Our Farm

Welcome to Shady Oaks Miniature Horse Farm.  We have been breeding and raising miniature horses since 1987.  My dad kept telling me about the minis and I finally went to my first miniature horse sale back in 1987.  We met so many nice people there and ended up buying my first miniature mare, a gorgeious black mare, named Velvet's Touch.  She was a very refined mare that just stole my heart.  After that we started going all over the east coast in search of minis.
My husband and I have always owned regular sized horses  and grew up with horses.  But the minis were an area, that was so much fun that we decided it would be a great expansion to our farm.

For over 25 years  we have bred and raised numerous miniature horses that have been sold all over the  US.  Our herd consists of some of the smallest miniature horses to be found.

Enjoying my minis.

Shady Oaks is also home to several Quarter Horses, Paints and beef cattle.  My husband and son both teamrope. Our daughter helps with the minis when she comes home from college.  She especially enjoys the newborn minis in the spring and working with them right away.

Nothing can compare to the miniature horses though. Minis are just fascinating and make excellent pets and are so cute to watch play.  You become mesmerized by them sometimes! 
Shady Oaks offers miniature horses for sale at all times, so please give them a call or check the website to see what's available.  Prices start at just $500. 

Our farm is located about 5 miles from I-85 and about 20 miles from I-77 and I-40.  (central North Carolina) We welcome anyone wanting to see our little horses.

Farm Entrance

Early morning sunning by the pond

Miniatures grazing by the pond

We have several palominos with blue eyes and palomino paints. All of them are very refined and small.

We raised this filly on a bottle.

Please call to schedule a visit to our farm.