2016 Miniature Horse WORLD Issues Summer- E-Magazine | Page 14

miniature tales
By Ashley Harris

Happy Birthday

to one of the biggest influences in my life,
Annie (Fallen Ash Farms Anisette)
is 30 years old!

M

y parents bought her as a foal, and we have grown up together. She helped raise me
and my brother and sister. She always took care of me, never trotting faster than I
could keep up, moving herself between me and other horses, watching over me, and
just being there for me, whether it was just spending time together, or needing a shoulder to
cry on. I bought her from my parents when I was 13 and started my herd. She has had nothing
but top quality foals, improving with age. The sales of her foals paid for my first three vehicles.
Because of this mare, my love of horses and especially Miniatures was given the chance to explode. I don’t know where I would be today if it weren’t for Annie. We have a special bond that
I will never have with another horse. I owe my life to her. She had her last live foal at age 25
which is one of her best. She lives her spoiled life now getting almost whatever she wants. I will
drop everything for her; I owe her that. I do everything in my power to keep her healthy and
happy. I think if you asked her, she’d claim she is still 20! She still runs out of the barn every
day when I let her out. She loves to run with the babies and often I will see the herd of foals
running through the field with her right in the middle of them while the rest of the mares eat. I
have several of her foals, many of who were big winners in the show ring. They all love to drive,
jump, and have her stamina and energy to go, go, go. My herd includes two daughters and a
son, three granddaughters, two grandsons, and four great-grandsons.

Happy Birthday, Annie,
I wouldn’t trade the last
30 years for anything!
12 Miniature Horse World

SUMMER 2016