Little Pine Creek Quarter Horses

Mountain View, Missouri

Trail and pleasure quarterhorses for sale

Champion All-Around show mare for sale
Hunt Seat prospect for sale

see below

Trail Class prospect		Western pleasure prospect
	FOR SALE
Topnotch Tiger Lily "Tilly" 2007 sorrel mare Sire: Zip to the Topnotch Dam: Lily Cash Kat (see both below) Tilly has shown she could do well in Trail classes, as she quickly mastered trotting and loping over poles while in training this spring. She has good movement, nice markings, a sweet disposition and is easy to handle. see on-line video	Both mares have good movement, take both leads, and turn pliably, as you'll see in our on-line videos. Their primary rider has been a 14-year-old girl, which testifies to their good dispositions. See pix of these two as foals, crossing the creek on a trail ride	A Gucci Zipper "Amy" 2007 bay mare Sire: Gucci Only, by Invitation Only Dam: Zip on in Kayla, (see below) During training this past spring, Amy exhibited promise as a Western Pleasure show-quality mover. A pro trainer said she could be ready for AQHA-level competition in about 120 days. She is a quick learner with an accomodating disposition. see on-line video

Solid Trail horse		Hunt Seat prospect
	FOR SALE
Topnotch Grace "Grace" 2004 bay dun mare Sire: Zip to the Topnotch Dam: Glorious Grace (see both below) Grace is comfortable most anywhere out on the trail, crossing water without hesitation. She is well-broke, picks up both leads, pivots, loads, and lots more. She's pretty too, with a nice chunky build, and a dun stripe to boot. see on-line video		Topnotch Tux N Tails "Tux" 2008 bay gelding Sire: Mr. Coats N Tails, an Invitation Only grandson Dam: Zip on in Kayla, (see below) This appendix-registered gelding has a quarter horse mind in a thoroughbred body. He's quite patient and unflappable for a horse of his body style. He's just waiting for a trainer to perfect his long sweeping Hunt Seat trot. see on-line video

TOPNOTCH CADENCE
All-Around Champion show mare
shown by
CLARA VAUGHN

2009 SHOW SEASON Arkansas Quarter Horse Asso. YOUTH ALL-AROUND CHAMPION & NOVICE YOUTH ALL-AROUND CHAMPION Performed in Oklahoma City at the 2009 AQHA YOUTH WORLD SHOW Qualified for World in Trail, Western Horsemanship, Hunt Seat Equitation, and Hunter Under Saddle	Topnotch Cadence and Clara Vaughn showing in Hunter Under Saddle at Pine Bluff, Ar. Photo: SumRall Photography, May 2009
Clara Vaughn heads for college this fall. She is ready to let another competitor take "Topsy" to new heights. We raised this mare. Clara started her as a two-year-old and won an open all-around trophy at Topsy's first AQHA show. Topsy was two and Clara was 13. Since then, with limited showing, the duo has earned over 60 AQHA points in all divisions, plus won two Arkansas QHA Youth All-Around year-end championships, has shown at the AQHA Youth World Show twice in multiple events, and been awarded numerous AQHA All-Around show certificates.		Topnotch Cadence 2003 mare Sire: Zip to the Topnotch Dam: Lupes Cash Kat, by Kat Man Zip

2008 SHOW SEASON

Arkansas Quarter Horse Asso.
YOUTH ALL-AROUND CHAMPION
&
NOVICE YOUTH RESERVE
ALL-AROUND CHAMPION

2008 South Central Horse Show Asso. VERSATILITY YOUTH CHAMPION

and performed at the
2008 AQHA YOUTH WORLD

Qualified for World in Trail, Hunt Seat Equitation, and Hunter Under Saddle

Above: At the 2008 AQHA Youth World Show. From left: Trainer Linda Risner, sister Tegan Vaughn, mother Denise Vaughn, Clara (mounted on "Topsy"), aunt Jean Haltom, and father Glenn Vaughn. Photo by KC Montgomery At right: "Topsy" and Clara showing in Arkansas. To win the 2008 ArQHA All-Around award, the two competed in Hunter Under Saddle, Equitation, Trail, Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, Showmanship, Halter, & Reining. Both photos by SumRall Photography
Topnotch Cadence is now for sale.	Circuit Champs in Equitation at the ArQHA Memorial Day Show, Pine Bluff, Ark.	Executing a Trail pattern while on the Arkansas Circuit.

