"Candee" is a daily dose of sweetness. She is one of the friendliest mares on the farm, and gets along with everyone! Her foals have short backs, upright necks and beautiful heads! Candy's sire is Dent Knick Knack, a Top 10 Honor Roll and “Register of Merit” winner in the Multi-color stallions. She also traces back to BOND SHOWBOY, one of the foremost foundation stallions of Miniature horses, and KOMOKOS LITTLE HUSSELER, one of the smallest correct Miniature stallions ever registered.

Candee has produced some outstanding Leopard Pintaloosas when bred to appaloosa stallions, including her beautiful colt, First Edition, sired by our own “Spotty” (see him on the Stallion's page) who inherited that outstanding movement from his sire, and is being trained for cart.

With Candee’s outstanding pinto background, she is being maintained as a lead mare for Grosshills El Rey, an Argentine bred Falabella Stallion, AMHA National Top Ten Senior Stallion, (see him on the Stallion's page) whose Argentine Pinto heritage should blend beautifully with hers to give us outstanding, showy, quality and colorful Falabella Blend Pinto foals.

Sulphuras Apache Promise

"Promise" is a Brown Buckskin snowcap appaloosa mare and carries the dilute cream gene. She has produced two palominos when bred to sorrel stallions, and her 2006 colt, CCMF Legacy's Golden Ticket, a palomino few spot appaloosa colt and junior herd sire (see him on the Stallion's page), is an AMHR Grand Champion & Junior Champion stallion, sired by Carousel Designer Legacy, an AMHA National Top 10 stallion.

Promise has given us outstanding foals when bred to our own Sweetwater's Texas Spotty (see him on the Stallion's page), a buckskin leopard appaloosa stallion of Hemlock Brooks Egyptian King, Flying W Farms Little Blue Boy and Komokos lines. These two have produced beautiful appaloosa foals, with Spotty's legs, body and hooky neck.

Thousand Oaks Yashicas Bayberry AAMHA 153061 / AMHR 258059 / FBR 286 Bay Snowflake Appaloosa - Foaled 01/29/2004 Sire: Yashica Light Van't Huttenest Dam: Cross Country's Patches

Meet “BITSY” -- our tiny 29" “power-packed spitfire” with a spunky attitude and pedigree that is bigger than she is!

Only 16" at birth, Bitsy has the largest and softest brown eyes. A wonderful brood mare, with an outstanding pedigree, Bitsy is a wonderful mother who out-produces herself every year, and still finds time to “run” the farm!

Her dam is a bay roan snowflake appaloosa who goes back to FALKLAND OF KILVERSTONE, a Fallabella stallion on the top, and ROWDY on the bottom. A registered Falabella Blend, with an extensive appaloosa pedigree, Bitsy’s sire is Yashica Light Van’t Huttenest, an AMHA National Reserve Champion Junior Stallion--a blue roan appaloosa son of Orion Light Vant Huttenest.

photo courtesy of Woodstock North Minis

Sun Rae's Eclipse AMHA A92407 / AMHR 103659A Solid Chocolate with Flaxen Mane & Tail and Lacing on her back (carrying the cream gene) - Foaled: 05/22/1996 Sire: Wittmaacks Eclipse Dam: Dakota Muffy

"Eclipse"-–one of our Gold Melody Boy mares--is a daughter of WITTMAACKS ECLIPSE (28”), direct son of JOHNSTONS GOLD BOY (28.50”), the smallest stallion ever sired by the Legendary FOUNDATION STALLION: GOLD MELODY BOY.

Eclipse, a 30" mare, has been lab tested to carry the DILUTE GENE, and has extreme lacing on her back. She is, on the top side, a half sister to that magnificent stallion: DAKOTAS LILLE GUTEN, with the same CHOCOLATE color with flaxen mane and tail that Guten is so FAMOUS for. Guten is the holder of many Grand and Reserve Championships in Halter, and has produced multiple National Grand Champions, Top Ten, Futurity and Driving Champions and Hall of Fame offspring. Eclipse has a beautiful neck, gorgeous head, and a presence and personality that is unequaled. We are honored to have this beautiful mare in our herd.

