Our Herd

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.

I have loved ponies every since I was a young child and always kept a few ponies along with my show horses. For over 20 years as a young adult, I have training horses as well as ponies for the show ring. Our goal at Crooked Pine Ranch is to breed, raise, and train ponies for children's mounts whether they are for the show ring or just safe ponies for children to enjoy.

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 back in 2005 and had a lovely little colt that looked just like his father.
Update: Nutmeg began having seizures in early 2008 and the vet concluded she had a massive stroke and passed away in her sleep. Nutmeg is dearly missed.

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 vision impairment and advanced age, she is no longer used for riding lessons. Ginger was bred to our Hackney stallion and gave birth to a tiny little colt on 07/14/05. This little guy turned out to be a lovely silver dapple like is mother and went to a loving home as a little boy's riding pony. Ginger will be expecting her last foal (before retirement) in June of 2009.

Crooked Pine's Admiral

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. Due to Admiral's advancing age he is now retired and breeds on a limited basis.

Stud fee; $100, plus $10 daily mare care, LFG.

Robin

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.

Truman

Jefferson (Jeffy)

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.

Sinbad

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.

Sterling Silver

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

Sally

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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