| The mare Sobha, imported from Ali Pasha Sherif to
Crabbet Stud in England in 1891 was legendary in beauty. She produced Selma
whose main daughter was Selima (by Astraled) and Selima was the dam of Shareer
and Star of the Hills. Star of the Hills was imported by the Russians in the
famous 1936 sale from Crabbet that also included Naseem and Rissalma. Star of
the Hills was bred with Kann in Russia to produce Krona who was bred to the
Polish import Taki Pan to produce Taktika. Taktika is the dam of full siblings
by Priboj - *Pietuszok, Topol, Platina, and Ptashka. This international recipe
distinguished the Russians as architects for breeding higher quality Arabian
horses in each successive generation. The Russians then added Aswan for type to
produce Pesnia (dam of Pesniar) and *Posslanitsa was then produced by breeding
to Nabeg (by Arax) for structure. *Posslannitsa was a high-trotting mare that
consistently passed on her action and My Psyche is a recipient of this motion.
*Posslannitsa was bred to another Aswan son, *Marsianin, who was imported to the
U.S. from Russia and became U.S. National Champion Stallion. Protocall added the
initial needed infusion of Priboj blood. |
