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Snowberry
Farm has come a long way since we entered our very first
miniature horse show in 1995 and winning
our first blue ribbons. (We had never owned horses
before) We were Arabian-type,
conformation and pedigree specific
when we went on our search for the next several horses
to call our own. We have maintained this quality
and scrutiny as we have grown and developed throughout
the years producing show horses, usually a
National Champion,
year after year. Jim created and Becky is now
managing the Training Center, adding new barns
and an arena. Get an
inside view of
the new barn and arena.
We are making every attempt to improve our
breeding programs with beauty and movement.
We've come a long way...and plan on going further.
A closer look.......
Jim comes from a competitive sports background,
hockey, football, triathlon/biathlon, to name just a few.
He attended Ferris State College and earned a Bachelor Degree
of Science focusing on criminal justice. While in
college he was fraternity president and dorm RA. His path led him to California where he
modeled for a few years, but came back to Michigan and
worked at Dow Chemical's Fitness facility as an exercise
consultant. Business and sales drew his attention
where he has made a career in the Petroleum sales industry.
Jim has a large R judges card for the Miniatures
and Classics and holds his card for the Moderns.
He has successfully groomed, trained, shown and has a
quality breeding program in progress for all of the
above breeds.
He is also a respected miniature horse trimmer.
It has been said that he is one of the better corrective
trimmers in the MI area.
Jim is also the leader of a pop-rock band called
The Shaydes. Take a look
www.the-shaydes.com
Becky went to college and earned her Associates
Degree for legal secretarial and
started working for Dow Chemical in Michigan.
Along the way, she showed cats for 9 years under the
name Ever-Eve Cattery with many prominent Regional and
National wins and noted breeding contributions (first
blue-tabby and white Exotic Shorthair Grand Champions,
etc) with her last cat of 20+ years passing away only a
few years ago (GR CH & GR PR Ever-Eve's Vanilla Garilla).
She had always wanted a horse, so when she bought a
couple of mini's from Lee Crutchfield, her competitive
and breeding background from the cats carried over into the
small horses. She has always had fun and has set
the standard in the miniature/pony performance industry
for "style". She found her niche' in training and
driving performance horses. She loves it and it
Shows!
Becky has been very successful in "running" races,
marathons, biathlons and triathlons. Tenacity and
personal effort was a major part of the training
schedule. Becky and Jim were continually interviewed
by local papers, as it
was unusual to have a couple come into a race and both
win their respective age groups, or the overall race. They are both use
to hard work and personal commitment to excellence.
Becky is now working at My Secret Garden's
Boutique as a fashion consultant and has been traveling
and buying apparel for a number of years for the above
Boutique. It has given her the opportunity to be
in local fashion shows 1-2 times per year. She
loves fashion.
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To
start any story about Snowberry Farm, I
always have to highlight the Egyptian King line because
it was our first miniature horse choice in 1996. We
purchased a Blue Boy mare bred to NFC Egyptian King’s
Topsider, an AMHA National Champion Sr. Stallion – which
produced a winning colt, AMHR National Champion
Snowberry
EK’s Goodside.
Goodside was our first foal and had a consistent and
very successful show career. He has a very LONG
list of accomplishments. Goodside's first son,
Good Time, has produced his first show foal.
Goodside has been retired and sold to become the head of
his own mare band, but that is where the story
started.......
Michigan's Sharp As A Tack
is probably one of the most
exciting horses we own. He
is breathtaking - Beauty - Power & Elegance Personified.
Sharpie continues to prove
all of this and more every year in the show ring and now
in the breeding shed. He again has burned up the
show ring with major wins at 2007 World's - Pony
Congress - and AMHR Nationals. He will continue to
make his mark both in the ring and with his foals.
Watch for his 2008 foals this year.
"Sharpie" will move us forward during the next few years
in our shetland breeding program. We have
collected a special group of beautiful mares to
compliment him and the program. If you are looking
for a beautiful "B" horse to show or own, watch SBF
progeny during the next few years. A
luminous slate grey stallion who has won in Halter and
Driving at Pony Congress and AMHR Nationals. He
was a 2004 Hall of Fame Halter and a 2005 Hall of
Fame Pleasure Driving winner. He is now working on
several others (Foundation Halter, AMHR Park Harness,
etc...)
Establo Aztec
is more than another
exciting horse. From his first infamous step
in the show ring as a weanling at AMHR Nationals, he has
proven time and again that he is a true show horse.
He won his Hall of Fame easily by
accumulating Grand after Grand. We
see great things in his future and are pleased to own
and show this young colt. He will become one of
our herd sires this year - and will be even more excited
to see his first foal crop. Even though the
results are a year away, it will be well worth the
wait. Keep a close eye on this youngster.
Snowberry
Farm moved into the next phase of the Farm's
evolution with ease, by purchasing their first top show
quality Classic Shetland Stallion -
Buckeye WCF
Classical MUZAK. Zak
has impressed even the weakest pony fan with his beauty,
personality and his winning style. Zak's wins are
now listed on his own page. He ended 2006 as
Grand Champion Classic Stallion, Over at the National
Pony Congress in St. Louis, MO and 2007 as WORLD Grand
Champion Classic Stallion and Congress Reserve Grand
Champion Classic Stallion. Let Zak put you in the
winner's circle in 2008 -
FOR SALE Let the
Muzak Mania
begin for you. . .
Snowberry
Farm Stallions - Attitude, Power, Performance,
Beauty...We've got them all ---- You Choose!
Please review our Stallion
page and click on any stallion photo for further
information.
Snowberry
Farm Mares - An exquisite band of broodmares has
been cultivated for over 10 years. We are still
adding new bloodlines and proven producers to use with
our stallions to improve our breeding programs.
- It is just beginning to
get exciting!!!
Snowberry
Farm Foals - Raising
equine with charisma and elegance.
Every year, producing National Top 10 quality. Let
one of our foals put you in the spot light. All
AMHR/AMHA or ASPC registered.
Snowberry
Farm Facility - We have a show barn with 20 stalls
built for the miniature horse, along with a barn for
breeding, foaling, pony stalls and a new indoor arena
for year-round training.
Snowberry
Farm Training - SBF provides drug-free halter and
performance training for the miniature horse or pony,
with National Champions and Top 10's to our credit for
clients, as well as, our own horses.
Becky has been very successful
with her Performance training.
Snowberry
Farm Fun - Raising Equine with Charisma and Elegance
-- We try to keep the fun in showing, training and
breeding. We love what we do! Call or
e-mail.
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