Rest In Peace Don’t Skip Zip (1990-2016)
Image courtesy of Cooper Quarter Horses.
By: Brittany Bevis
We are deeply saddened to relay the news that a legend in the equine industry has passed. Don’t Skip Zip was a 26-year-old AQHA stallion by Zippo Pine Bar and out of Sheza Ten. During his lifetime, he was an AQHA, NSBA, and Equistat Leading Sire, the AQHA High Point Open and Junior Western Pleasure Horse in 1994, earned 177 AQHA Western Pleasure points, and recorded $11,594.82 in NSBA earnings.
“We were best friends, Skip and I,” says Clarice Cooper of Cooper Quarter Horses. “I could go on about his sire record; however, I choose to remember his kindness and magnetic effect on humans; the hundreds of vet students he taught how to collect; his love of children and strutting his stuff showing off to visitors; and the many customers he took on test rides and packed around like they could win the Congress.”
“On Saturday, in Skip fashion, he showed off and posed for our customers. Then, with great sadness, we found Skip had passed in his sleep on Saturday evening.”
The impressive sire record Cooper refers to includes the following notable accomplishments.
- AQHA World Champions
- Multiple AQHA Reserve World Champion Sire
- APHA World Champions
- 8 PHBA World and Reserve Champions
- 3 ApHC World Champions
- IBHA World Champions
- 3 APHA Reserve World Champions
- 29 AQHA Congress Champions/Res. Champions
- 7 NSBA World Champions
- 7 AQHA Champions
- 4 European AQHA World Champions
- Superior Performance Earners
- All Around Champions and Reserve All Around Champions
- NSBA High Point Winners
- Major Futurity Champions
- Foals earning LTE exceeding $1,000,000
- Earners of over 123,000 points.
- Sire of the 2014 Congress All-Around Horse
- Sired 4 Reichert Reserve Champion 2-Year-Old Western Pleasure Horses
- Sire 0f the 2013 Amateur Reserve World Champion Western Pleasure Horse
- Sire of AQHA Reserve World Champion Amateur Western Pleasure Horse, Cool Movin Lady
“We have so many fond memories,” Cooper says. “We’re thankful for all the opportunities he opened our lives up to and the wonderful people we met as a result. We have a deep hole in our hearts due to the sudden loss.”
“We will honor his breedings with our frozen semen. This is a very difficult time for the entire family, and we appreciate your support in our time of grievance.”
For more information about Cooper Quarter Horses and the legacy Don’t Skip Zip has left behind visit www.cooperqh.com.
As requested by Cooper Quarter Horses, this piece was respectfully withheld until the afternoon of March 14th before posting.
