God's Blessings & Idle Acres (formerly Rupetiro)

Welcome to our site.

God's Blessings and Idle Acres are dedicated to the breeding of quality ponies. After much research we decided to breed a Caspian pony to larger mares and produce a pony with an excellent conformation, disposition, and stride.

MCC's Balou arrived in Virginia on December 1, 2001 and has been charming visitors ever since. GB Shadrokh Div (Chip) is a 2002 Virginia Bred registered with the VPBA.

In 2002, Balou was shown in-hand as a 3-year old and was 4th in VHSA end of the year awards. Balou is a bright bay with 4 white socks and a star. He is 11h (hard to tell from pictures because he is proportioned so well). Balou has several nice part-breds at Menagerie Farm.

Chip was shown in-hand as a 3-year old in 2005. He is bright bay with a snip and a star and ermine spots on his hind heals. He is 11.2h. In 2009, he produced a nice colt out of a TB mare and a lovely filly out of a Welsh mare (both are registered with the VPBA).

These boys have great dispositions and are buddies. Balou and Chip are turned out together everyday and when needed they are trailered together.