The Nokota Horse Conservancy - Partners

Seth Zeigler and Family Farm

Felton, PA

sites.google.com/site/zeiglernokotas/

Seth Zeigler went to the Kuntz Ranch to volunteer more than five years ago, and he bought his first Nokota shortly thereafter. His original intention was to take one stallion and one mare back to Pennsylvania and join the Marines, but his experiences at the Ranch changed all of that and he ended up living in North Dakota, and now Minnesota, and later sending a small herd of Nokotas back to his family farm in south-central PA to be cared for by Dave, Anne, and Zach Zeigler. This small band of Nokotas is currently the only breeding herd east of Illinois, although that very happily will change in the next few years as the young horses belonging to other breeders mature.

The Zeigler farm has a few fully foundation Nokotas for sale and many more to visit, if you are curious about the breed, so please feel free to contact us.

Jim and Laurie Sacks

Wary Wolf Nokotas

Berks County, PA

LBS213@aol.com

Spirit

Jim and Laurie Sacks of Berks County, Pennsylvania currently own 3 Nokotas. To fulfill their dream of becoming Nokota preservation breeders, the Sacks recently purchased a beautiful historic 50-acre property in Berks County, PA, outside of Philadelphia.

The pride of their small herd is the charismatic Spirit - a fully Traditional 2004 blue roan colt by Spotted Gordon out of a Target daughter. Spirit has been wowing the crowds for quite a while - considering his young age.

As a long weanling, Spirit was selected by Leo Kuntz to represent the Nokotas at the 2005 Minnesota Horse Expo. Shortly after that, Spirit was once again chosen to represent the breed and journeyed 1,600 miles from his North Dakota home to take part in the Team Nokota Exhibition at the 2005 Devon Horse Show in Pennsylvania. Shortly thereafter, Jim and Laurie Sacks purchased Spirit as a future foundation stallion.

But like potato chips - one Nokota is never enough. The Sacks quickly decided to purchase Spirit's stable mate - Three-Eyed Wolf. Snowy - as he is called - is a 2004 Nokota colt sired by Dancing Wolf out of a Lakota Dancer daughter. A classic 'old Ranch type' Nokota, the bald-faced bay Snowy was also selected to represent the breed at Team Nokota's Devon event.

And finally, to provide their young Nokota colts with an 'adult' role-model and as a riding horse for Laurie, the Sacks have arranged a long-term lease of 9 year old Midnight Blue - a black, dressage-trained Nokota gelding owned by Pam Pew of West Grove, PA.

While Laurie enjoys trail riding with Blue, Spirit and Snowy will be put into professional training as they mature. The Sacks look forward to campaigning both colts in the show ring and to Spirit's future as their foundation stallion at Wary Wolf Nokotas.

Snowy

Jerry and Linda Heusler

High Bluff Nokota Horse Preservation Ranch

3479 Genesis Drive

Keuka Park, NY 14478

315-374-3795(c)

315-536-9878(h)

littlecricket@peoplepc.com

We first heard about Nokota horses in 2005. Vacation that year was a trip to North Dakota to see these wonderful animals and hear their story. Learning that there were so few left in the world - and because we fell instantly in love - we knew we had to join the effort to save this noble breed.

With the help of Frank and Leo Kuntz and Shelly Hauge we now have a breeding herd of six. Two stallions, two brood mares (which should provide us our first babies in the Spring 2007)and two yearling fillies for the future. Our bloodlines go back to Lakota Dancer, Black Fox and War Chief to name a few. We also have two tobiano geldings for trail riding.

We would love to show you our beauties or talk about this awesome breed. The Nokota story is as rich and historic as the land they call home. We are available Sunday through Friday and would truly enjoy the chance to spread the news about the Nokota. Please call for an appointment @ 315-536-9878.

Elizabeth Bell

Painted Moon Farm, LLC

555 South Main Street

Madison, GA 30650

elizabeth@paintedmoonfarm.com

www.paintedmoonfarm.com

Painted Moon Farm's Painted Dream.

In December, 2005, my husband and I flew from Madison, Georgia to Linton, to choose the first horse I would ever own. Painted Moon Dream, a three year-old dapple grey, captured my soul, and just a week later, Shelly and Frank delivered her to Georgia - the best Christmas present ever.

There was another filly, though, that we had left in Linton, but that we could not get out of our hearts. We knew that we wanted to have her, too, and to be a part of the Kuntz' work to preserve the Nokotas.

