Re: Good Endurance Lines

[Nicole KattWmn <kattwmn22@yahoo.com>]

Ruth, I'm catching up on lots of back-email reading, so I'm sorry if
someone else has already said this.

I agree with the main point of your letter -- pedigree really isn't
very important in an endurance horse (or a show horse for that matter
-- unless the judges know who you & your horse are ahead of time!)

But, the reason I'm writing is to furthur your Arabian education a
bit.  Your horse is not CMK (Crabbet Mainsbourough Kellogg) or
Crabbet.  Fadjur breeding is usually considered "American."  *Bask was
pure Polish, & born in Poland (the asteric refers to horses imported
to the US).  Khema was by Khemosabi -- who is American
(Polish/Crabbet/etc).  You are probably best off calling him American
or double Fadjur or Fadjur/*Bask/Khemosabi or just your friend! 
Anyway, it's a nice pedigree -- full of halter & performance winners
(all three of those stallions were National Champs at halter & Khemo &
*Bask in performance as well).

I'm sorry I got sidetracked from endurance topics, but as a diehard
"Arab-person" I just had to jump in.  :-)

-Nicole




---Ruth Abair <rabair@dproti.dcrt.dla.mil> wrote:
>
> Dear Heidi,
> 
> Classy - my sweet, "little" gelding - and I,  are just "wanna-be"
> endurance participants for now. Hopefully, we/Classy and I, will get
our
> first LD ride under our belts this month. But I couldn't pass up the
> opportunity of sharing my experience and opinion on "papers and
> lineage."  Doesn't matter what the pedigree says. Numerous factors -
> which would require quite a dissertation from me - come into play.
> Bottom line is, you can't ride the papers.
> 
> All my life, my activities centered around the Quarter/Thoroughbred
> horse. I knew/know very little about Arabians. But I knew what
qualities
> to look for - in any horse - and decided upon what I thought would
be a
> good "starter" for me in this sport. Classy's papers meant nothing
to me
> at the time of purchase. As it turns out - from what I know now - he
has
> "quite" a pedigree. I believe he qualifies as CMK, Crabbet - you
name it
> - lineage. He is double Fadjur bred. He is out of Dawn's Early Light
by
> First Class with second generation *Bask and Khema on the top side and
> Fadjur and Jdar Yankee Dawn on the bottom side.
> 
>  I hope you see my point here. He/we may never make "top ten" in
> anything - that remains to be seen - but I knew Classy had the
> "basics",  including the desire to please. With time, we will build a
> good foundation, one of trust and understanding. Along the way,
> experience will be obtained resulting in the ultimate goal(s),
endurance
> riding and having fun. What I didn't anticipate was the "closeness" we
> have. I think he adopted me. I acquired him at the age of 13. But I
> think just the reverse happened. He acquired me at  the age of 45!
> 
> My 2 cents worth,
> 
> Ruth Abair and Classy in NE Texas
> 
> 

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