ApHC Bronze Medallion Breeders
ApHC Bronze Medallion
Breeders
In Sawyer Creek's commitment to
excellence and bettering the Appaloosa, we maintain and breed only HYPP N/N horses.
Mares and bred mare packages always for sale. We welcome inquiries on any of our
horses.
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Daisy
is a "Covergirl!" Check out the coffee table book Native Treasure by
Rita Nicholson!
Photos of Daisy as well as the book "Native Treasure"
by Rita Nicholson & Vaughn Wilson authors, Dorrance Publishing Co.
Sensuous
Maiden (Daisy) - 2002
2 Register of Merit
Awards
Golden Palomino with a blanket. 16 hands. Daisy
is our cover girl! Native Treasure is
a wonderful pictorial equine coffee-table book
I Gotta Cool Secret- AQHA
2008 Reserve World Champion/ Multiple World Champion producer
Huckabee Ranch
Forever N
Stars (Star) - 2005
Reserve National Champion- 2010
Register of Merit Award
Bay with Hip Blanket and Spots, 15.3 hands. Our newest
addition to Sawyer Creek will forever be a star! Star came from the
well known and long time breeder, Dan Miller II. He is credited for
promoting the outstanding blood of the sire, String of Stars. Forever N Star's credentials include a
Reserve National Championship in 2010 and a 2010 World Show placing of 3rd in
open aged mares at halter. She has 26 Open Halter points and 4 Non-Pro
Halter points with limited showing. Her sire, Imaginate, is a multiple World
Champion and National Champion producer. Imaginate has produced 196 foals
with 330.5 Performance pts, 929 Halter pts, 16 ROM's, 2 Halter Superiors, 3
Performance Superiors, 1 Versatility Champion and 5 Bronze Medallion earners. His offspring halter and ride- a trait
that is important to Sawyer Creek's breeding philosophy. Her dam,
Always and Forever, is sired by Master Star, a son of String Of Stars, National
& World Champion, High Point, Superior Sire. Master Star is multiple World
Champion sire. Just look at Star's pedigree- She has the best of breeding
lines in the AQHA and ApHC. This young mare has the credibility and the quality to
produce winners! Star is confirmed in foal to I Gotta Cool Secret for an early
2012 foal.
Ruby and her filly are
the February 2009 ApHC Calendar Girls!
Pearls
N Rubies (Ruby) -2001
5 Register of Merit
Awards
Chestnut-leopard. 16 hands. Foundation Pedigree Designation. Tall, muscle bound and colorful this mare carries the outstanding lines of James Bond, Goer, Princes MacDonald, Top Moon and Mighty Bright and is all Appaloosa for three generations! Her name fits her well, a true leopard with small ruby-red spots through out her body make her look like she was sprinkled with red glitter! Picked as John's "pet show project" she easily earned FIVE ROM's! - Open Halter Mares, Non-Pro Halter Mares, Most Colorful, FPD Mares and Youth Halter with a total of 95 national points. She has been consistently on the Leading the Nation list in multiple classes and in 2006 earned 2 Year-End Finalist Awards (Broodmares and FPD Mares) She is now retired to our broodmare band to reproduce herself. We couldn't be more pleased! She has been a vivid color producer with every foal as big and as beautiful as she is. Ruby is not only a farm favorite with us as well as visitors, but she also consistently produces our best foals. What more could we ask of this outstanding mare? A photograph of Ruby has been featured in the ApHC official calendar and the coffee table book Native Treasure. Ruby produced an huge palomino colt by Mr. Yella Fella on 1/3/ 2011. She is confirmed in foal to Hi Tech Domino for 2012.
