A W Homestead

A W Homestead Sharing our extraordinary life of raising a special needs daughter with Trisomy 21 on our small farm

AQHA yearling stud c**t looking for new 🏡. Ghost has two blue eyes, is halter broke, ties, loads, been ponied, picks up ...
06/18/2026

AQHA yearling stud c**t looking for new 🏡. Ghost has two blue eyes, is halter broke, ties, loads, been ponied, picks up all feet. Full transparency on Ghost and why he is heavily discounted: he is on the smaller side, he came down with a heavy parasite load as a weanling that put him behind our other yearlings. Genetically he could still get very big, parents pics attached below, but currently he is in a very awkward yearling stage that resembles a ribby giraffe 🤣 iykyk. He’s gentle and takes everything in strides without over reacting. He will make someone a flashy riding gelding! DM for more details. Videos in comments and pic of papers below.
Holton KS

06/14/2026

06/14/2026

How we like our LGDs… protect all charges on the tiny homestead

06/09/2026

Ute, our 3-year-old stallion, comes from bloodlines we’ve carefully studied and followed for nearly 8 years. Choosing a breeding stallion was never something we took lightly. In fact, we thought we had found our perfect stallion back in 2019, but unfortunately he turned out to be sterile. He went on to become an exceptional gelding for an older gentleman back East, proving that even after years of running with mares and acting every bit the stallion, a good-minded horse will always find his place.

Ute is very similarly bred and possesses many of the qualities we were looking for all along. He has a solid, level-headed mind, good bone, strong feet, and so far has handled his first breeding season and first foal crop well. He never made it under saddle, and that wasn’t necessarily the original plan, but sometimes life takes a different direction.

After more than 30 years around horses, one thing we’ve learned is that neither conformation nor disposition can carry the whole load on their own. To produce horses that stay sound, willing, and enjoyable for years under saddle, you need both. That’s what we strive for in our breeding program, and that’s why we believe Ute has a bright future ahead of him.

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/mmb+smooth+play

06/07/2026

It appears Ute our 3 year old stallion has covered all of his mares…. Now we pray they stick and we have beautiful roan foals next spring! …🙏

06/07/2026

2019 is when we started searching for breeding fillies, 2020 is when we bought our first stud… who turned out to be sterile. Lots of setbacks, losses, and trying to hold onto this dream while still raising our very special needs daughter. Many many times we almost threw in the towel. So far we haven’t given up. 2026 is our first official breeding season with our own stock. Fingers crossed for babies next spring!

06/07/2026

This video doesn’t do him justice as it was getting dark, but man this c**t is exquistie… I so wish I could justify keeping him…

06/06/2026

Social media can be such a dark and triggering space, and right now it sure is for those of us in the Down Syndrome community. All I can say is I finally found true purpose in this rat race of a life after having my daughter with trisomy 21. I have no idea what the future holds and how we will deal with it, because today is all that matters and she has taught me that over and over. Some days are filled with tears and sorrow, but the happy days outweigh everything. Taking care of the purest soul I know is the greatest privilege of my life. Keep sharing the positivity of these special lives we walk and paint the picture of what it really is like instead of statistics from people who probably have never even met a person with DS. 💛💙

First garden harvest! Look at all these radishes!
06/05/2026

First garden harvest! Look at all these radishes!

06/04/2026

Ms Jewel is going to be a very special one…

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