Everyone meet SAMD Peaky Blinders (a.k.a. “Wynx”)! Wynx was born on St. Patrick’s Day, just before midnight!

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To explain his name… this past weekend, we attended the Wayne Lyon Miniature Donkey Clinic. We actually brought Donna to the clinic, since it was hosted at our friends farm, just in case she foaled during the clinic. While going over parts of the harness, we came across the harness piece that can be called Blinders, Blinkers, or Winkers. I said “Winkers would be a cute donkey name.” We all joked throughout the weekend saying that Winkers hadn’t been born yet.

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Last night, right before St. Patrick’s Day ended, our “Winkers” was born. We decided to call him Wynx. While thinking of a registration name that possibly had some tie to the Irish, I immediately thought of one of my mom and I’s favorite shows… Peaky Blinders. The show was based off of an Irish gang… so that, plus the Blinders, fits right with our fun weekend and St. Patrick’s Day! And fun fact: the main actor in the show is Cillian Murphy and SAMD Murphy is Wynx’s dad

 

Wynx is already looking very promising. He has straight legs, a beautiful head, and his gums are currently aligned. He is a copy paste version of his sire, with a stunning steel gray/brown coat. He also has the thickest cross that we’ve produced! Although I love the excitement of waiting on spots, I was really hoping he’d be Murphy’s beautiful color (you can see towards end of photos). I am so pleased. We would love to one day see him be shown. We believe he will do fantastic.

 

His grand dam’s pedigree, on dam’s side, is all Cobra. Also on dam’s pedigree, her sire is Li’l Angel’s Indiana Jones, who is a producer of many champions while also being a champion himself. Sire’s pedigree also includes older lines... including Arrow Creek Hudini, Dewey Meadows Valentino, Dewey Meadows Primo, N&D’s donkeys, and more!

 

Murphy, Wynx’s sire, was our very first donkey. He is known as “the jack with the gelding personality.” He is so calm that I have driven him in an arena with loose Jennets and he never bats an eye at them. He has thankfully passed on his amazing temperament to all of his foals. Donna, Wynx’s dam, also has an amazing temperament. When she was pregnant with Wynx, she was actually a part of a beautiful wedding! She is very calm and willing.

 

We are so excited to see what the future holds for this little man. He’s going to make someone very happy one day!

 

I am just so thrilled with this little guy! Thank you so much to everyone who helped us watch Donna this weekend. We appreciate you all so much