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33" 2007 brown jennet
NMDA 2011 & 2015 YEAR END HIGH POINT JENNET
NMDA 2011 & 2015 YEAR END HIGH POINT JENNET
Owned By
Brayberry Farm
Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys
Phil & Lori Howard
2037 Lee Mountain Rd
Dover Arkansas 72837
479-331-2800
donkeys@brayberry.net
lori@brayberry.net
phil@brayberry.net
Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys
Phil & Lori Howard
2037 Lee Mountain Rd
Dover Arkansas 72837
479-331-2800
donkeys@brayberry.net
lori@brayberry.net
phil@brayberry.net
Backstory
BlueGrass Mallery is the second jennet from AssN9 Ranch to win NMDA High Point Jennet, a first for the record book!
BlueGrass Mallery (better known as “Diva”) is a remarkable jennet and a real trooper. At the beginning of 2014, I had no driver having just sold our 2013 NMDA Jennet of the Year AssN9 Cloud Nine. In an effort to participate in the 2014 show season, I needed driver. Although we had several young promising performance animals, none was old enough to compete for the 2014 show season. We therefore, looked at our brood jennets to see which would make the best driver. BlueGrass Mallery was our best alternative since she was a half sister to Cloud Nine.
She has the right mind for training and takes all things in stride. She is fearless, a trait that her sire has thrown on most all of his offspring. However, she was eight years old and had a jennet foal by her side that was not yet weaned. We decided to wean the foal at 4 months so we could send Mallery to “boot camp” at Sandi Costa’s in Navasota, Texas. So in late January she was sent to “boot camp” with the hope of having her ready for the Nationals in Kansas in May. At “boot camp” Mallery progressed rapidly and Sandi gave her the nickname of “Diva”.
Kim had been talking about getting a team so after only a month of training, Daisy (Long Run My Girl) was also sent to Sandi to start training as a team. In early April, the two returned to AssN9 Ranch ready to go both individually and as a team.
Throughout 2014, the team competed in three shows that offered team driving and won high point in each one. Diva competed individually in six shows and won high point or reserve in four out of the six as a green donkey.
By Jim Speck
BlueGrass Mallery (better known as “Diva”) is a remarkable jennet and a real trooper. At the beginning of 2014, I had no driver having just sold our 2013 NMDA Jennet of the Year AssN9 Cloud Nine. In an effort to participate in the 2014 show season, I needed driver. Although we had several young promising performance animals, none was old enough to compete for the 2014 show season. We therefore, looked at our brood jennets to see which would make the best driver. BlueGrass Mallery was our best alternative since she was a half sister to Cloud Nine.
She has the right mind for training and takes all things in stride. She is fearless, a trait that her sire has thrown on most all of his offspring. However, she was eight years old and had a jennet foal by her side that was not yet weaned. We decided to wean the foal at 4 months so we could send Mallery to “boot camp” at Sandi Costa’s in Navasota, Texas. So in late January she was sent to “boot camp” with the hope of having her ready for the Nationals in Kansas in May. At “boot camp” Mallery progressed rapidly and Sandi gave her the nickname of “Diva”.
Kim had been talking about getting a team so after only a month of training, Daisy (Long Run My Girl) was also sent to Sandi to start training as a team. In early April, the two returned to AssN9 Ranch ready to go both individually and as a team.
Throughout 2014, the team competed in three shows that offered team driving and won high point in each one. Diva competed individually in six shows and won high point or reserve in four out of the six as a green donkey.
By Jim Speck
Show Record
Texas
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