SHF Buck N Velvet Vandanite, aka Jazz, (32.5 inches) was brought to our farm in August
2004 at 4 months of age.   His pedigree is rich (see below).  

Jazz's four foals are pictured below.  He, along with our mares, make such nice babies.   
The 2009 foals will be Jazz's last--and ours.  See note below.  
Update:  Jazz has been sold!  He now is under the loving care of Rhonda Jarvis.  
Jazz came to us at 4
months of age.  I thought
getting a colt was a good
idea because it gave us
time to get to know one
another.  Working with
Jazz has given me a
confidence back I had lost
with working with big
horses.  

Thank you, Jazz.
Blessing and Jazz, good buddies.
There was a puddle or pond in part of one pasture, depending on the
season, causing me to swim or skate.  So, I spent some Christmas money on
some soil--a lot of soil.  Mark and I had so much fun moving it around.  (We
are easily entertained.)  He was so happy to have Jazz's help while I
paused to take some pictures!  
We need the right equipment!
That's full enough!  Let's go!
Maybe that should have
been more to the left.
Yep, it's empty!
I'll pack it down.
From this.............................to this.
Finished project!  

Hopefully that will eliminate a
deep puddle in the spring and
winter's ice skating rink.
I was pleased with these photos!
They were taken the last day of 2006!
April 17, 2006
Jazz in June 06
Jazz
Little Church
Remembers Rosa Adell,
aka Rosie
Little ChurchsTime to
Celebrate, aka Claire
Can you see why we're pleased with Jazz's foals?  
picture by Darryl Mott
Sire: ERL Buck-N-Velvet
Dam: Tibbs Lady Victoria
Grandsires: Little Kings Black Velvet,
Marys Town Golden Echo
Granddams: Lucky Four Apaches Kringle,
Tibbs Miss Kelly
The photo to the left
is of Jazz and the
mares.  It won a spot
on a 2008 calendar
by Horsetopia.  They
were the February
photo.  
Photos from May 2008
Jazz and Rosie.
One of Jazz's favorite things to
do in the late afternoons is check
out the girls' pasture after they've
been moved up front.  But once
he's done doing what stallions
do, he wastes no time getting
back to within view of them.  
Jazz August 2008--learning to ground drive.  
March 2009

Jazz has become a gelding.  
There are many reasons for this
decision.  I want to focus on
working with the horses I have,
selling and finding perfect homes
is hard on the heart, mare stare is
very stressful when I'm working
full time, and when one looks
clearly-there are enough
miniature horses in this world.  I
want to focus more on community
service ventures and therapy
horses.   I knew I'd not be
breeding again for years at least,
and it'd not be fair to keep Jazz
pastured alone all that time.  So
my choices were to sell him as a
stallion (goes against reason for
not breeding), sell him as a
gelding, or geld him and keep
him.  The choice was not a
difficult one-Jazz has an amazing
personality and we'd all miss him
too much.  He's easy on the eyes
too! So, my very social boy will
be free to roam with the girls in
mid May.  I'll see how everyone
gets along and make more
decisions then,
It's a little sad to think the foals
due will be his last--and
mine...but in the long run, I know
this was the right direction for us.  
 
Little Churchs Amazing
Grace, aka Mazie
Little
Churchs
Time
for a
Tucker
Jazz's first day here.