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Sunset Mountain Miniature Horses

Sunset Mountain Miniatures is a miniature horse ranch located in North Central Tx. Home of the champi We have both AMHA and AMHR horses.
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We are a small ranch that breeds, shows, and sells miniature horses. We specialize in performance: jumper, driving, halter obstacle, and liberty. We also love taking our horses to community and church events to share with others.

09/28/2024

I had a great time at AMHA World this year. Our horse "Lady" won Youth Jumper with Faith Bowen. And then won the Reserve World Championship with Lakyn McDaniel in Open Jumper.

Our horse "Sunshine" won two 4th place ribbons in the two Youth Hunter classes with Faith and Lakyn.

This was only the 2nd show I drove my new AMHA pair (2-horse team) in. They made a lot of mistakes. But finally in Draft they gave me a perfect drive. Too bad there was no one competing against me in Draft :) . I expect them to get a lot better next year.

09/26/2024

Lakyn McDaniel led Sunset Mountain Lucky Lady Baccarra over the jumps today. Lakyn and Lady won the Reserve World Championship in Open Jumper.

09/23/2024

We are at the AMHA World Championship in Fort Worth this week. I am extremely proud of Faith Bowen and Lakyn McDaniel who were showing our horses yesterday. Both girls won several top 10 ribbons. Faith won the AMHA Youth Jumper Championship with Sunset Mountain Lucky Lady Baccarra. This is the first time we have won AMHA Jumper in 8 years. "Lady" also won AMHR Youth Jumper this year. And that is the first time we have had the same horse win both Championships. In fact I don't know - it may be the first time ever the same horse has won the AMHA and AMHR Youth Jumper Championship.

I will see if I can get better pictures later of both Faith and Lakyn.

Later today I will be driving in Carriage Working, class 87 with our new AMHA 2-horse team.

09/13/2024

Chariot Race coming up within the hour. Class 406.

09/12/2024

We are having a great show. Not all of these ribbons are mine. Tan Touchet won several - including the red Reserve National Champion ribbon in Halter Obstacle. One of the blue National Championship ribbons was won by Faith Bowen with Sunset Mountain Lucky Lady Baccarra in Youth Jumper. And some of the blue ribbons are from me being the only one in a class. But if I'm the only one crazy enough to drive 4 horses (especially in Roman Chariot) I will happily take the ribbon.

Tomorrow we have only 2 classes. One is the chariot race. The other is Sunday in the Park where Carla decorates the carriage with flowers.

09/11/2024

For those of you that are interested I will be driving in class 301 (2-horse Light Harness), class 308 Single Roman Chariot, class 314 Team Roman Chariot, and class 320 (4-horse Light Harness).

09/10/2024

I am having a blast at the AMHR National Championship in Tulsa, OK.

This picture was from Sunday's Roman class where I won the championship --- against only 1. other Chariot. The class started with 3 chariots but one of the chariots crashed into the wall on the parade lap and had to withdraw

I will be driving the 4 horse Chariot again on Wednesday, along with a single horse Chariot. On Wednesday I also drive both 2 and 4 horse light harness.

Today I am driving a 2 horse Draft class (wagon) and a 4 horse Draft (wagon). Those are class numbers 261 and 267 if you want to watch at www.shetlandminiature.com (Ford Arena).

06/16/2024

I have an AMHR bay and white filly born April 12 and an AMHR black and white c**t born April 15. Both are from Champion / Hall of Fame blood lines. If you are interested in either one or both leave a comment and I will send you a PM. Located in North Texas. Sunset Mountain Miniatures.

05/18/2024

Sunset Mountain Thisaintmy 1stRodeo. "Rodeo" is now just over 1 month old. Very deep chest and very powerful backend. C**t. Laid back temperament. Will be AMHR registered. Sire has produced multiple champion drivers and multiple champion jumpers including HOF horses.. Dam is from a bloodline that produced multiple Shetland and AMHR champion drivers. PM if interested.

04/12/2024

We are thrilled to announce the birth of Sunset Mountain Diamond Dazzler. A filly born this morning.

12/09/2023

Here are some pictures from both the Weatherford and Springtown Christmas parades this year. In Springtown we were privileged to be carrying Santa! My thanks to all of the families that helped us , (including taking these pictures!)

07/25/2023

The Sonny James Equine Ministry graciously invited us to host a miniature horse camp as part of their summer camp program. We brought 14 of our minis and also used several of the Sonny James minis. The camp was on a surprisingly cool Saturday.

05/16/2023

On May 5th and 6th we had a great show in Glen Rose with the South West Miniature Horse Club. There was no official show photographer, but here are some great pictures from some moms Most of these were taken by Larissa Blair.

There were some major victories at this show:

- Great Country Pleasure drive by Tan Touchet. Also the first time he drove Sunset Mountain Painted Liberty in a show.

- Outstanding 1st drive by Ace Blair with Sunset Mountain Painted Liberty.

- Incredible Halter Obstacle performance by Maverick Blair (age 5) with Sunset Mountain Lucky Lady Baccarat. He took 2nd place I believe in a class of about 12 horses. He had that complicated course pattern memorized perfectly and he and Lady nailed it.

- Amazing Halter Obstacle performance by Blaze Blair with Sunset Mountain Exemplary Promise. This is Promise's 2nd year showing and Blaze really did well.

- Incredible jumping in the Youth Hunter class with Ace Blair with Sunset Mountain Norma Dee. This was the very first show Norma jumped in and she took 2nd place. Norma is the daughter of our famous 9-time World Champion jumper "Larry" (Wizards Spell Troubles Exemplary) - so we are hoping for a great jumping career from her.

--I have forgotten how Lakyn McDaniel placed with Sunshine in Hunter and with Stella in Halter Obstacle, but she had a great run.

