NICKERIC RANCH 2011/2012 SUCCESS STORIES


YAHOO MT DUAL "DEWEY"
was sold to Ken of Mississippi.  Dewey is by Golden Dually, a golden palomino son of Dual Pep.  Dual Pep is the nations's #6 all-time sire of NCHA money earners and the #2 all-time leading active sire.  Dual Pep's get have won over 19 million in cutting competition.   The 2002 AQHA World Show "Superhorse" was a Dual Pep son, winning the title in Heading, Heeling, Calf Roping and Working Cowhorse.  Golden Dually is double bred "Peppy San Badger".  "Little Peppy" is ranked the #1 leading sire of ranch horses and the #3 all-time leading sire of cutting horses.  Golden Dually's dam is CJ HONEY, raised and trained by Buster Welsh and is herself a procuder of NCHA, NRCHA and NRHA Money Earners.  Golden Dually is the essence of a stock horse.  He is tough, athletic, smart, even tempered and he hunts a cow.  He stands 14.3H with big bone, exceptional conformation and a great disposition.  His colts are early to mature, easy to start and carry on his suberb cow horse ability.  Dually is a professionally trained cutting horse and has shown in three major NCHA futurity events: Silverado on the Brazos, the Waco Futurity and the Abilene Spectacular.  He is continuing his show career in Montana as a cutter, a reined cow horse and a rope horse.  He won Reserve in the 3500 Hackamore Stallion Stakes class at the Montana Reined Cow Horse Futurity in 2004.  Dually also claims 2 Halter wins being shown only once at an AQHA show!  He also won Reserve in the Open Class in Ranch Horse Versatility being the number one placed horse in halter there also.  Dually is a money producer in National Reined Cow Horse.  Tangy Doodle Dually won Reserve at the Montana Reined Cow Horse Futurity in 2007!  Ken has big plans for Dewey and they should be competing in reining and reined cowhorse in a few years.  Can't wait to see them winning!!  Best of luck Ken & Dewey!  

RAGIN CAJUN CAT "MICI"
was sold to Adrienne of Montana.  Mici is an absolutely adorable grulla tobiano filly born May 11, 2011.  She has excellent bone and hoof and is built well to hold up to competition.  Nothing wimpy about this girl!  She is bred very well for all around and should excel in the arena or as a pleasure horse.  She has proven heading, heeling, cutting, reining, barrel racing, race, trail, hunter under saddle, western pleasure and halter in her pedigree.  Mici is sired by Ruckerosas Mister Tee who is a trained rope horse and loves to chase cows.  Her dam is Cajun Scat Cat who is a double registered foundation mare that is sired by Smokn Cajun Rebel who has sired many roping and reining performers that are doing well.  Mici is a doll and I hope you have lots of fun with her Adrienne!!   

FANCY STREKER "FANCY"
was sold to Ronda of Washington.  Fancy is an own daughter of QT Poco Streke who is an NRHA Bronze trophy winner and APHA Reserve World Champion in Reining.  He is a leading sire of APHA reining horses.  Fancy's dam is a full sister to Leahs Fancy Chic who has Superiors in heading, heeling and steer stopping, ROM tie down roping, World Champion in heading and steer stopping and Reserve World Champion heeling.  At the 1999 World Championship Paint Horse Show, this mare became the first mare to win the prestigious APHA Oscar Crigler Cattle Award, proving that although the roping pen is dominated by studs and geldings, mares can spice up the performance arena.  This mare was chosen by the Breyer Molding Company as the Breyerfest 2000 Celebration Horse.  A Breyer mold of this mare was released the Summer of 2000. Fancy is one of the best bred Paint mares we have seen, almost every horse on her papers are champions or producers.  Fancy is a very sweet mare.  She has had five foals, four black and one smoky black.  She has had four fillies and one colt.   

Ronda first met this wonderful mare when she bought Fancy's 2007 filly and fell in love with her.  She has wanted to own her ever since, they just seemed to have a bond.  Fancy can no longer be used as a broodmare due to complications during birth this year so we contacted Ronda to see if she might be interested in purchasing Fancy.  Ronda was very excited and has no plans to breed her, just provide her with a loving forever home - what more could we ask for...  Thank you Ronda for giving Fancy such a wonderful home.  She is a sweetheart of a mare and deserves it.  I know you will love her dearly.  It was sad to see her go.  Take care of our "Fancy Girl".



