Miniature donkey herd sires at The Elms Farm in Mason, Ohio.

Welcome to The Elms Farm! Herd Sires

Future Elms Farm Breeding Jack
"The Elms Orion"

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Dark Brown & White Spotted Wooly Jack
Birth: 3-30-10
Height: 30.7/8” July 30, 2011
Registration MDR #pending

Sire: MGF Musketeer 544, 32.75” Brown & White Spotted Wooly
Grand Sire: MGF Stolli Too, 31” Black/White Spot
Grand Dam: MGF Venus Apple Annie 148, 33” Brown

Dam: MGF Tell Me A Tale 452, 33” Dark Brown & White Spotted Wooly
Grand Sire: Arrow Creek Harry Houdini, 34" Black w/Cross Wooly
Grand Dam: MGF Venus Thrivas 874, 32” Dark Brown / Gray & White Spot

Orion is a true wooly miniature donkey jack. He has long hair over 9 inches long, masses of it and he has not shed this summer at 16 months old. He has the longest, thickest hair we have seen, the result of generations of selection for long hair to get this quality. With good conformation and a gentle temperament, this jack will take our woolly breeding program forward.

"The Elms Little Red Gun LN"

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Red Jack
DOB 7/13/07
MDR#60136
Height: 29.25"

Sire: Schrader's Ray Gun, 27" Red
Grand Sire: Sunset Acres Two Bits, 30" Red
Grand Dam: Schrater's Little Lilly, 28.5" Brown/Gray Dun

Dam: LN Little Red Feona, 31.25" Red
Grand Sire: Arbor Ledge Little Red , 31.5" Red
Grand Dam: LN Red Star, 32.25" Red

Click here to see The Elms Little Red Gun LN's complete pedigree!

We kept a number of our Santana and Fiftyfire daughters, and went looking for a new jack to breed them to. Gunner fit the bill. We liked him very well as a two year old, and even better as a three year old, when we bought him. This jack is blocky, compact, with good bone. He has a great temperament, and was pastured last summer with jennets with foals. We are looking forward to his foals this summer (2011).

"The Elms King of Hearts"

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Red Jack
DOB 6/22/06
MDR #47452
Height: 30.5"

Sire: MGF Red Jet, 31.5" Dark Red
Grand Sire: Dodge City Miniatures Jack of Spades, 31.5" Black w/Cross, NLP
Grand Dam: MGF Venus Tramina 11, 33" Brown

Dam: The Elms Foxy Lady, 32" Dark Red
Grand Sire: MGF Fiftyfire 519, 31.5" Red/Roan
Grand Dam: Merry-Go-Round's Clementine, 32" Dark Brown

Click here to see King of Heart's complete pedigree!

We are excited to start working with this little jack. A grandson of our herdsire, Fiftyfire, and sired by the well respected Red Jet. King of Hearts has an exceptionally fluid movement, and carries his head alertly. He has a a smooth, well muscled body. He has a willing and gentle temperament. He is red, with lots of white highlights. He is an exciting jack, and we are expecting his first foals, arriving in the spring of 2009, to be exceptional.

"MGF Musketeer 544"

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Brown & White Spotted Jack
DOB 9/07/05
MDR #53774
Height: 32.75"

Sire: MGF Stoli Too, 31" Black & White Spotted
Grand Sire: MGF Peabody, 33" Gray & White Spotted
Grand Dam: MGF Venus Pon Farr 502, 31.5" Dark Brown

Dam: MGF Venus Apple Annie 148, 33" Brown
Grand Sire: Ark Park Acres Apple Dumpling, 33" Dark Brown
Grand Dam: MGF Venus Two Socks, 35" Gray & White Spotted

Click here to see Musketeer's complete pedigree!

We have several wooly miniature donkey jennets, and went looking for a wooly jack to breed them to. This fellow caught our eye in the field. He had a familiar look, and when we realized he was half brother to our beautiful Apple Blossom, we just knew he would work out for us. Musketeer trained very quickly, and has a mellow temperament, which is one of our breeding priorities. He is very stocky, with spots that work well with his long hair. We will breed him to our Harry Houdini daughters, along with a few of our miniature donkey jennets that seem to carry some of the long haired traits.

