Arabian Horse Times Vol. 42, No. 10

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Mystic sands arabians

MS Balinta (*Bask x Bandy) and fields,” he says candidly. “Their broodmare band is second to none. Ken and Donna have been my friends and clients for many years, and we have enjoyed successes with many of the youngsters they’ve bred, like Psymadre, who became a superstar. We currently are having great success with their young DA Valentino son, ms Khasanova.”

MS Santana (*Bask x SW Saruchna)

ms Khasanova (x ms Khandi, by barisznikov) was a 2012 scottsdale signature Top Ten Yearling Colt. His dam is a mystic sands-bred mare, as was his second dam, ms Kalie, by Probat. ms Kalie was out of *Kampania, an imported *bandos daughter the Topps bought in 1990. Dr. Armand Hammer’s oxy Arabians had imported *Kampania (x Kama, by eleuzis) to the United states from Poland in 1981. “i have always admired ms santana, the great *bask son they bred,” boggs adds. He is not alone. ms santana is a story unto himself. The bay pure Polish stallion caught the public’s attention early. in 1981, Tim shea led him to a win of his class and reserve Champion stallion honors at the ohio buckeye sweepstakes, the region 13 Championship and region 14 reserve Championship— all at the age of 3! The following year he won both his classes and the stallion championships at the buckeye and the michigan All-Arab Horse show. by 1982, he was ready to take the national stage. 84 | A r A bi A n Hor se T i mes

PSyMadre (Padrons Psyche x tomorrows dream) sure enough, ms santana became the 1983 U.s. national Top Ten stallion and unanimous Canadian national Champion stallion. He was shown only once in 1984, to a reserve in his class at scottsdale, and was out of the show ring entirely in 1985. ms santana


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