Our Brood Jennets - Benson Ranch Miniature Donkeys, LLC

Circle C Taffy’s Link

DOB: 7/6/2004
Color: Dark Brown
Height: 34"
Sire: MGF Future Link
Dam: Circle C Taffy

Circle C Taffy is a wonderful addition to our brood jennet herd. She has been defeated in the show ring only once, winning Champion or Reserve Champion Jennet every time. She was awarded the Best of Breed honor in 2008 at her very first show. We had fun!

MGF Future Link – Taffy’s sire

In 2010 Taffy …

Circle C Diamond Flush’s Queen

DOB: 8/26/05
Color: Light Sorrel
Height: 34 1/4"
Sire: S.S. Red Lightening
Dam: NCL Diamond Flush

Circle C Diamond Flush’s Queen, or DQ, as we refer to her, is a lovely jennet. She is fancy and elegant. She has a very nice hip and strong overall conformation. I love her expression and sweet disposition.
Circle C Diamond Flush’s Queen
DQ’s dam,NCL Diamond Flush, is special. She produces wonderful foals and is the dam of …

Circle C Justine

NOT FOR SALE
DOB: 5/26/06
Color: Dark Brown
Height: 32 1/4" good bite
Sire: S.S. Red Lightening
Dam: Hartman's Jubilee

Justine 7/6/21
Justine is built like a stout Quarter Horse and is a very pretty jennet. Her sire and dam are a perfect match and Justine is one of their best. I love everything about her.

Justine has such substance. She is wide and deep-bodied with great legs and a beautiful hip. She is a perfect example …

Circle C Mirage

NOT FOR SALE
DOB: 9/27/04
Color: Black
Height: 33 3/4"
Sire: S.S. Red Lightening
Dam: Sun Creek Miss Marcella Beans

My friends will tell you that I am not fond of NLP donkeys but I think Mirage is just beautiful. It seems to me that a beautiful head is even more important in a donkey of this color and Mirage sure has one. She also has very strong overall conformation.

Mirage’s dam Marcella Beans has been …

Circle C Avaline

DOB: 8/1/06
Color: Dark Brown
Height: 33 1/2"
Sire: S.S. Red Lightening
Dam: Circle C Anna

Circle C Anna, Avaline’s dam.
Avaline is our only daughter of Anna of Circle C. Anna was a special jennet with a kind eye and lovely great big ears! She produced some wonderful foals as can be seen in Avaline.

BR Prima Donna
In 2012 Avaline gave us a beautiful jennet foal sired by Willow Creek Luigi. Her …

BR Sangria

NOT FOR SALE
DOB: 11/23/15
Color: Dark Brown
Height: 31 1/2" good bite
Sire: BR Lightening's Rembrandt
Dam: Circle C Gypsy Rose

This jennet is gorgeous and oh so much fun!!!! She is just sure she rules the world! I am having lots of fun getting to know her.

Her sire is our incredible BR Lightening’s Rembrandt; she is only his second daughter. Her dam is out of an old time blood line that continues to be very …

BR Caley

NOT FOR SALE
DOB: 12/12/11
Color: grey
Height: 35"
Sire: Circle C Silverado
Dam: 758's Clarabell

Caley is absolutely lovely! She has her sire’s correct legs and great bone and her dam’s elegance.

Caley is full of confidence! I enjoy her spicy disposition. And she is one of the most beautiful gray jennets we have ever produced.
Circle C Silverado – Caley’s sire.
This is 758’s Clarabell – Caley’s dam.
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BR Lyra

DOB: 8/25/18
Color: Dark Brown
Height: 31 1/4" good bite
Sire: BR Pepper Jack
Dam: Circle C Penny Ante

Lyra is a small, correct, fancy jennet with wonderful bloodlines. I love the width of this girl!!!

BR Andrea

DOB: 4/8/20
Color: grey
Height: 30" good bite
Sire: BR Pepper jack
Dam: Circle C Mirage

This jennet is lovely, and very sweet.

758’s Cleo

DOB: 3/22/10
Color: Dark Brown/White spotted
Height: 34"
Sire: LN Star Spangled Banner
Dam: Boone's Little Delight

We are very pleased to add Cleo to our outstanding group of brood jennets. She is a fancy girl and as sweet as can be. Dark spotted jennets with great conformation are very hard to come by, especially one sired by such an important jack as Star Spangled Banner, and we look forward to our …

Reference Only: BR Rhapsody

NOT FOR SALE
DOB: 1/30/11
Color: Sorrel
Height: 31 1/2"
Sire: Circle C Legend
Dam: Ass-pirin Acres Just Plain Sugar

Sadly, we lost Rhapsody in August, 2022. Because she is the dam of BR Power Trip, who is the sire of all our 2022 foals, I will leave her page here for now.

What a gift Rhapsody is. I have waited a long time for a jennet foal from Sugar and here she is. Sugar and …

Double D Treasure – For Reference Only

DOB: 3/4/2000
Color: Grey/White Spotted
Height: 32 1/2"
Sire: Dewey Meadows Jack Pot
Dam: RVB Crystal

I have had Treasure for a long, long time. She crosses very well with Circle C Silverado and has had three good quality foals by him, including outstanding herd sire BR Pepper Jack. Pepper has produced so well and has proven that he is a jack I can count on to be influential.

This is BR …

Heiken’s Ark Rebecca – For Reference Only

DOB: 5/23/1999
Color: grey
Height: 32 1/4"
Sire: Heiken's Ark Top Gun
Dam: EA Rosamaria II

This photo is of Rebecca at age ten and the stunning hind legs belong to her 2009 jennet foal BR Danika. I have showed Danika extensively and she has been a Champion many times.

Rebecca was one of the Cooke herd’s top producers. Two of her jennet foals sold through the Cooke sale in the same …

Circle C Cappachino – for Reference Only

DOB: 6/12/95
Color: Dark Brown
Height: 31 3/4"
Sire: S.S. Red Lightening
Dam: Sterling Silver of Circle C

Circle C Cappachino is certainly one of our premier brood jennets. As you can see in her recent photos, she looks great at 13 years old and after many foals. She is a fancy correct jennet, and is drafty without loosing any of her refinement. She really stamps her foals as her dam, Sterling Silver …