Gray-Dun Gelding
DOB 10/04/10 @ 9:52pm
Birth Height: 17¾" ~ Birth Weight: 15½ lbs.
Height on 3/30/13: 27½"
MDR #60381
Microchip ID#on file

Sire:  PGF Peppercorn, 30½" Brown
      Grand Sire:  My World Buster, 30¼" Dark Red (Sorrel)
      Grand Dam:  Pine Grove Farm's Rhubarb, 31½" Gray

Dam:  Engman's Half Ass Acres Shimmy, 28¾" Gray
      Grand Sire: Heiken's Ark Achilles, 27½" Gray
      Grand Dam:  Engman's Toodles, 31" Gray

Click here to see Roger's complete pedigree!

Shimmy is one of the dearest and sweetest jennets we own. We purchased her sight unseen and have loved her from the minute we first saw her get off the transport truck. Her demure stature and her stocky body type are rare. When we decided to breed her we made sure that we used our smallest jack, Pepper, to be the one to service this little jennet. Now we know it was definitely the RIGHT choice.

As always we were waiting with baited breath for Shimmy to have her very first foal. Being such a tiny little jennet, we were on constant vigil for any of the first signs of labor. It was a good thing we did that and we were with her the instant she went into labor. As you may have seen, if watching Mare Stare, Shimmy had a “red bag” delivery. That is something a breeder always dreads to see or hear for that matter, but with quick action by Joe, he was able to quickly cut open the bag and get this precious little boy jack out.

Since the date was 10/4/10, my good friend, Dena, suggested naming him Ten-Four and calling him Roger. We did exactly that….it fit him perfectly that night and does to this day. Roger is the smallest foal we have ever had at Half Ass Acres. He weighed 15 ½ pounds and stood only 17 ½ inches tall (short). He was like holding a tiny stuffed doll and he immediately owned our hearts. We did not let him out of the barn for several days since he was so small. Shimmy was such a fantastic first time mother and really wanted to keep him all to herself right after she gave birth to him. I can understand why……”I still want to keep him all to myself.”

Enough time has passed now that we are letting Shimmy and Ten-Four have more access to the paddocks but still keep a watchful eye out for both of them due to their smallness in size. Ten-Four’s risky birth situation did not have one bad effect on him. He is as normal as “apple pie” and JUST AS SWEET! There are no written or spoken words to describe him to you. It takes seeing him in person to appreciate his “cute factor”.

We Praise the Lord for sending him to us, for Joe’s quick response to his birthing needs, and simply for the Miracle of Birth at Half Ass Acres. Please call to set an appointment to visit our tiny little treasure. You will definitely agree he’s exceptional.

Below is a link to an instructional video taken of a red bag delivery. It gives a great visual of what it looks like and how to handle the situation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avugTkuk7c8&feature=player_embedded


Here is their web page with more helpful information:
http://iamranch.com/miniredbag.htm


Permission was given by owner to post. Their filly is doing great.

Update! 6/3/11: Roger was gelded by our vet, Dr. Greg Harris! He is now our ambassador/mascot donkey for Half Ass Acres! Even though Roger is the smallest donkey on our farm we made the decision to geld him as he 'toes out' on his front legs and we did not want to perpetuate that conformational fault into the gene pool of miniature donkeys.  We have turned down thousands of dollars for little Roger. Roger is here to stay!!

Roger was the 2011 Tennessee Donkey ASSociation's Champion High Point Ambassador Donkey. He tied for this award with his own personal donkey, Soldier, and his stablemate, Lightfoot Lee, owned by Dena Wilson.

We were not even trying to win an award in 2012 but Roger was named the Reserve Champion High Point Ambassador Donkey for Tennessee at the end of the year. We were so thrilled that Roger won this award by just doing what he loves to do...entertaining people with his adorable cuteness!

Roger after his first body clip on June 29th, 2011.

Roger on June 4th, 2011, 1 day after being castrated!

Roger's 1st day out at 3 days old!

Dark Brown Masked Spot Gelding w/Apron Face
DOB 10/14/10 @ 10:48am
Birth Height:  21¾" ~ Birth Weight: 26.0 lbs.
Height on 3/30/13: 32¼" tall
MDR #60382
Microchip ID#on file

Sire: Windcrest Firefly, 30½" Dark Red
      Grand Sire:  MGF Fiftyfire, 31½" Dark Red
      Grand Dam:  Windcrest Pinkee, 32" Red

Dam:  Dewey Meadows Valerie, 31" Dk Brn/Gray/White Spot
      Grand Sire:  Dewey Meadows Valentino, 32¾" Dark Brn/White Spot
      Grand Dam:  Dewey Meadows Cactus Flower, 31" Gray-Dun


Click MDR sticker to see Soldier's complete pedigree!

