"Sage" is a 1999 dun daughter of Nifty Horatio, and own son of Horatio who was an own son of Sugar Bars. We sold Nifty Horatio in the 1990s to a breeder in Colorado who continued to breed Nifty to several of their mares. In the fall of 1999 Nifty passed away. His last foal was out of a mare, Paulie Ebony, that my father had sold to the same family. This last foal was Sage and in August of 2004 we were able to personally meet the Bakkes and acquire this last mare of Nifty. Sage has plenty of cow sense and is a working ranch horse.

Nifty Horatio's dam, Nifty Rickels, was a halter point winner and dam of 12 foals with one as a performer, Heather Light an 1964 dun mare by Leo Lightning. Foals out of this mare were performers in racing (Sugarton, a 1977 dun gelding by Louton Jet), performance winner and National Cutting Horse Association winner (Right Sugar Dandee, a 1978 dun stallion by Ima Dandee Bar $5,388.66), performance winner, halter winner, novice winner (HF Lady Ration, a 1996 dun mare by Clarks Hill Billie).

Nifty Rickel's sire was Rickel's Cody, the grandsire of 272 foals of which 34 were performers collectively earning 193 Performance wins, 274 Performance Points, 49 Halter wins, 33.0 Halter Points, 4 Performance ROMs, 3 World Championships, 1 Performance Superior Award, 1 Reserve World Championship, 8 Grand Championships, 14 reserve World Championships, 9 All Around Championships. Other earnings: AQHA World Championship Show $7,715.98, National Cutting Horse Assoc. $1,284.83, National Reining Horse Assoc. $4,951.36, 108 Palomino Horse Breeders Halter Points, and 89 Palomino Horse Breeders Performance Points.