Dragonfly Farms

06/24/2026

This is Daisy If Ya Do, "Daisy". She is Galena's full sister, one year younger. They have a "grade" Percheron dam and a foundation Appaloosa sire.

Daisy lives at Quail Crossing Stables (Leesburg GA) and helps Kim with lessons in a body positive setting for adult amateur riders.

Daisy has been ground driven and has pulled a tire but she has never been officially driven.

Daisy is Unbeetable Feeds #1 fan!

She is NOT a Sugarbush.

🎶Cover girl!
Put the bass in your walk
Head to toe, let your whole body talk
Cover Girl!
Put your bass in your walk
Head-to-toe, let your whole body talk🎶
RuPaul 1993

06/11/2026

A Message to Prospective Horse Buyers
If you’re out there looking for your next show horse, futurity prospect, or future producer… I want to talk to you for a moment.

Because somewhere out there right now, a small breeder is standing in a quiet barn, brushing a mare they’ve owned for years — a mare they know better than most people know their own family. They know her quirks, her strengths, her heart. They know what she produces. They know what crosses work. They’ve studied her pedigree, her foals, her consistency.
And they’ve bred her with intention — not hype.

• They aren’t corporations.
• They aren’t trainers.
• They aren’t marketing machines.
• They aren’t sitting behind big-name banners and budgets.
• They’re ordinary people.

They are people who walk into a quiet barn long before the sun comes up. People who know every mare by the sound of her breath. People who sit on overturned buckets during foaling season, whispering prayers into the dark. People who hold a newborn foal in their arms and think, “Maybe… maybe this one will be special.”

And then they pour their whole heart into that “maybe.”

They study the crosses. They invest in the mares. They breed to the same top sires as the big barns — sometimes sacrificing more than anyone will ever know to make it happen.

And here’s the truth no one says out loud:
Where do you think the next great producing mares and stallions that become top sires come from? They don’t start in the spotlight. They start in the small barns. They start with the breeders who take the risks, who believe in their mares, who see potential long before the rest of the world catches on. Not every winner produces a winner. Not every “flavor of the year” sire stamps greatness.

But small breeders? They build their programs on heart, on mare power, on generations of quiet knowledge passed down through hands-on work — not hype.
And while the industry chases trends, small breeders keep showing up. They keep raising foals. They keep producing champions — often without ever getting the credit.

I can name 10+ small breeders who have produced World and Congress Champions. Champions born in humble barns. Champions raised by people who never asked for applause — just a fair chance.

So before you write that check …… Before you pay the commissions, the markups, the finder’s fees… Before you assume the “big boys” are the only ones who raise winners…

Look toward the small barns. Look toward the people who do this for love, not for glory. Look toward the breeders who keep this industry alive, one foal at a time.
• Small breeders matter
• Small breeders produce winners
• Small breeders deserve to be seen — and supported.

Not mine but I wanted to share!

06/11/2026

Here are a couple pics of Dolly learning how to be a productive citizen.

She is out of an American Paint Horse mare who is a solid Palomino and by Tanzyr Legend, a black Arabian.

Our half Arabian babies always have a little razzmatazz to go along with that wow wow wow.

(This is the way I put her in AllBreed, "Palomino" referring to her dam who's name is Annie. We had another Annie on site as well so we were just trying to keep the facts straight at the time. )

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/palomino+annie+filly

06/07/2026

May was Meet an Arabian Horse Month so I've been trying to share an Arabian or half Arabian in my stories. I was about a week behind so I tried to go an additional week.

I didn't always have a chance to share who they were so I thought I'd make this post and share at least their names.

Thank you for the love. Most of these pics can be found scrolling our page. 😊

06/06/2026

Tumbleweed was learning to picket with hobbles on today as she helped trim the grass.

And bonus pics of pretty horses doing horse things.

06/06/2026

I wasn't going to post this "funny story" here because a lot of you already got to see or hear it and some of it is repeat of what I've just gone over recently.

For context, I posted this in solidarity to my fellow "plus size equestrians" in a group where we discuss such things.

*****

I always see a lot of posts here about people fearing rejection when they show up to buy a horse.

Let me shed some light on a seller's internet experience.

Years ago, I resigned myself to the fact that people are strange, sometimes horrible, and more often than not lack the vocabulary to express their emotions or viewpoint.