Sanders Bit-O-Honey AMHA A74260 / AMHR 71716A Foaled: 04/04/1995 - Red Silver Bay, white mane & tail Sire: Britt Helm Sun Chaser Dam: Three Bar ES Honey Bear

"Honey" has a wonderful history of producing color! Not just "color" but LEOPARD or BLANKETED SPOTTED COLOR! Although a solid red silver bay, this girl has thrown appaloosa, every time she's been bred to an appaloosa stallion. Honey" outdid herself in 2008 by giving us a small (26 ¾" at 10 months) bay leopard colt with incredibly long legs!

Her breeding on the top side goes back to Dell Teras Bronco, a producer of National Grand Champions, and Double O Seven And A Half Moto, National Grand Champion Senior Stallion. On the bottom side, she is from Crescents Sidney, a producer of National Champions, Honor Roll, National Grand Champions and Martin’s Southern Belle, a National Grand Champion producing mare.

Toyland Celena of Castle Rock

"Celena" born a tiny 17.5" with a colorful blanket, she had not done much growing (still a petite under 28”) , but she has continued to color, and look how beautiful she is!

The most amazing thing about Celena is her extreme Arabian strut with her tail flying in the air. She lifts her head and her legs up high, as she does her floating trot! It's a most beautiful sight. This is a rare and highly valued trait, which we hope she will pass on to her future offspring.

Celena was born with a perfect bite and has well balanced conformation. Celena has strong Appaloosa genes with both her sire and dam being Leopard Appaloosas. She should be a top color producer for us in the future.

Her sire, FALABELLA GUILLE, (pronounced Guy) is a 29.75" exceptional Black Leopard Appaloosa imported as a young stallion from the Falabella farm in Argentina. Guille has superior qualities which he passes on to his offspring, first and foremost, being a perfect bite, perfect legs and show type conformation. He has beautiful movement with his head held high and a smooth, gliding trot like artistry in motion. Most important, Guille has 100% Argentine ancestry, with totally different ancestors from most other Falabella in the USA.

Celena's dam is Toyland Cee Cee, a 30.00" Sorrel Few Spot Appaloosa, who is small and correct and a wonderful color producer, obviously. We are looking forward to great things with this beautiful, little Fallabella mare.

C Beauty Oil

"Beauty," is just that, an absolutely beautiful black roan varnish appaloosa. This retired show mare has produced National Champions, Top Ten National Champions in Driving and Performance, along with Halter, as well as being a winning mare herself.

Beauty is a favorite here, as her personality is outstanding, and she is always one of the first mares to approach you for attention. She also brings that out in her foals, and teaches them the art of “people pleasing”.

We are looking forward to "beauty" and "spots supreme" in all of her upcoming foals for Castle Rock.

Toyland Blessie AMHA A139454 / AMHR 231246A / FMHA 747 Foaled: 02/17/2001 Seal Black Appaloosa with Mottling Sire: Toyland Portentoso Dam: Toyland Tiara Mist

"Blessie" is a lovely mare with a pretty head and show type conformation. She is a beautiful "Seal Black" appaloosa, with lots of mottling.

Her sire, TOYLAND PORTENTOSO, is a 32.00" Snowcap Appaloosa, out of PORTENTO, a black Appaloosa son of GROSSHILLS COMOFIN, an imported, top quality 29" Black Leopard Appaloosa from the Falabella farm in Argentina.

Blessie's dam is Toyland Tiara Mist, a 32.50" solid black mare, who is by Toyland Zodiac, a 31" Black Leopard Appaloosa Falabella stallion. Zodiac has produced many loud colored appaloosa foals, and proved himself to be a most prolific and valued sire, until his death in 2004, and became the TOP Falabella stallion in the US, and in many parts of the world.

As a "Toyland" falabella, who are bred to carry the BLACK gene, we are hoping to assure a higher percentage of intense "base colors" such as Black, Bay and Chestnut, which are highly desirable to us in our "COLOR" breeding program. Blessie is a proven broodmare. We are looking forward to great things with this beautiful, little Fallabella mare, as part of our Appaloosa broodmare herd.

