About Us:

On Target Miniatures is a small farm in North Central Connecticut owned by Mary Adams and Gary Gudinkas. Mary and Gary have been involved with horses since they were teenagers in the 1960's.

Mary was active in 4-H in High School with her first horse "George" who she kept while majoring in Animal Science at the University of Connecticut. She was a member of various intercollegiate judging teams and spent free time at the barns where her small hands were often in demand to help deliver lambs. After graduation she worked in a research lab while earning her Master's Degree in Animal Diseases and buying property to keep more horses! This was in the early 1970's when single women were not routinely buying real estate, and especially not on dead end dirt roads with acreage for horses (and trails to ride).

When Gary and Mary met in 1982, Mary was temporarily horse-less but that didn't last long. First a friend gave her an Arabian gelding, and when he died in 1994 she bought Target, an 8 year old Pinto (see Target's page). Target was unregistered but was soon registered as a Pinto (PtHA) and his show career started at New England Pinto shows. He had been a cowpony, but Mary expanded his horizons by teaching him (and competing in) dressage, along with showmanship, trail, and English and Western rail classes. In 2003, after the second of his colic surgeries, Mary and Target earned their Amateur Pinto Championship. The pair also earned Pinto awards in Open Dressage, showing Training and First Level and schooling Second Level and beyond (Target could do passage & piaffe). In 2003 he was brought home from his last boarding barn, and in 2004 Mary and Gary bought their first mini to keep him from getting lonely. In keeping with the Pinto emphasis on versatility, On Target Miniatures strives for minis that can excel in a variety of disciplines including jumping and driving, and hence their goal of breeding "miniature sport horses."