Soldier is super friendly and loves nothing better than a good party or festivity. We have taken him to many outdoor occasions so he is use to crowds and noise. Children are drawn to his bold, white face and quiet, tolerant demeanor. He seems to be especially fond of children too, allowing them to pull him in any direction they wish to go. He is easy to catch, and he leads and loads in the trailer well.

Soldier is a masked spot with an apron face. An apron face is similar to the bald face, except an apron face literally looks like he's wearing an apron of white over the color and the white extends along the jaw to the throat latch & generally covers the whole muzzle. He has dark eyeliner all the way around both eyes.

Thank you to Dena Wilson for her incredible job of handling Soldier during his photo shoot! Thanks Dena, you are one in a million!

How could we part with Roger's best friend? Just could not do it. Soldier is here to stay too!

Soldier was the 2011 Tennessee Donkey ASSociation's Champion High Point Ambassador Donkey. He tied for this award with his owner, Roger, and their stablemate, Lightfoot Lee, owned by Dena Wilson.

About Face (Soldier) on 6/29/11 after he was body clipped!


About Face (Soldier) on 6/04/11 before he was body clipped!


About Face (Soldier) at one day old!

33½" Light Gray Gelding w/NLP
DOB 6/10/01
MDR #41396
Microchip ID#on file

Sire:  Circle C Legend, 31¾" Light Red
      Grand Sire:  S. S. Red Lightening, 32" Red
      Grand Dam:  Circle C Miss Houston, 31¾" Light Red

Dam:  Circle C Pepsi Cola, 34" Dark Brown
      Grand Sire:  Untraced
      Grand Dam:  Untraced

Click MDR sticker to see Mookie's complete pedigree!

Mookie is a half brother to Stonegate Acres Solar Eclipse, a National High Point Perfomance Gelding and the 2005 NMDA High Point Gelding of the Year owned and shown by Kathy Loudamy at K & K Ranch in Texas and just recently purchased by us. Mookie has a beautiful head and is a great little driving gelding. He is a beautiful mover and can really extend his trot. He isn't like a lot of driving donkeys that just go faster instead of truly extending their trot. He was trained by Wayne Lyon at Stonegate Acres in Canada and shown very briefly in 2009 by Kathy Loudamy at K&K Ranch. He was Reserve Champion Halter Gelding at the Texas Shoot Out in Bryan, Texas in June 2009. He is now owned and shown by our great niece, Emily, in youth events.  They attended three shows for the 2011 show season and did quite well together as a team. Watch for them on the 2012 show circuit! Update! Mookie and Emily are having a fantastic 2012 show season. See our show results for details!!

Mookie was the 2011 Tennessee Donkey ASSociation's Champion High Point Harness Gelding and Reserve High Point Solid Color Champion in our first year of showing him!

Mookie won the following awards for 2012...our second season of showing him. We finally bonded and hit our groove! It is such a joy to get this close to your donkey. Something that does not happen overnight. In addition to all of this Mookie was the donkey my great niece, Emily Batty, showed to win Reserve High Point Junior Youth. We are so proud of you both!

Champion Harness Gelding	Champion Performance Duo
Shown by Dayle Haworth	Shown by Dayle Haworth
Reserve Champion In-Hand Gelding	Reserve Grand Champion Donkey
Shown by Dayle Haworth	Shown by Dayle Haworth
Champion Seasoned Driving Donkey Award
Driven by Dayle Haworth & Dena Wilson for 51½ Hours

 

34¼" Very Dark Brown Gelding w/NLP
DOB 5/27/00
MDR #34790
Microchip ID#on file

Sire:  S. S. Red Lightening, 32" Red
      Grand Sire:  S. S. Sampson, 32 7/8" Dark Brown
      Grand Dam:  S. S. Sara, 31½" Dark Brown

Dam:  Circle C Pepsi Cola, 34" Dark Brown
      Grand Sire:  Untraced
      Grand Dam:  Untraced

Click MDR sticker to see Solar's complete pedigree!

Stonegate Acres Solar Eclipse, is a National High Point Perfomance Gelding and the 2005 NMDA High Point Gelding of the Year when he was owned and shown by Kathy Loudamy at K & K Ranch in Texas. He had a very successful show season for his previous owner, Julie Jones, at JF Ranch in Washington. He has so many awards that they are too numerous to mention and no one has kept up with them all! Solar has now arrived at Half Ass Acres for his forever home. It is, of course, too cold to body clip Solar for his photo shoot but we will be posting his winter hair video as soon as he has lost some of his body fat. He is on a serious diet for now. Photos used above of Solar are compliments of Kathy Loudamy. Solar turns many different colors throughout the year but if he is kept out of the sun his dark gray color almost looks black. We are so happy to add Solar to our gelding show string!

