References

April 8 2010~~Robin, I LOVE this filly I bought from you!! She's even more beautiful than her photos showed, and so refined! Very well-behaved and sweet as well. I believe that she would do very well in the show ring and hope to prove that very thing this year. Someone mentioned recently that your main stallion, Lotto, is one of the most under-appreciated stallions out there and I very much agree. I would have to add that you are one of the most under-appreciated breeders out there. You have great horses and your honesty in selling them is very refreshing. Thanks so much! Sincerely, Lori Lancaster, Magic Mist Miniatures
http://www.magicmistminis.com

2009 Robin,
Once again I want to thank you for allowing me to purchase Sophie from you. I know how much you love her and feel honored that you trust me enough to let her come live with me. You have become a super friend to me over the past year since I first purchased Whyspy last April and would be lost without your guidance. And you know that I will probably still come up with more questions for you in the future. :)

Sophie is really more awesome than you let on and I just love her! When you said that she had a wonderful roadster trot, you weren’t kidding. I can’t wait to see the foal that she and Lotto can make together. Between the two of them, this foal will be a driving horse deluxe for sure!

I loved getting to visit with you and Karrel and meet all of your horses in person. They really are the friendliest group of horses that I have met. I can really tell that they truly are your “children” and are treated as such.

I can’t wait to get the opportunity to come back for another visit and purchase another ROKO horse. In the meantime you need to take down your website before everybody else realizes what wonderful horses you have and snatches them up for themselves! JK!
Julie
www.cretahillsfarm.com

Nov 2009 Hey Robin,
I just wanted to drop a line and let you know how much I like my 2 girls that were delivered over the weekend. You were very honest about them and answered all of my questions adequately and I really appreciate it. It is tough knowing who you can trust when you are just dealing over the internet, but I would definitely buy from you guys again. This makes 3 of your horses that I have bought and I am tickled with each one. The horses were all fat, well socialized and healthy when they stepped off the trailer, and all the paperwork was in order. I look forward to doing business with you again in the future.
Take care and thanks a bunch! Pam
TENNESSEE

2009 I am watching my two beautiful ROKO mini’s running around their field on a horrible rainy day in GA and my heart swells with gratitude and wonder that Robin has let me have these two little guys.

After months of searching, trying to find an Arab type little stallion to start my mini herd I came across Robin’s website. Her horses were beautiful, but most of all her love and attention to her horses came through on every page of the site. And there he was, at the bottom of the 2nd sale page!! Indy just caught my eye with his cheeky little face and blue eyes. He was so refined but at only 26” at 16 months he would stay tiny!

At first I was scared to contact Robin, knowing that I would need to pay for him over time, and would not be able to see him in ‘person’. After reading her reference page my hopes were raised, but I had contacted other breeders who were not very receptive or informative.

Thank God I did! Robin has been so patient and understanding, standing behind us through various difficulties including a car wreck in Dec and another with the truck we were using to come get the boys a week before we were due to travel! She has answered all my stupid questions and put me on the right track to giving both boys a good start in their new home.

Robin also encouraged me to provide Indy with a companion, and when a friend of mine’s mini proved to be unsuitable offered me Mojo at a very reasonable price to continue to be Indy’s buddy. And then ran around getting blood pulled for coggins, health papers and all the other necessary stuff done for two minis just a week before the shippers arrived.

A lot of horsey friends recoiled in horror when I explained I was buying these guys sight unseen from hundreds of emails and a few pictures so I waited in trepidation…and then they walked off the horse truck and I cried with tears of joy. They were much better than any picture could portray. Indy is so refined and tiny with the perfect head and when he naturally sets up he is awesome. Mojo is also very pretty and correct with long legs and a perfect topline and sweetest personality…he has to have to put up with Indy’s pranks!

Thank you Robin and Karrel for these two little guys, they are perfect. Thank you for helping us so much through the problems of getting them here and most of all Thank you for trusting me with your horses, I know how much you love them all, it shows in how you do business and the quality of your horses.

Molly & Steve Marshall
Milamber Minis
Cochran, GA

2008 Robin & Karrel,
I can't say thank you enough for allowing us to purchase Whisp and add her to our family. She is beautiful and has the best personality. I know that she will make a wonderful show horse and a great future broodmare. You provided more information and pictures about her than you had to. And you & Karrel were so thoughtful and accomodating by meeting us halfway to deliver Whisp to us when you didn't have to.
All of the advice and support that you have given me in the recent weeks is priceless and I would be lost without you. I am so grateful for the new friendships that I have made.
Thank You Again,
Julie Miller
www.cretahillsfarm.com

2010~ We just brought a pinto colt from Robin Olmstead of ROKO Miniatures and he is what I have been looking for several years now. He is a beautiful Black & white pinto with the most beautiful two blue eyes and he is a small son of Lotto/Nort. Robin was extremely helpful in all aspect of our business dealings. In this business of miniatures that sometimes can end up having a bad deal or experience, but it was truly a great “PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS” with Robin. She is a very honest woman who makes sure her clients or her new friend knows exactly what you are buying from her. She takes pride in the horses she raises and sales, but mostly I would not hesitate in sending my friends to Robin to purchase a mini. “THANK-YOU MRS ROBIN OLMSTEAD” for making my buying experiences a Great Pleasure and we do love our new little man, Bubba. I will keep in touch as he grows up and matures as you now have a new friend.
Darro Miniature Horse Farm
Houston, TX.
Owner: KENNTH PARKER
Manager: DARWIN PARKER

