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famous and "most dear to our hearts" foundation Spanish mare is the
imported 26 year old *Abha Odalic (Al Jauf x Iaba) or "Odie" as she is
affectionately known. She was purchased from Mari Austad when Odie,
the last and most precious of their herd of mares, became available.
What drew me to her like a magnet, was her light, airy, ballerina
movement and those BIG, dark rimmed, beautiful, Spanish Eyes. I
could see her soul through those eyes! For over a decade,
Odie has graced our pastures, and given us magnificent, saleable, foals.
She also substitues as a nanny when newly weaned foals need the security
of an older and much wiser herd boss.
You may have also noticed the
name of our farm is GOLDEN CROSS ARABIANS. This is all due to a
magnificent stallion that I was privileged enough to see win top 10
National honors in Albuquerque so many years ago.  His
name is *El Shaklan, and I will never forget him as long as I live. It
was his commanding presence and magnificent beauty that struck me then
and still does to this very day. *El Shaklan is the true GOLDEN CROSS,
so much so that this phrase was invented for him. He is the result of
mating a straight Egyptian stallion to a straight Spanish mare. After
viewing him, I realized that this was the type of Arabian I wanted to
breed and have never changed my mind since. This is why we also admire, breed and raise
straight Egyptians, and have a few, choice straight Egyptian mares of varying bloodlines
in our foundation group that we feel adds a certain dryness, refinement and quality unique to their heritage. It's this cross of utter Egyptian beauty with the unmatched substance of the Spanish that gives us our Golden Crosses. From all these mares, we try to outcross to
create the best quality individual possible. This is called hybrid
vigor.
Our GOLDEN CROSSES have
fabulously set necks, with beautiful, bold movement, high natural tail
carriage and BIG, dark eyes. They shout "I am a magnificent Arabian,
notice me!" You could never mistake them for anything else. For this
ability, I will always have Spanish and Egyptian mares as my foundation.
Julie Teutsch
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