Reference Sires

In Sawyer Creek's commitment to excellence and bettering the Appaloosa, we breed only HYPP N/N horses.

Black leopard stallion, 15.2 hands. This young colt's pedigree reads like "Who's Who" in AQHA and ApHC. Domino's sire, Hi Tech Cowboy (black leopard), came from our own breeding program. Hi Tech was a result of our breeding the renowned black leopard mare Impress A Cowboy (National Champion by Cowboy Justice X Impressive World) to Hall of Fame sire, Dreamfinder. Hi Tech Cowboy's record was impressive and included 2002 Canadian National Halter Champion and 2002 Canadian National Most Colorful at Halter Champion, 3 ROM's, and Multiple World & National Top 5 Finishes. Domino came from his last foal crop and is a fitting legacy. Domino's dam, Spicy Conclusion (red leopard ), goes back to the immortal AQHA stallion, Obvious Conclusion three times. Her dam was an own daughter of Acclaim with heavy Plaudit breeding on the bottom side. Spicey Conclusion has three ROM's, a Top Ten placing at the ApHC Nationals, and was Top Ten twice in Leading the Nation. As you can see, this young stallion came by his quality and spots honestly. With limited showing, Domino has earned his own ROM in Most Colorful, was top 5 at the ApHC World show as well as a Reserve Grand Champion in the ApHC World Show Most Colorful Limited Halter Futurity. With his pedigree, balanced conformation and vivid color, we feel he will be an asset to our breeding program. Producing quality horses with color has always been a Sawyer Creek breeding program goal with black leopards the rarest and hardest to produce. We feel Domino will be an asset to our breed and preserve our Appaloosa's most recognizable trait- COLOR- without sacrificing quality. Look for some of our top mares' production by Domino in the years to come.

Judy Parlier with Spectravision in Sergeant's catalog. Spectravision's photo has been featured in the coffee table book Native Treasure

Jillian's head shot photograph of Phenomenal is currently being used by the Appaloosa Horse Club to promote it's new Appaloosa Members Advantage Program!

News Flash! The story of Phenomenal is featured in the coffee table book "The Legendary Appaloosa" by Cheryl Dudley!

When we lost our beloved National and World Champion stallion, "J.W." (Maid For Show), we also lost the incredible dream for our future that we had built with him. Though we are devastated by his loss, we remain dedicated to breeding the Appaloosa horse...specifically the elusive leopard. We have come to realize we need to move forward and to build a new dream. I believe everything happens for a reason. Perhaps we found our reason.

Let me share with you a story of tragedy and triumph. It's a story of how three breeds of horses came together to make a "phenomenal" colt and what we believe to be a phenomenal future impact on our breed.

Years ago, John and I tried to buy what we felt was the "best" leopard Appaloosa mare in our industry, Judy Parlier's "Spectravision." This was a mare that Judy had shown since she was a yearling, and through that association Judy Kashary and nationally known trainer, Dave Parlier, were brought together and eventually married. Judy tells me with a laugh that Dave fell in love with Spectravision first...THEN her. At three years old and after winning 3 Bronze Medallions and her National Championship, Spectravision was bred and retired from the show ring. Judy states that the pregnancy was difficult. Spectravision ended up needing a Caesarian section and losing her foal. Adding more tragedy, during the procedure they discovered the mare had multiple adhesions in her abdomen. Due to the medical condition, Judy knew Spectravision would be unable to physically carry a baby and it was very unlikely they could ever get an embryo from her. Of course, as a broodmare, Spectravision was then no good to us but we never forgot this beautiful mare. Judy never gave up hope on the mare she loved, however. After years of wishing and begging to her vet, Dr. David Hartman of Whitesboro, TX, he finally agreed to attempt an embryo transfer or oocyte transfer (experimental procedure) on Spectravision in hopes of making Judy's dream come true. When Judy told us she was "going for broke" in her attempt for the chance at a show filly by her mare, we all knew that it was a long shot. Judy was persistent and optimistic. She made arrangements to proceed and decided to take the further gamble of breeding her to a Quarter Horse! After careful research she chose a stallion that she felt was the absolute best cross for her mare possible. This stallion was not just ANY Quarter Horse...this was the Four Time AQHA World Champion, Multiple AQHA World champion producer, and Congress Grand Champion stallion "Call Me Phenomenal." But this was a stallion that also happened to be hypp N/H. Judy states "We were really in awe of the 'Call Me Phenomenal' horse and had admired him from the time he was a baby. We knew the risk - the worst case scenario was a solid N/H stud colt. The best case scenario was a colored N/N filly." She comments, "I became a gambler!!" She set up the stallion's arrangements with the outstanding stallion manager, Danny Salsman. Much to everyone's surprise, they were able to flush an embryo on the first try. Judy states, "Everyone here and at the clinic was cheering!" Just as miraculously and against tremendous odds, the embryo took in of all things....a loud overo PAINT recipient mare! The pregnancy was not without it's problems. The recipient mare had serious uterine issues and needed weeks of antibiotics. Further, she also needed progesterone supplementation throughout the pregnancy in order to successfully carry the foal. Judy was on pins and needles through out the pregnancy. As the pregnancy progressed, everyone laughed at even the possibility of seeing an appaloosa colored foal born to the wrong kind of spots!

