Spotlight on Our Member!

Fred & Nancy Fick, Longmont, Colorado

The first encounter that we had with Hank Weiscamp was on a day in February of 1973. We had owned a few horses since 1964. Fred had had horses off and on since he was in grade school. There was a horse called Skip N Go that caught our eye at one of the horse shows in our area. We thought he was the best thing we had ever seen. One morning we just decided to go see where he came from, so off to Alamosa, Colorado we went.

We popped in unannounced and the first thing Hank asked us was what did we want. We told him that we wanted to look at some good horses. He said " you should have gone to Texas because they tell me that's where all the good ones are." We visited with Hank for a few hours and then he showed us a million horses. They were all one kind. There was one that we thought was maybe even a little better than Skip N Go. The following year we purchased a palomino stallion Spanish Native from Hank. We still have one of his daughters.

	Through the years we purchased a few mares from Hank to go with the stallion. The first foal that we had, Kotter Key Scotch, was out of a mare who was by The Scotchman that we previously owned. Kotter Key Scotch accumulated a total of 520 AQHA points in open and youth classes. We bred and raised Kotter Key Illusions, Kotter Key Captain and Kotter Key Major, who all earned AQHA halter points. Kotter Key Melody earned halter points in the Buckskin Association and Kotter Key Gunner was the high point stallion of the Colorado Palomino Association.
Kotter Key Gunner is by the horse that we bought from the Weiscamp estate after Hank died. His name is Skipper Wring. This is the first year that we've had a filly by Skipper Wring so we are very excited about that. This year also we purchased a very nice mare, Skip Spanish Union, from the Allreds. We have always been more interested in breeding the horses than the showing part, even though we still go to a few shows.
All of our mares are predominantly Wiescamp bloodlines. We are a mom and pop operation and only have five or six mares at a time, but that's enough to keep us busy. If you are ever in the area please stop by and visit with us.