West .  We only have a couple of weeks to get things ready!  So I am working on brochures, hand outs ect. and I hope our new logo will be ready in time. 

Yes, you heard right, a New Logo!  An artist in Utah is working on a new logo for us and she is amazing at capturing the Arabian spirit and strength and is familiar with Arabian Ponies!  She said she has the Pony part done but is looking for just the right background for it.  Hopefully I will have it in time for Expo debut!  You all will of course be the first to see it when it is ready!

We have also again been listed as one of the feature breeds at Ride the West and are in the showcase breed barn!  The expo organizer also does a pony ring and therapy pony program for children with disabilities so she loves ponies too.  If you have a chance to read her story, click here !  Our farm has donated a breeding to our stallion to Story Book Pony Farm for the wonderful things they do for families and children and to the memory of the great woman who has passed away from cancer who started it. 

Things are really moving this year for APRA and it is due to all of you being so supportive and spreading the word!  Special thanks go out to Gail Sandidge who has  been spreading the word around Arizona!  Gail is responsible for 9 new registrations this year so far!    Thank you all for sharing with your friends!

Farm Spotlight and Newsletter!!!!!

I want to start up a newsletter that would be published on the APRA website and the yahoo group on a quarterly basis for now and would love it if you all would contribute your news and pics of events you attend or trail rides you go on!  I would love to highlight a farm each time but will surprise you with which farm it is, so update your websites because I will be watching you!  If any of you have youtube videos, share those too!

Well that is all I can think of for now.  Keep riding, keep smiling and keep enjoying your Arabian Ponies! 

Happy Trails!

Jean Jones

I knew people just outside Lebanon near Mark Twain Park out on O
highway.  They moved now out of state but I know that area is sooo pretty.

So does this group allow attachment photos?  Or do I need to go to the
files?

Amber

Cathy Hill wrote:
> Amber,
> I'm not so far from you, we're west of Lebanon about an hour.  I have
> an Arabian mare that I bought in foal to a Friesian and I'm breeding
> her back to my little 10.2 hand stallion.
> I'd love to see pictures of all your ponies.
> Cathy
>
>
> Cathy Hill
> Five Hills Farm
> http://cathill2.tripod.com/mulefarm/
> http://missouri-foxtrotter-pony.tripod.com/

Really in Peculiar?  I'd love to go to that..

What farm is it at ?

Amber

Cathy Hill wrote:
> Veronica,
> I sure will.  I have little knowledge about this type of pony but
> there are some good contact people in my area that I know I can get
> help from.   I'll get a little practice with the foal she's going to
> have in June.  There has been a Friesian Sport Horse Insection in
> Peculiar, Mo. the past couple of years so if they have it there again
> this year, it's in the fall and will be excellent timing to take this
> foal before weaning to be inspected.  I can also have Macarena
> inspected as a broodmare for the Friesian Sport Horse registry and she
> will have a certificate with her score.
> A friend in Lawrence, KS had her colt inspected (Oldenburg) last
> summer and I really enjoyed the atmosphere and people there.  The
> judge was from Germany and was very professional yet relaxed and made
> everyone there feel good about just being there.  He was informative
> and very open.  It will be "years" before I have an Arabian Pony foal
> that is old enough for training under saddle but then I look at some
> of my other horses here and my the time really goes by quickly so I
> have a lot to learn in a relatively short period of time.
> Cathy
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Veronica Norris
> <colorspotsportponies@...
> <mailto:colorspotsportponies@...>> wrote:
>
>     Hey Cathy,
>
>     Boy she sure is cute. I hope everything goes fine this June. You
>     can email any time if you have questions.
>
>
>
>     Veronica
>
>
>
>     ----- Original Message ----
>     From: Cathy Hill <smoothmule@... <mailto:smoothmule@...>>
>     To: arabianponyregistryofamerica
>     <arabianponyregistryofamerica@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:arabianponyregistryofamerica@yahoogroups.com>>
>     Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:29:15 PM
>     Subject: [ArabianPonyRegistryofAmerica] Someday soon...
>
>     I've got less than 2 months now before my mare Macarena foals.
>     This foal will be huge, by a Friesian stallion, but she will be
>     bred back to my pony stallion, Lil Champagne Tease (aka Studley).
>     He's a classic champagne appaloosa pony and we have had 2 pony
>     foals by this little guy already and I'm more than excited about
>     my first Arabian Pony.   As a very modest breeding farm with just
>     2 to 4 foals a year at most,  I probably will not be promoting and
>     showing this first pony but I do plan to learn more about the
>     inspection process and take the foal to the sport pony
>     inspections.  I will be looking for a trainer when the time
>     is right so I will be looking to you all for advice but for now, I
>     am simply looking forward to this foal and planning for the next.
>
>     Attached is Macarena, her belly is really beginning to get pointy,
>     her due date is June 10th.  She's already soft over the tail head
>     and her belly is getting heavy enough it really pulls on her
>     topline.  She is only 14.1 hands but this is her second foal by
>     the same stallion so I know she can do it but it still worries me
>     a little.  She will not be bred to such a large stallion again now
>     that I own her and she won't know how to act with a foal half this
>     size next year.  Her previous foal was very typey for a Friesian
>     cross so I'm hoping for a pony as sweet and as pretty as she is.
>     Cat
>
>
>
>     --
>     Cathy Hill
>     Five Hills Farm
>     http://www.freewebs .com/fivehillssp ortponies/
>     <http://www.freewebs.com/fivehillssportponies/>
>
>
>
>
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>
> --
> Cathy Hill
> Five Hills Farm
> http://cathill2.tripod.com/mulefarm/
> http://missouri-foxtrotter-pony.tripod.com/

