Dragonfly Farms

05/29/2026

05/28/2026

*I* (*we* if you include Koi and Rooster) really had a great time in Sparta. I look forward to going back in the Fall. A fellow camper gave me some leads on trail heads, other than Hard Labor.

Wagon train people are a different faction of the equestrian industry. They know how to make the next of what they've got.

05/26/2026

I'm both honored and annoyed. So, let's talk about it.

Had this fly by night commentor spent 5 seconds reading the actual post (scroll down a couple posts) they would have seen where I said we MADE our horses. We didn't BUY our horses.

The only cost involved in making our own horses are the upkeep and care of our property and the horses used to make new horses. Therefore, we did not pay anyone who required a commission or anything like that. We didn't have to pay someone who had a lot of money invested in the horses in question because we are the someone.

There's a lot of debates out there if it's even feasible to keep your own stallion. For us, yes. We are a network of small breeders who can create the horses we want in our program and move them between several farms. We aren't paying board and we're not paying trainers.

I'm the trainer. We make em and I "break them". I have NEVER sent a horse off to a trainer. Good? Bad? Hell, I don't know. I've shown on every level and at several different clubs as well as breed shows. And when I say "clubs" and "shows" I'm not talking about barrel racing but I have done that too.

I encourage you to click on our farm name and scroll our photos and posts before you have a knee jerk reaction to a singular post you saw your friend like.

We love everyone and are always happy to see people using their horses. Enjoying their horses the way they want to participate in the equine industry.

Thank you for assuming my horses are expensive. They are still just Swamp Donkeys.

(Read the children's book "Nitter Pitter" to round out what you already know about Swamp Donkeys. We have many layers. 🤭 )

05/23/2026

I'm making having a registered horse great again. A lady came up to me on a trail ride and let me know she had "rescued her double dilute QH type gelding from an auction as a skinny weanling". I'm not sure what compelled her to share that information. I guess people are using their rescue experiences to bond. The weird thing is, all the stories are the same.

They simply bought a horse from an auction.

I replied, " you and everyone else ...."

She looked at me sideways and I said he was probably a cull, just born the wrong gender. And most weanlings are "skinny and ugly". Heck, I try not to look at my own horses until the end of year 2 coming into year 3 when they look like they can hold a saddle. Up to that point an owners job is mainly to feed them or .... cull them. If you've owned or bred horses long enough you can tell pretty quick which ones will work in your program.

She asked me how long I had my horse. I said "We made him and it took us 3 generations. His sire was born "in network" and his grandsire came to us later in his life, after he came off the track and had a full life as an Arabian horse ambassador. He was the actual racing Arabian, Black Stallion."

She was dumbfounded.

We briefly discussed how special it is to know where your horse actually comes from, even if you don't "show".

Breeders can look at a set of papers and tell you what the personality and conformation of a horse should be. If that weren't true then we wouldn't have all those chat room posts asking if anyone knows about "my horse's bloodlines".

If papers don't matter than neither does the make and model of a car. If you can drive a Ford Pinto then you should feel good jumping into a Lamborghini.

If you're going to the auction just to rescue a horse, get you the ugliest, meanest, POS that walks in the ring. You're obviously more cowboy than the rest of us. You and your rescue horse with fancy papers and unique coloring.

05/21/2026

Happy Birthday to daddy's little clone, Spartan. 🎂

05/17/2026

Buy a horse I say. ♥️🐎♥️ You will never be bored.

05/16/2026

You may remember that Epic went to live in WI last summer. Here are a few current photos.

Epic (AKA "Neck") broke his neck in a freak accident when he was a baby so he was never put under saddle.

We have 2 very tall, half Arabian, colts available by him. They are in Leesburg GA.

05/14/2026

Not every horse owner is on Facebook believe it or not. Some of us rely on social events like trail rides, auctions, horse shows and those kind of things to keep in touch and put our finger on the pulse of the horse industry. After all, a lot of what's posted on social media is smoke and mirrors.

Last weekend was the spring sale for the Georgia Driving Horse Auction. You'll remember that I sold Splash, Violet, Shalimar and Grace at that auction.

Violet and Grace "ended up in TX". Violet, last I heard, went to IN from there. The lady supposedly tried to get Grace as well but the auction house already sold her.

The chat boards lit up for a few days with this news and Violet's owner vowed to track me down and get to the bottom of this. I'm still waiting.

Splash ended up going to a home with a rider who was not very "strong" or assertive so she wound up with a little Mennonite girl who rode her like a circus horse and they posted her for sale 30-45 days after the original sale from the auction, in TN.

Shalimar stayed fairly local and his owner has him with a Parreli trainer who has kids riding him around with a halter.

I didn't get rich or famous on the sale of any of these horses by the way.

>>>I hit a deer with my little truck. It was just standing in the middle of I75 on a dark and rainy night outside of Tifton. 🤷‍♀️

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The sale this year was small. Not very many horses and just a handful of bidders.

I had picked out a nice Belgian hitch mare that I knew would go high(er). I had my eye on a couple others that were "my type", in the direction I want to go. But honestly, there will be others similar to them next auction.

My acquaintance bought the big mare for around $3k. Average price of the horses who went thru was about $1700 per horse and they were mostly sound and mostly in good condition. The ponies went high.

The shocker was a pinto mare who walked thru 4 legged lame with obvious hoof issues. She went for $1700 as well. KB prices are about $750 ...

So, it really makes one wonder how a broke, green broke, handled, healthy, and possibly registered horse can go thru a year of sales ads on social media or get run thru an auction and the seller is only offered $500 for their blood, sweat, tears and determination.

But a crippled animal with a questionable past and obvious health issues can bring in twice the money.

It seems that people just want something pretty in their yard. They don't actually want to care for something. I mean, Disney suggests that the animals will care for themselves out in the wilderness, right?

To heck with vet and farrier maintenance. To heck with buying feed and hay. "I see grass out there."

Very odd times we live in.

05/12/2026

I realize some of you are super sensitive to "whips". Just keep scrolling if you're going to have a freak out.

I'm posting this to share our collective pride in horses that we bred here at home and who are now promoting our program over seas.

Isn't it interesting that our Arabian horses have been exported to other countries, multiple times, and proved that they can still be competitive with "real Arabian blood".

You might also find it interesting that a horse can be purchased, shipped over seas, bred a handful of times, and then gelded.

Imagine the financial and emotional "cost".

All the while, we have only two types of buyers here in the US --- those who think horses should be well bred and fully trained by 4 years old but only cost $500 and those who won't look at anything that doesn't have "show experience".

When will we get back to enjoying the horse in front of us?

Video info from our sister farm:

"This was a 6 km race I watched Phyrres little owner except the award but now I'm not clear on who won. lol There were three horses in the race they were “ours” , Phyrre , a horse sired by him, and a mare bred by Thomas (Germany)"