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In the Karma Farms tradition of offering the best stallions of the breed, we'd like you to meet Under The Sun. "Sun's" first foals for us arrive this spring, and we couldn't be happier! Not only do they have quality and looks but
his 2009 stocking legged red dun colt Dance Inside the Sun ("Sid") out of Walk This Way (Locomotion/Fourwalker) has a natural and obvious lateral gait. Music of the Sun ("Muse"), his 2009 dun appy filly out of Hocus Pocus (Rigoletto/Rag Doll) has looks, presence, and color with a "baby doll" head.
Give us a call if you'd like to own one of Sun's first foals to help us prove this exceptional young stallion. "Sun's" introductory fee will be $300 for 2009 only. Our thanks to Jeff Rogers who is now training "Sun" for his first competitions this year.
Watch for our new grulla roan stallion Timber Ghost (Beetlejuice/Little Corn) as Vik starts him on his show and trail career this season. "Ghost" has
a "doing" pedigree, wonderfully smooth gaits, great conformation plus an easy-going manner that makes people look twice when they realize that he's a stallion. He will be a marvelous compliment to our Rowdy Yates mares! His dam Little Corn (Four Lane/Little Thing) was one of the breed's greatest
producers and a full sister to Caballos de Destino's Four Winds. We bet you'll be hearing more about "Ghost" in days to come. "Ghost's" introductory fee will be $300 for 2009 only. Pictures soon!
If you need a smaller stallion, don't forget our two little Spanish Sport Ponies. Stallion fee for either is $200. Our homebred little guy is Scoundrel Days (Rowdy Yates/Lucinda), 5 year old 13 hand Grand Canyon stallion with looks, action and Rowdy's brio in a small, sweet pony sized Colonial Spanish Horse. And have a look at The Sea King, a wonderful flaxen maned sorrel stallion we picked up from Corolla Island in North Carolina last year.
King" is 13' 1", and the kindest little horse. He is started under saddle and doing great. We'll breed him for the first time in 2009.
In fact, we got four wonderful Corolla Horses, including three fillies for "King" . Watch as we train these little "sea horses" at The Corolla Horses of Karma Farms.
Looking for a saddle that will FIT your Colonial Spanish Horse? Check out our Fernando Saddle
Once again we will offer our popular day camps for kids this summer. Each day camp session begins on Tuesday and ends on Thursday with Friday set aside as a rain date.
This year's Karma Farms Day Camps will be from 4 to 7 pm on
June 9-11 and 16-18,
July 14-16 and 28-30
and a special Invitational Day Camp August 4-6 for kids that can canter and want to learn bareback.
Our camps are limited to 8 kids each. Each camper will have his or her own special Karma Farms horse for all 3 days of camp. Camp photos will be available of each kid on disk at the end of each session. Each session costs $150. We'd love to have YOUR young horse lover!
Here are our 2008 foals. We have new horses for sale and the 2009's are just starting to arrive. Our sale pages are not yet updated for this spring so give us a call if you are looking for that special Colonial Spanish Horse. We are training our 2, 3 and 4 year olds under saddle. Our 2008 yearlings include THREE superior Rowdy Yates sons including a REAL CURLY.
Feel free to email to let us know what you want. We do have occasionally horses for sale not listed online. Why not the best? Give us a call. The farm home number with message machine is 903-935-9980. If there's a real rush, try our cells: 903-407-0298 (Vik's cell) or 903-407-5544 (Tommi's cell), but otherwise use cell numbers after 9 CST or weekends only. Thanks.
Congratulations to all the new Karma Farms bred National Champions after the 2008 AIHR/HOA National Show!
And a big hug and tip of the Karma Farms Stetson to our own Building A Mystery (Rowdy Yates/Liona) who not only won the Adult Division High Point Championship, National Solid Color Champion, National Native American Costume Champion at the National Show but also just completed his North American Trail Riding Conference National Championship, ridden by owner Victoria Lynn at the Last Chance at the OK Corral CTR in Stillwater, OK. 'Way to go, BAM!!!
There is little better testimony to the actual quality of a Rowdy Yates foal than a list of his winning offspring at this year's National. When Building A Mystery met Johnny B. Goode in the Aged Stallion class, it was a lesson in the beauty and grace of Colonial Spanish Horses.
Other Rowdy Yates winners include:
Thunderheart, National Youth Champion, Reserve Champion Original Overall
Spiced Rum, National Champion Overall Indian Pony and National Pony Halter Champion.
Meet Virginia, National Champion Aged Original Mare at Halter, and winner of Southeast Regional and National Combined Point Show Buckle
And also congrats to winning Rowdy sons and daughters Boot Scootin' Boogie, Angel Heart, Dreamboat Annie, plus Rowdy grandoffspring Fancy Is My Name, Baby Driver, Shazam, Heaven's Little Mystery and Rowdy great grandson LH Cherry Cola.
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Want to talk? The farm home number with message machine is 903-935-9980. If there's a real rush, try our cells: 903-407-0298 (Vik's cell) or 903-407-5544 (Tommi's cell), but otherwise use cell numbers after 9 CST or weekends only. Thanks. Emails: Vik or Tommi . Tommi is usually faster to reply than Vik. But we both are glad to to talk horses or even poly cats. If you're gonna ride, why not ride the best? |
If there is a young rider (or "rider-wanna-be"!) at your house, we'd love to have him or her join us for riding lessons here at Karma Farms. Tommi and Vik love teaching new riders the joy of Colonial Spanish Horses. Our emphasis on safety and good horsemanship has helped many superior young riders including NATRC National High Point Juniors and AIHR Papoose, Youth and Junior National Champions. We use the best horses on the farm for lessons including champions like Fernando, Thunderheart, Ever After, One Dance Left, Private Dancer and Song for a Chief.
