Black Gelding w/Large Star & Grey Eyes!
DOB 7/11/08 @ 4:56pm
Birth Height:  24 ¼" ~ Birth Weight: 32 ¼ lbs.
Height on 4/10/10: 34 ½"
MDR #54504
Microchip ID#144914450A

Sire:  Itsy Bitsy Front and Center, Black w/Star
      Grand Sire:  Circle C Main Event, 32½" Black
      Grand Dam:  Valiant Tequila, 33 5/8" Gray-Dun

Dam:  Windcrest Little Sierra, 32½" Black & White Spot
      Grand Sire:  Fisher's Ghost, 32" Fully-frosted White
      Grand Dam:  Sutherlin's Little Reba, 33" Black w/Cross

Click MDR sticker to see Presto's complete pedigree!

In honor of our visitors, Ed and Angela Preston of Hill Country Miniatures in Texas, who were visiting at the time of his birth, we decided to name this boy Presto. Thank you to Wendy Lyon for dreaming up the perfect name. It was truly an “abracadabra moment” for all of us….when he was finally on the stall floor we could tell that he was one magnificent boy. He is a big boy and one that I would love to keep and train as my very own gelding. No doubt he has the looks to catch the judge’s eye and his personally is just as magical as his looks. I can see him now in a polished harness strutting his stuff in the show ring. He is one of the prettiest newborn donkeys you have ever seen. Presto has blue/grey eyes like several of his half brothers and sisters sired by Itsy Bitsy Front and Center. His newborn pictures and videos say it all!

Click here to see baby photos of Presto.

Photos above were taken right after Presto's first body clip July 2009. A week or so later he had turned all black once again!

Sorry this boy is not for sale…..he is ALL MINE!!!!!

Left video taken 7/13/08 ~ Right video taken 2/24/09 when Presto was gelded  

34 ¼" Dark Gray Gelding w/NLP
DOB 6/10/01
MDR #41396
Microchip ID#132966635A

Sire:  Circle C Legend, 31¾" Light Red
      Grand Sire:  S. S. Red Lightening, 32" Red
      Grand Dam:  Circle C Miss Houston, 31¾" Light Red

Dam:  Circle C Pepsi Cola, 34" Black w/Cross
      Grand Sire:  Untraced
      Grand Dam:  Untraced

Click MDR sticker to see Mookie's complete pedigree!

Mookie is a half brother to Stonegate Acres Solar Eclipse, a National High Point Perfomance Gelding and the 2005 NMDA High Point Gelding of the Year owned and shown by Kathy Loudamy at K & K Ranch in Texas. Mookie has a beautiful head and is a great little driving gelding. He is a beautiful mover and can really move out. He was trained by Wayne Lyon at Stonegate Acres in Canada and shown very briefly this year by Kathy Loudamy at K&K Ranch. He was Reserve Champion Halter Gelding at the Texas Shoot Out in Bryan, Texas in June 2009. Now he may be shown by our great niece, Emily, in youth events. Time will tell if she is really serious about showing next year! Even if Emily does not want to show, Mookie now has a stable home right here at Half Ass Acres. I just can't live my life without, at least, one performance gelding around! Everyone should own one or two or three!

Immature Brown/Gray Gelding Prospect w/Star
DOB 4/21/10
Height at 1 day of age: 22"
Weight at 1 day of age: 26 ½ lbs.
MDR # pending
Microchip ID#pending

Sire:  Sunset Acres Rowdy Yates, 32" Black, no cross
      Grand Sire:  Hartman Donkeys Trenton, 33 ½" Brown/White Spotted
      Grand Dam:  B. J. Black Beauty, 32 ¾" Black

Dam:  Stongegate Acres She's a Ten, 33 ½" Dark Gray w/NLP & Star
      Grand Sire:  MGF Future Link, 31 ½" Black/Brown w/Star
      Grand Dam:  Cameron Ranch Smudge, 34 ½" Dark Gray

Click MDR sticker to see Doo-Dah's complete pedigree! (Pending)

Doo-Dah was rejected by his first time mom. He came to live at Half Ass Acres when he was one day old. Thank you to Julia Vaughn, JKV Designs, for assisting in Doo-Dah's photo shoot.  Fantastic photos Julia!! And thank you to Kathy Loudamy of K& K Ranch for entrusting us with such a precious donkey. It is a privilege to care for such a special little guy.