- Faith Bowen and James Young had great Hunter and Jumper goes with Sunset Mountain Midnight Found, Sunset Mountain Painted Liberty, Sunset Mountain Blue Star Beauty, and Sunset Mountain Lucky Lady Baccarra.

All of the youth showing our horses worked really hard and did really good jobs.

04/03/2023

We had several of our 2023 Youth out practicing the last few Sunday afternoons. One of these young men will drive for the first time at the Glen Rose show this weekend. Four of our youth will be trying Liberty for the first time. The rest will be doing Halter Obstacle, Hunter, Jumper, and Costume. Should be huge fun. These youth have all been working hard.

03/13/2023

We had a great show in Belton! This was the first show for Tanner, Greyson, Ace, Blaze, Maverick, and Tage. The boys had only had 3 practices. They all worked extremely hard and did incredibly well.

02/23/2023

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02/23/2023

We are very excited to welcome Tanner, Greyson, Ace, Blaze, and Maverick to the 2023 Sunset Mountain Miniatures Show Team. These young men are very excited about working with our horses and we are thrilled to have them.

01/17/2023

We are thrilled to see Faith Bowen featured in Parker County Today magazine. Faith has been showing with us for 9 years now. She has become our adopted granddaughter and is growing up into a godly, mature young lady. We love you Faith!

11/28/2022

Last night we had a great time at the Springtown Christmas parade. We were honored in that we were asked to carry Santa. And thanks to everyone's hard work our entry won 2nd place (out of over 40 participants). My thanks to all of the help we got from the Leckman family, Jennifer Rogers, Diane Taylor, Faith Bowen, Sonny and James Young, and some other friends that helped to decorate. Carla did the artistic work to really make the wagon look good. And I am pleased to report that the horses were all very well behaved even with a crowd of hundreds of screaming spectators in the town square.

10/04/2022

We have decided to part with one of our show horse fillies. Sunset Mountain Belle of the Ball is a 2-year old red and white filly. She has some experience in halter obstacle and has been handled a lot. She is one of the daughters of our former herd sire ZoomZoom. ZoomZoom was a color champion, a driving champion, and a top ten jumper. "Belle" is AMHR registered and is under 34. Please PM if you are interested.

09/15/2022

We are having a great show so far! Three more days and eight more classes to go.

09/11/2022

Our schedule for the American Miniature Horse Registry (AMHR) National Championship

https://youtube.com/channel/UC4sQPovlOXbuPt9ClQnPytA

Classes List:

Monday
164 Halter Obstacle Under

204 Roman Chariot with Four Horse Team

Tuesday
259 Two Horse Team Draft
265 Four Horse Team Draft

Wednesday
306 Single Roman Chariot
312 Four Horse Team Roman Chariot
318 Four Horse Light Harness

Thursday
349 Carriage Reinsmanship with Two Horse Team

354 Gentleman's Roadster Over

Friday
405 Chariot Race
415 Carriage Working with Two Horse Team
420 Carriage Multiple with Four Horse Team

Saturday
451 Draft Harness Stakes with Four Horse Team

09/07/2022

On our way to AMHR Nationals! :)

08/06/2022

Sunset Mountain DiamondsNDerringers is a theee month old tri-color pinto c**t. Sired by Sunset Mountain ZoomZoom, our champion driving and jumping stallion. Derringer is an extremely sweet c**t that has been handled a lot. He will be AMHR registered and should mature in the 34-36 inch range. Please PM if you are interested.

07/12/2022

Announcing Sunset Mountain DiamondsNDerringers (barn name Derringer). Born May 13th of this year. Beautiful pinto c**t. His sire is Sunset Mountain ZoomZoom. ZoomZoom was a champion driving, jumping, and color stallion. Derringer is very sweet and used to being handled. Shown in these pictures with his dam BarNS Diamonds and Gasoline. Please PM if interested.

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301 Sunset Mountain Road
Lipan, TX
76462

Website

http://www.sunsetmtn.com/, http://www.youtube.com/SunsetMtnMiniatures

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I have an AMHR bay and white filly born April 12 and an AMHR black and white colt born April 15. Both are from Champion / Hall of Fame blood lines. If you are interested in either one or both leave a comment and I will send you a PM. Located in North Texas. Sunset Mountain Miniatures.

Sunset Mountain Daffodil Dust plays in the morning while it is still cool.

Promise and Faith Bowen in Halter Obstacle

Promise's Halter Obstacle with Faith Bowen. Promise scored 3rd place out of 12 horses. She also scored 3rd place with me in an Amateur class of 16 horses. Watch how happy Promise is at the end of her go.

Dottie and James in Hunter.

Dottie's excellent go in Hunter with James Young.

Lady's winning run in Jumper

Faith Bowen and Lady's winning run in Jumper.

Sunset Mountain DottieJames Debut ("Patches") had his first out-of-the-pen romp today. We are extremely pleased with his trot! And he had fun stretching his legs on his first "zoomie".

Sunset Mountain Sail On Silver Girl shows off a little for me this morning. At least when I requested it. This is a Silver Dapple pinto that should mature about 36 inches. Sire is Sunset Mountain ZoomZoom, who is a silver dapple himself and who also produced one silver dapple last year. Dam is Mars Montrose Dots Amazing, out of the famous SMHC's Lots A Dots bloodline. Silver should make a nice driving and jumping horse.

Looks like we have another star jumper in the making here at Sunset Mountain. Congratulations to Faith Bowen and Sunset Mountain Lucky Lady Baccara on an incredible performance in AMHA high jumping at the Glen Rose Minis Hors'in Around Show this weekend. Some of those jumps were 42 inches - the highest Lady has ever jumped. Faith and Lady took first place in a very hard-fought 4 round match.