Mo was born at Appalachian Farmstead in August, 2019, and was sold as a yearling to a young family as a companion for another jennet that they had at the time. After maturing and having two foals for that family, they decided that their donkeys couldn't be accommodated in their immediate future plans, so I happily accepted Mo back at our farm into our group of brood jennets. Mo is by our Senior Herd Sire, four-time ACOSA National Champion Jack, WLDF Tin Roof Sunday, and out of a wonderful jennet which we raised, Farmstead's Matilda Faye. Mo is in foal to a very nice dark brown NLP jack named Dee's Little Vinnie, and we are hoping for a beautiful foal from Mo in February or March, 2026.

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Iris was bred to be the beauty that she is, with a mother who was an outstanding show jennet, as well as a proven producer of champion foals. Iris's mother was the phenomenal jennet, Frontier Legends Ruby Stone, who had numerous National Championships in the show arena and produced two National Champions herself-Frontier Legends Cinna and Farmstead's Popcorn Sutton. Iris's father is multi-halter champion Country Music's Rusty Weir, who stood as NMDA Reserve National Champion Jack as an 11-year old! Iris has already shown her show potential, winning NMDA National Champion Yearling Jennet in 2021, as well as Reserve Junior Champion at the 2022 Music City Show. Iris will be one of Appalachian Farmstead's brood Jennets in the future as she completes her show career.

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In 2023, we began a search for another future brood jennet prospect to join our small, select group of jennets. We ultimately found her - a beautiful yearling dark red jennet with superb conformation and pedigree named Feather Ridge's CinnaBun. We will begin showing CinnaBun in 2024 and continue to do so for the next few years. She is destined for greatness in the show arena and as a brood jennet.

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Country Music's Eli Barsi is a beautiful 2005 dark brown jennet with light points and is the matron of the jennet herd at Appalachian Farmstead. She is by Country Music's Garth Brooks and out of Capstone Shadow Dancer. Eli was purchased from Country Music's Miniature Donkeys as a weanling and has an outstanding show record, as well as an outstanding record producing foals that have done very well in the show arena.

Eli has won many NMDA championships over the years, including standing Grand Champion Jennet at the Tennessee State Fair and NMDA Reserve National Champion Jennet at Shelbyville, Tennessee. This latter recognition was especially notable, as she won the Five Years and Older Jennets class and Reserve Champion Jennet after producing three foals. All of Eli's nine foals have done extremely well in the show arena, winning many NMDA halter and performance championships over the years. Eli has been permanently retired from the show arena and is continuing to produce winning foals for Appalachian Farmstead.

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Appalachian Farmstead was fortunate to purchase Frontier Legends Ruby Stone towards the end of 2017. She produced two beautiful foals for us before her untimely death in 2021. Ruby was a well-known halter champion, having been named both NMDA and ADMS National Champion Jennet, as well as multiple other championships over a show career spanning the years 2006-2009. Ruby was a beautiful 2005 sorrel jennet by Short ASSets Starfire and out of Frontier Legends Lizzie Johnson Williams.

Frontier Legends Cinna, Ruby's 2013 foal, has continued her mother's winning ways by achieving 2016 NMDA National Champion Jennet/Best of Breed, 2017 NMDA Reserve National Champion Jennet, 2019 ADMS National Champion Donkey, 2022 NMDA National Champion Jennet/Best of Breed, and 2024 NMDA National Champion Jennet. Ruby's 2017 jack foal, jack foal, Frontier Legends Kid Curry, was named the Grand Champion Jack at the 2018 Fort Worth Livestock Show. Ruby's 2018 foal named Farmstead's Popcorn Sutton and sired by our sorrel jack, Country Music's Rusty Weir, was named ADMS Reserve Champion Donkey at 9 months of age, as well as being named Junior Champion Donkey for the two shows at which he has been shown! Her last foal born to our farm in 2020 is Farmstead's Ruby Iris, who is also sired by Country Music's Rusty Weir and has been named the NMDA 2021 National Champion Yearling Jennet, as well as Reserve Junior Champion at the Music City Show in 2022!

Appalachian Farmstead is fortunate to own two superb jennet foals produced by Ruby Stone that will continue to pass Ruby's outstanding genetics to future foals!

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