ARLENE MAGID
PEDIGREE RESEARCH
A TEMPTATION
A TEMPTATION is a pure Polish stallion with a superb record as both a show horse and sire. His 7 National titles include U.S. National Champion English Pleasure Junior Horse, U.S. National Champion English Pleasure, U.S. National Champion Pleasure Driving and Pleasure Driving AOTD, and U.S. Reserve National Champion Park. He has sired National winners including U.S. Top Ten Sporthorse Mare ATH and Sporthorse Under Saddle Junior Horse TEMPTING FATE+, U.S. Top Ten Western Pleasure Futurity and Western Pleasure Junior Horse and Canadian Reserve National Champion Western Pleasure Junior Horse SOLARRA, U.S. Top Ten Hunt Pleasure AOTR 18-35 WWW BREATHLESS, U.S. Top Ten Hunt Pleasure Futurity STARZE N STRIPES, U.S. Top Ten English Pleasure Futurity winner HS JUSTATEMPTATION, and U.S. National Champion English Pleasure Futurity, U.S. and Canadian National Champion English Pleasure Junior Horse and U.S. Top Ten Park CHAPARRAL DGL. A TEMPTATION’s greatness comes from his remarkable pedigree, which contains three close lines to U.S. National Champion Stallion and Park *BASK++, the breed’s all time leading sire of champions, National winners and National winner producers.
A TEMPTATION is a 3/4 brother to ERICCA(who is by his sire TEMPTER out of a maternal sister to his dam), the only mare to be a U.S. National Champion in performance (U.S. National Champion English Pleasure Junior Horse) prior to being named U.S. National Champion Mare. ERICCA has produced 5 champions through mid-2008, four of them regional winners and 2 National winners (U.S. Top Ten Mare JTH ELLUSION OF MAGIC and U.S. Top Ten Sweepstakes Colt, Futurity Colt and Gelding and Pacific Slope Top Five Hunt Pleasure ELUSIVE MAGIC+). A TEMPTATION is also a 3/4 brother to CanadianReserveNationalChampionPark and twice U.S. Top Ten English Pleasure and regional champion producer TO LOVE AGAIN (who is by his paternal grandsire COGNAC out of his dam).
A TEMPTATION is by TEMPTER, who in a limited career at stud (68 get) sired National Champions in halter and performance as well as U.S. Top Ten English Pleasure Futurity IM TEMPTED. His regional winning get include HY-WYNNE TEMPTRA (3 regional wins in hunt pleasure AOTR), DEBBONAIR (8 regional wins in country pleasure, including three championships or reserves), ENCHANTRESSE (3 regional wins in English and country pleasure with one regional championship), EVENING LIGHT (a regional reserve champion in sport horse halter and show hack), BEYSIS+ (11 regional titles including 5 regional championships or reserves in country pleasure and 4 regional championships or reserves in country pleasure driving), and NIGHT TEMPTER (a regional halter winner).
TEMPTER is a double *BASK++ grandson. He is by Canadian National Champion Park COGNAC, sire of 114 champions and 24 National winners. National Champions by COGNAC include U.S. National Champion Park MISS COGNAC, U.S. Reserve National Champion Park COGNAC PERFECTION and GDAAN, PERSONALITY (a U.S. National Champion in Trail and Second Level Dressage), U.S. National Champion Formal Driving HAPPY OURS(dam of 2 National winners), Canadian National Champion Park CUTTY WATER, Canadian Reserve National Champion Park TO LOVE AGAIN, and multi-National Champion Native Costume and U.S. and Canadian Top Ten Park KAS SHAI TANI. 38 COGNAC get have produced National winners through 2007. COGNAC is a product of the highly successful *BASK++/*GDYNIA++ cross that has also produced Canadian Reserve National Champion Park and National Champion sire GDANSK+/ , U.S. and Canadian Top Ten English Pleasure GRANAADA (a champion producer and maternal granddam of National winner in english pleasure AOTR NOBLE SERENADER), National winner producers GRENEDYNE (in CP AMBITION’s pedigree) and GARNET, and champion producer GARDENIA. *GDYNIA++ is a U.S. National Champion in English Pleasure and produced a total of 6 champions, 5 of them National winners and 5 National winner producers (the others are Canadian Top Ten Gelding BUSZIR and U.S. Top Ten Stallion and National Champion sire GUARNTEED).
