Phantom Dragon Ranch was created with the generous offer from my parents, Darrell & Terri Miller, of Green Mountain Ranch Peruvians to breed my father’s 22-year-old Peruvian mare to the stallion of my choice--as long as he was of old blood and quality. I was blessed have found Soberano++, then 21, to have gotten my stallion, Altivo Imprevisto. I had been given one of Green Mountain Ranch’s Peruvian geldings a few years before as a collage graduation gift! With these two horses and the wonderful talent of my Shire gelding, Thor, I have been able to do horse performances and versatility exhibitions for numerous events.



Phantom Dragon Ranch has performed at many places with many routines--most noted for the costuming and the complete variation from traditional Western, English, Dressage, or Traditional Peruvian, yet incorporating all of these elements to create unique performances. We enjoy challenging our horses and ourselves to excel at multiple skills and disciplines to show the versatility that is possible with these wonderful animals--both with the Peruvian Horse and the English Shire.



A few of the events we have performed at or participated in:

• We have ballroom danced with our horses by “invitation of country singer, Michael Martin Murphey,” at the National Western Stock Show’s Evening of Dancing Horses. Carbon Dale was the first Peruvian Horse they ever had perform in that show.

• Paid Tribute to Fallen Soldiers at Cripple Creek Veterans Celebration, Memorial Day Parades, Colorado State Fair, and the John Wayne 100th Birthday Celebration in Winterset, Iowa, again by invitation of Michael Martin Murphey.

• Our horses have performed in the Boulder Horse Ballet for the last seven years.

• They are consistent winners of the Halloween with Horses in Parker, Colorado, having won Grand Prize three times, and First Place Adult division five times.

Costumed performances we have done include The Dragon, Thor’s Circus as the Elephant, Monster Ram, and Sange de Torro, with Cedric Hall, directed by Barbara Gardner. Sidesaddle performances include, Balance, Memory and the Push Me Pull Me horse.



The horses of Phantom Dragon Ranch have all been trained from start to finish by Amanda Speaker, Owner and Trainer. Lessons and consultations are available for Sidesaddle, English, Western, Single Horse Driving, Performance, Exhibition and Musical Freestyle. We do not take outside horses for training, but will train you with your horse to work together.

Altivo Imprevisto had training at Crescent Moon Ranch while Amanda was unable to ride for a time. Thank you Crescent Moon Ranch for the work you did while I could not!






DSLD POSITION

DSLD/ESPA is neither a Peruvian nor a leg problem. It is a systemic disease that affects all breeds of horses, and multiple systems in the horse. We make every effort to produce horses that are free of this or any other hereditary disease. There is no guarantee that a horse of any breed won't develop disease. We support current research and employ the latest proven diagnostic protocols. At the moment, that is the best anyone can do to prevent or guard against this disease.

The latest ongoing research has shown DSLD/ESPA to be a systemic connective tissue disease that is found in many breeds including Arabians, Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses, Morgans, Peruvians, Paso Finos, Saddlebreds, Warmbloods, Appaloosas, Friesians, Missouri Foxtrotters, Tennessee Walkers, Paints, National Show Horses, Mustangs, crossbreeds, Mules, and more.

Please learn more at:

DSLDEquine.info





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