Quarter Pony Stallions For Sale

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Find out how Karen can bring success to you and your farm!

For the first time, Karen is offering an elite few Foundation Quarter Horse bred Quarter Pony stallions for sale.

Whatever your discipline, size, or color desire, there is a Quarter Pony stallion here to meet your needs!

You too can raise athletic Quarter Ponies with the conformation and movement that will make heads turn. Buying a top quality Quarter Pony stallion is your first step towards success!

Every one of Karen's pony stallions have absolutely correct structure, great movement, and sweet dispositions.

Cherish your time with a stallion that is willing to learn and looks forward to your next visit to the barn. Karen's 30 + years of selective breeding brings many benefits:

• Peace of mind in owning a fine animal that is bred for good temperament and show stopping good looks!
• All of Karen Griffith Farms' stock have been meticulously selected to withstand the rigors of a long career.
• Having a healthy sure footed partner can mean spending your days without worry.

Most of Karen's stock descends from her AQHA / APHA Foundation bred senior herd stallion, Atahi. (AHSA Hunter Champion and Hunter Pony Champion sire.)

Since 1973, Atahi has given the timid child his or her first ride. This fine stallion still sports a perfect set of feet and legs at 31 years of age! Atahi's exceptional movement and unbelievably sweet disposition is unsurpassed. His offspring's will to learn makes your training a joy. His dam was still sound and going strong at 32, and his grand-dam was sound and working at 38 years of age!

Not one of Atahi's offspring has had to interrupt their career due to unsoundness.

An added benefit to you is that the animals from Karen Griffith Farms can work and show barefoot.

Are you:

• Tired of a pony with a bad attitude?
• Tired of constant or intermittent lameness problems?
• Tired of limited athletic ability?
• Tired of a pony that doesn't stand out from the crowd?

Then you need to take a serious look at these sound, willing, athletic stallions for sale!

If you want to start your own breeding program, purchasing any stallion on this list will allow you to gain 30+ years of select breeding.

Use Karen's knowledge and experience to achieve your goals.

Just wanting to breed your mare?

There are Twelve Outstanding Quarter Pony Stallions Ready to Make Your Mare a Star!

Below, you will find the stallions that are currently available for sale at Karen Griffith Farms. Call Karen at (740)-992-5782 for details on a stallion that can propel you into the winner's circle.

CLOSE TO HEART - 1991 APHA black and white tobiano stallion. If you are wanting to get back to basics and breed some of the best foundation Paint and Quarter Horse blood available in the country today into your good mares, this is the stallion you need! "Close To Heart" is by "Atahi" (APHA black and white tobiano), who carries the finest foundation Quarter Horse lines ever bred, and is out of "J Bar's Patchwork" (APHA dark bay and white tobiano). "J Bar's Patchwork" is "Mister J Bar" bred. In the hardback book The Paint Horse, "Mister J Bar" is the first horse listed and written about in the chapter "The Great Sires". "Mister J Bar's pedigree contains some of the best Waggoner breeding and AAA running blood you'll see. All of the horses in "Close To Heart's" background were the good blooded stock that had the "know how" and athletic ability to do everything asked of them and stay sound doing it!

If you like to work cattle, team pen, or rein, then "Close To Heart" is a boy at which you'll want to take a closer look! His ancestors have been top reining horses, cow horses, race horses, rope horses, western pleasure horses, halter horses, arena horses, and hunters. With this versatility, "Close To Heart" has a wide array of mares that will cross successfully with him. This allows him to produce outstanding performance individuals that will compete in a much larger than usual variety of events. His first foal, born in 1996, was out of a well bred, palomino, cropout QH mare, and was he ever beautiful! "Close To Heart" produced a world caliber, exquisitely marked, dark bay and white tobiano colt. (This outstanding 1996 stallion prospect is available for purchase -- $15K). All of "Close To Heart's" foals to date have had correct conformation, fluid movement, and wonderful dispositions.