TEMPTER’s dam, U.S. Top Ten Formal Driving and Formal Combination TONKI, also produced halter reserve champion ALADDINN SUPREME and the excellent broodmare TONKI-TU (a 3/4 blood sister to TEMPTER as she is also sired by a *BASK++ son). TONKI-TU has founded a dynasty of champions . Of her 11 registered foals, 7 are champions, 5 are National winners and 2 have produced National winners. Her National winners are PADRASK+/ (two top tens in western pleasure), BB MELODY+ (three top tens in hunt pleasure), BB INDEPENDENCE+/ (4 National titles in hunt pleasure), HONKY TONK COWBOY (5 National wins in hunt pleasure) and Canadian Reserve National Champion Show Hack BB LYRIC+ (who has 3 National titles in hunt pleasure and show hack). She is also the dam of National Champion producers CA ALLURE (dam of 5 time National winner in hunt pleasure and dressage AMBEHOLDIN+//, a U.S. Reserve National Champion First Level Dressage AOTR) and TALADDINNA (dam of U.S. National Champion Mare JOTH THA BAY TINNA). TONKI’s dam *BOLTONKA++ is a U.S. Reserve National Champion Mare and twice U.S. Top Ten Park winner. She produced 2 National winners, the other being TONKI’s full brother, U.S. Top Ten Pleasure Driving BOMARC. A third full sibling of the *BASK++/*BOLTONKA++ cross is NEW FASHION, the dam of 5 champions, 3 National winners and 2 National winner producers. Another full sibling, FLAMING FIRE, is the dam of halter champion FLARING FIRE, who has produced 3 National winners in halter.
A TEMPTATION is out of A LOVE SONG, dam of 5 champions, 5 champion producers and 4 producers of National winners. She is also the dam of National winner and regional winner producer TO LOVE AGAIN, already mentioned. Her son AMOREE is a Canadian Reserve National Champion English Pleasure and U.S. Top Ten English Pleasure winner, He has sired two National Champions: ANDREE BSA+ (multiple National Champion sporthorse halter) and 6 time National winner VITALITY+// (a U.S. Reserve National Champion in dressage). A LOVE SONG’s son ALLEGIENCE is the sire of three time National winner in hunter AOTR and hunter hack AOTR WP ARIES+//. Her son A TEMPEST is a regional winner in sport horse halter and a multi-champion in English pleasure and country pleasure. A LOVE SONG’s son ALLIENCE+// has 10 National titles including U.S. National Champion Formal Driving, Canadian National Champion Park and English Pleasure and three times U.S. National Champion Park. His 14 purebredNational Champion get include three times U.S. National Champion Park AOTR HALLELUJAH BABY, U.S. National Champion English Pleasure, English Pleasure AOTR 18-39 and Pleasure Driving AOTD JKF MACGREGOR+/, multi-National Champion dressagewinners OKW ENTRIQUE and MATINEE V++//, and twice U.S. National Champion Jumper HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL+.
A LOVE SONG is by the incomparable *BASK++, giving A TEMPTATION a third line to that remarkable horse. Her dam *ELKANA++, a U.S. and Canadian National Champion Mare, was also a superb broodmare, with 5 champions, 3 National winners, and 4 National winner producers to her credit. Her show ring winners include regional halter winner TALISMAN NA (a sire of regional winners), regional halter winner A ELIZABETH (dam of a multi-regional halter winner), U.S. Top Ten Stallion RICARD (a 3/4 brother to A LOVE SONG and a sire of champions), U.S. Top Ten Stallion AOTH CARTIER (a full brother to A LOVE SONG and sire of multi-National Champion Half-Arabian Mare D M JENNIFER T+/), and U.S. Top Ten Stallion AOTH EMINANT (sire of U.S. Top Ten Reining Futurity EMIGRANT). *ELKANA++’s National winner producers are: CARTIER, EMINANT, ULTIMA (a full sister to A LOVE SONG and dam of U.S. Top Ten Futurity Filly ULANA), and ELEGANT CRYSTAL (dam of 4 champions including multi-National Champion ERICCA). *ELKANA++’s sire AQUINOR also sired U.S. National Champion Stallion and National Champion Sire *ELKIN++, and her dam ESTEBNA was a European Reserve Champion Mare. Few stallions today can boast of such a heritage as A TEMPTATION.