The Saga of Safari CAHR

*Falat (Gwarny x Forta)

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Ceeva (*Enoss x Ceramika/Negatiw)

Safari CAHR is a living treasure. Foaled in 1994 in Canada, he was imported into the U.S. as a young stallion, where he raced successfully, winning and breaking his maiden on the first try. Raced again only one week after his driving win in his maiden outing, he came in third, sustaining a slight tendon injury in the effort. Raced again shortly thereafter, he developed a severe bowed tendon, and was never again successful on the track, despite efforts to heal his leg. At the age of five, he was "remanded" to a stall in southern California, where he lived -- in that stall -- for the next fifteen years.

Upon finding out in 2015 that he and several of the then owner's other horses -- well bred Polish mares in their 20's -- were available through a California rescue -- and recognizing the inherent value of the stallion from a preservation breeder's standpoint -- I immediately entered into an agreement for the horse and two of the mares.  They were transported to the famed Alamo-Pintado Equine Clinic near Santa Inez, CA and given a complete and thorough medical exam. I was informed that although all three horses were in good "physical" shape,Safari could never be considered a breeding stallion -- he had zero libido, wouldn't look at a mare, and when finally a semen specimen was obtained, his sperm was practically non-existent, and not viable. I was advised to geld the old horse and "use him as a riding horse." 

Luckily I did not take their advice -- and brought him and the two mares to my little Texas farm near Houston.  With a prescription of Platinum Potency in hand, and with Safari turned out in a two acre paddock with two very friendly, older Quarter Horse mares, I waited for nature and the buried spirit of the old stallion to blossom.  And it did.  Within sixty days, Safari was a different horse -- and the two old Quarter horse mares were in foal. Geld a Gwarny grandson?  Never. And the rest is luck and history.

Safari's sire, Falat, was imported from Poland and owned by Roxanne Rogers, Falat's sire was Gwarny, considered Amurath Sahib's best son and a paternal sibling to Arax. Sadly, after 200+ years of dedicated and careful breeding. Gwarny and Arax were the sole progenitors of the Bairactair sire line.  Falat did have several sons that bred on, but as of today, Safari remains the only remaining stallion from the Gwarny branch of the sire line with an impeccable "old world" pedigree.

He was been bred to the daughters of exemplary Polish stallions -- but only a few qualified as having the "old world" pedigrees. The names of Pepton, Ganges, Monarch AH, AH Gallant, Furiat, Emanor, Probat and others are maternal grandsires to the Safari foals born since 2015 --four  outstanding colts and more than a handful of beautiful daughters -- and the old man carried on until 2023, when he passed away at the age of 28 from an aortic aneurysm. Safari was a genetic powerhouse who was a funnel of Bairactair line breeding out crossing with mares of quality and superb bloodlines of their own.

Yes, miracles do happen -- sometimes the way they are supposed to - and today his son, Bastion BF will be making sure that their illustrious ancestor from 200 years ago will be well represented in the ranks of future purebred Polish Arabian horses.