GYPSY
was sold to Kevin of Washington.  Kevin plans on showing Gypsy in Team Sorting.  This is a great home for her where she can be used and play with cows (her favorite thing to do).  Can't wait to see them competing later this year and in the future!  Hope she wins you lots of money Kevin, I think she's got what it takes to win.



PROMISE ME CHAMPAGNE "PROMISE"
was sold to Donna of Wisconsin.  Promise should be an excellent addition to her champagne breeding operation.  She is a total doll and has great bloodlines as well as being a color goldmine carrying the champagne and creme gene and being homozygous for tobiano and black.  Promise is by RHR SCOTCH ON THE ROKS and she is out of CHAMPAGNE N PROMISES (see more about her dam on the mares page).  Promise's pedigree is filled with Point Earners, Champions, ROM, Money Earners in Halter, Western Pleasure, Trail, Cutting, Race, Hunt Seat, Western Riding, Barrel Racing and Pole Bending.  Her sire was unshown due to an injury, but his siblings are excelling as performance horses.  His sire sired many APHA Point Earners and ROM.



STREKIN TOPLESS "SASSY"
was sold to Christine of Painted Glory Ranch in Colorado.  Sass is sired by Rivers Top Gun who has his ROM in Reining.  He was the 2004 MSQHA year end Jr. Reining Champion, won 1st and 4th Place in Sr. Heeling at the NW Quarter Horse Congress in 2005, is an AQHA Point Earner and Money Earner in SR. Heeling, an AQHA Point Earner in Heading and was shown successfully in Cutting.  He goes back to the Ruby River Roan line that is very popular for barrel racing and gaming.  Sassy's dam is an own daughter of QT Poco Streke who is an NRHA Bronze Tropy winner and APHA Reserve World Champion in Reining.  He is a leading sire of APHA Reining horses.  Sass is going home!!  We originally bought Sassy from Christine and she never really wanted to sell her so is very excited to be getting her back.  Sass will be her show horse and her husbands personal riding horse.  Glad we could bring them back together!!


 
ONE TUFF RANCH HAND "HANDY"
was sold to Gail and family of Idaho.  Handy is by Sunglows King Fritz who is a Point Earner in Halter and Performance and he earned his Performance ROM in 2002.  He is an awesom athlete and shows extreme talent on both ends of the steer.  He is the sire of many jackpot rope horses and halter futurity winners.  Gail was looking for a young gelding that her daughter could grow up with and help train.  Handy and her daughter should become great friends.  We hope to see them competing at some of the local fairs in the future.  



SPOTTED FRECKLE HAWK "HAWK"
was sold to Dea of Washington.  He is a great grandson of Dugan Spotted Hawk who is a World Champion Head Horse.  Dea was looking for a gelding that not only would be a great using horse but a good friend as well.  She couldn't have found a better boy for the job!  Hawk will be her pleasure horse and will eventually be competing in mounted cowboy shooting with her.

Dea sent the following - thank you Dea it means alot.

My comments on working with The NickEric Ranch.
I did not previously know Eric & Nickole, before finding a Dreamhorse ad for Hawk this past Febuary 2011.  From the 1st email to our last regarding my purchase of Hawk has built a nice friendship between us.  Nickole & Eric clearly really care about the babies they've foaled on their farm.  They know each horse on their place amazing well; as one would only know a horse who has spent time around that horse.  This is not something you often get when dealing with Breeders.  The NICKERIC Ranch is truly dedicated to bringing well bred, good minded, solid & beautiful horses to good homes! I have enjoyed my every interaction with this delightful couple, as well as spending time on their ranch and seeing/interacting with their fabulous, curious, unflappable, calm & friendly stock.  Your biggest problem as a buyer is figuring out which one to bring home!  They are all that nice.  I highly recommend The NICKERIC Ranch to anyone looking for a horse.  You truly will not find a more helpful team in assisting you in finding the right equine match for you.  

Thank you Eric & Nickole!  I will send you pics & updates on Hawk through out his lifetime.  He is wonderful!!
You guys are just what the horse world needs.
Sincerely,  Dea 


When our horses sell we can only hope that they go to great homes and bring just as much joy to their new owners as they did us.