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We acquired our first two mares in 1975 after determining that we needed to develop an interest which could and would include all of the family members - parents and two pre-teenage daughters. After some research on many different possibilities we settled on the miniature horse. Since that time we, as a family, have been heavily involved in the Miniature Horse Industry.
Our original idea was to teach them to drive as a draft team. Very likely that was the result of Ray growing up on a farm where his father and grandfather used teams and even though he was still very young he enjoyed them greatly. That original pair of horses is shown on the cover of the February/March 1985 issue of the Miniature Horse World. They are the lead team.
As most of us know, owning miniature horses is like having one potato chip. One just wants more. That was true with us too. Soon we determined that we should become involved as breeders of the miniature horse. So, in 1976 we acquired a two year old mare named Ohio's Salt and Pepper; a half sister to the beautiful little stallion that was destined to become known as the infamous Flying W Farms Little Blue Boy. Yes, she too, along with her second daughter, is one of the swing team pictured on the cover of the February/March 1985 issue of the Miniature Horse World.
OHIO'S SALT AND PEPPER has proven to have been a great acquisition. She has produced fifteen foals for us. In addition, she has been a great show mare. She was part of the first show of the Miniature Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park in 1984 when we showed out of the "Big Barn". In her younger years we showed her in confirmation classes and draft harness classes. We continued to show her under draft harness until 2004.
In 2001, 2002 and 2003, she and two daughters, two granddaughters and one great granddaughter (six in hand) were AMHA's National Champion Multiple Hitch in Draft Harness. She was twenty-nine at the time of her most recent national victory. She is the lead mare on the left side of the team. She had one other daughter and one other granddaughter that were part of the AMHA's 1994 National Champion Multiple Hitch in Draft Harness. She even has two great grandsons that have been AMHR national champions. One, Philia Blaze's Jubilee, was the Reserve Grand Champion Junior Stallion, and the other, Philia Blaze's Zanzabar, was the national champion Pleasure Driving Stallion. In addition he was two time AMHA Honor Roll winner as a Pleasure Driving Stallion, and National show top ten winner. Not bad for a seven hundred dollar investment!
If one checks the AMHA and AMHR studbooks it would be discovered that the blood of Ohio's Salt and Pepper and Flying W Farms Little Blue Boy flows heavily through our herd. Although we have never owned Flying W Farms Little Blue Boy, we did acquire one of his grandsons, Flying W Blue Boy's Blaze (pictured in OUR STALLIONS) who is our premier stallion. Some of his more famous get include: Philia Blaze's Joe Dandy, the 1999 and 2000 AMHA National reserve Grand Champion Senior Stallion; Philia Blaze's Jubilee, the 2001 AMHR National Reserve Grand Champion Junior Stallion; Philia Blaze's Avenger, the 2000 AMHR National Reserve Grand Champion Pleasure Driving Stallion; Philia Blaze's Zanzabar, the 2000 AMHR National Champion Pleasure Driving Stallion; and Philia Blaze's Chantilly Lace and Philia Blaze's Tabitha who have won many AMHA National Show titles in draft and fine harness in 2001, 2002 and 2003. The latest addition to the list of his get to attain national status is Little King Farm Ablaze , who was the 2003 AMHA National Show Champion 28"-30" Senior Stallion.
In 1994 we decided it was time to introduce a new bloodline into our breeding program. After some research we became part of the BTU SYNDICATE. Breeding to the 1995 AMHA Grand Champion Senior Stallion IMA BOONE'S LITTLE BUCKEROO TOO has produced some wonderful horses. One of his get, Philia BTU's Bay Lady, has been an exceptional show mare who has won many local show titles.
In 2003 we acquired two year Alliance Rowdy Hot Line as a potential future herd sire. Watch for him in the 2004 show season.
By the time our first foal arrived, these little horses had definitely become part of the family. When we registered that first foal we determined that we need a prefix which would identify our breeding. The ancient Greek word PHILIA,, meaning brotherly love, truly expressed our feelings for these little creatures, hence, PHILIA became the prefix of all of our little horses.
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