*Pictured below is his son, PYROTEKNIC, winning at Delaware Park in 1999. 

Grandsire: *Pietuszok PASB

Pyatigorsk, 1979 - 2003

(Pietuszok Dwa x Mistical Lady by Tornado)

1979 Bay Stallion

An investment in the fledgling Pyatigorsk Syndicate was the beginning of what eventually became Sturgeon Creek Arabians, and Pyatigorsk was the foundation of our breeding program.

Pyatigorsk’s grandsire, *Pietuszok PASB, became the main progenitor of a racing sire line made famous in Poland before World War II.   Although *Pietuszok PASB was removed to Russia during the war, the Polish breeders were able to buy him back after the war so they could reintroduce his blood to their country.  *Pietuszok PASB never raced, but his brother TOPOL and his three full sisters PTASHKA, PLATINA and POTENCJA, all raced, and they were all champions in Russia. In Poland, *Pietuszok PASB became a known source of racing blood, creating superior race horses that won the Polish Derby and Oaks.

When Dr. George Allen was finally able to acquire *Pietuszok PASB from Poland, *Pietuszok PASB had an enlarged heart and lived only long enough to sire two foal crops.  Among them was Pietuszok Dwa, the only line-bred son of *Pietuszok PASB.  Pietuszok Dwa only produced 10 foals before his untimely accidental death as a young horse, but he passed his legacy to Pyatigorsk.

Pyatigorsk was syndicated for $1 million dollars.  During his first 13 foal crops Pyatigorsk produced 284 foals.  Only 12 of them raced, but 6 (50%) were race winners and 3 (25%) were Stakes winners!  This high heritability for athletic ability has made his foals excellent in endurance. 

So, it was rather amazing that this incredible stallion, Pyatigorsk, came to stand at stud at Sturgeon Creek Arabians in 1992. During the nearly 10 years he was here, life changed markedly, as the number of mares sent here for breeding increased dramatically. We became the first Manitoba breeders to export semen to the United States. We also took advantage of Pyatigorsk’s presence to accumulate mares that were known to produce well by him. 

We have sold a number of his offspring in California for endurance competition. Reason To Believe has achieved the most, partly because of his ability, but also due in large part to the dedication and ability of his owner. 

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*Sekstans PASB, 1979-1996

(ETAP x Sekwana by BANIO)

1979 Bay Stallion

This wonderful stallion was owned by Sturgeon Creek Arabians for five years until his untimely death in 1996. *SEKSTANS PASB’s pedigree contained all the elements of the best of Polish breeding both for the show world and for racing. *SEKSTANS PASB was a very consistent sire and produced very athletic offspring.

*SEKSTANS PASB was born at Janow Podlaski stud in Poland. His full brother, *Set PASB, was leased to North America for a few years before returning to Poland. *SEKSTANS PASB resulted from the same breeding cross that produced *BASK++ PASB: Kuhailan Haifi stallion bred to a Mlecha dam line mare. *SEKSTANS PASB’s sire, ETAP, died at an early age and thus his blood is not wide-spread. *SEKSTANS PASB’s dam, Sekwana, was a daughter of BANIO (a full brother to *BASK++ PASB) not used much in Polish breeding. Sekwana was out of *SAKWA PASB, a full sister to *SABELLINA PASB.

*SEKSTANS PASB raced in Poland for 4 years in 30 races. His best distance was 1 1/8 miles where he came either 1st or 2nd 7 times out of 10 races. After his importation to North America, he was trained for and successfully competed in English Pleasure. His most memorable win was at the 1988 All Arabian Show of New England where he was named champion in an Open Division Stakes class over 30 entries and even had to win a three horse run-off to win the championship. His trainer described *SEKSTANS PASB as a perfectly cadenced horse.

He was bred to Moment Of Mine five times, and produced four males and one mare. Most of these have competed in endurance races in California. The mare, Mistansza, has completed 2,620 miles, including the Tevis Cup, the Mt. Charleston, and the Cow Tanks Multi-Day ride. She has several Best Conditioned awards to her credit. She was Regional Pacific Slope Mileage Champion in 2000.  Her full brother, Seek The Moment (Mack), is owned by Cheryl Dell, DVM in California where he has won several 50 mile races. Another full brother, Savour The Moment, is also in California and was ridden in his first race by a 10 year old who was named Best Junior for the ride. As of January 2003, with a different owner, Savour The Moment has 2,540 completed miles, placed first or second in some races, and was named Best Conditioned in some races. Sturgeon Creek Arabians still owns a full brother named Spur of the Moment, who is a stallion and will be used for breeding.