In April, 2006, we went back to find our Black Fox Blaze, and picked out two more beautiful mares, as well. All three were bred that summer, came to us in the fall, and by the summer of 2008, our herd was begun with three precious foals!

If you're ever near Madison, Georgia, we would love to have you visit.

2008 Foal at Painted Moon Farm

Rodney and Christine Whipple

Crum Creek Nokota Horse Ranch

402 Walnut

Arapahoe, NE 68922

308-962-7555 (h)

nerod_66@yahoo.com

www.crumcreeknokotas.com

Crum Creek Ranch is nestled in the Republican River Valley located in South-Central Nebraska. We are proud to be the first Nokota Breeder in our great Husker State. Beautiful rolling hills and bluffs make it a perfect setting for a small band of Nokotas.

Bitten by the Nokota bug in 2006, and after a considerable amount of information gathering, we made our trip to the Kuntz Ranch. Our goal was to return with a small band of yearling mares that would individually represent notable Old Lineage Parkies further preserving this magnificent breed. We settled on 4 yearling mares representing notable lineages such as, Red Cloud, Nacona, Target, Crazy Horse and Lakota Dancer.

Since that time the girls have shown to be everything we thought they would be. Competing in 4H, a number of horse clinics and ground driving lessons has proven them capable of becoming confident companions.

We are happy to announce that The Crum Creek Nokota Horse Ranch will be expecting our first foals in the early summer of 2011. We are interested in all inquiries and are always happy to spread the Nokota Word:)

Ron Ahlersmeyer

9918 Silver Springs

Bonne Terre, MO 63628

(573) 915-4749(h)

ronahlersmeyer@yahoo.com

Ron Ahlersmeyer is a Nokota trainer and breeder who both stands his stallion for outside use and uses him himself both for breeding and riding - a Traditional Nokota stallion named Ghost Dancer. Ghost Dancer is a red roan son of Red Badger and the Bohen Blue who readily rides in the "Indian shuffle" and is known for his willing and quiet disposition. Ron has a number of fully foundation mares including Little Sioux (a tiger dun Ranch type mare by Grandpa Smoke and out of the Target Grey and dam of the filly pictured), Lakota (a blue roan Tradition mare by War Chief and out of Lakota Katz), and Thunder Hawk (a Traditional iron grey overo mare by Lakota Dancer and Curious Kicker). He also has a number of National Park Cross Nokotas and is actively producing National Park Part Blood Nokotas that share Arabian heritage and whom he intends to endurance race.

Chris and Bob Smith

Natural Elements

10901 Ivy Road

Fayette , IA 52142

(319)240-8886(h)

smithk9equine@gmail.com

We are located in the beautiful northeast Iowa hill country. We have a 5500-acre state park next to us. It has an equestrian campground and approximately 25 miles of trails open to horses.

Chris and I have a shared passion for horses. We each found the Nokota on our own through the web. We made some trips to investigate the breed and owners. We were impressed with the horses so much that we have begun to sell our own existing herd of mixed breeds to focus more on the Nokota. We bought a sweet little stud out of Smoke Signal, from Randal and Jane Shimmin. We bought two nice mares from Dave and Nola at Crazy R in Minnesota. One of the mares, Feather, is due to foal in the spring of 2010.

We are so looking forward to working with this breed. We are trainers as well and are impressed with the temperament and intelligence of the Nokota. We are also impressed with the passion for the breed that we have seen exhibited by those we have met who own them.

We welcome any inquiries and look forward to having some quality Nokotas to offer in the future.

Gary & Barb King

1659 County Rd 462

Poplar Bluff, Mo 63901

(573) 857-2619(h)

brkgmk@semo.net

Ghost Dancer, our herd stallion.

We've owned Nokota horses since 2002, when I got 1 stallion and 5 brood mares from Leo Kuntz. Our herd stallion, Ghost Dancer, is a red roan out of Red Badger. I have a total of 7 mares and we occassionally have foals available for sale. We have found Nokotas to be extremely intelligent and very quick learners. If interested, please don't hesitate to call and see what we might have available.

Traditional red roan filly, Cheyenne.

Randal and Jane Shimmin

870-105th Ave.

