Because there have been many problems at foaling, in the past everyone was using taller mares and small little stallions. Small was most important for the stallion, not the quality.
So the bloodlines we were all using back in the 1990's were producing small big headed, big bodies animals with no legs, small was NOT good. We had tried to breed down too quickly in my opinion.
At the time I began to use BOB on my mares, I was using taller mares to try and produce a more leggier animal. WE have PURPOSELY bred for taller horses to improve the breed. WE had to or we would have kept producing dwarves and horses longer than they are tall.
The small horses have NOT been perfected yet. Oh yes.. we are starting the produce a few very good small ones . . . but we have a long way to go . . .
When our first foal crop by BOB came they were beautiful . . . some babies were smaller, others taller . . . but all have more leg, smaller barrels, and small heads.
I was impressed and so were the other breeders whose babies we beaded in the show ring.
Through the years we have tried breeding smaller and smaller mares to BOB. SLOWLY not to destroy the style we have created . . . The foals are so refined we do not have foaling problems, breeding smaller mares to this taller BOB. WE are achieving foals with the same fine structure in a small package.
Our farm is very far from Texas, so we like to show more in the AMHR. They have under 34 inches and also over 34 inches classes in the show ring, so we can show our most beautiful over 34" babies too.
We support both AMHA and AMHR. We think there should be also a place for OVER 34 inch horses to show in EUROPE, like amhr, because there will be many of them too! It is a fact of the industry.
WE hope to never forget what has made us successful. Quality FIRST size second. WE strive to leave a perfect miniature horse for our grandchildren to raise . . .
. . . Angie Sauer, buck on - the past creates the future