*SEKSTANS PASB produced two excellent daughters by the Russian-bred mare *Dolly NSB.  One of these mares, Danseuse Du Nord is owned by Sturgeon Creek Arabians.  Both these daughters have produced super offspring.

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*El Purchino NSB

(Purpur x Cynthia by *MUSLIN RASB)

1980 Chestnut Stallion

*Pictured above right, his daughter, Pursun Elitee, shown at Canadian Arabian Nationals.

This 1980 chestnut stallion was born in Holland of straight Russian parents. While all of his grand-parents were born in Russia, all but one of his great great grand-parents came from Poland; the exception being Aswan. Although he was in-bred to POMERANETS 2x5, *El Purchino NSB was also in-bred to ARAX 4x4x3.

*El Purchino NSB was tall, standing 15’3, and possessed many ARAX traits: a magnificent large black eye; a long hip and a powerful hindquarter. We gave him the barn name “Puppy” ...a true indication of his wonderful disposition.  He nicked well with a wide variety of mares of diverse gene pools. This is a well-known characteristic of AMURATH SAHIB in Poland, ARAX’s sire.

*El Purchino NSB was examined and tested by the examination committee of the Canadian Trakehner Horse Society. He passed their tests and became only the SECOND pure-bred Arabian stallion to be approved by the CTHS for breeding within their rules, which would allow his offspring out of Trakehner mares to be eligible for registration as a Trakehner. Their testing included quality of movement, as well as height.  

When *El Purchino NSB came to North America, he was leased for two years to Phyllis Brownlee in Oregon. There, he sired many good offspring. One of these is the stallion WW Sundancer (ex Melissa Blue), who has done quite well at the top levels in the US show ring in Hunter Pleasure and working over fences. Another was a gelding who was owned by one of the top endurance competitors in the US: Lew Hollander. This gelding won the first endurance race he was ever in by 40 minutes over the next finisher, a distance of 30 miles.

For Sturgeon Creek Arabians, *El Purchino NSB sired the excellent daughters:  Balalovja (ex Balakaia by Kaiyoum++), Czorteena (ex TW Czorta by SAMTYR), and Selebrity (ex Stop The Show by *PESNIAR RASB).

At age 18, *El Purchino NSB was purchased by Karim and Sue Shihata (Suncatcher Arabians) of North Carolina, and they are very pleased with his production for them, especially the colt SC Gunslinger. As did Phyllis Brownlee and Sturgeon Creek Arabians, Karim has found considerable success taking *REZUS++ PASB daughters to *El Purchino NSB.

In 1998 *El Purchino NSB’s son, Czar Kazan (ex Balakaia), placed 7th out of 37 entries when shown by a teenager at a junior level in the Western Canadian Dressage Nationals.

*El Kasaka NSB

(PATRON x Purga by KANKAN)

1975 Chestnut Stallion

Imported from the Netherlands to the US in 1978 and then onto Canada in 1979, this stallion sired 295 registered get, including two stakes winners.  *El Kasaka NSB was 100% Russian, and stood 15.3hh.  He was sired by stakes winning PATRON, and out of a dam with two racing dam lines.

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Moment Of Mine, 1984-2012

(*El Kasaka NSB x Magic Momment by REZUS++ PASB)

Chestnut Mare

This wonderful mare was the first horse owned by Sturgeon Creek Arabians. In fact, it was her ownership that created our partnership.

The breeder, George Allen of Willomar, recommended that we purchase a chestnut filly named Moment Of Mine, the second foal that her dam, Magic Momment produced and the second foal by *El Kasaka.

As a two year old, we brought Moment to Manitoba where we showed her ourselves at Arabian shows in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota.  In our first show, Moment was Grand Champion Mare beating all the senior mares. That year she earned enough points in the show ring to win the $10,000 Progeny of Distinction Award offered by the *El Kasaka Syndicate.

As we had purchased Moment to be a broodmare, we sent her back to Willomar as a three year old to be bred to Pyatigorsk. Moment produced three fillies in a row by Pyatigorsk: Mistawa, Myrka and Minorska. All of these fillies were sold. Minorska was sold in the US as a race prospect to Sheikh Falah Zayed of the United Arab Emirates, and Myrka and Mistawa have been a successful broodmares.

