Spotlight on.....

I thought what I'd like to do every now and then, is a section called SPOTLIGHT ON: I wanted to talk about and share with you horses who are in the pedigrees of my own horses. Some you may be familiar with, others maybe not. I think this will be fun! Please tell me what you think.  If you have a request on a specific horse in one of my pedigrees you'd like to know more about, let me know. I'd love to hear from you.

The first horse I'll be Spotlighting is *Jullyen El Jamaal. Here at ParkWest we have three horses who are by *Jullyen El Jamaal; Stardust V,  Illuminated, and  Incandescence pwa. 

SPOTLIGHT ON....... *Jullyen El Jamaal

*Jullyen El Jamaal is noted as the top siring son of multiple National Champion Stallion Ali Jamaal. His record as a sire is phenomenal, with National Champion get in halter in North America, Brazil, Australia, the Middle East, South Africa and Europe.  He has sired 9 National Champions in western pleasure, 6 in hunter pleasure as well as National Champions in western sidesaddle, western trail, english trail, reining and dressage.

*Jullyen El Jamaal passed away in 2014.  His most significant legacy is not in the show ring but in the breeding barn. 59% of his champion siring sons have National winning get. One son, Always A Jullyen V, had sired 96% champions from his shown get! Like their sire *Jullyen El Jamaal's sons have sired National Champions in halter in multiple countries. They have sired National Champions in western pleasure, working cow horse, hunter pleasure, sport horse under saddle and a British National Ridden Champion. Their winners roster also includes Top Ten winners in western sidesaddle, dressage, country pleasure and sport horse in hand.  *Jullyen El Jamaal daughters are among the breed's most prized broodmares. Nearly all of his daughters who have had offspring have produced champions, and 53% of his champion producing daughters have National winning offspring. His daughters have produced National Champions in halter in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Their children have also excelled in performance, winning National Championships in disciplines as varied as pleasure driving, hunter pleasure and western pleasure. They've also excelled in sport horse completion in working hunter and hunter hack. If you want a versatile, beautiful athlete, breed with a *Jullyen El Jamaal horse!

Santino's video has been completed!

I am thrilled how Santino's new video turned out! We decided to go ahead with the video when we came home from Nationals and Santino was looking fabulous. It was a beautiful sunny day when Lee and his team from Bernier Productions came out to film.

When they arrived Santino was waiting patiently in the cross-ties, taking a bit of a snooze. Lee asked Rory when he saw Santino napping "Should you give him some b12?" Rory laughed and said to Lee "Oh you just wait, Santino knows what to do, he knows when it's time to show off, and when it's time to relax".

If anyone is familiar with Varian bred horses, you'll know what wonderful temperaments the Varian horses have. My husband Sam and I feel we are very fortunate to have two Varian bred horses in our family. Santino V and Stardust V, both so gentle and willing to please. We couldn't ask for horses with better temperaments than those two.

When the filming was completed, Santino came back home to San Diego where we've been riding the trails around the farm. Oh! he is so much fun and such a good boy! And I have to say, every morning when I walk out to feed the horses, Santino's whinny is the first I hear, and I love it!

So here it is, the premiere of Santino V's video! Enjoy and let me know what you think. I'd love to hear from you - Ashley