Our Jennies
We have a small herd of exceptional jennies, ranging from grey-dun, red, dark brown to black to compliment our jacks. All have impressive pedigrees which include some of the best Miniature Mediterranean bloodlines in North America. Chateaus Sweet Dewette was our very first Pure AMMD. Then we imported Ass-Pirin Acres Show Baby from the USA, Hiwest Pizzaz from Canada and Cyder's Marmalade and Cyder's Red Violet from Wisconsin, USA. In 2008 we imported a true black jenny "Merry-Go-Rounds 4 Leaf Clover" from Michigan USA and in 2009 we were thrilled to be given the opportunity by Maisie and Jack Hurst to purchase their beloved jenny Country Music's Billie Jo Spears (Imp.Texas, USA). We have also kept daughters of some of the jennies for our breeding programme. In 2011 Frontier Legends Liliian (Texas, USA) was offered to us out of the blue and we could not resist importing this striking little jenny.
Height,
All of our mature donkeys have been measured by an independent Official Measurer appointed by the Donkey and Mule Society of NZ.
Clovercrest PiazollaA very dark, almost black little jenny. She carries the same star as her mother 'Pizzaz" and grand sire "Future Link".
Cyder's Marmalade (Imp.USA)Marmalade is superb! Her "Old" Champion bloodlines trace back to the original Sardinian imports in just four generations.
Ass-Pirin Acres Show Baby (imp.USA)Show Baby comes from show stock. Her Grand Sire is Red Lightning one of the most sought-after Sires in North America.
Hiwest Pizzaz (Imp. Canada)Pizzaz is a Canadian born jenny, with lots of style and a great personality!
Clovercrest Miss MaisieOur very first home bred AMMD named after our dear friend Maisie Hurst.She has had a brilliant show career winning many Championships and Donkey & Mule Soc.awards.
Clovercrest PanachePanache is another fancy daughter of Spartacus. She is excactly the type of donkey we are trying to breed. A super friendly and smart looking girl. She is a half sister to Piazzolla.
Frontier Legends LillianLillian is our latest import from the USA. She was bred by the well known Frontier Legends Stud and succesfully shown in the USA as a weanling and yearling. Her sire "Short ASSets Starfire" has a total of 14 Grand or Reserve Champion titles, including his award of Supreme Champion Sire at the 2007 ADMS Nationals, which proves he is a Champion not only in the showring but also an outstanding breeding jack. Her dam "Frontier Legends Gambler's Lady Luck" is one of FL's best brood jennies. She and her offspring have also done well in the showring. Lillian has many well known Champion American Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys in her pedigree. With her fantastic bloodlines and her superb conformation she will be a great asset to our breeding programme.
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Clovercrest StarletStarlet was Spartacus's first foal We are over the moon with this classy sorrel jenny. We have kept her for showing and as a future brood jenny. She already has an impressive Show record including Supreme Champion at the NI Donkey Show.
Chateaus Tiny Treasure MBOur first ever spotted jenny! We are thrilled to have added Treasure to our jenny group. She has lovely conformation and is of the solid build we so like. Her bloodlines are exciting. She is a daughter of Country Music's Marty Brown(imp.USA) and Boone's Little Special (imp.USA). She will add some top new bloodlines to our breeding programme. To top it all of, she is very sweet and gentle.
Country Music's Billie Jo Spears (Imp. USA)We are thrilled to have aquired Billie Jo's bloodlines for our breeding programme. The "Country Music" stock is highly sought after and doing well in the showring Worldwide. Billie Jo has won the National Supreme Miniature Donkey title twice along with numerous other Championships. We thank Maisie and Jack Hurst for selling us this outstanding jenny.
Clovercrest Sweet CarlottaCarlotta is a small stocky daughter of our "Sparky" and we are thrilled to have been able to purchase her back. She typifies the original Miniature Mediterranean Donkey from Sardinia.
Chateaus Country Trios S.C.We are so pleased we have been able to purchase this quality jenny.We have loved Trios for a long time and now she is ours! She has the Country Music bloodlines on both sides of her pedigree and is line bred to the legendary Country Music George Jones from Texas USA. He is one of the most influential miniature donkey sires of all times. We also own Trios's dam Country Music Billie Jo Spears (Imp. USA). Her sire, Country Music Spade Cooley (Imp.USA) has now been gelded.