Welcome to Bancroft Miniature Curlies!

 

   

Three generations of Bancroft curlies: *Pirate (2000), *Skipper (2004), and Sparrow (2009)

 

See all our 2009 babies on the New Babies page.

Bancroft Curlies has been breeding North American Curly horses since 1990. I started crossing Curly horses/ponies and minis in 1993. I have continued to cross curly stock back onto registered miniatures. Our 2006, 2007, and 2008 foals are 7/8ths mini. We will have a 15/16ths mini foal in 2009 along with two 7/8ths mini foals. My goal is to breed B size miniature curlies (34" to 38") with good horse-like conformation, driving talent, and the wonderful curly disposition.

We have two lines of curlies:

• The "Twist" line descends from *Ebony's Twister, a black Damele-line curly stallion that we used for 4 years. Ebony's Twister was exported to France.

• The second line descends from *BNC Hobo, a Canadian-bred curly stallion. Hobo's son, *The Pirate EB, was our first curly-coated male, after 7 years of crossing curlies and minis. Pirate went on to sire two curly colts, *Bucky and *Skipper. Pirate is now owned by Ranch Namaspamoos in Quebec, and Bucky has his own herd of curly pony mares at Trevor Hall Farm in Wales.

*Skipper is now our senior stallion. He is a 41" pony. We also have a junior stallion, *Twisted Expression, who is 37" tall at 3 years old (measured as a mini) and is small enough to be considered a miniature horse. Both stallions are in driving training this year. Skipper's driving page is here and Twister's is here.

*Cinnamon-Sugar Twist and her first foal, *Pharaoh's Sassaphras Twist,
born May 1, 2009

Photos of all Bancroft Curlies foals are here except for the new babies.
Pictures of all the stallions I have used are here.

A short article on curly coat genetics is here. For more general information on Curly horses, click on the NWCHA button at left.

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions, click on the FAQs button at left. Please read the FAQs page before you email us with questions about our horses.

I am registering all my foals with the International Curly Horse Organization (ICHO), a registry and breed association dedicated to the promotion and protection of all curly-coated horses, and the National Show Pony Registry (part of ASPC/AMHR). Please visit the ICHO website at http://www.curlyhorses.org  for the best, most truthful information on North American Curly horses on the Web.

Bancroft Curlies is located in western Washington State about 20 miles east of Seattle.

or email:  ebancroft@mindspring.com