[Vinny D]

Hi, I'm Mark and 7 years ago my wife (Maureen) and daughter (Hannah) decided that we had had enough of paying livery for my wife's horse and daughter's pony so we bought a 5 acre field.  Now Hannah's pony is on loan, Maureen's horse has moved on and we have 17 miniture horses -  7 falabella mares, 1 part bred falabella mare, 3 falabella  stallions and 6 foals (4 colts and 2 fillies).  Its a hobby that has grown into a small business and something we enjoy as a family and as we both work full time we find being out in the fresh air a good way to relax.  All of our falabella horses are DNA tested and their bloodlines traced back to the Falabella ranch in Argentina.

Our web site is in the process of being updated with new pictures so bare with us.

We are now in a position to start selling our foals.

www.falabellawales.co.uk

[Sylvia]

There is a Falabella near us, sweet little thing

[Mammyshaz]

Hello and welcome from Durham 

[doganjo]

Hi welcome to the forum, Vinny and family. 


They look lovely but it worries me a little that they might fall into unknowledgable hands.  Could you maybe give us an idea of how they should be looked after, from a health and welfare point of view, handling, feeding, exercising, area required, faults etc?  I for one would be very interested in hearing about them - have never seen any around here (Central Scotland)

[Vinny D]

We're just in the middle of sorting out our website www.falabellawales.co.uk, we've had problems with the old website which did have an information section and a similar section will be included on our new website.  Falabellas are small and unfortunately a lot of people think that they will be cute to have around the house and garden, unfortunately this isn't the case and we always talk people through their needs before we even consider selling them, also, we never sell a horse where it would be kept on it's own.  Keep watching our website, we'll update it over the next few days hopefully.   

You can keep more of the miniature horses per acre of land but good land management and paddock rotation is essential.  A field shelter or natural shelter is a must even though the horses are very hardy this is still a basic requirement.  Everything that you do for a big horse is the same for these little ones, obviously feed costs are less than the larger horses but in all honesty farrier, vet, dentist etc all charge very similar rates as for larger horses. 

Falabellas are beautiful, they are hard work but their temperament is second to none.  If you are dedicated to your pets but don't want the hassle of bigger horses these are an excellent alternative.   We took our stallion Fernando to a local show which was a stallion parade.  All of the other stallions were full size but Fernando had more coverage on TV than any other, including the winner which was a large cob - we were thrilled.   They are a real crowd pleaser, people adore them for their novelty factor.

One thing to bare in mind is that Falabellas are not all very tiny horses, they range from approx 27 - 38" some can be smaller and some a little larger.  We have the smallest as 29" and the largest is 35".  Foals are the cutest, they are usually in the 18-22" region at birth.  We had six foals this year and it has been an amazing season watching them chasing each other and gaining more and more confidence by the day.  They are very addictive!

[HelenVF]

Wow!  I'm just amazed at them and thank you so much for your information about them!

Helen