Welcome to Banks of the Roses Farm.  We are currently developing Banks of the Roses Farm on 41 acres of pasture land interspersed with woods and some wetlands in northeast Indiana.  We plan to breed Irish Draught (not Draft) Horses.  This breed is endangered and on the UN Rare Breed Conservancy list.  To our knowledge, no one in this area breeds Irish Draughts.   We intend to concentrate on breeding purebred Irish Draught stock, with a focus on outcross bloodlines and excellent movement.  We believe there is a need and a place for this noble and versatile breed.  Our hope is to introduce it to many people. 

Thank you for your patience as our farm and our website develop!

What’s in a name?  Visit the following site to hear the traditional Irish folk song, “Banks of the Roses”  http://unitedireland.tripod.com/id37.html

We have all the horses home, now.  That includes Abbey and Joey as well as Peanut, a “free” pony we welcomed home this fall.  Things seem to be falling into place — at least as much as they ever do.  We have the barn up, the pastures fenced, and 3 stalls built.  We have water, and are still working on the electric.

Our breeding project will start next spring.  I’m still not sure which stallion we’ll use.  But in the meantime, we’re getting in as much riding as we can before the weather makes conditions really intolerable.  We have no arena, so we’ve been hacking out.  The horses seem to really like the change.