Hello all;

 

Just joined because we have an arab mare and now a new pony for my son.  We were soo excited to get the pony because we thought of breeding her to an arab for an arab pony.  Sadddd news.  Now we have to sell the pony because she is not "kid broke" like we were told.  We are just selling her to get our money back to find something that my son can ride.

 

So if anyone is interested or knows of a kid broke large pony or small horse in the south central missouri area let me know.

 

We don't care what color or breed as long as she is "kid broke" for a beginner and not too expensive.  We would love an arab or part arab.

 

What we have is a coming 5 yr old GORGEOUS buckskin filly, possibly bred for an early 09 foal.  She is 11 hands tall and has no white.  Just buttermilk buckskin with dark chocolate points with a lightly frosted mane.  She has a very full mane with a tale that goes to the ground.  I think she is part welsh.  She leads, loads, picks up feet, longes, and saddles, but still needs finishing and my son wants something that he can ride NOW, not in three months when summer is over.  We had a trainer look at her and it was recommended for 2-3 months training.  I think she would cross great with arabs or quarters, or would make a great show pony.  The trainer said she was smart and learned fast, but again my son needs something to ride now as he has saved for two years. 

 

Very sad as we love her and don't want to sell her.  Help!

Any ideas?

 

Rosina

 

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Hello all,

  I'm new and have been lurking for the last 2 months.  I have a small
Arab mare that is 14 hands that I'm planning to cross on a local Welara
stallion.  I also raise some minis and in between.  I also hav e several
larger Arabian stallions as well .  I am located in central MO south of
Sedalia about 35 miles.  I'm wanting to start crossing for part Arab
sport ponies.  I have held off breeding this year due to prices and a
new baby and new business.

   I hate to mention it but I have an awesome 4 yr old dark bay 1/2
Morgan, 1/2 Halflinger mare that is broke to ride and drive that I must
sell to pay my taxes.  She is 13 hands and is in foal for June to a 3/4
Friesian, 1/4 Arabian stallion.  She looks like a miniature Morgan.  She
moves wonderfully and was trained by the Amish.  She is not a beginner
horse though.  I'm offering her for $600.00.  It is a heartbreaking
decision as I was going to use her as one of my broodmares to cross on
my Arabs.  She has a beautiful head and body.  If anyone is interested
e-mail me privately.  She would cross so well with Arab stallions for
part Arab ponies.

Thanks,
Amber Corona
Stover, MO

Just wanted to let the ones know that have sent in applications that I
and my whole family have been really sick the past couple weeks and
just trying to survive life at this point.  I will get them out this
week sometime.

Thank you for your patience,

Jean

Welcome Rosina, Becky and Diana

This is a new experience for me too here. I am not a pony breeder per
se, but because of the high % Raffles lines with a nice mix of Gainey
(several lines to tiny Azleta) we do produce some very small Arabs. I
am on the opposite side of the Dallas/Fort Worth area from Becky, the
north East side. We are about an hour south of the Oklahoma state line
and about 4 hours (I think) from Springfield, Mo.

We have some really nice colts and fillies for sale, that i do know
will be well under 14'2 and maybe a few of the mares. As an FYI for the
newcomers, our website is http://LivingWatersArabians.com I've added
sone pics there of the colts and fillies - not very many yet as its
tough to get nice photos with winter fuzz and mud..

