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- ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK in May 1976 at age 27.
- He is by ABU FARWA (Rabiyas x *Rissletta by Nasem) and
- out of SHARIFA (Antez x Ferdith by Ferseyn).
- by MICHAEL BOWLING (copyright)
- originally appeared in the Oct. '76 issue
- of the Arabian Horse World
SHARIFA 2798, dam of ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK, was not famous as his sire was - in fact she had a rather short breeding career and is best known for this one son. His success as a breeding horse indicates she must have possessed considerable genetic merit, for no sire, not even one of the magnitude of ABU FARWA, can get breeding horses without some cooperation from the mares he is bred to. Pictures and eye-witness accounts of SHARIFA show a very smooth compact mare with a beautiful big-eyed head. She had a fine disposition and was a good riding horse, certainly traits to value in the dam of a prospective foundation sire.
SHARIFA's pedigree is less consistently English than ABU FARWA's; her sire was one of the famous early "straight Davenports" and was trained for the track, setting records in speed trials. He has proven one of the most valuable outcrosses to English blood in this country, ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK being just one of many successful results of this blend. SHARIFA's dam FERDITH was the first foal of the former top sire FERSEYN, and remains one of his best achievements; she topped an early-day California production sale and went on to produce many outstanding Arabians, including a remarkable lineup by ABU FARWA. It will most interesting to read Carol Mulder's article on FERDITH and her produce when she gets to her numerically, as she knew this group of good horses well. FERDITH's dam ARDITH founded a good family in the Northwest; she was a great-granddaughter of *ABU ZEYD, called by Lady Anne Lytton the most beautiful son of MESAOUD, so crossing back to the top of the pedigree.[Note added in 1999: Ardith's paternal granddam Domow is registered, impossibly, as the bay daughter of two chestnut parents. The latest investigations confirm that her dam line matches that of the chestnut *Wadduda, so this *Abu Zeyd connection is no longer supported by the evidence. The sire of Domow is being sought among the bay stallions in Homer Davenport's possession in 1912. MB]
The rest of ARDITH's background was again the Davenport desert group - so ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK's pedigree represents English breeding outcrossed with two highly successful American lines of closer desert derivation.
This pedigree produced a remarkable horse who offers an illustration of the fact that the most worthwhile horses do not always get an opportunity to have brilliant show careers. ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK won his class at Pomona as a yearling and as far as I know never entered a show ring again. He has spent the rest of his life as a breeding stallion, although as a mature horse he was started under saddle and proved a willing and enjoyable mount for trail and pleasure riding in his spare time.
After winning that colt class he was purchased by Carleton Cummings and taken to Idaho where he stood several seasons, his first foals arriving in 1952. He was used on Mr. Cummings' mares and on some Kellogg mares at the University of Idaho during this period. Some time after 1955 he was moved to Spokane, Washington where it seems he remained for the remainder of his owner's life; it was at this time, the Arabian population of Washington being a bit higher than that of Idaho, that he stood to some outside mares. At Mr. Cummings' death the horse went into retirement for a couple of years, returning to active duty in 1965 on lease to the Synowski Ranch in Oregon. He was purchased from the Cummings estate by Lois Selby Perry, spending one season on lease at Glenwood Farm in Iowa on the way to Connecticut and the Perry establishment.ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK was not used to sharing his world with a number of stallions and did not thrive at Perrys'; he was made available to the Illings of Twin Brook Farm in New York, first on lease and eventually by sale. In January of 1975 he made what is expected to be his last move and change of ownership; he is now "alive and well in Waldorf, Maryland" and being used lightly at stud. He observed his 27th birthday quietly and shows every sign of planning on at least a few more.
Listing the ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK get and descendants of note is simply beyond me in the time at hand - besides, I don't have the whole October issue to fill with their stories. Rather than offend some by mentioning others I will risk offending all by limiting myself to general statements. ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK and his sons have sired many winners in halter and performance in Arabian and open shows, ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK is on the Leading Sire list (he is accounted the third leading siring son of Abu Farwa) and has founded a strong male line, with many sons and tail male descendants represented every year by Class A winners. His get and descendants include regional and Legion of Merit champions and U.S. and Canadian Top Tens at halter and performance, and National Champions in performance. He is, simply, a fine sire and an influence for good on the breed.
The story of ANTEZEYN SKOWRONEK has been 27 years in the telling (leaving out the years of prologue before his birth) and this short sketch is hardly an adequate summary.
NOTE: I sincerely thank all those who participated in this tribute, and apologize to those who would have taken part had they been notified, or notified sooner.
See Also:
- Carleton Cummings
- and his Skyline Trust Arabians
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(Ad recreated from one appearing in the Arabian Visions, Jan-Feb, 1993)  A recurring theme at New Albion is reinforcing a valued influence through multiple pedigree samples; we do not believe that a single source of any desirable ancestor provides an adequate genetic sampling. Our connections to the great ABU FARWA illustrate this handily. Watch for our new series of ads featuring other major elements in our program. ABU FARWA, foaled at Pomona, California in 1940, was bred by the W.K.Kellogg institute and has become one of the sires in CMK breeding (and he exemplifies the origin of CMK as a concept: bred at Kellogg's from a Crabbet-imported mare, while his sire had come to Pomona en utero from Maynesboro). ABU FARWA found his niche in life as a sire for H.H.Reese, the former Kellogg Ranch manager around whom crystallized the Southern California Arabian breeding tradition of the 1940's and 1950's. ABU FARWA sired 235 registered foals and became a major force in show and performance breeding; he was selected a Living Legend and his influence still is highly prized where real using horses are valued. At New Albion we have been fortunate in owning one of the greatest ABU FARWA sons and one of his youngest daughters, in breeding to several of his sons and in working with the ABU FARWA influence through more distant lines. New Albion history parallels that of the breed in general, as in the way we have accidentally lost sources we would rather have maintained (italicized below). We do not claim this to be the ultimate ABU FARWA sampling and it certainly is not meant to be a static thing -- there are ABU FARWA sources we would like to add or reinforce. This is where our program stands right now, in terms of one particularly prized founder. ABU FARWA sources at New Albion (dam and maternal grandsire in parentheses): Tamarlane (Rifanta by Rifnas); Faryn (Ferdith by Ferseyn); Aayisha (Nawari by Alla Amarward); Nirahbu (Nirah by *Ferdin); Shama (Shamrah by Balastra); Abu Baha (Surrab by *Latif); Antezeyn Skowronek (Sharifa by Antez); Awad (Shamrah by Balastra); Farlowa (Farlouma by Farana); Muhuli (Follyanna by Terhani); Shah-Loul (Pomona Avesta by Farana); Galan (Saadi by Rifnas); Miss Nateza (Nateza by *Witez II). [Additional lines through'99 include: Riehaba (Amrieh by Kasar), Ga'zi (Ghazna by Chepe Noyon), Rokkara (Sokkar by Rantez) and Lawsouma (Farlouma by Farana).] Our stallions trace to Farowa, Muhuli, Shah-Loul and Tamarlane. We have retained breedings to the Galan line through a son (out of the youngest Antezeyn Skowronek daughter) and grandson.
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