Meanwhile...at Sawyer Creek, John and I made the decision to sell our beloved black leopard stallion, Hi Tech Cowboy, at the World Sale and our junior few spot stallion, Clear Vision, to "go for broke" ourselves. We had arranged to purchase "Maid for Show" from the Hall of Fame breeder, Jim Wild, of the Flying W Ranch. Though Maid for Show, or J.W. as we affectionately called him, was not a leopard, he made our dream of owning a National and World Champion stallion for our breeding program come true! J.W. exceeded all our expectations. Not only was he an exceptional looking horse, but he had that disposition that endeared everyone to him. We thought we would go into our old age with J.W. as he was the epitome of what we felt a breeding stallion should be- excellent conformation, keen athletic ability, superior pedigree, loud color and superb disposition. We could easily picture sitting on our rocking chairs on the porch watching him in the corral retire along with us. Unfortunately that was not the case. About the same time our just turned 4 yr. old stallion died tragically of an unexpected heart attack and our dreams with him...what happens? Against the most incredible odds every step of the way, Judy's paint recipient mare gives birth to Spectravision's loud leopard COLT! Could this be fate?

Judy states, "After months of waiting impatiently and LOTS of stress, on February 9, 2006 our little miracle was born-a red LEOPARD stud colt. We were ecstatic! Not only did he have great color, he was a grand looking little guy and quickly became the 'talk of the town'. We anxiously awaited the results of his HYPP test and once again, luck was with us-it came back N/N!! Wow-I had big dreams for him!" Needless to say, he is a phenomenon. Though grief stricken, John and I immediately noticed how truly special this colt was. J.W. would be a tough act to follow and this colt was the one to fit the bill. He had the most incredible pedigree- unlike anything currently in our industry. Not only was his lineage loaded with World and National Champions but they were PROVEN producers of World and National Champions with bloodline niches that were considered "golden." He is the ONLY Appaloosa offspring of the undefeated "Call Me Phenomenal." He is only offspring of the great 3X Bronze Medallion winning mare Spectravision. In addition, he also had the elusive and difficult to produce loud leopard coat pattern that Sawyer Creek strives for. It didn't take us long to see that this very special colt had all the qualities we sought after and could take over the progression of our program to where J.W. left off. We quickly decided this colt was meant to be at Sawyer Creek. Judy comments about their decision to sell the colt she never thought she'd part with, "After much deliberation, we decided they could offer him a better chance of influencing the Appaloosa breed than we could since we don't routinely breed and don't stand stallions at this facility. I knew he would have the best of care and be able to use his potential to the best of his ability in their program and a deal was struck. We are thrilled for them and am anxious to watch him grow, mature and see the next generation of great appaloosa leopards develop!" By selling us this incredible colt Judy will have the money to challenge the odds again for her filly.

The rest is up to fate. Our goal is to breed and produce the highest quality Appaloosas, with emphasis on leopards. In order to better our breed we now have purchased this "phenomenal boy" for our future stallion. It's time for Sawyer Creek to build an exciting new dream! Come along for the ride. Phenomenal's story has been featured in the book The Legendary Appaloosa.

We test bred Phenomenal to three mares for foals in 2009 and his 2010 crop is just arriving. We couldn't be more pleased with his production. All have outstanding conformation and dispositions. Watch for these truly PHENOMENAL babies in the show ring. News Flash! Phenomenal is leaving the country! We wish his new owners continued success.

Grand-Sire Notes:
THE PHENOMENAL: (1994) A 2001 AQHA Leading Sire Of Halter ROM. The Phenomenal Sired 166 Foals/81 were Performers. Earning 1,222 Halter Wins; 1,730 Halter Points; 15 World Championships; 7 Halter Superior Awards; 1 Reserve World Championship; 493 Grand Championships; 461 Reserve Grand Championships; 53 Halter ROMs. Other Earnings: AQHA IF $31,969; AQHA World Show $45,384; PHBA Halter Points 43; IBHA Halter Points 104. Including- WINCREDIBLE (World Champion Open & Amateur 2 Yr Old Stallion; World Champion Open & Amateur Yearling Stallion; Equi-Stat #2 Yearling Halter Stallion). SHEZ FANCY FANCY (AQHA/APHA) (2001 AQHA Open & Amateur 2 Yr Old Mare; 2002 APHA World Champion Open & Amateur 3 Yr Old Mare; 2001 APHA World Champion Open & Amateur Mare), HEZA Phenomenal (2002 AQHYA World Champion 2 Yr Old Gelding; Top 10, 2001 World Championship Open Yearling Stallions); CALL ME Phenomenal(2001 World Champion 2 Yr Old Stallion; World Champion Yearling Stallion, World Champion Open & Amateur Weanling Stallion); LOOK N Phenomenal (Congress Champion Youth Weanling Mare); A PHENOMINAL STAR (69 Pts & $4664, Congress Res Champion Amateur Weanling Mare; 4th AQHYA World Championship Yearling Mare & Top 10, World 2 Yr Old Mares; ROM Open, Amateur & Youth Halter); Phenomenal FIGURE (4th, 2002 AQHYA World Championship 2 YR Old Mares; ROM Open Halter); PHENOMENESS (77 Pts, 6th 2001 World Championship Open & Amateur 2 Yr Old Mares, Superior Halter).

Pictured at 1 year old

Pictured at 2 1/2 months old with Cowboy Junkee

The Package

Priority Package (Baxter)- 2008

SOLD!

News Flash!
Baxter's full brother, "Investment Package" is a 3X ApHC World Champion, winning Open Yearling Halter Stallion in 2008 and both the Open and Non-Pro 2yr Halter World Championships!

2008 Red roan stallion with snowflakes, small spots, 16.2 hands. Baxter is TALL, TALL, TALL, pretty and incredibly BALANCED. Baxter is the spitting image of his sire "The Package." The Package is a 2X AQHA World Champion, Open and Amateur Superior halter horse (166.5 pts). 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. Baxter'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, Baxter's pedigree reads like the Who's Who of both the ApHC and AQHA! Look for him 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 sister to both Investment Package and Baxter (Picadilly Lily) on our broodmare page. She has already proven herself a top producer in our program.