Windt im Wald Farm
We are pleased to tell everyone that we now own Gina, After the loss of FF Gai Arista 2003, we were very devastated. Gina has helped us fill the void that was created with Arista's loss. Like our Royal Pride Rythm, she is heavily Crabbet-bred and shares his Skowronek sire-line. She is Seglawi Al Abd in strain and is smaller, more delicate and finer-boned, and shorter-backed than dear Arista. Her face is more dished, her ears are smallier and tippier, and her eyes are black and huge. In many ways she is so unlike Arista, but her personality and mannerisms most remind us of Arista: the bottom lip wiggling across our shoulders, the overall gentleness, and the ethereal quality of her airy trot above the ground. This may not be the physical Arista, but it is Arista's soul in a different package. Like Arista, she came to us unbroke and with a few trust issues, but she is so willing to let us ride her. Like Arista, she is not the alpha mare among her peers, but she craves love and affection and will jump through hoops when we are there to give her the courage to face her fears. She will do quite nicely, we believe, and we anticipate enjoying her on the trails soon.
Irex himself was a bit of a sensation in Great Britain. His breeder, Lady Wentworth, classified him as perfect. Irex's son, Iridos, was the grandsire of the British National Champion Stallion, Nasib. Henry Babson, already famous for his line-bred Al-Khamsa, Sheikh Obeyd-bred *Fadl Arabians, imported the Irex grandson, *Nimrod, who is Gina's paternal grandsire. Most of the remaining 30% of Gina's bloodlines that is not Crabbet is from Babson's breeding program. Irex's son Champurrado, *Nimrod's sire, was the sire for William Musgrave Clark, the gentleman who owned the Polish-bred Skowronek before Lady Wentworth of Crabbet Stud schemed to buy him for herself. Niseyra, *Nimrod's granddam, produced Radeyra, the dam of *Nadeyria. *Nadeyria was the dam and granddam of many illustrious horses owned by Bazy Tankersley and Dick Stoneback of Amyr Arabians in Pennsylvania. Niseyria was also the dam of Blue Domino and *Royal Dominion (imported by Bazy Tankersley), who sired Ludo. Ludo is the ancestor of the gray 100%Crabbet import and Sporthorse, *Magic Domino. Sainfoin, Nimrod's maternal grandsire, was the product of the Crabbet stallion, Rasim and Safarjal, like Rissla, a Berk daughter known for her trot. Sainfoin was a compact bay with crosses to Ahmar. He was one of the few stallions to carry on Crabbet's Feysul sire line in Great Britain. Gina's dam, Ginanessah, also had a Skowronek sire line, through the Tish Hewitt stallion, Geym (*Raffles x Rageyma x *Naseem).She carried 2 crosses to *Mirage, imported by Selby from Lady Wentworth, and 4 to *Rifala, and 3 crosses to Skowronek. Last, but not least, Ginanessah's tail female is the Davenport mare,*Wadduda, a Seglawi Al Abd. Gina is now in foal to Royal for a late March-early April 2005 foal. We are eager to see how Royal's multiple lines to Skowronek, Rissla, and Wadduda will combine with Gina's lines to these same illustrious ancestors. Since Gina in the past has produced only chestnut foals although she is grey, we anticipate that this foal will be a chestnut, as well. Although the loss of FF Gai Arista is still fresh and painful, we are delighted to be home to Bur-Dals Ginanah.
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Bur-Dals
Ginanah
Like
Arista and Royal, she carries many crosses to the Kuhaylah
Rodaniah mare, Rissla, often identified with the floating trot,
and to the ethereally beautiful Skowronek stallion Naseem through
his grandson Irex (Indian Gold x Rissla). Like the powerfully impressive
Mesaoud, the exquisite gray Naseem was sold to Russia. In
Russia, Naseem produced 87 purebred foals, notably Negativ (later
known as Negatiw when he was sold to Poland), producing *Salon,
*Naborr (Nabor) and *Bandos, all of whom were exported to the USA.