"Close To Heart" has a beautiful head with a perfect blaze and lovely dark eyes. His conformation is extraordinary, with a long deep shoulder, strong back and hips, and straight, clean legs with plenty of bone and foot, all set at the proper angles. His movement is fluid and athletic. "Close To Heart's" markings are a perfect 50/50 (black/white), and he has 3/4 inch halos around all of his spots. His several "bear-paw prints" on his sides set off a truly handsome package. "Close To Heart" has four full sisters who have been 100% color producers when crossed on solid colored stallions. We feel that he also should have the ability to throw a very high color percentage! "Close To Heart" earned his name by being as close to his sire "Atahi" in quality as you'll find. ("Atahi" is the Shawnee Indian word for 'heart'.) This young stallion's disposition is very good, and he is a gentleman to ride, handle, and breed.

With "Close To Heart's" athletic ability, outstanding foundation pedigree, good looks, gentle mind, and stunning color, he's sure to be a champion in the show ring and a popular breeding stallion to a wide variety of mares. Available for purchase. $35,000. Breeding fee $500.

K G MIRAGE - 1994 APHA chestnut and white tobiano stallion. Very fancy Pinto Colored Sport Pony! By "Halloween" (APHA sorrel and white overo stallion), out of "Sugar Blues" (APHA palomino and white tobiano mare - "Atahi's" full sister). There are not many horses born each year that have the ability to become a successful stallion. An animal needs that combination of flawless conformation, athletic ability, a trainable mind, and that intangible characteristic "charisma". "K G Mirage" has all of these qualities! He has beautiful coloring, the prettiest head and neck you'll ever see, is very refined while maintaining substantial bone, and has the very correct conformation and flowing movement to model. He should put a wonderful flowing stride and beautiful pinto markings on your fancy Pony Hunter,Quarter Pony, and Sport Pony mares! He stands 14 hands. His full sister "K G Masquerade", was always in the top ribbons on the Canadian, "A" large pony hunter circuit. "K G Mirage" is just as talented, and if anything, more beautiful! If you choose, he has a very bright future in the show ring. He has an even more brilliant future siring Champion Sport Ponies and "A" Circuit Hunter Pony winners. Mirage's beautiful pinto tobiano markings are just "icing" on the cake! Have "K G Mirage" sire your next Devon Champion! Fairly priced at $15,000. Breeding fee $500.

DIXIE HEART - 1996 APHA dark bay and white tobiano stallion. By "Close To Heart" (APHA), out of "Skips Dixie" (APHA) - (Click for pedigree). If you're looking for an exquisitely marked, world caliber stallion, this is a fellow you really need to see! He is 65% dark bay and 35% white, with his color placed beautifully. He has a lovely head with a strongly pronounced jaw and a beautiful shallow mouth. His eyes are dark with a perfectly centered blaze. This young stallion's conformation is flawless! "Dixie Heart's" pedigree boasts countless World and National Champions on both sides! You've already heard a bit about his sire, "Close to Heart", and his outstanding working blood, but to top it off, his dam, "Skips Dixie" (a multiple Halter winner and great working mare), is an own daughter of the late, great Quarter Horse sire "Sir Raleigh"! "Sir Raleigh" was the sire of multiple; AQHA World Champions (in both Halter and Performance), AQHA Champions, Superior Halter Horses, and Superior Performance Horses (in Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle, Working Hunter, Pleasure Driving, Hunter Hack, Western Riding, and Trail). He sired countless Register Of Merit horses. "Sir Raleigh" was also the sire of "Skips Sierra Nick", the winner of the 'Copenhagen/Skoal Superhorse' award at the AQHA World Show. (A 13 page production record on "Sir Raleigh" is available upon request.) This outstanding stallion prospect is one of those few horses in the nation that really has the ability to sire winners in both the halter and a variety of performance classes. He should make an outstanding reining horse, with the great looks to "knock-the-socks-off" the judges, and the "cow-blood" to easily get his points in cutting or team penning. It's seldom you find all of these qualities in one package! Reasonably priced at $15,000. Introductory breeding fee $500.

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K G LIONHEART - 1997 APHA bright chestnut and white tobiano stallion. This outstanding, line-bred stallion is a full brother to "K G Braveheart". He is an almost identical younger version of "Brave"! His markings are stunning, his conformation is correct, and he is very willing. If you'd like to add some color to your good reining/cutting mares or want to put great movement and Paint markings on your large and medium pony hunters, then "K G Lionheart" is a good choice. I feel that the only difference that you will see in "Lionheart" and "Braveheart" is that "K G Lionheart" will not go over 14-2 hands for you pony hunter and sport pony producers. For the discriminating breeder, "K G Lionheart" is the stallion you need in order to breed superior performance animals with "million-dollar" good looks! Purchase this beautifully marked, outstanding young stallion while he's still affordable! By "Ebony Heart" (APHA black stallion), out of "Touch My Heart" (APHA chestnut and white tobiano mare). Currently priced at $12,000. Introductory breeding fee $500.

