Ellis Quarter Horses started when I married Mike Ellis in 1971. Horses have always been a part of my life---I remember the disappointment that I felt as a young child when Christmas came and there was no pony under the tree.  At 7 years of age, my parents bought me my first horse.  Her name was Ginger and she was a Shetland pony and from then on, I have always owned horses.    
My father was a doctor and we would transport Ginger in the local taxi cab around the community where we lived.    We would also take her into the community hospital where the sisters who ran it, would feed her cookies. From the Shetland pony I moved on to quarter horses.

My dad bought me a registered quarter horse  in 1959 and I began showing horses.  Over the years, the quality of the horses kept upgrading until we currently have a group of animals that I am proud to own and could spend hours admiring them.  Life has been very satisfying for me and I am very content with the quality that we now own. 
 
From our small group of mares, we have raised 4 Open World or Reserve World Champions, 1 Youth World Champion along with a Palomino and Buckskin World Champion.   

Our operation consists of raising quality foals and selling them.  Embryo transfer has become a big part of our program in the last few years and we try to keep our expenses under control.  I learned to ultrasound and breed  my own mares. With the help of Mike, my husband, and Bob Luebker, who has been with us since 1985, we run this whole operation.  Our place is located in the beautiful Fox River Valley in Wisconsin.  Mike has been in the state legislature since 1971---first as a state representative and now as a senator.  When he isn’t there, he is helping here on the farm.  That basically is our operation. 

I would like to invite you to view our “home on the web” and also to come and visit us in person.  Life has been very good to me.   I have been able to enjoy the things that I love the most and still profit  from  doing it.  I take pleasure in sharing the current news with you and I would certainly welcome any  suggestions you may have to improve our program.  I hope you enjoy your visit.