Cedar Creek Nicklesby
Cedar Creek Nickelsby, by the great Nicodemus (Merit of Breeding, VHOF, Supreme driving award and two time National Champion) and out of a Merit of Breeding jennet, Pollyhana. (photo courtesy of Cedar Creek Farm, Barb Grubb)
Nick was awarded the ADMS Versatility Hall of Fame Award (see article in July/Aug 2008 Brayer) and several High Point awards before coming to Brayberry. He also has Champion and Reserve Champion halter gelding wins to his credit. Nick is very versatile, with past wins in in hand trail, lead races, in hand jumping as well as pleasure driving, reinsmanship, obstacle driving, pole bending and stake races (shown by Barbara Grubb, Cedar Creek Farm.) His 1/2 sister, Cedar Creek’s April Love, is one of the top winning show jennets in the country having been named NMDA Year End High Point Jennet two years in a row. (She has earned her ADMS Versatility Hall of Fame Award, was 2004 ADMS National Champion Miniature Donkey and was also the first miniature jennet to obtain the ADMS Supreme Driving Award.) This picture is of Nick at Cedar Creek with Barbara at the reins.
He came to Brayberry in 2014, unexpectedly. While in south Texas on a visit checking out a herdsire, it came up in conversation that he might be available. Of course we jumped on that! Every Cedar Creek donkey we had ever seen was a performance dream. We were told that Nick had been trained as a child’s show donkey but was not currently being used…what could be better? We were very excited for him to join the ranks and have been so pleased with him. He is quite a character and entertainer! He has a few tricks up his sleeve…you may find him sitting around on his bean bag, retrieving a frisby or playing ball. You never know what Nick’s going to be up to. We took him to the Springfield show shortly after he had arrived. We had only had time to harness him once (the night before the show), so we weren’t sure what to expect. But, my oh my, what a performance! 1st in Showmanship, 1st in Obstacle Driving, 2nd in Halter, 2nd in Trail, 2nd in Pleasure Driving in a huge class of 20 entries (that’s a lot of driving donkeys) and in the ribbons in several other classes! Nick is a fun little donkey to have around. Here are a few pics of him since he’s relocated to Brayberry.
Team: Nick and Jester
(click on above photos for larger images)
PEDIGREE: both sire and dam are Merit of Breeding award recipients as well as VHOF and Supreme driving award being credited to his sire (the great Nicodemus)
ATTITUDE: Willing, outstanding, obedient…need we say more
Awards
shown by Barbara Grubb, Cedar Creek Farm
ADMS Versatility Hall of Fame Award
All American Mule and Donkey Congress, Jackson, OH, April 2008
Champion Gelding@Halter
High Point Champion Green
The Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show, Shelbyville, TN, July 2008
NMDA High Point Champion Green
All American Mule and Donkey Congress, Jackson, OH, April 2007
NMDA High Point Champion Green
New Jersey State Fair, Sussex, NJ, August 2006
1st Place Yearling Geldings and Jacks@Halter
Dixie Classic Fair, Winston-Salem, NC, September 2006
1st Place Halter
North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, NC, October, 2006
1st Place Yearling Geldings@Halter
Nick returns to the show ring after 6 years off! Here are some achievements since relocating to Brayberry:
Awards
Ozark Empire Fair, Springfield, MO, July, 2014
2nd Place, Geldings@Halter, 3yr and over (class of 15)
1st Place, Showmanship@Halter
1st Place, Obstacle Driving
2nd Place, Pleasure Driving
2nd Place, Trail class
4th Place, In-Hand Jumping
5th Place, Barrel Race
6th Place, Snigging
Music City Show, Shelbyville, TN, July, 2015
4th Place, Geldings@Halter, 5yr and over
2nd Place, Obstacle Driving
3rd Place, Pleasure Driving
3rd Place, Showmanship@Halter
4th Place, Trail
The Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show, Shelbyville, TN, July, 2015
2nd Place, In-Hand Trail
3rd Place, Reinsmanship
3rd Place, In-Hand Jumping
4th Place, Pleasure Driving
4th Place, Obstacle Driving
4th Place, Coon Jumping
5th Place, Barrels
6th Place, Single Stake Race
Pedigree
Coming soon!