More to the point: she did it all with a form so impressive that today, either identified or not, she remains an often-used image in educational judges’ seminars. Passing It On: The Progeny Competition is not everything, however. Another signal of greatness is a horse’s ability to transmit its talent to offspring. The only complaint about Mi-Tiffany was that she was a problem breeder (not to mention that due to her show career, breeding her was much delayed). In years of trying, she produced only two foals, but in each case, she knocked it out of the park. The first was a 1996 filly named Mi Maria, by U.S. and Canadian National Champion Stallion Kharben, who was also Canadian National Champion in hunter pleasure. Mi Maria carried her dam’s tradition into the third generation of White horsemen; Stanley III showed her to the U.S. National Reserve Championship in western pleasure junior horse before she was sold for an amateur career, where she collected two Canadian National Championships in western pleasure AAOTR, one U.S. National Reserve, and a championship at Scottsdale. She, too, has bred on; her first foal, WR Amazing Tradition, was 2007 U.S. National Champion in the western pleasure futurity and shows successfully at the national level today in amateur competition.
Citizen Fame, 2009 U.S. National Champion Arabian Western Pleasure, with Stanley White Jr..
Mi-Tiffany’s other foal, a 1998 colt by Amazing Fame V, was Citizen Fame, who won the 2009 open U.S. National Championship with Stan White Jr., following a tri-color in the AAOTR 36-54 with Kathy White the year before. Where It Came From: The Pedigree It’s true that Mi-Tiffany’s sire, the *Bask son Mi-Tee, and dam, Sunn Bask Star, are not that well known now, but each offered an admirable heritage. And it’s true that fans of western pleasure today might find their bloodlines unusual, although the presence of Khemosabi and Bay Abi (twice) offers an aura of history and western talent. But all that *Bask, for western pleasure? As people who were around at the time will point out, *Bask, who is better known for his English influence, actually sired quite a few good western horses. And Stan White Jr. found that aspect of her pedigree attractive for another reason as well. “I’m old school,” he says. “When I’m looking for a western horse, I’m looking for one that would make a pretty good English horse. I want that knee; I want them athletic enough to bend that leg and pick that knee up, because boy, is that pretty when you go to hand gallop. And she did it the best.”
Mi Maria, 2007 Canadian National Champion Arabian Western Pleasure AAOTR 18-39, with Lindsay Rinehart.
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Overall, the pedigree yielded a horse whose style has stood the test of time. “She was one of the first to show with a drape,” White notes, “but her face