Awe
Dorably Conecked (Nicki)- 2003
Register of Merit
Award
Chocolate chestnut with blanket and spots. 15.2 hands. Pretty, balanced and feminine, this mare has what it takes to make future Sawyer Creek champions. Just look at her pedigree of consistent winners producing consistent winners! Her sire is Awe Striker, who has been in the top rankings of the leading halter point earning sires for years. He is a Reserve National Champion and multiple medallion producer. Awe Striker's dam is the Grand National Champion mare Kelos Tru Delite who was a medallion winner, performance champion and multiple medallion producer. Awe Striker's sire, Go To Impress, was also a Grand National Champion and Res. World Champion. But wait! Let's not forget Nicki's impressive bottom side of her pedigree. Her dam, Dream Connection, was the result of breeding two multiple World and National Champions, Kelo Connection and Ms Daydreamin. ALL FOUR of Nicki's grandparents are World and/or National Champions! Not to mention there are 3 Hall of Fame horses close up in her pedigree. You would be hard pressed to find a mare with more consistent breeding credentials derived from both the best of ApHC and AQHA. In her own right, Nicki started her show career with limited showing in 2007 and earned a total of 23.5 halter points, her open halter ROM and the Year End Top Ten Finalist award. Look for this well bred and conformed mare to continue to make a significant contribution to our farm and the Appaloosa breed. Nicki foaled a tall chestnut roan colt by Priority Package on 1/23/ 2012.
Hanna with Eddie Hicks, Mrs. Phillips and John at the 2005
ApHC World Show as a yearling
Hanna with Debbie Phillips at the 2005
ApHC Nationals- Top 5 yearling!
Hanna
is featured in the coffee table book "The Legendary Appaloosa" by
Cheryl Dudley!
ODF Total
Maid Dream (Hanna)- 2004
2 Register of Merit
Awards
Chestnut leopard, 15.3
hands. Foundation Pedigree Designation. Tall,
correct, balanced and colorful! This filly is by Justice Maid Easy and
Fancy Minda and carries the outstanding lines of Maids Dream, Dreamfinder,
Wapiti, Cowboy Justice, Totally Arrogant, Goer, Impressive, Prince Shannon and
Triples Image. Note that there are four Hall of Fame sires close up in her
pedigree! Hanna's sire, Justice Maid Easy, was an outstanding show horse
with 48 1/2 halter points and 6 foals earning a total of 110 national points
before his untimely death. Her dam, Fancy Minda, is an own daughter of Totally
Arrogant (World and National Champion) and is also the dam of Kelo Convincer.
Hanna comes by her leopard coat pattern honestly with this extensive leopard
pedigree. Hanna has already proven herself in the show ring. As a baby she was a
futurity winner and State Fair Champion. At the 2005 ApHC Nationals she was
placed 5th out of 16 entries in Non-Pro Yearling Fillies. Hanna has earned two
ROM's, 28.5 open halter points, 14 most colorful points and 9 non-pro halter points with 2 Grand Championships and 10 Reserve Grand
Championships. 2005 Year End Awards include both Grand Yearling Fillies and
Most Colorful with the Tarheel Appaloosa Association. North Carolina
Appaloosa Horse Association awarded her Grand Yearling Fillies, Grand Non-Pro
Fillies and Res. for Most Colorful. She also won High Point Halter Horse for the
NCAHA! This young mare has already been a valuable contributor to our
breed with her offspring earning national points in halter and color. Hanna's photograph has been
featured in the book The Legendary
Appaloosa. Hanna produced a chestnut
colt by Phenomenal in 2011 and is confirmed in foal to Too Yella To Streak
for 2012.
Sire-Vision
Maker
Dam- Kiss Upon A Star
Diva is the April 2009
ApHC Calendar Girl!
Visions
Star (Diva)- 2004
Blanketed Red Roan, 15.2 hands.
Truly, Diva is a vision! Her sire is the well known leading sire Vision Maker.