2010....Robin,
Keep up the good work you do with your horses! Each and everyone of them have such a great attitudes. And don't forget BEAUTIFUL!! We are very happy with our little boy. I thank you so much for letting us get "Our" :] King Of Magic!! We look forward to showing him here pretty quick and after awhile we will use him as our herd sire. I can't wait to see what he will throw!! I will defenitly be back for another beautiful baby. Thank you so much for working with us and showing us all your pretty ( and handsome ) horses.
Thank You So Much!
Rebecca
" CrossFireMiniatures "

I recently purchased a mini and then another and one day in 2008 after I had been to visit with Robin and her husband Karrel to see the new foals I fell in love with one tiny black and white filly - I had to have her she was so tiny and perfect and full of personailty just the kind of attitudes I like. I spoke with Robin and she was so great to work with. She let me make payments and keep my new filly at her farm for a reasonable boarding fee til I was able to get her moved home.
Purchasing a horse has never been so easy and enjoyable and I dont think I have ever met or had the privlege of knowing two of the most honest and trustworthy horse people and because of that a great friendship has grown over the years and helped me make the decision to buy a horse from them. Thank you Robin and Karrel for allowing me to purchase Mimi from you and trusting her in my care that she is goin to be the "DIVA" of the farm.

Erika

2010--Hello I wanted to send a reference for the 3 horses I bought from Robin. I am very satisfied. Everything was well done, the papers, health papers, etc. The horses were as Robin told me in her emails and even more beautiful in person. The horses arrived in very very good condition and you could tell they care for their minis. I recommend people to buy from this farm. I liked doing business with them, they were very good to deal with. These are people who are true to their word. Thank you a lot I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun with my new miniatures!
Rejeant Lassonde and Chantale, QUEBEC CANADA

2007 I have known Robin for about 5 years. Art and I have always admired her horses and her foals. She is truly blessed with her herd. We have kidded back and forth about maybe a foal or two coming to live with our family of miniatures forever it seems. Art has had his eye on one foal in particular since she was born. A Lotto/Bond Snippet filly. Art has always wanted a "tiny" miniature horse to be his " pocket buddy" go where he goes and curl up in front of the fireplace in the winter with the two of us, to be part of our family. This filly was the one! Out of the blue, Robin emailed me and asked if I would like to have her for Art for Christmas. I could not say yes fast enough! I never thought he would have this precious filly to call his own!!! Art stopped by Robin's a week later, and told me to call her and buy his dream girl, I tried to put him off till Christmas, but he wanted her now, so Robin got things rolling for her to come home with us the next weekend. This is the first of many more that we will purchase from Robin and Karrel. We have watched a lot of her foals grow from babies to spectacular mares, geldings and stallions. Art and I have been in horses most of our lives, and have seen horses priced much higher, but none more beautiful. Her horses are worthy of the asking price, in our opinion a steal! Again, Robin and Karrel thank you for entrusting one of your precious foals to us, "Cricket" has a forever home with Art and I.
Theresa, Rockin R Ranch

2007 Robin and Karrel--
Thank you so much for allowing me to purchase little ROKO Maine Pride of Lotto. She is such a beautiful, sweet girl and I love her very much. I'd also like to take the time to thank you for making the sale as easy as you possibly could for me. You didn't have to offer me payment options, but you did. 2007
I have known Robin for about 5 years. Art and I have always admired her horses and her foals. She is truly blessed with her herd. We have kidded back and forth about maybe a foal or two coming to live with our family of miniatures forever it seems. Art has had his eye on one foal in particular since she was born. A Lotto/Bond Snippet filly. Art has always wanted a "tiny" miniature horse to be his " pocket buddy" go where he goes and curl up in front of the fireplace in the winter with the two of us, to be part of our family. This filly was the one! Out of the blue, Robin emailed me and asked if I would like to have her for Art for Christmas. I could not say yes fast enough! I never thought he would have this precious filly to call his own!!! Art stopped by Robin's a week later, and told me to call her and buy his dream girl, I tried to put him off till Christmas, but he wanted her now, so Robin got things rolling for her to come home with us the next weekend. This is the first of many more that we will purchase from Robin and Karrel. We have watched a lot of her foals grow from babies to spectacular mares, geldings and stallions. Art and I have been in horses most of our lives, and have seen horses priced much higher, but none more beautiful. Her horses are worthy of the asking price, in our opinion a steal! Again, Robin and Karrel thank you for entrusting one of your precious foals to us, "Cricket" has a forever home with Art and I.
Theresa, Rockin R Ranch Usually it's fairly stressful trying to buy a horse long distance, but you took the worry right out of it with all the pictures I asked for and frequent updates on how she was doing.
You really are sweet people and I thank you for allowing me to be the FIRST to own a Lotto filly. She's everything I wanted and more.
Jodi Sleeper, Maine Pride Miniature Horses
Vassalboro, Maine