Oration++++// (Dormane x Ortie) with Michael Desiderio
Before purchasing French Purebred Arabians, Brown first imported some French Anglo-Arabians, two of which later successfully participated in the 300-mile U.S. Endurance Test. After that, he bought six Purebreds from the Pau region of France. They were the colt *Bahka and his dam, *Badine; the filly *Babel and her dam, *Balkis II; the filly *Makrine; and the mare *Kola. Notably, *Kola was a paternal half-sister to the phenomenal French sire Denouste, whose bloodlines continue to figure prominently in Racing worldwide. The descendants of Brown’s French imports have excelled at a wide variety of disciplines. Recent winners include Hariry El Shaqab, 2017 U.S. National Champion Senior Stallion; Queen Ayda FWM, 2017 U.S. National Champion Senior Mare; Auli Farwa, 2017 Tevis Cup winner; EAF Hesa Wizard, 2017 U.S. National Champion Reining; and Buster Bey+//, 2017 U.S. Top Ten Grand Prix Dressage. Seventy years would pass until another French-bred import, Calin De Louve, who was highly inbred to the
above-mentioned Denouste, made a big impression in the United States. On the racetrack in 1992 and 1993, Calin De Louve won all eight of his starts, including six stakes races, and was named 1993 Darley Champion Four-YearOld Colt. Unlike many of his American competitors, the colt possessed several generations of Race-bred Arabians in his pedigree, and he looked quite different from typical American Racing Arabians of that time. However, as Roxanne Rogers, an Arabian Racing breeder and scholar, presciently noted back then, “If you are breeding for Racing and not taking [French-bred] horses seriously, I fear you may be left at the gate.” Fast forward 25 years, and these days, a large majority of top U.S. Racehorses are at least one-quarter French by pedigree, and often much more than that. Over the past decade, these standouts have included Darley Horse of the Year champions Paddys Day, Valiant Boy SBFAR, TM Fred Texas, Sand Witchh, Thoroughbred, and Fryvolous. Issue 2. 2018
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