Roseville, IL 61473

309-426-2641 (weeken(h)

jshimmin@united.k12.il.us

www.united.k12.il.us/jshimmin/nokotas/nokotawebpage.html

Dakota, Traditional herd stallion

About 8 years ago, we traveled to North Dakota to visit the Kuntz ranch. We purchased two weanlings, a black stud colt, we named Dakota, and a blue roan filly, we named Blue Hawk.? Since then we have purchased and raised several others. We are very enthusiastic about the Nokota breed. They have a very interesting history and are a rare breed.? Nokota horses are very tame and easy to work with. They are very hardy in bad weather and have strong hooves, which rarely need any extra care. We use our horses on cattle and for trail riding. We also have quite a few Preschool and Kindergarten farm tours every year. These horses have great dispositions and love the attention from the small children.

Currently, we have Dakota, our black stallion, as our herd sire. We have eight mares; some in production and some soon to be. We have a young stud colt, named Smoke Signal. He is a gruello and white overo with stripes on his legs. We plan on using him in the future.

We have only a small herd, but we have a wide variety of colors. We usually have something for sale at all times. Currently, we have 4 yearlings for sale.

?Smoke Signal

Leo and Frank Kuntz

(Leo) 2170 77th St SE

Linton, ND 58552

701-782-4239(h)

A young overo filly, photo by Shelly Hauge

Leo and Frank Kuntz have been raising Nokota horses since the late 1970s, and are at the heart and core of the Nokota Horse Conservancy. They originally started raising Nokota horses for their ruggedness, soundness, and endurance (click here for Bad Toe, one of their first Nokotas).? They continue to be, by far, the largest Nokota breeders, and as such they have a very large selection of all types, shapes, and colors of Nokota horses for sale at all times (to learn about Nokota horses available for sale, please visit www.NokotaHorsesForSale.com.) This is the widest range of Nokota horses anywhere, from ponies to a few individuals that approach 17 hands, geldings, mares, stallions, fillies, colts, and foals. If you have any questions or requests please feel free to ask and we will see what we can do or find.

A larger red roan filly, photo by Lindsay Werkmeister.

Steven and Brenda Clemente

Red Rock Ranch

16609 167th Place

McAlpin, FL 32062

386-776-2570(h)

www.ClementesRedRockRanch.com

Grey Chief (center) and Rock Star (left) arrive in FL after much anticipation!! Pictured (l-r) with the new arrivals are Frank Kuntz, Shelly Hauge, Dawn Hager and Steven Clemente.

We first became interested in Nokotas a few years ago after stumbling onto the Conservancy website. After speaking with Shelly and Frank a few times we finally traveled to Linton, North Dakota in 2006. Impressed with what we saw, we knew we had to become involved in the Kuntz family's efforts to save this historic breed. To that end we picked out a stud, a gelding and six mares to become Preservation Breeders.

Our mares bloodlines include War Chief, Bay Castle, Dancing Wolf, Grey Butte II, Black Star, Grey Eagle, Red Badger and Black Squaw.

Our goal is to help preserve and increase the Nokota population. We hope that in someway we will help make a difference for the Nokota Horse.

Six carefully chosen Nokota mares enhance this new preservation herd.

Francois et Valerie Marchal

Nokota Ranch

3 route de Chantilly, Mongr?sin

Orry-la-Ville, Fr 60560

(33) 06 16 22 09 94(h)

nokota@free.fr

www.Nokota-Ranch.com

Thunder Bull is the archetype of the Ranch type Nokota - this very quiet and strong mare is the perfect illustration of what Mark Rashid calls Passive Leadership.

After discovering the Nokota horses in a French magazine, the Marchal family traveled to North Dakota in the summer of 2005 to visit the Kuntz Ranch and study how to start a breeding program in France. They fell immediately in love with this fabulous horse, and a part of their heart is now tied to the North Dakota prairie. In the summer of 2007, the entire family returned to North Dakota to select two mares, a colt and a filly. 500 years later, the Nokotas are back in the old world!

Nokota Ranch is located near Paris in France, and is the home of Thunder Bull, Flashy Wolf, Lakota Bird and Blue Canyon that will proudly represent the Nokota horses in Europe. The ranch will breed three foals per year, and is promoting the Nokota horses in Europe, educating people about their particular history and the need for their preservation. In respect for their origin, these horses are trained and bred using traditional ranch horsemanship techniques and spirit.

Please visit our website at www.nokota-ranch.com.

Flashy Wolf is a traditional mare - we can easily imagine Lakota warriors hunting buffalo on this fast and tireless mare. This rare dark blue roan shows some unique overo markings.

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