33½" Black Gelding w/No Light Points
DOB: 5/04/09 
Registration #57888
Microchip ID#on file

Sire:  Wee Friends Farm Blackberry, 31" Black w/Cross
      Grand Sire:  Wee Friends Farm Jack Pot, 31" Brown, NLP)
      Grand Dam:  Wee Friend's Farm Sugar Baby, 31" Black

Dam:  Sunset Acres Kristen Joy, 34¾" True Black (no cross)
      Grand Sire:  Circle C Black Russian, 30" Black w/Cross
      Grand Dam:  Sunset Acres Kylie, 32½" Black w/Cross

Click MDR sticker to see Howington's complete pedigree!

I had to have another gelding since my great niece, Emily, took over ownership of my Mookie Man. It was a hard decision but we finally decided on Howington since he previously belonged to me as a weanling and I was familiar with his personality and luckily he was offered for sale. He has a wonderful show record in halter and color with his prior owners. We think Howington is a fine little show gelding and we will be training him for performance classes when he turns three during the 2012 show season. A big 'Thank You!' to Dana Rathbun of Castlewood Farms for allowing us to purchase Howington. They had a great 2011 show season together!

We purchased Howington in September of 2011 and started training him for performance on June 19th of 2012. Howington is now being driven a minimum of six hours per week and usually much more (although we missed nearly two months when I was not allowed to drive by my doctor's orders). It was hard to keep him in halter shape while putting this many hours on him but he was still continuing to always be in the ribbons. Howington is quite a handful because he is a very sensitive soul but I love a challenge and I am hoping he will be competing in performance classes in 2013!

I updated Howington's papers at 34" but so far he has not made that height. Howington is not going to be quite stout enough to be my next show gelding unless I go on a serious diet or he grows more. I am so attached to this guy that I am just not ready to part with him at this time. If he does not grow anymore he may be offered for sale one day.

Following is a list of Howington's show winnings:

8/15/10 ~ 1st Place ~ Wilson County Fair - Halter 2 & Under Jacks and Geldings - (9 entries)
8/15/10 ~ 1st Place ~ Wilson County Fair ~ Solid Color ~(13 entries)
7/23/11 ~ 1st Place ~ Bedford County Fair ~ Halter Geldings 2 & Over ~ (10 entries)
8/07/11 ~ 1st Place ~ Williamson County Fair ~ Halter Geldings 2 & Over ~ (11 entries)
8/14/11 ~ 1st Place ~ Wilson County Fair ~ Halter Geldings 2 & Over  ~ (10 entries)
8/14/11 ~ 1st Place ~ Wilson County Fair ~ Solid Color ~ (25 entries)
10/01/11 ~ 1st Place ~ Westmoreland Mini Show ~ Halter Geldings 2 & Over ~ (7 entries)
10/01/11 ~ 1st Place ~ Westmoreland Mini Show ~ Solid Color ~ (18 entries)
7/12/12 ~ 6th Place ~ The Great Celebration ~ Halter Geldings 3 & Over (17 entries)
7/13/12 ~ 5th Place ~ The Great Celebration - Color Class (14 entries)
7/21/12 ~ 2nd Place ~ Bedford County Fair ~ Halter Geldings 3 & Over (6 entries)
7/21/12 ~ 2nd Place ~ Bedford County Fair ~ Solid Color (18 entries)
8/05/12 ~ 2nd Place ~ Williamson County Fair - Halter Geldings 3 & Over (9 entries)
8/26/12 ~ 1st Place ~ Maury County Fair ~ Solid Color (8 entries)
9/09/12 ~ 2nd Place ~ Lincoln County Fair - Halter Stallions/Geldings 2 & Over
9/09/12 ~ Reserve Grand Champion Stallions/Geldings ~ Lincoln County Fair
9/09/12 ~ 1st Place ~ Lincoln County Fair - Solid Color Jacks/Geldings
9/15/12 ~ 2nd Place ~ Tennessee State Fair - Halter Geldings 2 & Over (10 entries)
9/29/12 ~ 1st Place ~ Westmoreland Mini Show - Halter Geldings (5 entries)
9/29/12 ~ 2nd Place ~ Westmoreland Mini Show - Solid Color (14 entries)

Howington won the following Champion High Point Awards for 2012:

Champion Solid Color	Reserve Champion Halter Gelding	Grand Champion Driving Award
Shown by Dena Wilson.	Shown by Dena Wilson.	Driven by Dayle Haworth for 112¼ hours.