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B a s i c s

Name

ed Name; Six Gun Skip A Nick

Barn Name; Nicky

Nicknames; Nick, Nickerman, Grump, Grumpy, Old Man, Baseline Disgruntled, Poppy, Pops, Big Boy, Nippy, Grandpa, Weirdo, Dork

I don’t know how Nicky got his name, but I love his ed name! Also, he certainly has gotten a lot of nicknames from us!

Pedigree

Sire; Sonnys Six Gun Dun

Dam; Dukes Pebble

Well known ancestors; Sonnys 00 Buck

Nicky has a lot of reining horses in his pedigree, his grandsire Sonnys 00 Buck was a pretty popular reining horse I was told when we bought Nicky.

Aesthetics

Gender; Gelding

Height; 14.2

Coat Color; Flaxen Chestnut

Age; 20

Nicky is a American Quarter Horse. He is quite a stocky boy, and has a very big head for his breed. His coat doesn’t get very fluffy in the winter, but he has a very soft coat in the summer.

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B a c k s t o r y

Owners

Breeder; Unknown

Past owner(s); Sarah Allen, Tammy Barton

Current owner; My dad

Current leaser; N/A

Nicky is my dad’s boy, has been ever since we bought him. I don’t know who his breeder is, but his previous owners were Sarah Allen and Tammy Barton. Nicky was foaled in Montana.

Discipline

Current discipline(s); N/A

Past Discipline(s); Reining

Nicky was in trained to be a reining horse before he injured himself at the young age of 3 years old, which caused life long damage to his left hind leg. Nicky is retired.

Training

Current trainer; N/A

Past trainer(s); Unknown

Age training started; Unknown

Age training stopped; 3

Nicky is green broke, he probably wasn’t trained that well due to being injured at a young age.

Current

Current rider(s); N/A

Past rider(s); Unknown

Nicky is retired, so he isn’t ridden anymore. I’m not sure if he was ridden by his previous owners.

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P e r s o n a l i t y

Habits

Bad habits; Disrespectful, nippy

Good habits; Very calm

Neutral habits; Knows his name, follows people around

Nicky is a little disrespectful sometimes, and he his quite nippy. He is very calm however. He will follow you around if he likes you enough.

Behavior

Around strangers; Calm

Around familiar humans; Calm. friendly, talkative,

Around strange horses; Calm

Around familiar horses; Calm, friendly, talkative

Nicky loves anyone and everyone, especially if they have treats. Nicky loves other horses too.

Cues

Sensitivity; Not sensitive at all

Smartness; He’s quite smart

Dominate trait; Bucking

Other notable traits; Pinning his ears

Nicky is completely ignorant of cues due to the fact that he doesn’t know what they mean, which causes him to get confused and buck. Nicky doesn’t like being ridden in general because of his leg, so he pins his ears when you ride him. This is also why we retired him.

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N o t a b l e

Despite all of Nicky’s issues, he is the sweetest boy ever. He is goofy, and gives everyone a good laugh every once in awhile!

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C r e d i t s

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