Any Prognoz daughter will - I met him and was impressed by him. I've blogged about him before, and posted photos, but he's an Elite Russian stallion built like a tank, but also correct and lovely. He's a gentleman that the family lets the children play with. He is the father of Wiszi the mare I loved and thought for sure I'd buy, but they refused my offer.
When I found this other daughter I had to email the owner. She's only 3, and a racehorse, but they say she's calm and easygoing and also goes on trails.
I found her name all over the internet in racing circles.
The owner sent me the pedigree, she's 7/8ths Russian, and lots of photos. I cannot tell from the photos if her legs are as correct as Prognoz. I can see that she's pretty.
The owner said she got second place in her performance breeding judging. I'm not sure what that all means.
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I've been watching the All Nations Cup in Aachen livestreaming. It's the Nationals for Arabians in this region. My friend is there photographing and she told me to look out for the breeder/judge we met together in my horse search. It was so odd to see Sylvia Gardt-Ehlert judging on camera! She's the owner of Gut Alemich Arabians that I visited twice, and she bred the gelding I wanted, Amja. I was intrigued by her Russian stallions Nagadir and Kohinoor. That was the place I blogged about that was so fancy there was staff everywhere and flowers and shining horses knee deep in straw, huge eyes, unreal beauties that I could not afford. Anyway, Sylvia leaves something to be desired in the "nice person" department. I was out of my league, but she certainly could stand to learn some social graces.
I don't know if anyone in America sends their horses to the All Nations Cup in Germany but this is the big halter show of the year. I love the way the horses, even the two year olds, seem to love the showing off aspect, and are so well trained, they know when to fire it up, and when to walk politely for the gait analysis. They also get cuddled and kissed and fed treats while waiting on the long side of the arena for the others to perform. My husband did not like the way the faces are clipped. I was astonished at how the 5 judges gave scores that were so in sync with each other, but they don't seem to be talking, they just somehow have the same methods for judging, and a horse will get all 20s on type, but only 15 on its legs, across the board. I wish I knew exactly what they are looking for, that they are all in synchrony in their judging.
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I will see if I can go check out both that Quarab and this 3 year old.
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My mare, Montoya DSA, was Russian. The Russian studbook is based on performance which I think enhances the studbook. She was not only gorgeous to look at, but was a phenomenal athlete (she did 3 hundred milers in one year). I've always liked the Russian Arabs.
I wonder when she was first started and raced? She's only 3? How long has she been racing? Hopefully this has not already caused injury to her legs, bones, tendons, ligaments.
She sure is pretty.
~Lisa
Yeah I don't like that racehorses are started young.... it would make me leery. It probably all depends on the horse though. A lot of Thoroughbred ex-racers go on to have hugely successful careers after racing, but a lot of Thoroughbred ex-racers also break down. It probably has a lot to do with breeding for speed and not health, so maybe if she is very correct with good bone she would be fine? I don't know anything about Arabian racing though. I look forward to hearing about your visit. And about the Quarab (I had one too that was awesome!).
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