Rereading the last chapter of my spring report I realized that more than anything it is devoted to the history of a complicated relationship. It crosses boarders and no longer is generally intelligible.
Pinochio was the product of my husband's mount and the residing neighborhood stallion. Fabian, the first foal of my own planning, is the son of an exclusively German bred thoroughbred mare, which was purchased by her previous owner in the then Eastern German Goerlsdorf stud right after the Berlin wall fell. Her pedigree carries the famous turn-of-the-century stallion .... fourteen times. Her father Wildschuetz won the Russian Derby in Moscow.
Fabian's father is Egmont of Shagya-Arab descent, a son of the famous O'Bajar, who - due to its owner's lack of organisation - was not available to cover our English thoroughbred mare as planned. The difference between O'Bajar and his son: Egmont, on his mothers side descends from Gazal VII, the notoriously charming stallion with the bad back.
Fabian reflects his parents' genetic imprint. He is charming. He has a bad back. He inherited Egmont's enormous trot extensions and Wildschuetz's well rounded thoroughbred canter. True to his Anglo-Arabian breeding he will not be forced. He offers liberally all he can do and sometimes more. Misunderstandings and the rider's lack of comprehension brings him on panic's brink. He is high-spirit and a bit of a show-off. His reactions are faster than the wind. Like so many modern horses he is his rider's (me) nightmare and delight alike. Enough said. It is communicated to introduce the reader to my notes on this horse's progress in the study-horsemanship - from there to here - program.
