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 Crooked Pine Ranch was originally established to raise a few
horses and this dream is slowly beginning to become a reality.
Although our herd is small, we have carefully selected ponies
and horses for their excellent dispositions as well as athletic
ability. See our lovely little ponies and other horses below and
read their story. |
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Nutmeg Nutmeg is a dark brown Shetland pony. Our little "Nut" loves to be petted and hugged and is always close by when treats and affection are being handed out. This little mare has a nice ground covering trot for such a small pony and a curious nature. Nutmeg is the perfect baby-sitter and is used for beginning riding lessons for students as young as 3 yr. old. Nutmeg is bred to our Hackney stallion and is expecting her first foal on May 7th of this year. Update: Nutmeg gave birth to a beautiful black colt on 04/19/05. The foal was born very early but is healthy. Scroll to bottom of page to see our this tiny new addition. |
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Ginger Ginger is a beautiful dappled Palomino pony with a long flowing mane and tail and has a sweet, loving personality. Due to Ginger's slight vision impairment, she is limited to occasional lessons for beginning riders. Ginger has been bred to our Hackney stallion and is expecting her foal on August 8th of this year. Update: Ginger gave birth to a tiny little colt on 07/14/05. We will have to wait until he sheds his foal coat to determine if he will be chocolate palomino like his dam or a smokey black. Scroll to bottom of page to see the new little guy. |
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Standing at stud, Admiral is an elegant harness pony with a sweet puppy-dog personality. This lovely Hackney Pony stallion stands at 11.1 hands and is a non-fading black. Trained for harness, Admiral will begin his under saddle training this year. Look for his first foal crop this spring. Stud fee; $100, plus $10 daily mare care, LFG.
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Make It Easy Plaudit (Robin) is a registered Appaloosa colt, Robin turned three years old in January of 2006 and is already showing a lot of potential as a hunter/jumper (he makes a habit of jumping out of his 4 foot paddock). Robin will be in trained starting this spring for 3-day eventing and will be used for advanced adult lessons. Already 15.2 hands at 20 months old, Robin has the height and build for a sport horse and we are really excited about all the progress he has made. |
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Truman is a Belgian mule and is a companion for Robin. This gentle giant is semi-retired and is occasionally used as a pack horse. One thing this old boy won't do (like you can actually make a mule do anything he doesn't want to do) is let our colt push him around. He's a great baby-sitter for our colt and is great for ponying young horses. Update: Truman has been adopted by a new family. |
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Jeffy is a lovable donkey that joined the ranch to become a livestock guardian for our large flock of dairy goats. Jeffy is broke to ride and has also been trained to pull a cart. Jeffy's favorite thing in the world is to have his butt scratched and often alarms visitors when he walks up and turns his hindquarters towards them. |
Our first foal born on the ranch, born April 22, 2005. This is Nutmeg's first foal and he's gaited just like his father, Admiral. This boy was born over two weeks early but was healthy and doing wonderfully. Named Sinbad, the silver color that he was born with will shed out to be black and he has a tiny white star on his forehead just like Black Beauty. Pictured at right is Sinbad about 8 months old. He was sold to a little girl as a Christmas surprize. His mane was all braided and he was body clipped. |
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This is Ginger's new colt, born 07/14/05, he weighed a whopping 25 lbs at birth. Pictured at left at about 10 months old, Sterling is a rare silver dapple (chocolate palomino) like his dam. Sterling is very high gaited, like his father and also has his conformation. Sterling will be kept a stallion and trained as a fine harness pony. Sterling will stand at stud in 2007 on a limited basis. |
In Loving Memory
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Solitary Wind (Sally) is a registered Appaloosa mare and a granddaughter of Prince Plaudit. Being 24 years old, Sally is semi-retired and is used on occasion as a pack horse, light riding lessons, and trail rides. When the heavy rains flooded our ranch back in 2003 and the access road to the ranch was completely under water, using Sally as a pack horse was the only way we were able to get grain and groceries up to the ranch. Sally is a big sweetheart and is worth her weight in gold for getting us through the flood. Sadly, in the summer of 2004 Sally developed a large tumor on her spine and had to be put down when she could no longer walk. We sure do miss this old gal. |
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