Breeding Moment was a challenge as her pedigree was a blend of Russian and Polish blood with virtually no line-breeding. At the time she produced her third foal by Pyatigorsk, Sturgeon Creek Arabians had acquired the Polish stallion *Sekstans who was born at Janow Podlaski Stud in Poland. In breeding Moment to *Sekstans, there was some commonality in blood as both horses contained the successful Polish race sire Trypolis. Moment produced five foals by *Sekstans, and they will undoubtedly be her lasting legacy. Four became successful endurance horses, three of them in California: Mistansza, Savour The Moment and Seek The Moment. As a group, they competed successfully against large fields.  They accumulated 6,565 AERC miles, completing 122 of 148 rides, including 18 wins, 71 Top Ten finishes, and 5 Best Conditioned awards. Two started the Tevis, and Mistansza completed it successfully.  Seek The Moment was an IAHA Regional Endurance Champion.

After Moment’s long string of foals, we couldn’t get her pregnant again so we retired her and Ashley Fudge used her as a lesson horse. During this time she very patiently and willingly introduced riders of all ages to dressage and other competitions, and she went on many rides through the trails of Birds Hill Provincial Park that are fondly remembered by those fortunate enough to have ridden her.

Several years passed and then Ashley asked if we could try breeding Moment one more time to our stallion Philosophy. Moment was 23. Heat after heat went by without success. After the last attempt, the ultrasound failed to reveal a pregnancy, so we turned her out into the pasture. By mid-winter, she was starting to look fat, and a vet check confirmed that she was in foal! In July 2008, she produced her 10th and last foal, a filly that is owned by Ashley.

In 2009, Moment’s grand-daughter, More Than Memories (out of Myrka), produced her first foal. Because the foal was born early and unexpectedly, the foal got loose from its dam which resulted in the foal being rejected. Moment was again pressed into service as a mom. The foal, Memorable Moment, was bottle-fed, but Moment provided the mothering to the foal. The rest of Moment’s life was spent pastured with a group of mares including her great grand-daughter. The two of them were inseparable.

Moment was an incredible mare. She taught us a great deal and gave us so much more than we paid for her. She had the sweetest, most loving temperament. She left a tremendous legacy. She touched so many people including the owners of her foals, the children and adults who rode her and learned from her, and the owners who loved her.

Balakaia, 1986-1993

(Kaiyoum++ x Balalinda by *Beander PASB by *BANDOS PASB)

1986 Grey Mare

Dam of SCA Kaiak, Czar Kazan, Baladeer, and Balalovja.

Balalovja, 1992-2011

 (*El Purchino NSB x Balakaia by Kaiyoum++)

This beautiful and refined mare had a wonderful, affectionate disposition, living up to her barn name “Lovey.” 

Balalovja had two lines to PRIBOJ x TAKTIKA through *Pietuszok PASB, and two lines to the PRIBOJ son POMERANETS. What made her so incredibly pretty is her line-breeding to the great Polish stallion AMURATH SAHIB, who was renowned as a sire of broodmares. Balalovja had six lines to AMURATH SAHIB: three through his son ARAX and three through his daughter Balalajka. Her maternal great grand-dam, Resza, was the dam of Reason To Believe.

We bred Balalovja to Pyatigorsk with excellent results. One daughter, Be My Love, was sold in California as riding horse and has been very successful in endurance with over 2,265 AERC miles and still going strong.  Another daughter, Beautiful Pleasure, is in Saskatchewan, where she has been an excellent broodmare.

Balalovja with 1999 Best Of Luck (left) and 2001 Beautiful Pleasure.

* Pictured below is *Dolly NSB and her 1990 son, SCA Dartagnan.

* Pictured below is her daughter, Alyxia by Pyatigorsk.  She was the high selling lot at the 1985 Willomar auction at $110,000.

*Dolly NSB, 1975-1998

(*MUSLIN RASB x Saikha by POMERANETS)

1975 Chestnut Mare

Kaluwa, 1989-2006

(Pyatigorsk x Stop The Show by *PESNIAR RASB)

1989 Bay Mare

Daughter: Hiroko by Pyatigorsk

Son: Ptolemy by Pyatigorsk

Daughter: My Grand Madame by *Grandeur NSB

Daughter: Hanako by Pyatigorsk

My Madame, 1982 - 2005

(*El Kasaka x Harpona by Gaypolka++++ PASB)

1982 Chestnut Mare

My Madame had four lines to PRIBOJ x TAKTIKA, all through *Pietuszok PASB. She also had two lines to PRIBOJ through his daughters.