"MGF Black Knight"

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32.5" Black Jack
MDR#26500 ~ DOB 7/27/97

Sire: Circle C Black Russian, 30" Smoky Black
Grand Sire: S.S. Red Lightning, 32" Mahogany Sorrel
Grand Dam: Circle C Ebony, 34" Black, No Cross

Dam: MGF Venus Francine, 34" Dark Brown
Grand Sire: GP Peanut, 32.5" Brown/White Spot
Grand Dam: MGF Venus Fesania, 33.5" Gray-Dun

Click here to see Black Knight's complete pedigree!

Black Knight is a drafy, muscular, showy, well built jack with excellent conformation and a great disposition. He is true black, a very glossy blue/black, with no cross. Black Knight is an extremely gentle breeder. His foals are black, flashy, solid, square, well-muscled, with upright, beautiful heads. On top of that, he has a pedigree filled with great donkey genetics.

"The Elms Rembrandt"

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31 7/8" Black w/Cross Jack
DOB 7/04/04
Birth Height - 22.25"
MDR #40217

Sire: MGF Black Knight, 32.5" Black, no cross
Grand Sire: Circle C Black Russian, 30" Black NLP
Grand Dam: MGF Venus Francine 567, 34" Dark Brown

Dam: L P Cocoa, 32" Black/Brown
Grand Sire: Boone's Cochise, 34.25" Brown/White Spot
Grand Dam: Dakota's Ginny, 33" Dark Gray-Dun

Click here to view Rembrant's complete pedigree!
We love this jack. He is built so straight and smooth. One of the best jacks ever born on this farm. We like him more every time we see him. Wonderful conformation, and good bone. Rembrandt has everything we all love in the Miniature Donkeys: the striking white belly, nose and eye rings, and a nice cross as well, all to highlight his rich dark color. We are excited about the cross of this paternal line, Black Knight and the superb foals he has produced, with the strong maternal line of Cocoa. He is half brother to Perfect Black, Black Satin, Precious Jewel, and other wonderful donkeys through his sire. And half brother to Hedy Lamar, Mona Lisa, and Michelangelo through the maternal line. He has a very nice temperament as well, mellow, easily trainable and a gentle breeder. His first foals have been born, and they are straight, black, and everything we expected, and more!

"PWF Geronimo"

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Dark Brown & White Spotted Jack
DOB 5/13/06
MDR#48054
Height: 31"

Sire: Brasstown Brayer's Chippewa, 33.5" Brown & White Spotted
Grand Sire: PMF Dark Moon Walker, 31.5" Dark Brown, NLP
Grand Dam: Brasstown Brayer's Heather, 33.5" Fully Frosted Spotted White

Dam: PMF Little Minarta, 32" Brown/Gray-Dun
Grand Sire: Pheasant Meadow Charlie Bandito, 32.5" Dark Brown
Grand Dam: Hartman Donkeys Little Gem, 32" Brown

Click here to see Geronimo's complete pedigree!

This spring we bought this beautiful spotted jack, the grandson of one of our brood jennets, Heather. He measured just under 31" in May, and has a great build. He has a wide chest, round hip, short back, nice top line, good legs, perfect teeth, and a pretty head. He carries himself with a heads up alert expression, and has a friendly personality. Geronimo has a 50/50 spot pattern, with the large, bold spots we like. He has symmetrical cheek patches, and full mascara both eyes. He has a dark spot on the bridge of his nose. The color comes well up his legs, and from behind he looks like he is wearing white shorts, with gaithers. He has a flaxen tipped long tail, which catches the light. The jennets have liked him from the very first day, and he already has some comfirmed in foal. We are excited about this jack, and think he will give us some gorgeous bold spotted foals. Look for his first foals in 2009!

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Martha & Dowell Howard
5600 Bethany Road
Mason, Ohio 45040-9245
USA
(513) 398-3341
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Email: donkeys@donkeys.net

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