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STEALIN HEARTS - 2000 APHA dark bay and white tobiano colt. This colt is definitely stallion material! He is beautifully marked, has a very cute head, textbook perfect legs, a lovely neck and shoulder, and a nice hip. He is line-bred "Atahi" (AHSA Champion Sire), and should mark his get with these same fine qualities. For the breeder who wants to maintain outstanding bloodlines, "A" circuit beauty and superior movement, he is a dream come true! He will make a superb pony hunter, sport pony, and dressage pony. He has the looks and motion to show on the line, and his form over a free jump is perfect. His beautifully placed tobiano markings are just the icing on the cake! This fancy fellow is a 'must-see'! He will be "Stealin Hearts" in the show ring and breeding shed for years to come! By "Ebony Heart" (APHA black stallion - full brother to AHSA - "A" Circuit Champion Bedazzle). Out of "Steal My Heart" (APHA buckskin/white homozygous tobiano mare). A Real Steal at $20,000.

TOUCHIN HEARTS - 2000 APHA solid chestnut colt, 1/4 TB. This is a beautiful, bright chestnut boy with copper overtones. He has two matching hind stockings that go up to a point in front of both hocks. He also has a lovely white blaze. He looks like a small-scale Thoroughbred. His movement is outstanding, and his conformation is very correct. When I am describing in a clinic how a young stallion this age should be made, this is the colt they should see! (As a matter of fact, I am currently in the process of photographing him to use as an example in my clinics.) He will make an outstanding hunter pony, sport pony, or dressage pony stallion! His genetics are superb! He should mature right under 14.2 hands. He is fancy enough to show on the line, and has a wonderful pedigree. By "Ebony Heart" (own son of AHSA Champion Sire Atahi), and out of "Touch My Heart" (dam of successful APHA stallion K G Braveheart). Reasonably priced at $18,000.

"EBONY HEART" is a 1989, jet black, breeding stock stallion. He is a 1/2 TB son of "Atahi", out of the good mare "Ma Cha Cha" ("Hello Dolly"), who was one of the top hunters on the "A" circuit in Connecticut. He stands 14-2 hands, and is a very "elegant" mover. He has a gorgeous head, neck, and body, with very correct legs and feet. Here on the farm, "Ebony" has sired thirty-eight foals. A few of these youngsters are on location, available for your inspection. Ebony is a consistent producer of color. He has only been bred to spotted mares and with the exception of three foals has produced all paint offspring. When crossed on solid colored mares, Ebony will produce solid colored foals with his black gene being dominant. His get are exceptional movers, are easily trainable, and have superior conformation. They are the type of animals around which a producer could base their whole program. His full brother has many "A" circuit hunter championships, Medal class wins, etc. When bred to mares under 14-2 hands, his get have maintained pony standards. For a foal that can compete with the best ponies in the United States or Canada, "Ebony Heart" is the stallion you need. Breeding fee -- $500.

K G BRAVEHEART - 1996 APHA bright chestnut and white tobiano stallion. By "Ebony Heart" (APHA black stallion), out of "Touch My Heart" (APHA chestnut and white tobiano mare). This is one of the best made, most beautifully marked stallion prospects I've seen in the United States in years. "K G Braveheart" has "APHA Champion" written all over him! He stands 15-1 hands. "Brave" will make a really flashy reiner. He has also shown an interest in working cattle. He's 'catty' in his movement, and has the most gorgeous, long, white, full mane you've ever seen! ("K G Braveheart" is very versatile in his abilities and when worked over fences, has lovely, correct form. He is extraordinary in all three gaits. Hunter mare owners will love him!) His legs are wonderful (correct, plenty of bone, and great feet), his body is well muscled with proper angles to be a superior athlete, and his graceful neck and beautiful head set off an outstanding package! To top off these bold physical qualities, he has a sweet, inquisitive attitude. The kind that begets a stallion who is willing, easy to handle, and develops into a brilliant performer and breeder. He works beautifully under saddle, and has proved to be intelligent, light, and eager to please. (Last summer, a 14 year old girl exercised him under saddle everyday.)

