The Multi National Champion Halter and driving horse, Cowboy Del, Portia Sue Owens at whip. The versatility, grace and power of a miniature horse is ideally illustrated in this photo under copyright by Scott Trees. There are a variety of driving classes at Miniature shows across the country, including many Youth, Amateur, Gentlemen and Ladies Classes in Pleasure, Country and Roadster Driving (speed!). Driving a Miniature Horse is just as exciting and challenging as riding a full size horse!
Our Dog and her American Miniature Horse, Annie.There is great pleasure in owning a horse with a reputation for a gentle and loving temperament. (ask our dog! ask anyone!)
Portia Sue Owens, the respected Miniature Horse trainer, has written about the history of the Miniature horse:
The first true Miniature Horses originated in Europe. As early as the sixteen hundreds, these tiny equines were being bred as pets for the European nobility. Paintings and articles were featuring the Miniature Horse by 1765. Lady Estella Hope and her sisters carried on the original English lines into the mid-nineteen hundreds. Many of the smallest Miniatures in the United States are from the Hope line. Unfortunately, not all early Miniatures were pampered pets of kings and queens.They were used in the English Midlands and Northern Europe to pull ore carts in the shallow coal mines. These conditions produced a stocky, stronger, less refined strain of Miniatures. Some of these draft-type Miniatures were imported in the late eighteen hundreds to the Ohio and Virginia mines. Another line of Miniature Horses were developed in Argentina.
The American Miniature Horse Association, the AMHA, (5601 South Interstate 35W, Alvarado, Texas 76009, phone 817-783-5600, and e-mail address amha@flash.net) was organized in 1978 to develop a standardized American breed. The ideal Miniature Horse of today is a sound, well balanced, well conformed horse standing at or less than 34 inches tall (as measured from the last hairs of the mane.) AMHA,maintains a large official site on the World Wide Web, and hopes to include most members and clubs. Information on the AMHA organization, the official standard of perfection for a Miniature Horse, and suggestions on how to purchase a Miniature Horse and much more are all available on their informative site.
A perfect example of the enormous size difference between a Draft Horse and a Miniature Horse. Photo taken at the NM State Fair of Paintbrush Navajo Night Chant. Paintbrush Navajo Night Chant is a rare black and white, true breeding tobiano pinto Miniature Horse, measuring only 29 3/4 inches tall! This stallion was the first Miniature Horse tested for the homozygous gene by Dr. Anne Bowling at the University of California at Davis Veterinary Genetics Lab. Paintbrush Miniatures is proud to own this fantastic horse! He is guaranteed to produce pinto, and, more importantly, is producing, top quality, well balanced, beautiful headed Champion and Futurity winning foals.
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2 foals Photos ©Jim Bortvedt, Cowboy Driving photo ©Scott Trees, all others ©Seth