Some Positive Feedback from the Arabian World!

Photo of our favorite Arabian, Ali, and favorite half-Arabian, Loxley.

I happened to mention Loxley and his sire, Fiero Gato, to a lawyer colleague whom I recalled was quite involved in Arabians. Well! That would be a huge understatement. Paul Husband, who has brilliantly blended horses and a successful law practice specializing in equine, tax and entertainment law, has apparently studied Arabian horse lineage intently since birth, and he kindly offered these extemporaneous comments about Loxley. Thanks, Paul!!

"Your horse is very well bred indeed. He is bred to be very athletic. Fiero Gato is by a son of the great El Gato. El Gato was sired by leading sire of the 50’s and early 60’s, Ferseyn (who is Khemo’s grandsire on the sire line). El Gato was out of the great mare, El Sikada. I never saw “Elsie”, I knew one of her owners, and saw some her outstanding sons, including not only El Gato but the Witez II son El Tio, who was a flashy Formal driving horse, and Ibn Awad, a terrific horse against whom I competed. Ibn Awad was a champion in halter and English pleasure and western pleasure. Ibn Awad was really one of the best. He was trained by Don Hansen and owned by the Dodge heiress. There were other champions out of El Sikada as well. The September 2008 Arabian Horse World Magazine has an article about “All Time Aristocrats” which is a list of mares with four or more outstanding offspring, and Elsie is in there – I think she has at least 6 champions. El Sikada was a legendary mare.

"Ferseyn was known as a sire of excellent performance horses as well as halter champions. Your boy has at least three lines to Ferseyn – his sire is double Ferseyn, I remember seeing Ferna, Fiero Gato’s sire’s dam, in the show ring. She was a lovely, very elegant grey. Ferna’s dam was Joana, a full sister to the outstanding sire, and main progenitor of the Gulastra sire line, Abu Farwa. Abu Farwa is Crabbet (as is Ferseyn) and his line is known for athletic ability. There is also a cross to Abu Farwa on Fiero Gato’s dam’s side, so your horse has two lines to their sire Rabiyas, a son of the Hearst Ranch sire, Rahas, and more importantly in my judgment, the dam of both Joana and Abu Farwa was the mare Rissletta. Rissletta was sired by Naseem, probably the best son of Skowronek, who was sold to the Russian Government (by Lady Wentworth at Crabbet) in the 1930’s for $2,000,000 – a lot of money to pay for a horse, especially back then. Rissletta’s dam, Risla produced many notable Arabian horses, who were important in Russian breeding, Polish breeding and of course here in the U.S. Finally (sorry about rattling on) Fiero Gato’s tail female is Feluka, the same as Ferseyn’s. Feluka is considered Crabbet, since she was owned and used by Crabbet, but she also qualifies as Straight Egyptian. She was bred by Lord and Lady Blunt using horses that they purchased in Egypt .

"I would think that a Cleveland Bay – Arabian cross should produce a very good sporthorse. Size and scope from the Cleveland Bay and handiness and toughness from the Arab. Congratulations. He is very well bred and linebred on the sire’s side."