Re: RC: Re: Silver Drift, Searching for

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Hi Renee and Tina
Yes, you were correct, Tina, *Silver Drift was born in 1951 (Raktha
*Serafina. Silver Drift was one of Howie Kales foundation sires after he
imported him from England---breathtaking beauty.
In 1962 the Kales went to Europe with Gene Lacroix and his father on a
buying trip. Dr. Kale purchased the beautiful mares *Dornaba++ and
*Eskadra++. They discovered *Silver Drift in England. As much as I like
Quarter horses, I too would not say there was any similarity. This
stallion has lots of Arabian Type and was sire of many national
halter/performance winners including Silver Sprite (Canadian Top 10
mare, dam of Satin Silver who was dam of Amber Satin (those were the
days when halter mares sold for over a million dollars) and
Silk-N-Silver who was dam of Amber Silk, US and Canadian Top 10 Mare
(sold for 1.7 million dollars!)); Centuria; Silver Century; and National
Champion Jewel Drift, (the only daughter of *Dornaba++), Canadian
National Champion Mare and US Top 10 mare, an Aristocrat of mares.
Tornado, a *Bask son, was purchased as the perfect outcross for *Silver
Drift's daughters and national winners were produced. *Silver Drift had
an incredible neck, beautifully sculptured and big dark eyes. 
Later, Kale moved his operation to Scottsdale and built Karho where
booze flowed heavy at auctions and prices soared to 7 figures. I know
one man whose partner was drinking so heavy that he almost bought his
own horse, caught up in the bidding and not paying attention.
When I went to one of their last auctions, the booze was not flowing so
much anymore but they did have a full orchestra in tuxes and when they
brought Muscat on stage, I have to tell you I had tears in my eyes, as
did my husband. Anyway, that is a little on the background of the Kales,
their beautiful sire Silver Drift and his beautiful daughters.

Tina Rushing wrote:
> 
> Silver Drift was indeed an Arabian stallion.  If I've done the math
> correctly he was born in 1951.  His AHR number is 23494, this may help with
> your research on descendents if you have the Registry CD ROM.  This should
> provide many hours of entertainment on a rainy day.
> 
> I have photocopies of some articles on Silver Drift.  "Living Legends" from
> Arabian Horse World" October 1981 and "The Silver Drift Influence in
> Australia" from The Crabbet Influence in Arabians Today, Limited Collector's
> Edition, 1993 (please don't turn me in to the copyright people).  The copy
> quality is poor, but from the photos I would =not= say he looks like a QH.
> He is not a dainty horse, but there is no mistaking his Arabian heritage.
> He was a famous horse so there is bound to be a lot of material out there on
> him.
> 
> My filly is a 5th generation descendent of Silver Drift.  She and her dam
> are what I would call "very sturdy" horses.  A friend recognized the
> similarities, verified the common lineage and sent the article copies.  I am
> not studied in this area.
> 
> I also have a copy of a 1971 advertisement (publication not known) for
> Kale's Arabian Horses in Kirkland or Bellevue, Washington.  I'm guessing
> that Dr. Howard F. Kale was standing Silver Drift at that time, though the
> ad does not specify this.
> 
> There are probably a bazillion descendants of Silver Drift.  Unless your
> plans include starting up a breeding business please allow me to suggest not
> limiting your range with concern 'bout who his great-grand-daddy was.  There
> are a lot of well-bred horses out there that are easier to find.
> 
> Happy hunting.
> Tina Rushing  El Granada, CA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eenergonzillen@aol.com <Eenergonzillen@aol.com>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Date: Saturday, January 22, 2000 10:52 PM
> Subject: RC: silver drift
> 
> >...do you know anything about Silver drift.  ...everyone thought he was a
> quarterhorse/thoroughbred/maybe some arab.... if you do know anything about
> him or know of any of his grandkids (or other relatives) are around or for
> sale...whatever...please let me know,  thank you-Renee
> >
> 
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