Quarter Horses
At Laue Ranch, We’ve Been Raising Skipper W/Wiescamp Quarter Horses for Over 50 Years
Built on high-quality foundation stock and more than 50 years of tradition, Laue Ranch’s quarter horse breeding program continues to produce superior offspring to this day.
Laue Ranch is a lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association. If you’re interested in purchasing a horse from us, please contact us to check on the availability of our ranch-raised weanlings and yearlings.
About Our Quarter Horse Breeding Program
Lester Laue always appreciated a good horse. In fact, when he returned from the Navy in the 1950s, he often rode his palomino mare “Cork” back and forth to town — long after automobiles were the favored mode of transportation.
In the 1970s, his interest in horses took on a new dimension with the acquisition of a few broodmares. As they followed the industry, the Laues developed a fascination with the horses being bred by legendary Colorado horseman Hank Wiescamp.
The “Wiescamp” or “Skipper W” line of Quarter Horses were known for their refinement and confirmation, and accentuated by their distinctive heads with wide eyes, little “fox” ears, and pronounced jaws. Over the years nine horses bearing the coveted “quarter circle eye” brand on their left jaw made their way from Alamosa, Colorado to Hanover, Kansas. Several of them have left an indelible mark on our breeding program.
People have always asked us how we were able to get such incredible foundation stock from Hank. Frankly, we don’t really know, but we are sure glad it happened.
With the passing of Hank Wiescamp, the “fountainhead” horses began to scatter in the late 1990s, and we acquired a stallion and a mare from Hank’s grandson Shane. At the Larry Wiescamp dispersal in 1999, we selected the high-selling quarter horse stallion. These horses, in combination with the foundation stock, make up the core of our horse operations today.
Our Current Stallions
Skippa Scorch
Skippa Scorch is a 2004 gray son of Skipping Duino and out of Silent Sofistication. Skipping Duino was the "final outcross" of the Wiescamp breeding program, and Skippa Scorch was Lester's pick of the Duino colts. Beautiful gray color with traditional Skipper charateristics and the kindest of dispositions. We breed him back to fullblood Skipper mares, thus perpetuating the same breeding pattern that Hank Wiescamp employed to manage his outcross stallions over the years
Skipper Salute
Skipper Salute is a 2019 sorrel son of Skippa Saratoga and out of Skipa Pretty Starchy. He descends entirely from horses bred by Hank Wiescamp, and we believe he is the finest stallion we have ever produced. His dam was Lester's pick of the Skipping Duino fillies, so he incorporates Wiescamp's "final outcross" through his damside. We expect he will make a unique pedigree cross over our Skippa Scorch daughters.
Spanish So
Spanish So is a 2003 bay son of Social Salon and out of So Spanish. His sire and dam were both purchased by us from the Wiescamp family. His buckskin dam produced numerous nice offspring for us, including a buckskin gelding and mare still at the ranch. His daughter Spanish Fling is one of our top broodmares.
Our Foundation Horses
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Skippa Sage was a 1966 Buckskin Stallion by Skippa String and out of Sage Lassie by Skippers Lad. Typical of the Wiescamp horses of his era, he was of modest size and muscular in type, with a beautiful head and a kind disposition.
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Social Salon was a 1994 Sorrel by Social Command and out of Skippa Salon by Skippa Oak. Inbred three times to Skippa Lark in the third generation. Dam sold for $9,900 in the Larry Wiescamp Dispersal. He carries the Wiescamp brand.
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Elm's Dark Angel was a 1963 Bay Mare by Nick W and out of Donna Dexter by Buddy Dexter. A Grand Champion at halter (with 18 halter points) and a race winner (she earned Racing Register of Merit status). Her sons Fulla Nick, by Skippa Sage, and Impress Em Nick, by Impressive Action, were major influences for us.
- Summer Madness was a 1965 Sorrel Mare by Sir Bar and out of Summer Cash by Spot Cash. She had produced two major sons: Skip Sioux by Skips Reward, and Skips Retreat by Skippers King. She is noted on page 158 of the 2002 book “The Hank Wiescamp Story,” by Frank Holmes. Her primary influence on our herd has been through Summerette, her daughter by Skippa Sage.
- Skippa Saratoga was a 2001 Sorrel by Skippa See Zar (Skippa Tran X Skippa Brady) and out of Summerette (Skippa Sage X Summer Madness). He descends entirely from the branded Wiescamp horses that we acquired over the last 30 years, and is a unique pedigree blend of the “modern” Wiescamp bloodlines with those from the prior generation.