Howard Kale Jr. When Howard Kale Jr. went on a trip to England and Poland in the 1960's, he went with his father, Dr. H.F. Kale Sr., as well as with Dr. Eugene LaCroix and his son, Gene Jr. Dr. Kale and Howie, as the young man was now referred to, came home with two very special mares, *Eskadra and *Dornaba. In 1966, *Dornaba became the first Triple Crown winning halter mare in North America, setting a new standard for the Arabian mare in the U.S. On this same trip to Poland, the LaCroixs purchased a bay stallion by the name of *Bask, who would also revolutionize the Arabian breed in the States.
Russian Arabian horses in America. Howie's foray into the horses of Tersk Stud would bring about the importation of stock like we had never seen before. The story of the acquisition of the great *Muscat alone, will captivate you for hours. After being told no, and no, and no again, Howie's persistence in Russia paid off and *Muscat came to the U.S. Howie brought in many gorgeous Russian Arabians; his grueling efforts just to get them registered a story in itself. The spectacular Aswan daughter *Nariadnaia, her Nabeg son *Nariadni, future U.S. National Champion Stallion *Marsianin, as well as the stunning bay Arax daughter *Magnolia, who at 20 years of age dazzled the Scottsdale All Arabian crowd in the broodmare class, are a part of a list that continues to fill with rare treasures.
In 1967 and at Howie's request, Tornado, the two-year-old son of *Bask, was on his way to Washington and like most of Howie Kale's decisions when picking the next "right horse", the choice of Tornado was dead on and he became the top producing son of the immortal *Bask. Tornado, not by chance, but by design, was out of the Crabbet-bred mare *Silwara, who carried the blood of Raktha, sire of the Kale stallion, *Silver Drift.
Howie, his parents before him and daughter, Joanna, after him—as great writer and breed historian Mary Jane Parkinson calls them—are authentic, and for the last 76 years have been outstanding breeders of superb Arabian horses.
In 1977, Howie laid the cornerstone brick of what would become KARHO (Kale's Arabian Organization), which added a new dimension to the breeding and marketing of
We welcome Howard Kale Jr. into the Arabian Horse Times Hall-of-Fame with tremendous respect for all he has contributed to our beloved breed.
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