Volum e 2, Num ber 4 w w w .SpanishArabianHorseSociety.com O ctober, 2006 *GHAZEL and Influential Descendants 23 year update on the *G HAZ EL tail fem ale line – SSB Com piled by M olly Stanley An in-depth study of one m are (im ported to Spain from the O rient) proven over nearly a hundred years to be consistent in the excellence of her heritage. Horses descended in tail fem ale from *G HAZ EL are registered in the follow ing stud books: SSB, AHR, SBFAR, IT SB, AHSB, CHAV, ACCA, AAS, G ASB, D AV, CR AS, BRSB, PAR A, CAHR, RJ SB, ALSB, U AE, HAHR, Q ASB. M ost Spanish Arabian breeders w ill find this report on the *G HAZ EL tail fem ale line im pacts their ow n breeding program , through m any of her outstanding descendents. T he Spanish M ilitary breeding program (Y M – Y eguada M ilitar) records (SSB studbook) give evidence that m ares are often m ated w ith m any different stallions over the course of their reproductive years. Not nearly all of the resulting offspring are used into the succeeding generations. Selection w ould tip to the ones that appear to be the m ost w orthy of reproducing, the ones that exhibit the breeder’s desired traits. T he Spanish Arabian is basically designed as a w ar horse, one w ith agility and strength of m ind and body. T he M ilitary conducts tests for their horses. M any tim es m ares have given service as a riding or driving *Avila (D andi II x O chava); descendent of G hazel horse before joining the broodm are band. T herefore the ‘first foal w ill not be the best’ adage does not seem T he Arabians, on the other hand, in those days to apply to M ilitary m ares, bred for their first foal before fossil fuel, w ere dealing w ith a highly prepotent after full physical m aturity and having been in w ork. T he gene pool developed over tim e in the desert, and really Y M m are BALD O SA w as ridden and driven for several no m arket for their anim als, so they tended to breed years and at age eight produced her first foal, G ARBO , only for replacem ent. As I understand the law of Allah, (X O RIVE). the firstborn (as in a litter of puppies) is the one w hich For m any centuries, w ith m any breeds of horse, the is retained. T he others w ill not be put to death, but w ill Spanish have practiced selective breeding. T hey bred, be put by the side of the cam el trail, w here Allah w ill be and then selected from successive offspring. In doing the one to decide their fate. Som e horses have been so over a long period of tim e, they created the highly sold, as there is also a ‘karm a’ in the desert w hich says prepotent gene pool w e have today. that to refuse a good and fair price for a horse is to invite bad luck . Continued on Page 23 Page 2 Spanish Arabian Horse Society O ctober 2006 Founding Directors LET T ER FR O M T HE PR ES IDEN T M att Herder M att Herder President Sum m er is w inding dow n and fall is fast approaching. W e (in T exas) are 937.864.2588 (Farm /Fax) finally receiving som e m uch-needed rain; our hay producers w ere having a hard 937.543.9155 (M att's Cell) tim e of things. After three m onths of 100-degree days, the m id 80s feel great. M KHerderArabians@ gvtc.com Club projects slow ed dow n for the sum m er, as our m em bers w ere busy J im Porcher show ing, stew arding, judging and traveling w ith their fam ilies. W e are now Vice-President gearing up for several new events. 505.867.8344 (Hom e) Club Elections: A big thank you to our Nom inating Com m ittee - Lisa 505.228.6865 (Cell) Leonard, Ray Ellis and W ess Albrecht – for putting together our slate of jsporch@ com cast.net officers and directors. None of the positions are contested. Please find the m ail-in ballot in this issue. T he officer and director nom inees are: M att Herder Paula O 'Keefe – President; J im Porcher - Vice President; Schanen Y ates U nser – Secretary; T reasurer 903.429.9008 Paula O 'Keefe – T reasurer; Kristen Herder - D irector Publicity & Prom otions; 903.429.1014 (fax) M ary D urgin – D irector Special Projects; Kathy Kuehl – D irector M em bership; surm ok@ aol.com Lisa Leonard – New