Polish Arabians in No. CA

[beckybee]

Here's the thread of info. I think if you are interested, email Linda ([e-mail]) and she can forward you Sally's contact info. Joe's email suggests calling the owner, but I think Sally is coordinating. If you have questions, I can email Linda for you.


From Linda Cowles:
**IF** you have any interest in a free well, bred Polish Arab, OR know anyone else who might be, please pass this on! Sally Hugg is investigating this (read the email below), and I can forward her report to anyone who replies to me that they are interested.

From Joe Camp:
Kathleen just got a call from a Bob Davis who has 50 imported Polish Arabians for adoption. Apparently all pretty high end. Five stallions. One Level 1 dressage champion. One with a “blood shoulder” for those who know what that means. A coveted marking of some sort. They’re located in Sacramento CA. His wife imported the originals and bred them. She is now an invalid and cannot care for them. He apparently is willing to adopt them out for tax write-offs. He said one of the stallions was (at one time?) worth millions. His phone number is 916-991-4994. If you or anyone you know can help, please give him a call. - Joe

Original email from Sally Hugg:
I called Bob Davis an hour ago and talked to him about the horses. He has a real mess on his hands and desperately needs to find good homes for these horses before winter. He does NOT want to take them to the Roseville auction (local, low end killer auction), but needs to get these horses in good homes asap. His wife, who was the person responsible for the horses is very ill - they need to sell the horses, property and move to a retirement type situation. They are located in Rio Linda.

Most of these horses are not trained, although several are. One of the stallions has had some dressage and endurance training. There is also a gelding (approx. 12 years) that is trained. According to our phone conversation there are 9 stallions, 15 mares, and 5 colts ranging in age from 10 months - 2 years. The colts are all intact and not halter trained, although (hopefully) not wild. Someone is supposed to be working with them now. Not all of the colts are registerable as purebred due to some accidental breedings when the stallons got through the fences and bred mares. Yes - it is a mess.

I'm driving down tomorrow to take some pictures and get more information about bloodlines and papers. From what Bob told me over the phone, these sound like exceptionally well bred animals. His wife imported many of them directly from Poland.

Oh, a couple of mares are due to foal soon

So, if anyone is interesting in acquiring a well bred Polish Arabian, this could be a great opportunity. I'll update later tomorrow. - Sally

[piopico]

OHhhhhhhh............if ONLY.........I had acreage.

[luvnarabs]

I would love to know more.

[beckybee]

Here's more info:

From: Sally Hugg <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:27:26 AM
Subject: [PHCP-Chat] Update on Polish Arabians

OK, I went down to see the horses yesterday with a friend. They are
located in Rio Lindo, which is north of Sacramento, near the airport.

Bob and his wife Kay are wonderful, caring people and it's obvious
how much these horses are loved. Due to Kay's illness, however, not
much has been done with them beyond their basic needs of feed and
water. Bob has done his best to care for the horses, but it is
overwhelming both financially and physically. The horses are healthy
and in good weight.

The quality of the entire herd is outstanding and very consistent.
Looking at these horses from a hoof trimmers perspective, all have
correct, straight legs, sustantial bone and excellent feet. Most are
sired by *Dalipan 157475 or *Gedymin 157474 which were imported by
Kay. There are two bay stallions, the rest are greys. No chestnuts.
The mares are all bay or grey. Height of the horses range from
approx. 14.3 - 15.1 h. Most look right at 15h

I have the list of mares and stallions with the registration info.
Several of the young stallions are registration pending. There is one
nice grey gelding, age 13, that I would imagine is broke to ride. I
also saw an outstanding 12 year old stallion that I was told has
dressage training and had some endurance conditioning for Tevis at
one time.

Several of the stallions live together with no apparent problems.

The young horses are yearlings and 2 year olds. All very nice, but
not halter broke. One yearling filly is to die for. The colts are
very well built with plenty of substance. I took a lot of photos, but
right now I'm having problems with a very slow internet connection so
I'm not even going to try to post them. Two mares are due to foal
soon (bagging up and look huge). All of the horses look quite
healthy, some of the feet are in dire need of hoof work, but most are
fine. I saw nothing that couldn't be fixed with a good trim. No signs
of founder or laminitis.

All of the horses, including the stallions, have calm, friendly
dispositions. They come right up to be petted and seem to love
attention, so halter training the youngsters shouldn't be a problem
for an experienced person. I met a neighbor who has started working
with some of them in an effort to help get these youngsters into good
homes.

The young colts are all intact - I only saw one gelding on the
property. He was a lovely, well balanced grey that I believe is broke
to ride. He is 13 years old.

I started putting the photos into a pdf, which I'll try to post later
tonight or tomorrow. Since we were simply walking around in the herd,
I wasn't able to get a picture of every single horse, but when you
see the photos you'll have a good idea of what the mares and
offspring look like - they are all superior quality animals.

The yearling/2 year olds are of undetermined parentage, due to some
unplanned breedings. They could probably be sorted out and registered
with a little effort and dna/blood testing, but I am no expert about
that.

Anyone who is interested in these horses should e-mail Kay at
[e-mail]

Sally