OUR OZARK-RAISED QUARTER HORSES ARE GREAT
FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY

Country trails

Raising horses in the Ozarks for over 25 years, we've produced plenty of well-mannered young horses that have been handled since birth. Surrounded by miles of backwoods trail, our young mounts learn to cross creeks, climb steep hills, and get comfortable in the woods. Photo at right is Gary Thomlinson riding Doc Crackerjack and Denise Vaughn riding Zipnzorro along Little Pine Creek. For other photos of our young horses in action, click here to see
A Day on The Trail.

Town shows

Photo at left, taken at an Arkansas open show in May 2004, is Zip on in Kayla, a daughter of Zip to the Topnotch, during the filly's two-year-old show season.

Shown by Clara Vaughn, then age 12, that year Kayla earned a number of blue ribbons and a fair chunk of cash, competing in western pleasure against experienced horses.

During 2005, at age three, Kayla became an all-around horse, competing at AQHA breed shows in Hunter Under Saddle, Hunt Seat Equitation, Showmanship, Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, and Trail. Kayla was Ozark Quarter Horse Association 2005 Reserve Champion in Equitation and Horsemanship in the Novice Youth division.

FOR SALE

Lily Cash Kat
2000 AQHA mare

Lily is a great combination of show horse, trail horse, and brood mare.

This is a solid, healthy, well-trained, versatile mare with a very quiet disposition.

She'll trail ride solo with no trace of herd-bound behavior. She makes a good "boyfriend horse."

WE'VE SOLD SOME GOOD ONES

Ozark-raised quarterhorses are great for town shows, rural trails, .... and other countries!

Glory transplanted to Germany

Pictured above is our grullo mare Glory, at a Willow Springs, Missouri, show in 2002. In 2005, Glory flew to Germany, imported by a German breeder who specializes in AQHA foundation-bred grullo horses. She is now owned by Ilse Sidon, also of Germany. As of 2010, Glory has given birth to four foals since arriving in Germany.

Genie exported to Canada

Doc's Glorious Genie, a 2003 buttermilk dun, is shown here at age two, crossing Little Pine Creek after fewer than a dozen rides.

In 2009, Genie left the Ozarks for the wide-open lands north of the border, traveling with a trainer who focuses on ranch work.

SOLD CLOSER TO HOME


Zip to the Topnotch Our founding sire, "Rusty" stood at Risner Quarter Horses in West Plains for many years. Two of his daughters showed at the AQHA Youth World Show in 2008, and one, our mare Topnotch Cadence, was Arkansas Youth All-Around Champion two years running. His offspring have tallied many AQHA points. Rusty's 1/2 sister Fantastic Invitation is an AQHA World Champion with over 700 AQHA points. With so many of Rusty's daughters now forming the majority of our herd, we have sold "Rusty." We hope he does well in his new home in Arkansas. See pix of Rusty's 2004 - 2006 foals		Polly Topnotch In 2008, Danna Cornell of West Plains, Mo. bought Polly Topnotch and for a time kept her in Risner's show barn. She proved to be very quiet and agreeable both at shows and on the trail. This 2005 daughter of Zip to the Topnotch qualifed for the Multi-State Invitational Championship show as a two-year-old. Ridden in photo above by trainer Amanda Mayers, Polly is crossing a "bridge" used in Trail Class competitions. Click here to see more Polly pix, plus on-line video of Polly's go at the horse show, winning first place in her first class ever entered. Full sister Topnotch Tiger Lily is still available.

OUR ASSOCIATES AND NEIGHBORS

For the best in Western Pleasure or Hunt Seat quarter horses, we recommend Risner Ranches in West Plains, Missouri. The Risners raise, sell, train, show, and board quarter horses, offering heated barns and indoor and outdoor arenas. They also give lessons in both Western and English riding. Contact Linda Risner at 417-274-1917.

Our friends at Ozark Equine break young horses, giving them great experience on trails in the Mark Twain National Forest. For photos of of a typical training trail ride, see A Day on The Trail. To contact Gary and Susan at Ozark Equine, call 417-469-0105 or email <ozarkequine@socket.net>.

And, the neighbors next door also raise horses, at Little Pine Creek Missouri Fox Trotters. If you're looking for foxtrotters, contact Ann at www.littlepinecreek.com.

Learn more about

Little Pine Creek Quarter Horses
article reprinted with permission from

Ozark Farm and Neighbor, October 2005

Owner:
Denise Vaughn

417-934-6673
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