Vision Maker has earned multiple Year End Top Halter Stallions, Superior Halter,
Open and Non-Pro ROM's and has sired a total of 142 foals with 55 Performance
pts, 2841.5 Halter pts, 51 ROM's, 8 Halter Superiors and 31 Bronze Medallion
earners. His notable
get include 5x World Champion- Twenty- Twenty Vision , Colored by Vision,
Party Vision, Vision Go Grand, Visions Party Doll, Our Kinda Vision (Sawyer
Creek owned) and CR Vision of
Love. Diva's dam,
"Kiss Upon A Star", is the full sister to World Champion and
World Champion producer, "Imaginary Gold" by Imaginate. Imaginate has
produced 196 foals with 330.5 Performance pts, 929 Halter pts, 16 ROM's, 2
Halter Superiors, 3 Performance Superiors, 1 Versatility Champion and 5 Bronze
Medallion earners.Kiss Upon
a Star holds a Superior Halter title with 246.5 points and in 1999 led the Nation in the 2 Year
Old Mare division and in 2000 was top five at the ApHC World Show. Diva has two full
sisters. Vision of a Star, has 67 points and 2 ROMs.
Vision of Heaven, is a National
Champion, has 69.5 National points and 2 ROM's.
With consistent family breeding like this is there any doubt that Diva
produces top notch show foals? This pretty big bodied mare has been a consistent
top producer for Sawyer Creek. Diva
produced a tall and elegant red roan filly by Priority Package on 1/26/11 which
is Italy bound! Diva
is confirmed in foal by Not Kiddin Me for early 2012.
Pickles at 3 years
Pickles' full brother,
"Investment Package" is now a 3X ApHC World Champion!
Pickadilly
Lily (Pickles) - 2006
2 Register of Merit
Awards
Blanketed Red Roan, 16.1 hands. Pickles is the spitting image of her sire. She is TALL, oh so pretty and BALANCED! Her sire is the 2X AQHA World Champion, Open and Amateur Superior halter horse (166.5 pts), "The Package." The Package is by 4X World Champion "At Long Last" who is in turn by one of the most famous sires in AQHA history, "Mr Conclusion." The Package's dam is "A Honey Ofa Page" by the immortal "Page Impressive." She is an AQHA Superior Halter mare in Amateur and Open (170.5 pts) and has a Superior in Performance as well as her Amateur AQHA Championship. Pickle's dam, "Cowboy Junkee" (former Sawyer Creek mare until her untimely death) was the producer of 4 ApHC foals earning a total of 109.5 Halter pts, ROM's and 2 Bronze Medallions. She was a daughter of "The Visionary" - a multiple World & Natl. Champion, Superior Halter, and sired 75 foals earning a total of 89.5 Perf. Pts., 1110 halter pts, 2 Halter Superiors, 2 Club Champions and 13 Bronze Medallions. "The Visionary" was the product of two Hall of Fame Appaloosas- "Impressive Andrew" (multiple World & Natl. Champion, and Superior Achievement) and "Night Vision" (World & Natl Champion, Bronze Production Plaque.) Cowboy Junkee's dam, "Allure" (13.5 pts) is also a World Champion producer and is by "All Inclusive" (4X World Champ., 3X National Champ.) who is in turn by Hall of Fame stallion, Dreamfinder. Allure's dam, "Fancy Opposition" is by the 2X AQHA Reserve World Champ. stallion, "Opposition." As you can see, Pickle's pedigree reads like the Who's Who of both the ApHC and AQHA! Though Pickles has only been to four shows, she has already earned ROMs in Non-Pro halter and Open halter. Look for her to be a top producer for Sawyer Creek. Pickles full brother "Investment Package" is a young 3X World Champion already proving himself as a sire. Check out our full brother, to both Investment Package and Pickles (Priority Package) on our reference sire page. We think he is the best of the three! HOLY MOLY! Pickles proudly produced healthy TWINS!- a fewspot colt and a chestnut filly in 2010. Pickles followed that amazing feat with a huge red leopard colt by Phenomenal on 3/11/11. She is confirmed in foal to Too Yella To Streak for 2012.
