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RE: [RC] Arabian Definitions - heidiYep. And a pedigree not all that dissimilar to Persik's, minus
the French portion. *Witez II was his grandsire, and he was 3/4
CMK, very similar to the pre-WWII Polish breeding on the topside of
Persik's dam and the Crabbet breeding on the bottom side of his
sire.
Additionally, speaking of mare lines (John??) Witezarif's dam
produced two other top contenders--Tevis/Haggin winner El Karbaj (by
Kosckiusko) and AERC National Champion Law-Thunder (by Al-Marah
Thunder). Furthermore, all of these were bred by people
intentionally breeding for endurance horses (Hyannis), which John would
have us believe does not happen in this country.
Razifa's daughters went on to produce more top contenders--John may
or may not remember Roger and Sara Miller's good old stallion Prince
Kosghal, whose dam Ghalifa was out of Razifa, and who was a Jim Jones
winner. If I had time, I'd go look up some of her other grandget
that excelled, but I think the above kind of makes the point.
(Just a comment--Kosciusko was a great horse, but I always thought
that it should have been the mare Razifa that got into the AERC Hall of
Fame, because she was REALLY the one that put Hyannis on the map.)
Heidi
PS: Witezarif won the very first endurance ride I ever did--the
Virginia City 100 in 1973.
----I'll bet many of you oldtimers remember WITEZARIF, quite a horse. Floyd
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