*ECAHO
1990 Grey Stallion
Owner:
Ferlita Arabians
Breeder:
Janow Podlaski Stud
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Stud Fee:
Private Treaty
Transported Semen
International Frozen Semen
Sweepstakes Nominated Sire
SCID Clear
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Ferlita Arabians |
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Huntington
Beach, CA |
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| ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
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US National Top Ten Stallion |
| Polish
National Champion Stallion |
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Regional Champion Stallion |
| Poznan
International Champion Stallion |
| International
Sire of Significance |
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| COMMENTARY |
The tale of *ECAHO
is very much the intermingling of legends – an illustrious dam, an universally
celebrated sire line rich with world-renown sires, master breeders and
a venerable international stud – a remarkable combination of extraordinary
horses, humans and environments. The story began in the hallowed stables
of Janow Podlaski Stud – long the beacon and cornerstone of international
Arabian breeding - in the spring of 1989, when the decision was made to
breed the reigning Polish National Champion Mare to a Polish racing legend
just returned from North American lease. That mare was Etruria, the stallion
was Pepton, and the brilliant breeder behind the masterful mating was
the late Director Andrzej Krzysztalowicz. The following March 1st, Etruria
delivered a stunning grey colt – exotically typey, exquisitely refined,
enthusiastically upright, perfectly conformed and abundantly athletic
with a magnetic, majestic presence and the unmistakable “look of kings”.
Praised by many as the best produce of Etruria’s already distinguished
breeding career, the grey colt was the sensation of the 1990 foal crop
and was widely regarded as the most promising heir apparent to the internationally
celebrated sire line of Ibrahim in Poland.
It was this prestigious heritage that the Polish breeders greatly desired
to incorporate into their world-class breeding program, and to that end,
many of the Studs' best mares were bred to ECAHO for several years. Following
his first season at stud, ECAHO made his show ring debut in the capable
hands of the Michalow training staff at the Polish National Show in 1995.
Vying for the ultimate honor on home turf, ECAHO decisively claimed the
National Championship with a whopping 46.33 (out of 50), including four
perfect scores of ten for type and head and neck, an almost unheard of
two tens for body as well as the highest leg score amongst all his competitors.
That same fall, ECAHO would make an international splash at the All Nations
Cup in Aachen, home to Europe’s most competitive Arabian exhibition, handily
winning an impressive class of Four-to-Six Year Old Stallions by scoring
several more perfect scores for type as well as head and neck and overwhelming
Arabian breeders and enthusiasts with his extraordinary phenotype.
For Jim Ferlita, *ECAHO is irrefutably the best and most important horse
he has ever imported. With the highest of expectations, he is confident
*ECAHO will be a brilliant ambassador for the Polish Arabian horse in
the West, as well as an icon for the Arabian breed. As promised, *ECAHO
delivers on all fronts: phenotypically - as a sterling example of the
Arabian stallion with extraordinary type, superb conformation and dynamic
athleticism; and more importantly, genotypically - with an impressive
siring record of champion get in the toughest international competition
and a heritage representing the best and most prepotent Arabian bloodlines.
In all ways, *ECAHO is the perfect blend of proven past with promising
future - a contemporary Arabian with the most desirable attributes of
the breed with the ability to consistently sire foals exhibiting those
same qualities across a broad cross section of bloodlines.
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| PEDIGREE |
| Sire Line:
Ibrahim |
| *Pepton |
*Bandos |
Negatiw |
Naseem |
| Taraszcza |
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| Bandola |
Witraz |
| Balalajka |
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| Pemba |
Czort |
Wielki Szlem |
| Forta |
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| Penza |
Faher |
| Piewica |
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| Etruria |
Palas |
Aswan |
Nazeer |
| Yosreia |
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| Panel |
Nil |
| Platina |
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| Etna |
Faher |
Trypolis |
| Ferha |
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| *Elzunia |
Witraz |
| Elza |
| Dam Line:
Woloszka |
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