sletter Editor; Rusty Cook - Historian. Q ue Pasa (J im Porcher/R usty Cook): T his issue is our largest yet. A big Schanen Y ates U nser thanks to all the contributors, including our advertisers and to all w ho sent in T em porary Secretary their baby photos. W e have m any new advertisers joining us this m onth – 505.897.2479 (Ranch) including our first U .K. advertiser, Send Court Spanish Arabians, and for that w e 505.710.3462 (Cell) are appreciative – advertisers help ensure the Q P w ill be able to reach our now U nserArabians@ prodigy.net 350+ international m ailing list. Also thanks to M olly Stanley for her in-depth Rusty Cook research on the m are, G hazel – an interesting read. New sletter/W ebsite AHA: IF you have not seen the string on the Y ahoo site, AHA has at last 505.877.1456 (Hom e) put up SPANISH as one of the bloodlines on their Education Pages. Please see 505.249.7586 (cell) rustycook4412@ m sn.com the follow ing link on AHA for m ore inform ation: http://www.arabianhorses.org/education/education_bloodlines_spanish.asp M ary D urgin S AHBI: After m onths of w ork w ith Spanish Arabian Horse Breeders M em bership International, the tw o organizations have now m erged to form SAHS. W e look 509.448.1975 (fax/phone hom e) forw ard to w orking w ith all our new international m em bers. 509.869.4319 (cell) Advertising: SAHS brought forth m any new projects this year, and tw o w e dustym are@ hotm ail.com are very proud of are the new SAHS banner (w hich w ill fly over Freedom Hall at Kristin Herder the U .S. National Cham pionship) and the SAHS High Point Classical Spanish Activities Arabian T rophy, to be aw arded at the 2006 Spanish National Cham pionships in 937.864.2588 (Farm /Fax) Segovia, Spain. See detailed articles in this issue. W e also have printed bum per 937.543.9361 (Kristin's cell) stickers – the slogan chosen from a poll conducted by the Spanish Arabians 937.543.9155 (M att's Cell) Prom otions e-group and those are now available at our online gift shop, La T ienda. M KHerderArabians@ gvtc.com Please contact M att Herder if you w ould be interested in participating in a joint advertising cam paign w ith SAHS and other m em bers. M ilne M artinez 517.629.4364 (Hom e) Philanthropy: SAHS w as privileged to donate $ 250 to the D ylan Corbin 517.414.4223 (Cell) Benefit Fund to help this young boy w ith his fight for cancer. Please see the m artinez@ m ichauto.com follow ing link for m ore inform ation on D ylan: www.cbknot.com. Here is a note I received that I w anted to share w ith the m em bership: Q ue Pasa is published quarterly by the From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:53 AM Spanish Arabian Horse Society. Articles Subject: RE: Donation for Dylan from and about m em bers should be sent to th Rusty Cook, Editor by the 15 of M arch, What a generous donation. I just called the mom and she started to cry. She J une, Septem ber, or D ecem ber to be was so thankful! Thanks so much. considered for the next issue. We will add a link to our donation page (coming soon). If we can do anything or make a product to donate to your organization for future events, please contact myself, Robyn Doloughan, toll free at 1-866-356-6889, or via email at: Continued on Page 4 Page 4 Spanish Arabian Horse Society O ctober 2006 LET T ER FR O M T HE PRES IDEN T - Continued from Page 2 forw ard to getting each and every one of you involved. W e all have the sam e goal- “T he Prom otion of the [email protected] and Columbia Basin Knot Company, LLC would love to donate. Spanish Arabian” and as a voice in the m arketplace, w e I appreciate (and so does the family) your can do great things. contribution. This is Dylan's second round with cancer. Last Christmas, just before his last treatment, he relapsed. He just got out of the hospital after a 5-day chemo drip. He is an amazing young boy. The Make a Catalunya Breeders wish foundation is granting him his wish of a horse. Next week, the Valleyford, WA and Rockford communities are W hat to see - W here to go helping with a barn raising for the family.