We have a really awesome 13-13'1 hh colt -4yo that would be a super
pony sire.. I'd hate to see him gelded, but we can't keep them all. To
see that he does get a good home, he is offered at $500.

Ya'all take care,
Audrey

--- In ArabianPonyRegistryofAmerica@yahoogroups.com, "colemangirly"
<colemangirly@...> wrote:
>
> Wow! You have mares and fillies too? Where are you located?
>
> Intro:
>
> I am Rosina, mother of three children. 2 boys with visual imparement
> and one daughter. I have an arab mare and now a new pony for my
older
> son. I love arabs and would love to have arab ponies. I am in South
> Central Missouri. My arab mare is due in about one month to another
> full arab and we have to sell the baby, but that is okay. I really
> want arab ponies. I didn't realize that others did too, how cool!!
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> Rosina, Roman, Ethan, and Kaile
>

Welcome Rosina, Becky and Diana

This is a new experience for me too here. I am not a pony breeder per
se, but because of the high % Raffles lines with a nice mix of Gainey
(several lines to tiny Azleta) we do produce some very small Arabs. I
am on the opposite side of the Dallas/Fort Worth area from Becky, the
north East side. We are about an hour south of the Oklahoma state line
and about 4 hours (I think) from Springfield, Mo.

We have some really nice colts and fillies for sale, that i do know
will be well under 14'2 and maybe a few of the mares. As an FYI for the
newcomers, our website is http://LivingWatersArabians.com I've added
sone pics there of the colts and fillies - not very many yet as its
tough to get nice photos with winter fuzz and mud..

We have a really awesome 13-13'1 hh colt -4yo that would be a super
pony sire.. I'd hate to see him gelded, but we can't keep them all. To
see that he does get a good home, he is offered at $500.

Ya'all take care,
Audrey


--- In ArabianPonyRegistryofAmerica@yahoogroups.com, "colemangirly"
<colemangirly@...> wrote:
>
> Wow!  You have mares and fillies too?  Where are you located?
>
> Intro:
>
> I am Rosina, mother of three children.  2 boys with visual imparement
> and one daughter.  I have an arab mare and now a new pony for my
older
> son.  I love arabs and would love to have arab ponies.  I am in South
> Central Missouri.  My arab mare is due in about one month to another
> full arab and we have to sell the baby, but that is okay.  I really
> want arab ponies.  I didn't realize that others did too, how cool!!
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> Rosina, Roman, Ethan, and Kaile
>

Thank you Tamara for sending a friend!  Becky, I also know how you feel
about one growing too tall.  Hal was sired by a 14.1 Connemara and our
of my 14.1 black Arabian and he is already taller than 14.2!  So I was
disappointed he went over size so I think I will be cancelling his
registration papers as there is no point to me to keep his papers as an
Arabian Pony when he outgrew the pony. He is now a Sport horse instead
of sport pony. It is disapointing when they grow taller.  Hal is only 3
years, 14.3 and still growing.

It is also neet to find yet another homeschooler amung our ranks.  I am
starting to see a pattern here.  There seems to be quite a few pony
breeders that homeschool their children...very interesting.

How do we handle it?  Well there are many ways that raising ponies can
be used as many school subjects.  Agriculture comes in with proper
nutrition, feeding amounts and what foods produce what results.  Proper
animal husbandry is really important and is considered a science.  Also
when you research the arabian breed you learn much of world history
because the Arabian has helped win wars and rule many countries.  The
Arabian has had influence around the world throughout history!
Horses/ponies need to be worked and it can be a very physical
experiance and you get a good workout so Physical education comes into
play here.  My kids are allowed to read all the books they want
including horse books, fiction and non-fiction, training books you name
it.  They are also encouraged to write their own stories and sometimes
their stories are about bugs or horses/ponies.

One of my daughters wrote a report for her history class about a young
girl about 14 yrs old that rode her family's stallion during the same
night that Paul Revere did his famous ride letting the people in the
country know that the British were coming!  She rode this stallion for
40 miles in one night!  Her name was Sybal Ludington and the stallion
was named Star.

So there are many ways to incorporate the love of horses in school
subjects!  We also like to use Chrsitian Light Education material and
they are wonderful because they are really geared to country life.
They are also very affordable for families on a budget like us!  Our
kids are ages 3-14 and five of them are school age so we are pretty
busy too!

Happy Trails!
Jean

Sorry about the multiple messages. Yahoo kept sending my replies.

Veronica

Welcome ladies!  Thank you Rosina for giving us our intro already!
Sorry I am a bit slow to respond to the new members updates!