"Braveheart" is line-bred "Atahi", and should mark his get with all of the outstanding traits Karen Griffith Farms has been working to achieve over the last thirty years. Make a name for yourself in the show ring and breeding world that others spend a lifetime attaining! A good investment for financial success at $25,500. Introductory breeding fee $500.

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ATAHI II - 1999 APHA jet black and white tobiano stallion. You can tell by his name how this spectacular young stallion has been evaluated! "Atahi II" is Big, Black, and Beautiful! For twenty-six years the name "Atahi" had belonged to one horse only! I've added a 'II' after the name to describe just how perfect this stud is! He is 70% black and 30% white. His markings are fantastic, and his conformation is faultless! He has an exceptionally sweet, willing disposition. He is a double grandson of "Atahi". "Atahi II" is the best balanced, highest quality black and white stallion (tobiano or overo) of his age that I've ever seen. I feel he will produce the next (fifth) generation of successful, sound, beautiful, Paint horses at Karen Griffith Farms.

He is by "Ebony Heart" (APHA black stallion-outstanding own son of "Atahi", AHSA Champion Sire), out of "Win My Heart" (APHA dark bay and white, homozygous, tobiano mare-one of "Atahi's" best daughters). Keep in mind that the great horses like Leo, Wimpy, etc., etc., were produced by this half brother, half sister mating of prepotent, genetically correct sires. I waited 20 years to line breed "Atahi" offspring. I wish I had begun sooner, but I'm old fashioned, and wanted to breed to a large variety of mares to make sure there were no 'fluke' genes there to crop up. You've probably heard the old saying....."You could breed that horse to a hay wagon and make a race horse! " Well, "Atahi" has proven to be one of those genetically superior stallions. With "Atahi II's superb genetics, absolutely flawless conformation, willing disposition, and beautiful coloring, he should stamp his offspring with all of the outstanding qualities that Karen Griffith Farms has worked so diligently to achieve over the last 30 years. Introductory breeding fee $750.

"Atahi II" is not available for outright purchase, but I will begin to sell reserved breeding shares this year. To obtain syndication/price information, contact Karen Griffith, at Karen Griffith Farms, 34440 State Route 7, Pomeroy, Ohio 45769. Phone-740-992-5782. Or E-mail me at griffith@frognet.net

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K G RAVEN HEART - 1995 APHA jet black and white tobiano stallion. By "Ebony Heart" (APHA full brother to American Horse Show Association Hunter Champion, "Bedazzle"), and out of "Steal My Heart" (APHA homozygous tobiano "Atahi" daughter). "Raven" is line-bred "Atahi" and it shows! He is the stallion we've been awaiting to fill Atahi's shoes. A Pinto Sport Horse breeder's dream! This outstanding boy has perfect legs with plenty of bone and great feet. He has a gorgeous head with a star, stripe, and snip, large dark "Atahi" eyes, and a very refined neck. (Raven has the most elegant neck on a mature stallion that you've ever seen.) His topline is strong, tying into a beautiful hip, and he has a wonderful slope to his shoulder. "Raven's" movement is fluid and reaching. His markings are 60/40 (black/white), and are beautifully placed. He is a lovely sight under saddle. A recent customer, who was stunned by his beauty, described him simply as "A work of art!"

"Raven Heart" is smart, athletic, and classy! Being line-bred "Atahi", he should stamp his get with these same exceptional qualities. He's the "do-it-all" kind of horse that "makes a living" for the people around him. "K G Raven Heart's" book will be limited to 20 outside mares. Introductory breeding fee $750.

NEWS FLASH!!! .....All of Raven's foals to date have been loud tobianos out of solid mares. If Raven's future foals are half as good as these, his offspring are going to be the Paints to beat in the new millennium!!

"K G Raven Heart" will be syndicated this year. This will allow discriminating breeders to benefit from this outstanding individual's superb genetics and ability. For detailed information on obtaining breeding shares of "Raven Heart", interested parties can contact Karen Griffith Farms - Phone: (740)-992-5782, E-mail: griffith@frognet.net

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