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Welcome to Sturgeon Creek Arabians (SCA)!
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Cheryl Dell on
Reason To Believe,
Region 2
Championship |
Myna Cryderman on
SCA Dartagnan in the
UAE |
Charlene Lewis on
Mistansza climbing
Cougar Rock |
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SCA
spells "Endurance"
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25
SCA-bred
horses
completed
24,210
miles in
AERC
races,
97.2%
of the
way
around
the
earth! |
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Ten SCA-bred horses
completed 19,745
miles with a
completion rate of
85.8%. In 381
completions, they
garnered 28 Best
Conditioned awards,
174 Top Ten placings
(45.7%), 51 wins and
33 seconds. Nine of
these ten horses
competed in the US
against fields
averaging around 50
horses, and two
completed the Tevis!
From competing in
Malaysia for the US,
to the UAE with Team
Canada, to climbing
Cougar Rock at the
Tevis Cup, SCA
horses have
successfully
competed against the
best! |
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For more information, see our
Endurance
page.
If you are looking for an addition to your horse
family, please take a moment to review our
Sales
page. We also welcome inquiries from people
interested in horses on our
Stallions page or our
Mares
page. If you would like to read Carl Fudge’s
presentation “What should I look for in a prospect for
endurance competition?” given at the Endurance Canada clinic in Osoyoos, BC on September 3rd, 2011, go to the
Articles
page.
We at Sturgeon Creek Arabians have been breeding Arabian
horses since 1985. We are located near Beausejour,
Manitoba, Canada, only 35 miles northeast of the capital
city of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
We believe in producing an Arabian that typifies what
the great Arabian horse was meant to be, the ultimate
athlete. We have used only the best Russian and Polish
bloodlines to produce horses with great movement, sound
and correct conformation, and willing attitudes. See
our
About Us
page for more details.
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STURGEON CREEK ARABIANS
ENDURANCE/COMPETITIVE TRAIL RIDE INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Effective September 1, 2011
Sturgeon Creek Arabians is proud of our many SCA-bred
horses that have competed in endurance and
competitive trail riding! We would like you to
offer you an opportunity to join our list of
successful SCA-bred horses.
As of September 1, 2011, if you purchase an SCA-bred
horse from us, you are eligible to join our
Incentive Program.
For every mile in which you and your SCA-bred horse
compete, in a
sanctioned endurance or competitive trail
ride that you complete, we will give you $0.50 per
completed mile. The Incentive Program is linked to
the horse, and transfers to the new owner if you
subsequently sell your SCA-bred horse.
We have created
a
mileage
form
that you can download and use to record your
completed miles. You will find a link to this
mileage form on our Endurance page and our Sales
page. You should print the form in
“Landscape” to get all the columns.
The form is to be submitted once a year,
by email or mail, to cover the ride period
December 1st to November 30th.
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SCA
News
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INTRODUCING OUR
SECOND
AERC DECADE TEAM MEMBERS!
Brooke Schick riding
Spirited Music,
AERC Decade Team member, 2002-2013
Spirited Music, ridden by owner Brooke
Schick, Tevis Cup (Western States Trail
Ride), August 2006.
Credit: Casey Spencer, Photographer.
Sturgeon Creek Arabians is proud to
congratulate Brooke Schick, AERC Decade
Team member, riding the SCA-bred horse
Spirited Music
(PISTASCHIO x Kaluwa by Pyatigorsk),
1996 mare,
AERC#:H32750.
Brooke hails from Simi Valley,
California. She purchased
Spirited
Music
in January 2002, and has
competed in AERC rides with
Spirited
Music since February 2002. So
far, they have completed 2,595 miles, 51
ride completions out of 56 starts (91%
completion rate), including the Tevis
Cup.
Spirited Music
is featured on the Endurance page of the
Sturgeon Creek Arabians website at
http://www.sturgeoncreekarabians.com.
On hearing from Sturgeon Creek Arabians
about the Decade Team membership, Brooke
wrote: "Yeah Spirit! She just celebrated
her 17th birthday, and shows no sign of
slowing down."
We wish Brooke and
Spirited Music
all the best as they continue to compete
in AERC rides!
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Susan Friedman riding
Be My Love,
AERC Decade Team member, 2003-2012
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Photo courtesy of Susan Friedman |
Sturgeon Creek Arabians is proud to
congratulate Susan Friedman, AERC Decade
Team member riding the SCA-bred horse
Be My Love
(Pyatigorsk x Balalovja by *El Purchino
NSB), 1996 mare, AERC#:H33697.
Susan hails from California. She
purchased Be
My Love
from Sturgeon Creek Arabians
in 2002, and has competed in AERC rides
with Be My
Love since 2003. So far, they
have completed 2,265 miles, 48 ride
completions out of 51 starts (94.1%
completion rate), 12 Top Ten finishes,
and 1 win.
Be My Love
is featured on the Endurance page of the
Sturgeon Creek Arabians website at
http://www.sturgeoncreekarabians.com.
The American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC)
created the Decade Team membership to
recognize riders who “have
ridden your own horse in an AERC
sanctioned 50-mile and up endurance ride
for at least ten ride seasons”. Each
rider responds to interview questions
designed “…to see what we can learn from
these people, enjoy their stories and
see who they are since they are still
currently riding their horses.”
Susan’s “barn name” for
Be My Love
is “Meela”. Susan
says “I
believe that she looks into my soul”.
Here is a
link to Susan Friedman’s story about her
ride experiences on
Be My Love:
http://aerc.org/SFriedman_Meela.aspx.
We wish Susan and
Be My Love
many more happy trails!
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Foal News!
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Our first foal of 2013, a bay filly, was
born on May 17, 2013. Sire: Philosophy (PISTASCHIO
x Kaluwa by Pyatigorsk). Dam: Balarina (Pyatigorsk
x Balakara by *El Kasaka). This filly
has eight crosses to TAKTIKA and one to
*SABELLINA PASB. She has a long
neck from her paternal great grand-sire,
*SALON RASB. Her maternal great-great
grand-dam was Resza who, when bred to
Pyatigorsk, produced Reason To Believe,
US National Champion Endurance horse.
This filly is well proportioned and bred
to run! |
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HORSE NAMING CONVENTION USED ON THIS WEBSITE:
Following racing convention, names of Stakes race
winners have BOLD TYPE AND CAPITAL LETTERS.
Horses that placed second in a Stakes race are
Bolded But Not Capitalized. Race winners are in
CAPITAL LETTERS. Horses that did not win, or did not
race, have only the First Letter Of Each Word
Capitalized. For horses imported to North America, a
star * is placed in front of the horse’s name and
its country of origin is added to the registered
name. PASB = Polish Arabian Stud Book; RASB =
Russian Arabian Stud Book; GASB = German Arabian
Stud Book; NSB = Netherlands Stud Book. |
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