Imaginemeahoney
(Buns)- 2001
Chestnut snowcap. 16 hands. Buns is one of those mares that no matter who you breed her to, you know the resulting foal will be big, balanced and a winner! Her sire is Sheldak's Imaginate (multiple World and National Champion producer) Imaginate has produced 196 foals with 330.5 Performance pts, 929 Halter pts, 16 ROM's, 2 Halter Superiors, 3 Performance Superiors, 1 Versatility Champion and 5 Bronze Medallion earners. Her dam is My Honeysuckle. My Honeysuckle was an own daughter of Hall of Fame Appaloosa,, Goer. My Honeysuckle's dam was the immortal AQHA mare, My Approval (full sister to two world champions!- Go Approval and Goin For Approval). After admiring Buns for several years and waiting patiently, we have been privileged to acquire her from the outstanding breeding program of June Danner. Buns is the dam to our filly "Tricks Are Free." (scroll down). Watch for Buns to produce some of our most accomplished show horses. Buns will be bred for an early 2013 foal.
Kissed in
the Dark (Fancy)- 2006
2 Register of Merit
Awards
Black/Bay roan with blanket. 15.3 hands. FPD designation. This powerhouse broodmare mare is the result of our crossing Ms Cruella Deville with Clear Vision. Ms Cruella Deville was our ApHC cover girl. Crue's sire was Honky Tonk Heaven by Heaven Forbid and Cherry On By on the bottom side. Her dam is Lads Her Dad (Skippers Lad x Plaudit breeding), is a World and National Champion producing mare. Fancy's sire, Clear Vision, came from our own breeding program. Clear Vision (few spot leopard) is a multiple World and National Champion producer in halter and performance and has been an ApHC leading sire. Fancy is also the full sister to multiple World and National Champion- Enduring Vision. Fancy's own record is impressive. She is a 3 time Year End Top Ten Finalist in Leading the Nation FPD Mares. With very limited showing, Fancy has earned ROM'S in both FPD (29pts) and Non-Pro Halter Mares (10 pts). She has also earned 7.5pts in Open Halter Mares with 3 Grand Championships. Fancy's outstanding 2012 filly has been sold to Italy! She will be bred for an early 2013 foal.
Ms Dream
Designer (Val)- 2008
Youth
World Champion- 2011
Reserve World Champion Non-Pro Most Colorful- 2011
Register of Merit Award
Red leopard. 16 hands. This big and colorful young mare fits right
into the Sawyer Creek breeding program. Her sire, Untouchable Design, stands
17.2 hands. He is by Dee Untouchable by Skips Reward. Untouchable Design is a
World Champion, National Champion, World and National Reserve Champion and a
multiple World and National Champ producer. He holds Superior titles in both
Open and Non-Pro Halter with a total of 228 national points. Val's dam, True Day Dream, is a a
multiple World and National Champion producer. Her full brother, Somethin
Fierce, is already a multiple World Champion and Multiple
National Champion who stands 16.2 at two years of age! He has earned 2 ROM's and
has 51 National pts in both halter and color. Not to be outdone, Val won the Youth World Championship
in Most Colorful (2011) out of a class of 14. She also is Reserve World Champion
in Non Pro Most Colorful. With limited showing, Val has
earned points in Non Pro Most Colorful (3 pts), Open Most Colorful
(13pts), Open 3 yr Old Mares (6pts) and Youth Most Colorful (3pts). Val will join our
broodmare band to be bred for an early 2013 foal.
Yearling pictures
I Gotta Cool Secret (AQHA) sire of Tricks Are Free
Tricks
are Free (June)- 2009
Chestnut with spots over the hips. 16 Hands. We are very excited about June's potential in our breeding program. Her sire, "I Gotta Cool Secret" (AQHA), is destined to make an indelible mark on the stock horse breeds. His power packed conformation comes directly from his sire "The Top Secret" and his dam "Coolest Cowgirl." His breeding combines some the best of the AQHA including Concention, Sierra Te, Skipa Star, Obvious Conclusion and Mr Conclusion. June's snowcap Appaloosa dam is no less impressive! Our big 16 hand powerhouse of a mare, "Imaginemeahoney" is the result of breeding the well known Appaloosa stallion and World Champion producer, "Imaginate" with the famous mare "My Honeysuckle" (full sister to two world champions!- Go Approval and Goin For Approval). Imaginate has produced 196 foals with 330.5 Performance pts, 929 Halter pts, 16 ROM's, 2 Halter Superiors, 3 Performance Superiors, 1 Versatility Champion and 5 Bronze Medallion earners. This filly has it all- disposition, size, balance, correct conformation, color and pretty. June has had only limited showing as a yearling and her career was cut short due to an unfortunate injury. However, in only a few shows she went Grand and Reserve Champion and has earned 8.5 pts in halter. This filly will be retained for our breeding program and will be bred early in 2012.