This *El Kasaka NSB daughter was out of Harpona. Harpona was in-bred to *Pietuszok PASB, as both her sire and dam were his offspring. Harpona’s maternal grand-dam was HARFA, who won 4 of 13 races in Poland and was in the money 10 of 13 times. HARFA won the Polish Oaks and one other Stakes race. HARFA was out of ARFA, who won 4 of 15 races and was only out of the money twice. This branch of the Mlecha dam line was dominant in Polish racing.

All but two of My Madame’s offspring were by Pyatigorsk, and they have all been very athletic. MATRIXX was a race winner at Los Almitos. One or two others raced in Alberta and did very well. We sold two of My Madame’s Pyatigorsk offspring to Arizona for use as endurance horses. My Madame was bred to *Grandeur NSB, a TOPOL grandson, twice. One of those had a hock injury; but the other was My Grand Madame, who is presently in New Mexico.  My Grand Madame has produced Mirasol by *Ghazni GASB and Vested Legacy by Vortexx (who traces to the great racehorse *PUSTINIA RASB). *PUSTINIA RASB was by *SALON RASB and out of PTASHKA (PRIBOJ x TAKTIKA). 

*Opalina NSB, 1986 - 2008

(Nut x Applicatia by PESNIAR)

1986 Grey Mare

Originally imported from the Netherlands, she has all Russian ancestry.  She is the dam of 7, including WM Prosperity, Opuss, Oppalessence, Orella, Opaschio, Apperitif, and Kazakhstan. 

Son: Tak by Pyatigorsk

Son: Protocall by Pyatigorsk

Resza, 1976 - 1998

(*REZUS++ PASB x Gay Miracle by *Gaypolka++++ PASB)

1976 Grey Mare

This phenomenal mare was pure Polish in her breeding. Her sire, *REZUS++ PASB, was a race winner in Poland before his importation to Canada by Dr. George Allen of Willomar Arabians.

Resza’s dam, Gay Miracle by Gaypolka++++ PASB by *Pietuszok PASB contained racing blood on both sides of her pedigree. *Pietuszok PASB was a known source of racing blood in Poland. Gay Miracle was out of *ARWISTAWA PASB, a winner 4 of 15 races including 2 Stakes races and only out of the money in 2 of those 15 races. *ARWISTAWA PASB was incredibly beautiful and was the first mare to be both US and Canadian National Champion in the same year. Resza had three lines to Trypolis, who was also a known source of racing blood in Poland. *ARWISTAWA PASB’s sire, Geyran, was a son of KASZMIR, who won 17 of 18 races and finished second once. KASZMIR won the Derby, the Criterium three times, and nine other Stakes races. *ARWISTAWA PASB’s dam, ARFA, won 4 of 15 races and was only out of the money twice.

For other owners, Resza produced the exquisite show mare Sophisticate by *El Kasaka NSB. Sophisticate was a multi-regional champion. Resza also produced the Stakes winning race horse TAK by Pyatigorsk.  Her son Protocall, also by Pyatigorsk, stands at stud in Idaho.

Son: Sojourner by Pyatigorsk

Stop The Show

(*PESNIAR RASB x EW Sabaska++ by *BASK++ PASB)

1983 Black Mare

This exquisite 1983 black mare was sired by *PESNIAR RASB (NABEG x PESNIA), who was imported to the United States by Dr. Armand Hammer. *PESNIAR RASB was a race winner in Russia and a serious contender for US National Champion at halter.

Stop The Show is a maternal grand-daughter of *SABELLINA PASB, rated by the Arabian Finish Line magazine as the top producing race mare of all-time.

Stop The Show traces to *SABELLINA PASB through EW Sabaska++, 1974 Reserve Champion US National Futurity filly and Scottsdale halter champion.  EW Sabaska++ was bred by the Simms Ranch in Arizona, and was sired by the immortal *BASK++ PASB.  Stop The Show has produced four fillies and four colts. She has been bred to *Enoss PASB, Pyatigorsk, Protocall, and *El Purchino NSB.