Navarre Mini Acres

Navarre Mini Acres is located just north of West Bend Wisconsin in the community of Farmington.  We only have a small group of miniature horses, but we've taken pride in selecting only quality horses since we are actively engaged in showing them in the AMHR (American Miniature Horse Registry), AMHA (American Miniature Horse Association) and Pinto Horse Association circuits, as well as local fun shows.

Our horses enjoy a large pasture for limited times during the day.  We also have dry lots which give them plenty of opportunity for fresh air when our Wisconsin weather permits.

We hire professionals to help us train our horses.  We believe it is important to teach good habits early and consistently.  We attempt to discover each horse's special talents and emphasize those in their training.  However, we expose each of them to a variety of showing skills including driving, jumping and obstacle.

We also attempt to share our little companions with the community by taking them in parades, visiting nursing homes, etc.

We are proud members of the Southeast Wisconsin Miniature Equine Club.

Roger and Sandy

Navarre Mini Acres is owned and operated by Roger and Sandra Navarre. 

Sandy worked with the Girls Scouts for many years while our daughter was growing up. She plays the clarinet, is not afraid to tackle any sewing project, and enjoys science fiction, especially Star Trek and Star Wars. But more than anything else, she enjoys horses.

During our years in Milwaukee, Sandy could only dabble in her equine hobby, often visiting her sister in Kansas for a chance to ride.  As retirement grew near we decided to bite the bullet and Sandra acquired a beautiful quarter horse mare called Pretty in Patches.  We boarded "Patches" at a stable just outside of town and Sandra was able to take her to many horse shows.  After retirement in 2003, we moved to the country and Patches had an entire pasture to herself.  

After a while we were forced to part with Patches and replaced her with a miniature horse.  Then we bought another miniature horse.  Then we bought another one ... Sandy is a happy camper when she is around horses.

Roger spent his childhood years in the Milwaukee area where he too developed an interest in music, playing the accordion. Later he extended his interest in music and learned to play the organ, piano and a little guitar. When it became time for high school Roger thought the priesthood looked attractive and he entered the seminary. For the next 10 years he attended high school, college and post-graduate studies in Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Rome, Italy. While in Rome he determined that he did not, in fact, have a vocation to the priesthood and stopped his seminary studies. He returned to Milwaukee and soon found that Uncle Sam was inviting him to serve his country. Roger joined the Air Force and served as a newspaper editor for most of his enrollment.

Upon returning to Milwaukee, he pursued his true passion - computers, and embarked on a career as a software engineer. He spent his early years working at Harnishfeger Corporation, then at a consulting firm, and finally, he and a couple of other courageous souls started a company to develop software and hardware solutions for radiology departments in hospitals. That company is now Merge Healthcare and is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange (MRGE) Now that he's retired, Roger spends his time working on his passion, genealogy, traveling a bit, and, of course, helping Sandy out with the horses.  If you are interested, take a moment and visit our genealogy site.