SOR-TRISTAN
MIKAELAA X ALADA BASKIN I
DOB: 5.11.06 - AHR: 627590
True Black, Sweepstakes Nominated
Currently 14.3 expected to mature out to 15.2
My husband and I were visiting Valle Del Sol under Laura Cronk's escort and we walked through the barn area. I always had to see Alada Baskin I because he was so sweet. While walking through I always peeked in each stall to see what babies there were and stallions. And low and behold there he was just 4 days old! I had to have him. I always wanted a black arabian. I was a Walter Farley fan and always hoped to have a black arabian of my own and there he was. I asked Laura if he was available and he was and we bought him that day. We brought him home at 5 months old. I named Tristan after the movie Tristan and Isadore-I think that was the name. It was a great movie and the actor that played Tristan was kind, brave and strong-everything I wanted my boy to be. So that became his name. He got handled, learned to tie, lead, pony pick up his feet. Then as all good boys do they get that testosterone flowing and he just became too obnoxious so I decided to give up my dream to own a black stallion and got him gelded in August of 2007. It was the best decision I ever made and never regretted it. The Alada Baskin I babies all have wonderful, easy to live with temperments and are very smart and people orientated. Tristan already has been bridled, bitted, saddled and I have gotten up into the stirrups on BOTH sides with my full weight and he doesn't even flinch. He's a good boy and I think will be fun to ride. He has a very long, easy looking canter and is very athletic and can turn on a dime even though he's all legs. He seems to like to jump, which I am very happy with. I would love to jump again and likes going out on trail. I hand walk him tacked up on 3 and 5 mile hikes and he enjoys the outings.
UPDATE: We started ponying Tristan off lead fully tacked up. We think this is great training. Gives them confidence and they learn to watch their footing better that way (which he really needs being all legs!) He never goes far. When we come to a fork in the road he'll take off on the other one but as soon as I call him he heads back. He really enjoys his outings. I got a couple of pictures of him off lead. This boy is so funny and I'm looking forward to getting him broke to trail next Spring 2010.
SOR-TRISTAN & SOR-FAJR
The youngsters of Silent Oak Ranch
I picked out Tristan when he was just 3 days old at Valle Del Sol ranch where Laura Cronk manages and where the legendary Khemosabi was housed in his later years.
I purchased Tristan specifically because he was an Alada Baskin I son and he was my dream Arabian - a black stallion. I hoped he would be my foundation stud for my herd. I brought him home when he was 5 months old and he was handled extensively to ensure that he would be manageable. Well, even with all the handling he was a little ornery... lol In fact I think he thought I was his and tried to mount me a couple of times and when that started happening I thought that maybe being a stud was not in the cards for Tristan. So I gelded him at a year old. It was the best thing I ever did and I don't regret it at all. He is a sweet and very smart boy and just a big goober that I enjoy being around. Tristan is coming four this May and will be broke to ride this Spring. I am really looking forward to teaching him things. I think he may be my dream horse still and my hopes is that he'll have a career in endurance and do all the other stuff I like doing.
Fajr's story starts out with my first arabian that I purchased from Judy Gamble, Beja Vu and Fajr is my first and only homebred foal. Seeing Beja was love at first sight! I owned her for about 5 years before deciding to breed her. Judy arranged for me to get a breeding to Alada Baskin I, who when I met was the sweetest stallion I have ever met and that's when I met Laura Cronk. My dream was to breed beautiful, yet functional arabians that could do endurance as a career and anything else you wanted them to do. Beja had done just about everything and did limited endurance for two years where she was in the top ten. I had to retire her when she started to have soundness problems due to her conformation (which I knew then but didn't compeletly understand the implications of before I bred her). We bred Beja to Alada Baskin I when she was 10 and she gave me a beautiful bay stud colt. Fajr was and is the sweetest boy and is still uncut coming three years old. However, since the economy has changed for the worst and our income level changed drastically, breeding is no longer in the picture. So we will be gelding Fajr in the spring and then we can put all four horses in one turn out area. My husband is looking forward to breaking Fajr and may attempt that this Spring when he's three, but we're not sure because he's on the small side, just barely 14.1 and is fine boned. So we'll just have to wait and see. I think he should wait another year in hopes that he'll grow a little more and put on a little more bulk.
Below are pictures of both boys in various stages. I also included a couple favorite pictures of their father, Alada Baskin I.
