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that would produce offspring
with higher neck sets, coming
clean out of the shoulder,
natural top lines and pretty
heads, with good balance. In
2005 we had an opportunity to
breed a mare to Alvadars Double
Destiny who was siring some
outstanding offspring, and we
jumped at the chance. I asked
his owner John Eberth if he
would stop by and pick out one
of my broodmares he thought
would best match Destiny. John
picked out Cadle Creeks Miss
Priss, a beautiful Palomino pinto
mare we had. The resulting
colt was everything we could
have hoped for in a stallion! A
beautiful Perlino colt, with all
the attributes we hoped for. We
named him Ten Ls Destinys
in the Buff. He was not only
easy on the eyes but also such a
gentle soul, who loves attention
from people and even one of our
cats who likes to sit on his back!
But the question remained:
could a Perlino colored stallion
show and win? He most
certainly did! Ten Ls Destinys
in the Buff won over 20
Supreme Halter or Champion
of Champions awards. In 2014,
Buff won the World Champion
Get of Sire class. A feat that
I never dreamed we could
accomplish, as we are not a huge
farm and could only advertise
a limited amount. Thank you
to Danielle Hill for setting up
the horses for the Get of Sire
Class, showing three gorgeous
buckskins by Buff. It was indeed
a dream come true! Buff went
on to sire a very high percentage
of offspring that won World
and Reserve World Champion
offspring, and his success as a
sire of champions continues
to present day. The crosses
between Ten Ls Tigers Legacy’s
daughters to Buff have also
proven fantastic.
THE FUTURE FOR TEN L FARM
Our goal is to continue to strive
to breed and show excellent
horses! We feel that the best is
yet to come in producing some
of the very best show prospects
in the next few years, in both
halter and performance. I’ve
kept two foals from each year’s
foal crop to use for our breeding
program. We also have some
new crosses with Buff and
Legacy, plus four additional
stallions: JSW Zorros Turn
On The Heat, co-owned with
Belinda and Rob Harter, Our
Farms Lil Commander (a black
triple), Aloha Acres Silent Safari,
and TOMF Minute Man, co-
owned with JSW Farm.
The last four years we’ve foaled
out 35 to 45 foals per year with
a high percentage of live births,
using breeder alerts, cameras
and just solid good experience
that comes from foaling out
hundreds of foals. Our son, B.J.
TENNILL, has been a great
help in assisting with foaling
out mares as well. In 1992
Joe retired from the police
force to start a small courier
service which he still runs
today. He has always helped me
tremendously with many aspects
of our Miniature horse farm
which has allowed me to achieve
my life’s dream!
We are proud to see so
many Ten L horses doing
well in the show ring and as
breeding stock. The KMHB
(KentuckyMiniature
HorseBreeders.org) has been
an excellent incentive program
that awards money per point
earned by kmhb nominated
horses. Money can be earned
per point at any AMHA show
at any location. Horses who are
eligible for this program have
to be AMHA registered, bred
and born in Kentucky from
nominated sires and dams. Since
our farm is located in Kentucky,
all of our AMHA horses bred,
born and nominated here
qualify for the KMHB Incentive.
Ten Ls Destiny in the Buff’s
get have already earned over
$150,000 in the KMHB
Incentive program.
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