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Yella Lil
Louder (Ella)- 2010
Chestnut filly. 15.2. Mr Yella Fella (AQHA) x Pearls N Rubies (ApHC)! Ella is just beginning her show career and has already had a taste of success. As a weanling she placed Reserve Grand Champion! Ella was Empire Appaloosa Association's High Point Open Weanling Filly in 2010. As a yearling, she looks like a mature mare- big bodied, balanced and sweet, she is destined to go back into the show ring as a two year old and later will be added to our broodmare band. Her sire is the immortal Mr Yella Fella. He is a two time AQHA World Champion, two time PHBA World Champion, Superior at Halter with 173.5 points, Congress Champion and Reserve Champion. Even more importantly, he is a multiple World Champion producer in 3 breed associations and Leading Halter Sire for six years. Does it get any better than that? Her dam, Pearls N Rubies (scroll above) easily earned FIVE ROM's! - Open Halter Mares, Non-Pro Halter Mares, Most Colorful, FPD Mares and Youth Halter with a total of 95 national points. She has been consistently on the Leading the Nation list in multiple classes and in 2006 earned 2 Year-End Finalist Awards (Broodmares and FPD Mares). We look forward to her continued success in the show ring and expect her to be a top producer for Sawyer Creek in the future.
Truly
Precious (Precious)- 2010
Vivid black bay leopard. 14.2. Clear
Vision x Chinita Chex (AQHA). This filly is a rare find and represents
what the Appaloosa breed is all about- great disposition, balanced, versatile,
athletic and LOUD colored! Her coal black AQHA dam, Chinita Chex,
comes from some of the best ranch horse lines in the industry. Her sire, Clear
Vision, (few spot leopard) is a son of Five Time World Champion/ Five Time
National Champion- Twenty Twenty Vision. Clear Vision has been a consistent multiple World and National Champion
producer in halter and performance and as such, has been an ApHC Leading Sire in
2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010. Clear Vision has produced
some of the best all around and colorful Appaloosas in our industry and this
filly is no exception. Precious is very well muscled, pretty headed, short
backed and correct with an eye popping color that literally stops traffic when
she is out in the pasture. But in addition to her good looks, she has the
potential to perform in the show ring and then go on to further contribute to
the breed as a broodmare. Her sweet disposition and willing attitude make her a
joy to be around.
Tie Dye Butterfly- (Poppy) 2011
Vivid chestnut leopard. Should mature to 15.3 or taller. Phenomenal x Definity. Phenomenal is an own son of Call Me Phenomenal, (AQHA 4 x World Champion, Congress Grand Champion, multiple World and Reserve World Champion sire). More information can be found on Phenomenal on our Reference Sire page. Her dam, Definity, is the daughter of our former young son of Maids Dream, Maids Midnite Delight and our former World Champion mare Our Kinda Vision. Maids Midnite Delite has earned his open halter ROM, Non-Pro halter ROM and Most Colorful ROM with very limited showing. He was a Year-End Top Ten Finalist for Open Two Year Old Stallions for 2006 and Open Three Year Old Stallions for 2007. Definity's dam, Our Kinda Vision, is a World Champion as well as having earned an Open Halter ROM- Non-Pro Halter, ROM in Youth Halter,"Year-End High Point Finalist", "International Year-End High Point Finalist," as well as earning two top ten placings at at th
Our 2012 foal crop will be coming soon!
