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Odyssey SC
the influence of extreme promotion and advertising. Every major trainer today has had one or more of his foals in their program.” Odyssey had six babies at the 2012 U.S. Nationals. There were two top ten halter wins, one top ten hunt seat, and three top tens in western. One of his get was top ten in both hunt seat and halter. “When we took Odyssey SC and KA Odysseus to Equifest in 2010,” he adds, “they were the only Arabians there. We had people come over and just stand and look at them, dumbfounded that Arabian stallions of such high quality were in Wichita, Kansas. Odyssey has so much presence when he is asked to show, but at our first Equifest, people were amazed by his kind temperament. They saw “Odyssey is so special that our daughter, Jenna, who was when we first saw him in 2005, 4, go into his stall, walk up and I could only say, ‘Wow!’” admits grab his front leg and pet him. Jerad Cooper. “Odyssey was Odyssey SC (Versace x Latoura Echo, by Echo Magnifficoo) He never moved; he would so well known throughout just bow his head and nuzzle her. We have taken Odyssey SC to the Arabian world that adding him to the Stranger Creek Equifest three times, and each time, we draw in new people.” Ranch Investment Group Program brought notice to us and what we were doing to promote the Arabian horse.” In 2011, Investment Group Members, Perry and Shelby Williams bred Odyssey SC was inducted into the Minnesota Breeders Hall two mares to Odyssey SC and three mares to KA Odysseus of Fame, further recognizing his importance to the breed as (Odyssey SC x Ellure A). “We got five magnificent foals. One a sire. “Odyssey SC is the horse of a lifetime,” states Perry is a bay purebred colt out of our Jullyen El Jamaal daughter. Peden, whose lifetime has been filled with horses. “To date, his Aryes KVA is going to Scottsdale. We took four 2012 foals, foals have earned 158 top tens at U.S. and Canadian Nationals, three colts and a filly, to the American Royal in Kansas City in Youth Nationals and Scottsdale. “Odyssey and his son, KA September. Odasia KVA, the purebred KA Odysseus filly, won Odysseus, have sired some amazing offspring,” Peden adds. her class and was Reserve Champion Mare; a KA Odysseus “I’m looking forward to both stallions’ 2013 foal crops.” Cooper bay and white tobiano pinto Half- Arabian colt, Orryon KVA, continues, “Why did Odyssey SC appeal to us? Because he is a was named Supreme Champion Half-Arabian at 6 months great individual, and a sire of winning halter and performance old, beating out all the older horses.” horses. He earned everything he has accomplished without When Stranger Creek Ranch Investment Group bought Odyssey SC (Versace x Latoura Echo, by Echo Magnifficoo) in October of 2009, he had been named Canadian National Champion Stallion two months earlier. The bay stallion also had five other U.S. and Canadian national titles to his credit, three of which were the 2002 U.S. and Canadian National Champion Futurity Colt, and 2006 Canadian National Reserve Champion Stallion, 2 and Over. The charismatic bay stallion also had been named unanimous 2008 Scottsdale Champion Senior Stallion 8 and Over, and as a yearling, was chosen 2000 Scottsdale Junior Champion Colt.
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