Yes, all of us here love Arabian Ponies, but other breeds are welcome
too!  There are a few of us who are still in the mom stage of life
with little ones so we have much in common!  We have 6 kids and we
homeschool so life is pretty busy around our house all the time.  We
live in WA State and enjoy trail riding and exhibitions.  There are
many who have posted websites on the links page so feel free to play
oin there if you like.  Also, Please create a photo album and share
your pics with us!  We love pics of everybodies ponies/horses, pets,
kids, ect. even if they are not of arabian ponies!

Again, Welcome to both of you!

Jean Jones
www.arabponies.com
www.arabianponies.org

Wow!  You have mares and fillies too?  Where are you located?

Intro:

I am Rosina, mother of three children.  2 boys with visual imparement
and one daughter.  I have an arab mare and now a new pony for my older
son.  I love arabs and would love to have arab ponies.  I am in South
Central Missouri.  My arab mare is due in about one month to another
full arab and we have to sell the baby, but that is okay.  I really
want arab ponies.  I didn't realize that others did too, how cool!!

Hello everyone.

Rosina, Roman, Ethan, and Kaile

An even better study to look at would be the one using TB mares and pony
mares. There were 4 groups, some TB mares carrying TB foals, some TB
mares carrying embryo transplant pony foals, some pony mares carrying
pony foals and some pony mares carrying ET'ed TB foals. All mares
received equiv. nutrition, care, etc.

The results showed a height difference at maturity (3 years) in the pure
TB foals that were carried by the pony mares. They were still taller
than the pony foals, but not as tall as the foals carried by the TB
mares. And the reverse was also true. The pony foals carried by the TB
mares were bigger that the pony foals carried by the pony mares.

Basically broke down to there is a limiting factor due to the size of
the mare that will remain with the animal through maturity. But
obviously won't affect the genes, so the next generation would go back
to being "normal" size.

So if you simply must get that offspring under a certain height, get
some very small mares to use as recip mares.

-Tamara

------------------------------
Tamara Woodcock
Aelfleah Farm, Scurry, TX
BLUE STAR Arabians and
Arabian-influenced Sportponies
www.aelfleahfarm.com

I called THEM mad...they called ME mad...and DAMN THEM...they outvoted
me.

Some days it's not even worth chewing through the restraints

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [ArabianPonyRegistryofAmerica] Hi, new here
> From: Cynthia <possumpony@yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun, April 06, 2008 10:40 am
> To: ArabianPonyRegistryofAmerica@yahoogroups.com
> There was a study done years ago at the University of Iowa at Ames where they crossed drafts and shetlands to evaluate foal size at birth so it is slightly off topic. In utero and during birth, the foals size was adjusted to that of its mother, but once born, many quickly grew to be far larger than their dams by weaning time if the dams were the shetlands. Another study was done to figure out the tall short gene problem. I had an APHA stallion that seemed to inherit two short genes. Out of my nearly 16 hand TB he sired 3 foals and none matured over 14 hands and I suspect the filly I kept is only 13.2 but I have to put a stick to her to be sure. My guess is that since he is a mini and she has one short gene the foal has a 75% chance of giving yu what you want with a 50% chance of being homozygous for short. That mini can only give a short gene since he obviously is homozygous for short.
> Shadows Fire <seabreezefantasea@yahoo.com> wrote: Just joined tonight and I was wondering..I own an arab mare, she
> stands 14.2, but her withers are high, at her back she is more like
> 13.3 LOL
> But my friend offered her gorgeous arab typy mini stallion to breed to
> for free. He is quite small but dang he looks like a tiny arab with
> shorter legs. I think he is about 34 inches tall. He is a pinto under
> his grey gene. But I am wondering just how tall the foal would grow up
> to be? My mares sire was 16 hands tall, but her dam was 14.2 so she
> took after her dam in size. I have bred her once before to a quarter
> horse and the resulting filly was the same size if maybe a hair taller
> than her mom. Sire was about the same size too, but she sure was wider
> than her dam when she grew up. I would LOVE to have something that was
> about 13 hands.
> So anyone try any Mini-Arab crosses? Do they tend to follow the dams
> size more or is it a crap shoot?
> Thanks so much,
> Marci
>
> Skunk River Stables
> specializing in quality show ponies
> IQPA Inspector
> QPA Points Secretary
>
> http://skunkriverstables.tripod.com/
>
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Hi,
  I prefer the Section A to Arab, because that cross
gives more bone while keeping the foal small. I have
both A&B crosses to a 15hh Arab mare. Both are 14hh.

                  Doris

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