Give us a call at 903 935-9980 to enroll your young rider now.
Here's a special new feature for our newest young trainers. Your youth riders will love our Young Trainers Page.
We also take trail riders out by appointment every day--and we do late evening rides in summer. Prices are still $25 per hour per horse with double riders (little kids only!) for $10. Want to take a virtual visit and see our trails? Check out our Trail Riding at Karma Farms Web gallery. We have more info on riding here at the farm at the Karma Farms Trail Riding Page. Just leave the office and homework behind and join us for a "One Hour Vacation".
Karma Farms is located in deep East Texas between Marshall and Jefferson on US 59, only about 12 miles north of I-20. Glad to have you visit us to meet America's First Horse. No Colonial Spanish or Spanish Mustang breeding farm in the world can match Karma Farms' list of winners and champions.
The Colonial Spanish is still America's best horse for trail riding, distance riding, cattle work, and all around best compadre. This breed is called the Horse of the Americas, but also known as Colonial Spanish Horse, Spanish Mustang, Barb, Original Indian Horse, or even Cayuse.
By whatever name, these tough, smooth riding, intelligent and historic horses are still proving their worth for today's riders. Our farm is home to some of the best Colonial Spanish horses in the world. Don't make the mistake of confusing these rare horses with wild ferals
like most BLM adoptees. The Horses of the Americas are pedigreed horses. These horses come from stock brought to the Americas during the Colonial Spanish period. At Karma Farms, history is a living, breathing remnant of the America's Old West.
We breed the best to the best to share that history with today's riders. Here at Karma Farms, we lead ALL other breeders of these horses in championships, registry awards and number of winning horses--whether they are called Colonial Spanish Horses, Spanish Mustangs or Original Indian Horses. America's most decorated breeding farm invites you to visit and try
a CS Horse.
When you visit Karma Farms, you can meet some of the horses that helped to inspire John Fusco's 2002 animated movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron. He honored us by naming Spirit's dam after our famous broodmare Espéranza.
Many of this great mare's offspring still live at Karma Farms including Rowdy Yates, Magneto, My Sunshine, and Xena and now Cactus Jack, Rowdy's look-alike full brother lives right down the road in Hallsville. "Jack" is owned Karma Farms foreman Curtis George and our good friends Eric and Laura Christensen.
You can find Espéranza grandsons and daughters on our Ready To Ride pages. John's other famous famous horse movie Hidalgo released in 2004 introduced more people to America's First Horse. Come and meet the real horses of the Old West at Karma Farms. These historic horses are indeed rare today. Probably less than 5,000 are left in the world. Colonial Spanish are among the most wonderful, tough and loyal of horses. Each is a unique work of the Great Spirit.
This is not a "look-alike, think-alike" breed. They are Picassos, not screen prints. Those who love the unique as well as the historic often find their equine soul mate at Karma Farms. The Horse of the Americas is also America's best family horse. These handy, versatile horses can do virtually anything--from barrel racing to dressage. At Karma Farms, our favorite equestrian sports are competitive trail riding and American Indian Horse shows, but we do special exhibitions, parades, and all sorts of fun events as we promote America's First Horse.
See them ALL with music on our Web Gallery designed by Tomlyn Grey at Karma Farms Colonial Spanish Stallions . Just for fun--love celebrity gossip? Check out Celebpulp.com.
Our favorite registries:
Karma Farms Featured Rescue Horse:
Karma Farms Polydactyl Cats
Our MUSTANG friends' LINKS:
Articles by Dr. Phil Sponenberg on Colonial Spanish Horse history and the strains left today:
David Frey's Cimmeron Ranch.
Our very first Colonial Spanish Horse was also registered as an Original American Indian Horse. He changed the course of our lives.
His name was Choctaw Sun Dance. This magic Medicine Hat made breed history. Meet "Dance" by clicking here, on his name or on his picture.
Tomlyn Grey, youngest member of the Karma Farms family, would like to tell about her horses herself. Check out "One Crazy Kid And The Horses That Put Up With Her...".
"Tommi" works hard helping with the farm. She and her boy Fernando can do it all! Meet the little black gelding Tommi trained herself to become the lifetime points leader for Colonial Spanish Horses and Original Indian Horses. They're still out there winning today.
And if you would enjoy another sample of her writing, here's Tommi's "shout out" on those who unfairly condemn others.
Want to know more about our current Karma Farms stallions?
Rowdy Yates
Champion at halter, performance and distance. AIHR Dreamcatcher Award, SMR Grande Conquistador, a Breyer model and Breyerfest performer.
Building a Mystery, 2008 AIHR/HOA National Show Adult Division High Point Champion, National Solid Color Champion,
and National Native American Costume Champion, 2008 NATRC National Champion, 2007 SMR Show, Games and Trail Horse of the Year.
Tambourine Man
*Champagne
*Overo
*Gaited
*Sire of NATRC National Champions including 2007 National First Place Open Junior Horse "Rambler".
Locomotion, our paso-gaited, color producing Choctaw Sun Dance son. "Loco" is now sire of THREE AIHR National Champions.
Brother Love, 3 times National Champion Original at halter.
Colonial Spanish Horses Perform .
This webpage has Karma Farms horses in action in the arena and on trail in competitive trail riding (CTR).
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Phone: Home--(903) 935-9980 and leave a message if we aren't in or use our cells if we're outside: (903) 407-0298 (Vik) or (903) 407-5544 (Tomlyn). Evenings are best.
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Horse of the Americas Classified Horses For Sale.