Legendary Farms http://www.legendaryfarms.com LA to Hee Haw; all about moving from Los Angeles to a ranch in Tennessee. Sun, 13 May 2012 21:22:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Topper & Dolly http://www.legendaryfarms.com/2012/05/13/topper-dolly/ http://www.legendaryfarms.com/2012/05/13/topper-dolly/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 20:35:25 +0000 Richard http://www.legendaryfarms.com/?p=2556 Found this sweet photo of “New Friends”, our young Miniature Donkey gelding Legendary’s Top Hat (Itsy Bitsy Front and Center X Perfection’s All Jetted Up) and Dolly, the dog (parents unknwon). I thought it was so adorable!

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]]> http://www.legendaryfarms.com/2012/02/11/happy-valentines-day/feed/ 0 Background on Cobra’s Golden Anne http://www.legendaryfarms.com/2012/02/04/background-on-cobras-golden-anne/ http://www.legendaryfarms.com/2012/02/04/background-on-cobras-golden-anne/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:42:09 +0000 Richard http://www.legendaryfarms.com/?p=2437 I truly believe to appreciate and understand the Miniature Donkey of today, you need to look at the roots. Let me introduce Cobra’s Golden Anne. Annie was born on 8/21/91, therfore, she turned 20 years old last August. She came from JT Smith’s Cobra herd in Oklahoma and was used in his breeding program. JT Smith stopped selling Miniature Donkeys to outside parties over 10 years ago. Therefore, offspring from his core breeding program have not been available for years. I have been able to trace 8 foals produced by Annie. Likely there are more. I own one of her foals, Cobra’s Anastasia, who is gorgeous and produced one jack foal for me (Legendary’s Tom Dooley) who was 100% herdsire quality, but sold as a gelding to a fabulous home. One daughter, Cobra’s Margarita (Cobra’s Red Man X Annie) resides at Lil Graceland Miniatures Donkey in Texas and has produced exceptional offspring. Her grandson is a herdsire at Lil Graceland. When Annie was bred to Cobra’s Arthur II, she produced a jack seen in many pedigrees, Lil’ Half Pints Lil’ Abner. I sold one really beautiful Annie daughter, Cobra’s Tracy to a farm in Tennessee (not active in showing).

Despite being a brood jennet, Annie is stunning today at 20 years of age. Last year, I halter broke her (yes, she was not halter broke) and she won Reserve Grand Champion in Halter at The Celebration, Shelbyville, TN. She won and placed in several other halter classes at shows in 2011. She initially enjoyed her show experience, but prefers staying at home. Therfore, I don’t have plans to continue showing her unless there is an exhibition event. Her father is Cobra’s Arthur (30″ graydun) who was the primary herdsire at Cobras for years. Her accomplishments have been amazing and she sure looks great!

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Katrina, on the other hand, would rather bundle us up like Eskimos, hang Christmas Stockings on poor defenseless little donkeys like they were some portable fireplace mantle and then head out to some little Tennessee town and walk for miles in a Christmas Parade. Most participants in such parades are in trucks pulling floats. Some of the more adventuresome of the participants will ride in convertibles with the tops down and the heaters turned on high.  There are usually other animals in the parades, big animals, horses; animals that people ride! Now our little critters have short legs and donkeys tend to want to move rather slowly. These are deliberate animals who like to think things through and not be rushed. A strange place with weird people lined up on both sides of the street, horses all around, bands playing and candy being tossed to screaming little kids dashing about does little to encourage the average donkey to keep on keeping on.

 

Our slow pace usually means trying to start in the middle of the parade and hope we don’t end up at the end of the parade before the parade ends! The last thing I want to do is be walking donkeys down main street watching the parade pull out of site with an angry 18 wheeler truck driver who has been sitting in stopped traffic for some parade on my ass’s ass!

 

We have lots of donkeys and it is a great new tradition, come visit us next year and we will put you in the parade!

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The first time I saw “Truck” was at The Celebration NMDA show in July, 2011. He was shown by Donnie Kellett for Myers Meadows, Bodie and Kerrie Myers. Well, he did outstanding that day winning First in a very competitive Jack – 2 Year & Older class and Grand Champion Jack. I noticed he was “For Sale” and pondered for awhile. I really wanted a short-backed, stocky, beautiful red jack with excellent legs and confirmation, to match-up with many beautiful jennets at our farm. I also had the task of convincing my husband that I was not crazy for adding another jack. But, he did know for some time that I desired a red jack so when I asked, it was not completely a surprise.

He also remembered Truck from The Celebration and thought he was really a beautiful boy. Well, it was decided that we would purchase Truck and bring him out of the warm, arid climate of Florida to an area with a colder winter. Poor Truck, if he only knew, he would have never stepped into our trailer. Well, he now resides in Tennessee and I JUST LOVE his temperament. He is so sweet, gets kissed and scratched every day and is such a gentleman. Thank you very much to Bodie and Kerrie Myers for allowing this lovely boy to be part of our family. He is a gem!


 

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WILL BE 20 YEARS OLD AUGUST, 2011

Cobra’s Golden Anne

Reserve Grand Champion Halter Jennet

The Celebration (Shelbyville) 2011

 


 

 


 

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Photo by Richard Fleener

Ok, forgive me! This isn’t a miniature donkey or any other animal from our farm but it is one of ours! We don’t just have animals we also are collectors of some fine rare automobiles. Katrina and I were fortunate enough to be asked if our 1965 Thelma and Louise style Thunderbird could be used for a commercial. We said yes, but when I showed up on set with the car I was blown away at all the security and star motor homes on the set.

Everyone you see in the video was on set with the exception of the “Donald”.

Forgive me for my transgression away from the Miniature Donkeys but thought you might like to see the video that opened the CMT Awards with Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, Kid Rock, Ron White and Kenny Rogers. Katrina and I were thinking of selling the TBird after owning it for 10 years but think maybe we will keep it a little longer. Enjoy our car’s 10 minutes of fame.

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Summer is HOT!

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]]> http://www.legendaryfarms.com/2011/05/30/our-2011-baby-is-here/feed/ 0 Love My Calendar Girl, Ooops It’s a Boy! http://www.legendaryfarms.com/2011/05/02/love-my-calendat-girl-ooops-its-a-boy/ http://www.legendaryfarms.com/2011/05/02/love-my-calendat-girl-ooops-its-a-boy/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 00:47:42 +0000 Richard http://www.legendaryfarms.com/?p=2103 Last summer, we had the cutest baby Miniature Donkey with personality PLUS! He loved to follow me around the yard and hold onto my pants. Well we submitted the below photo for a calendar on Miniature Donkeys and it was selected for one of the months. Legendary’s Buster Brown is now loved and owned by Jim and Jennifer Cline. Hmmm, I wonder if he follows them around the yard and holds onto their pants!

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