RJ's Pocahontas

"Pokey" has wonderful color! A retired show mare, this girl was the 2000 National All Star Multi-color Mare, over, and a National Top Ten in 2002 again in Multi-color Mare, over. Her breeding is heavily Stout, going back to Stout Black Magic, Stouts Mona Lisa, Stouts Little Chippewa, and Stouts Mister Pride, a Foundation Stallion. Out of RJ Little Hawkeye, this mare is heavily appaloosa bred on the top and bottom, many being leopard appaloosas!

Pokey has thrown us her beautiful conformation, and passed on her wonderful attitude at the farm. We are looking forward to seeing her pass on her wonderful spots, as well!!

Little Kings Classy Cat

"Classy" is the daughter of Buckeroo's Top Cat, son of the legendary BOONES LITTLE BUCKEROO, going back to GOLD MELODY BOY on the top AND bottom sides. There are not many stallions that are sired by, and sire, National Grand Champions, but Top Cat is an accomplished show horse in his own right, with great presence and refined conformation, that he passes on to his get.

Classy is a beautiful young mare, totally upright and having the leggy look that is so sought after in the show ring. She has a huge eye, balanced trim barrel, and refined conformation from the Buckeroo and Gold Melody Boy lines. And a BONUS - she has SPOTS !!! A "Little Kings Farm" "Buckaloosa!"

This is Boone's Little Buckeroo and Gold Melody Boy at its best for an Appaloosa breeder-having all the extra appaloosa characteristics a breeder wants to see besides just spots: striped hooves, mottled pink and black skin around her eyes, nose, mouth, genitals and inside her ears, with visible sclera. We are looking for some very special offspring from this girl, bred to our incredible appaloosa stallions!

D'Armond Bucks Bellarena

"Bella" is adorable and a tiny girl. She'll likely mature in the 28-30" range. She's got a tiny little Arabian head, and she is extremely, extremely refined (although a bit overweight!!) With her crème gene, small size and intense GOLD MELODY BOY pedigree, she'll make a broodmare extraordinaire!!

Bella is sired by the wonderful cremello stallion, LITTLE KINGS MAJOR BUCKS. Major Bucks is by the lengendary BOONES LITTLE BUCKEROO and out of Smiths Buttermilk II. Although Smiths Buttermilk II has an unknown pedigree, she is obviously a super producer. This cross was repeated six times and also produced the super cremello stallion, Little Kings Buckeroo Zodiac.

Bella's dam, AF MELODY IN GOLD, A Reserve Grand Champion senior mare, and producer of champions, has one of the most intensely line bred GOLD MELODY BOY pedigrees. She is sired by the lengendary National Champion producer, WITTMAACKS MICKEY MOUSE, the only line bred son of Gold Melody Boy. Mickey's dam, Johnston's Silver, is also a direct daughter of GOLD MELODY BOY. On the bottom side, AF Melody In Gold's dam, JOHNSTONS’ GOLDEN GEM, is also a direct daughter of GOLD MELODY BOY. GOLD MELODY BOY is her grandsire top and bottom, and also her great grandsire on the top!

GOLD MELODY BOY, one of the most recognizable and prepotent lines in Miniature horses today, carrying tremendous Arabian type, balance and elegance. All of this wrapped up in a tiny, beautiful package. This pretty girl and a few other special girls have been hand selected for Silverado. We can't wait!!!

Teachers Pet Eva Gabor AMHA A67948 / AMHR pending – 32.50" Foaled: 03/12/1995 Smokey Black Sire: Lancasters Iron Eagle Dam: Zsa Zsa (Daughter of Gold Melody Boy)

"Eva" is a black minimally marked Appaloosa mare foaled 3-12-95. She's got a sprinkling of white on her rump, mottling on her genitals, and striped hooves—and best of all—SHE THROWS APPALOOSA!!

Eva is out of a mare named ZSA ZSA, a direct daughter of GOLD MELODY BOY!! Add to that, Eva was sired by Lancasters Iron Eagle, son of National Champion Komokos Dark Destroyer from Komokos Little Husseler, a FOUNDATION miniature stallion producer of National Champions, and Eva’s sire comes from National Grand Champions on the top and bottom of his pedigree.

Eva has produced a MOST beautiful appaloosa buckskin colt in 2008—one of Castle Rocks future herd sires (see him on our Stallion page). He is Eva's fifth AMHA registered foal, but she has had colts that were sold unregistered by a previous owner. Four of the five registered foals are appaloosa—so Castle Rock could not be happier!!! GOLD MELODY BOY LINES AND SPOTS!! OUR DREAM COME TRUE.