I stopped trying to sell horses to the general public because they would comment on the horse's weight, my weight, their perception of what the "actual" color of the horse may be, my tack, things in the background of my photos, my helmet or lack there of depending on what was going on.

Then you'll get 5 or 6 people who want videos of the horse doing all the things. You'll get people who NEED to see the papers but in the same breath say the papers don't matter because they don't show or breed. (Registries have other programs and if you learn bloodlines registration papers can answer a lot of questions IMHO.)

Half the people want a well broke 4 year old BUT they don't want to hear the horse was started at 2. OR they want an untouched 6 yr old "that no one has ruined". Of course they want these things for $500 or free because somehow you should be ashamed that you're even offering a horse for sale.

You get the picture.

After you run the gauntlet of these questions and comments you're told to "contact a rescue" or "contact [a broker] to help you place your horse".

And. They. Wonder. Why. You. Decide. To. Take. The. Horse. To. The. Auction.

I said all of that to bring you up to speed on yesterday's little episode of "This Horse is for Sale".

*****

Today's adventure in horse selling.

A lady told me she was very interested in my gelding and left her phone number on a public thread where he was posted for sale.

I got around to texting her to make sure she was free when I was on a quick break.

She asked me to call her so I did.

She was SHOCKED that I'm a female because of my name.

I mean, the ad itself is probably 500 words with about 30 pics of me riding the horse etc. And my text to her included full sentences. That she be a clue that I'm a female.



I redirected the conversation to how I acquired the horse and got her talking about her goals.

Then she asked me about "THE VERY LARGE MAN" riding my gelding in the pictures.

I said I was the very large man....

And she went into the typical song and dance about, basically being broke and having too many horses ... and tried to project that on me as some sort of attempt to lower my price.

She kept mentioning a horse that she has who she doesn't like. I felt like she would have liked to trade but probably not since I'm a very large lady man in her brain.

And of course, asked questions that were clearly documented in the ad with words or photos that she clearly saw.

******

I've never really used food for comfort but on my way home (I was at work, on break, when I was talking to this woman. ) I joked with myself about "eating an entire pizza" just to see if I could feel anything other than annoyed and amused at this exchange.

I've always been heavy. I've heard all the things over the years. Advice, criticism. I don't think I need to reminded that I'm heavy. I have a mirror. I'm a generally happy person and physically active. I have bulimia and body dysmorphia. So the behaviors associated with that can be triggered by the smallest inconvenience. I really didn't need "Betty" to make any comment about the rider in the pic other than referencing their height and perhaps a genuine roundabout question on weight to compare how she would look on the horse.

05/29/2026

05/28/2026

*I* (*we* if you include Koi and Rooster) really had a great time in Sparta. I look forward to going back in the Fall. A fellow camper gave me some leads on trail heads, other than Hard Labor.

Wagon train people are a different faction of the equestrian industry. They know how to make the next of what they've got.

05/26/2026

I'm both honored and annoyed. So, let's talk about it.

Had this fly by night commentor spent 5 seconds reading the actual post (scroll down a couple posts) they would have seen where I said we MADE our horses. We didn't BUY our horses.

The only cost involved in making our own horses are the upkeep and care of our property and the horses used to make new horses. Therefore, we did not pay anyone who required a commission or anything like that. We didn't have to pay someone who had a lot of money invested in the horses in question because we are the someone.

There's a lot of debates out there if it's even feasible to keep your own stallion. For us, yes. We are a network of small breeders who can create the horses we want in our program and move them between several farms. We aren't paying board and we're not paying trainers.

I'm the trainer. We make em and I "break them". I have NEVER sent a horse off to a trainer. Good? Bad? Hell, I don't know. I've shown on every level and at several different clubs as well as breed shows. And when I say "clubs" and "shows" I'm not talking about barrel racing but I have done that too.

I encourage you to click on our farm name and scroll our photos and posts before you have a knee jerk reaction to a singular post you saw your friend like.

We love everyone and are always happy to see people using their horses. Enjoying their horses the way they want to participate in the equine industry.

Thank you for assuming my horses are expensive. They are still just Swamp Donkeys.

(Read the children's book "Nitter Pitter" to round out what you already know about Swamp Donkeys. We have many layers. 🤭 )