Welcome to our stud.  We started breeding miniatures in 1993 with two mares and one stallion, but, as a lot of you will know, having these “little people” around becomes addictive, and, before we knew what was happening we had acquired quite a following of them.  Our original stallion was Tyrospot Patch, bred by L Stenning Esq.  Patch was a blanket spotted miniature horse whose children, grand children and great grand children can be found worldwide. Our grateful thanks go to Mrs Tikki Adorian of Toyhorse International for allowing us to purchase him all those years ago.

Our second stallion was Romany Kajun, a piebald miniature Shetland, bred by R Hughes Esq.  His sire was the world famous Romany Paco, and 'Buzz' proved a great asset, stamping his stock with good conformation, temperament and colouring.

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Sadly we lost both Patch and Buzz in 2005, we feel honoured to have shared in their lives.  Some animals pass through our lives, others leave footprints on our hearts.

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In July 2004 we purchased Falabella Anselmo and ran him with the majority of our mares in 2005.  You can see the results in our 2006 foals section.  We may also consider offering Anselmo at stud to a few selected mares, so if you would like the chance to use a pure Falabella stallion from the Falabella stud in Argentina, please contact us.

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Due to our hectically busy family life, we rarely get the time to attend any shows. So in 2006 we made the decision to send several of our youngsters to the Shadel Stud near Andover for training, showing and hopefully to find good homes for those who were for sale. This "project" proved a resounding success, with three of the youngsters finding a new home together, and a large number of beautiful rosettes to adorn the walls at home.  Our grateful thanks to Sharon and Derek at Shadel for their time, expertise and help. So grateful are we, that we sent them another batch of youngsters at the beginning of 2007 !  Please refer to our "Showing News" page for photos and updates.

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In late 2006 we made the long journey from East Sussex to our new home in the Brechfa Forest, Carmarthenshire, Wales. You will find the pictures showing our new farm in this very beautiful area on our "Wales" page. ( Follow the link via "On The Farm" )

Thank you for visiting our website, please browse through our photos and meet some of the mini’s and other animals that make up our family at Ancaster.