Nifty Offspring
Nifty is proving to be a tremendous sire of strong athletic and beautiful offspring with excellent dispositions. Some of the foals you will see here are out of very different types of mares from Welsh to Arabian and Quarter horse. He is producing Champion and and Champion quality as well as wonderful family ponies for all reasons. Here are some of the foals from 2006.
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Custom Cut Crystal sired by Nifty and out of 3/4 Arabian mare R Crystal Petra. A very Happy 12th Birthday to Brindi. Terry and I are excited and more than pleased to announce that on Friday November 9th, Brian and Wendi Young surprised their daughter, Brindi with the birthday gift of a young girls dreams. Flanked by four of her best friends, Brindi was more than surprised, as she stood in the opening of the stall. To her amazement, there stood a beautiful chestnut and white, 20 month old, pinto filly with a big red bow tied around her neck. As Brindi realized that the filly was her birthday gift, she slowly walked toward her, while the filly turned toward Brindi, and reached with her nose to Brindi's outstretched hand. The look on Brindi's face reflected the beginning of a long and close relationship. Brindi's Grandmother Katheryn said to me that the filly looked just like pictures that Brindi had been drawing since she was a very little girl and that this was a dream come true for her. Within a few days Brindi and Crystal were out, exploring new things and experiences and with the help and guidence of Brindi's Mom, Wendi, the pair were taking on trail obstacles in hand and getting very well connected. 3rd photo by Dave Schumaker |
   
In early 2005 I went on a search for "the perfect" mare to breed to Nifty in hopes of producing our next driving star. I searched for months and found nothing that Terry and I could settle on. We were disappointed until one afternoon I went out to see my friend and long time partner Gramma Barbara. As I looked into the field where a number of ponies were happily grazing on fresh hay I saw a very pretty young mare that caught my eye as if I had never seen her before. She was a solid bay with a blaze and a glow that set her apart from the rest. I asked Gramma Barbara "who is that"? Her reply was one of some impatience as she stood in front of me and said, "now Jane, that is Princess". I looked at her then at the mare and back at Gramma Barbara and replied, "our Princess"? Gramma Barbara said flatly "YES, our Princess". I thought for a moment and asked Gramma Barbara if I could have her, and she said yes...So this changed my plan and now I was looking for the right stallion to breed to this lovely Nifty daughter. I found this to be equally as difficult as the search for a mare but finally decided on the wonderful German Riding Pony stallion "Makuba" Owned by Klaus Biesenthal. Well, that was about the longest gestation in history even though Max arrived two weeks early. He is tall, elegant and all that we could hope for and more.. I am proud as a breeder of Sport Ponies that Nifty has produced this lovely daughter and she is now raising a stunning colt. Princess and Makuba are one incredible match and this cross has taken our breeding program to a whole new direction that we are very pleased with. Jane Anne and Terry Merritt |
   Nifty's
daughter, Custom Cut Diamond was born in early May to our lovely
Section B Welsh Pony Mare, Spring Song Sun Flower. Diamond is an
exquisite Sport Pony type with excellent movement and athletic
ability. She is a rosy roan like mom. She is full of life and energy
and has a delightful personality to match. She has big soft wide set
intelligent eyes that she uses to find and get into mischief. She is
very animated and very friendly. She will be registered Half Welsh
and ASPR. Now 17 months old has grown into a beautiful youngster
with incredible movement. She will mature at about 13.2 to 13.3 and
is very bold. She is an excellent driving or hunter prospect as she
likes to jump anything. She is pictured here at 15 months old
playing with her half sister Crystal. She is now being offered for
sale to a home that is looking for a show pony for driving and or
Hunter. |
What are Nifty's Offpspring doing now? |
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are happy to present this lovely coming three year old Nifty
daughter. CC. Princess BL. She is out of "Queen B Lively"
Welsh cross mare. Princess is 13.2 hands and a dark rich bay
with four elegant black legs and a blaze. This pony is athletic and
confident with beautifull movement. Princess has grown into a
lovey young mare and will be under saddle and driving in the spring
of 2004. She was bred by Barbara Lively.
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 Owned
by Mary Laing of Culpepper Virginia "Sunset's Custom Copy"
AKA "Tipsy" is out of "Just A Friend" TB / Welsh
Mare sired by Nifty. He was 2 in May. Right now he measures 13.2 at
his withers, but he is 14 hands on his rearend as he is going through
a growth spurt. I suspect he is going to be a good size large when he
is done. He has a great mind on him and loves that he is being worked
now. When we started lounging him over the fences, he was literally
seeking out the next jump! He has a very mishevious and playful side
to him as well. You can't leave anything within mouths reach of his
stall or he will turn it into a toy! He walks around with his food bin
in his mouth like a dog. He is a wonderful pony! |
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 The
folks from Coppercreek Ranch have sent this lovely picture of "Custom
Crystal Cowgirl". We are proud of this lovely pony and the
folks at Coppercreek Ranch and the work they do with summer camp for
children and ponies: "We have had a professional photographer at
Coppercreek camp this last weekend and he took this fabulous shot of
Custom Crystal Cowgirl aka Christy. We love Christy's form in this
photo. The girl is Kaylie Lorber (from the Davis area) and she has
been coming to camp for quite sometime. The photo was taken by Steve
Beaudet. |
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 August
of 2007 - Copper Creek Camp Update from Camp director, Lauren."I
just had to email you this picture of Christy from yesterday. This girl
has "Central Core Disease" which means she cannot build muscle mass and
needs to ride a very gentle horse. She picked Christy and they are doing
very well together". |
For information or videos on any of these ponies please contact me at painted.sportpony@hughes.net.