Winks Revelation
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The foundation stallion of my preservation program. Pictured at age 16, enjoying himself in the pasture. His natural beauty, athleticism, wonderfully intelligent mind and willing temperament led me to focus on the preservation of this nearly lost line. Almost 25 years later I continue with his only 3 registered grandsons.
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Welcome!
Thank you for visiting our online home! I have been breeding select quality American Miniature Horses since 1994. My focus since about 1998 has been preservation of foundation show bloodlines that have proven their quality and consistency, and tended towards Morgan and desert Arabian type. I love a horse that exhibits balance, refinement, and a natural beauty due to correct conformation. I also want enough substance to be usable, the mind to achieve it, and a willing temperament to work with. A horse that can be a partner, whether that be in the show ring, therapy work, or a companion to go driving or hiking with. I found all of these qualities to be very consistent in the few Winks Miniatures that were left in the mid to late 1990's, and decided keeping those bloodlines alive would be my pursuit. To my knowledge, my farm now has the greatest concentration of Winks lines in Miniatures, carefully crossed on other lines I also fell in love with- FWF Little Blue Boy, X'Caliber's Little Navajo, Bond Showboy, Gold Melody Boy, Chocos Little Specks Red Boy, Landry's War Paint. There are other bloodlines I would love to add, and perhaps one day I can. Breeding is like lace-making...careful weaving back and forth to create intricate beauty.
2019 and 2020 have included getting a couple of my foals into the show ring, and I am very pleased to announce that Enyalien Mr. Virtuoso, one of Sonata's sons, is now a 10 Time World Top Ten driving horse (AMHA), 10x National Top Ten driving in AMHR, AND Reserve National Champion driving in 2020 in AMHR!!!!!!! I am SO thankful he has an owner who took him to the National and World level! Most of these wins have been in classes of 30-50 seasoned driving horses!! ALSO, Lorien Shenanigans earned 2 AMHA Regional Top Tens and 2 AMHA World Top Tens with very limited showing in Stock Type Stallions and only 6 wks with the trainer after Regionals! My sweet Tilly also earned 2 Regional Top Tens in Stock Type Mares, but did not go to Worlds as I discovered she was pregnant and did not want to stress her. I am SO proud of these horses, and looking forward to next show season!
2020 has been a "reality check" year for me. I turned 50, my children are now grown and out pursuing their own lives, I found a new land lease after dealing with a pipeline takeover of the land I was leasing, and various health issues I've been ignoring for a while are not allowing themselves to be ignored anymore. There has been a good bit of soul searching, and I have come to the decision to let my Shetland program go and get back to my first love, the American Miniature Horse. All ASPC Shetlands have found new homes in quality breeding programs, for which I am very thankful.
A bit of clarification also, since I was recently asked. My farm has had 3 names over the years. We started out as "SilverWind". My divorce required a new name, which I was not expecting to have to decide on, and on short notice we became "Enyalien", a Sindarin word meaning "In order to recall". I found it suitable for a preservation program. That said, I also quickly learned when the horses started being shown, that the majority of people do not know how to pronounce obscure Tolkien languages and it was coming out of the announcers mouths as "an alien" LOL! Soo.....after asking the advice of those who know me well and some serious thinking, I settled on "Lorien", a more well known Sindarin word due to the movies, easily pronounced, and that means "dream"....another very suitable descriptor for my horses.
I invite you to browse the site, email with questions. My goal for 2021 is to finally get my articles page or a blog going on here, and the history pages well begun.
2019 and 2020 have included getting a couple of my foals into the show ring, and I am very pleased to announce that Enyalien Mr. Virtuoso, one of Sonata's sons, is now a 10 Time World Top Ten driving horse (AMHA), 10x National Top Ten driving in AMHR, AND Reserve National Champion driving in 2020 in AMHR!!!!!!! I am SO thankful he has an owner who took him to the National and World level! Most of these wins have been in classes of 30-50 seasoned driving horses!! ALSO, Lorien Shenanigans earned 2 AMHA Regional Top Tens and 2 AMHA World Top Tens with very limited showing in Stock Type Stallions and only 6 wks with the trainer after Regionals! My sweet Tilly also earned 2 Regional Top Tens in Stock Type Mares, but did not go to Worlds as I discovered she was pregnant and did not want to stress her. I am SO proud of these horses, and looking forward to next show season!
2020 has been a "reality check" year for me. I turned 50, my children are now grown and out pursuing their own lives, I found a new land lease after dealing with a pipeline takeover of the land I was leasing, and various health issues I've been ignoring for a while are not allowing themselves to be ignored anymore. There has been a good bit of soul searching, and I have come to the decision to let my Shetland program go and get back to my first love, the American Miniature Horse. All ASPC Shetlands have found new homes in quality breeding programs, for which I am very thankful.
A bit of clarification also, since I was recently asked. My farm has had 3 names over the years. We started out as "SilverWind". My divorce required a new name, which I was not expecting to have to decide on, and on short notice we became "Enyalien", a Sindarin word meaning "In order to recall". I found it suitable for a preservation program. That said, I also quickly learned when the horses started being shown, that the majority of people do not know how to pronounce obscure Tolkien languages and it was coming out of the announcers mouths as "an alien" LOL! Soo.....after asking the advice of those who know me well and some serious thinking, I settled on "Lorien", a more well known Sindarin word due to the movies, easily pronounced, and that means "dream"....another very suitable descriptor for my horses.
I invite you to browse the site, email with questions. My goal for 2021 is to finally get my articles page or a blog going on here, and the history pages well begun.