We will continue to use Eva to produce those SPECIAL GOLD MELODY BOY line bred foals.

GOLD MELODY BOY, one of the most recognizable and prepotent lines in Miniature horses today, carrying tremendous Arabian type, balance and elegance. All of this wrapped up in a tiny, beautiful package. This pretty girl and a few other special girls have been hand selected for Silverado. We can't wait--especially because Eva throws SPOTS!!!

Mini Pleasures Abby Dot Com AMHA A136545 / AMHR 256183A Foaled: 05/15/2001 Sorrel Leopard Appaloosa Sire: Tiny Trotters Coyote Dam: Mini Pleasures Lil Abby

"Abby" is a retired show mare, a gorgeous Sorrel Leopard Appaloosa, from some of the most wonderful strong lines. On the top side, her sire, Tiny Trotters Coyote, is the son of BREWERS ORION PROPHECY, a National Champion and sire of many National Champion and Top Ten Halter and Driving horses, who is get of the infamous ORION LIGHT VAN'T HUTTENEST! This foundation stallion is the leading sire of National & Reserve National Grand Champions. Abby also has strong Dell Teras and Hobby Horse lines on the top and bottom, going back to the foundation stallions and mares that have become famous for their contributions to the breed.

We are so very happy to have Abby with us for our future. Can’t wait to see how she produces with some of Castle Rock’s exceptional stallions.

Sulphuras High Fashion AMHA A60621 / AMHR 52627A Foaled: 04/22/1994 Grey Appaloosa Sire: Johnston's Happy Appy Dam: Sulphuras Silver Fox

"Fashion" is another one of those mares that is a goldmine!!! She stamps her foals with a most beautiful head, and has had 8 foals--all appaloosa! They are most beautiful. (Click her pedigree and offspring to see some of these beauties.)

We cannot be more pleased than to have Fashion as part of our broodmare band. She is an easy keeper, a wonderful mother, and ALWAYS throws spots!! We just love her!

JBR Frosted Feather AMHA A168168 / AMHR 270352T Foaled: 03/30/2006 Palomino Few Spot Leopard Appaloosa Sire: JBR Prince For Sure Dam: Southern Charms Diamond Lil

"Feather" is a most beautiful palomino Few Spot Leopard Appaloosa. Few Spot appaloosa patterning is a horse whose base color is nearly obscured by its Appaloosa white patterning covering up to 90% of its body. Few Spots are believed to be Homozygous, which means Feather will always produce a "colored" foal.

Feather is out of a beautiful Chestnut Leopard stallion: JBR Prince for Sure, whose lineage goes back to NFC'S SUGAR BOY, a Grand Champion Jr Stallion, going back to GOLD MELODY BOY! Her dam is out of the famous AMHA Foundation Appaloosa sire: YELLOW DIAMOND LITTLE FEATHER. Frosty is just appaloosa bred top and bottom.

Feather is like a spoiled child. She is constantly seeking attention, follows us everywhere, and is just one of the friendliest mares ever found. With another few spot on the farm, we continue to look for those special appaloosa “colored” foals!

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS FOR AN APPY BREEDER!! This most beautiful little girl looks solid, but has appy characteristics. Her sire is a beautiful Leopard AppaloosaTimberviews Simply Awesome, a most beautiful Black Leopard Appaloosa. We are very pleased with the sweet refinement this filly is showing with the many Gold Melody Boy crosses in her heritage. This girls elegance should define her in the ring and as a color producing brood mare.

This foal's dam "Cinnamon" has wonderful bright red sorrel color and flaxen mane and tail AND ELEGANCE. We would expect this with "5" crosses to GOLD MELODY BOY, one of the most recognizable and pre-potent lines in Miniature horses today,carrying tremendous Arabian type, balance and elegance.

Her sire is Timberviews Simply Awesome, a 31.75" Black Leopard Appaloosa. "Awesome" is a full brother to our retired show mare "Pokey" and we are pleased to see the quality with the balance and elegance this little GMB bred filly carries.

Sire: Timberviews Simply Awesome - 31.50"

Dam: D.M. Sunny's Cinnamon - 34.00"