PA Zsa Zsa Kaborr
I will start my blog posting with this wonderful mare's story. PA Zsa Zsa Kaborr.
The first time I laid eyes on her, she was a skinny 3-year-old standing in a stall awaiting her fate at the bankruptcy auction for Passion Arabians. She stood at the back of her stall and did not come up to greet me. There were 92 horses at this auction and I had driven to Illinois from Kansas to purchase her dam, Khopy Khat, or her brother, depending on the prices.
These horses were starving until the bank took over and attempted to get them in good condition before the auction, but most were still underweight. Khopy Khat had a 6-month-old colt at her side that was half Arabian, but the sire was unknown. She was 18 at the time, and she didn't look like much to the untrained eye, but she had a show record and she was one of the last Khemosabi daughters. She was sold very early in the sale for $1800, which doesn't sound like much, but because she was 18, her broodmare days were very limited, if there were any left at all. So instead, I bought her son and Zsa Zsa's full brother, PA Master Khopy. He was 4 years old and not halter broke, but very outgoing and people-loving. He was run through the ring because he had no training and I was able to purchase him for $300. He was halter broke within 10 minutes and the friendliest horse I ever owned. We spent 14 years flying down trails and several riding endurance rides. He was incredible and a handful at the same time. I will write his story another day,
5 years after that auction, I saw an ad for Zsa Zsa, the breeder that had purchased her at the auction was selling all her horses and Zsa Zsa was the last one she would part with. There was no drama when I brought her home and introduced her and her brother. She put her head down into his grain bucket and they shared everything afterward. I know they recognized each other and their pecking order had been established before I came into the picture. I started her under saddle right away, she has never offered to buck or spook. I have bred her successfully twice now. I attempted to breed her with frozen semen to JK Amadeus first, but she did not take and I decided that fresh was the most economical and made the most sense for her. So I bred her to a full brother of multi-national champion Concencus the next year. Montraz is a much-underrated stallion with incredible movement and size. The resulting exceptional colt, Rain on Me +++/, has earned 2 National Championships and many more Regional and National titles. I then bred her to Giaccomo by Marwan Al Shaqab. That filly is Khatarenya. She is a tall lovely filly with an incredibly easygoing personality, and she will spend her life as my riding horse. I have taken her to many clinics to expose her to as many situations as I can, and she is a rockstar at just four years old.
Next year, the plan is to breed Zsa Zsa to National Champion Arslan Alijassimya for a 2025 foal. This stallion is as close to perfect as I have found, besides his excellent conformation, his disposition is incredible for a stallion.
I plan to feature special animals that I have photographed in my blogs, so if you have a special animal with a special story, please let me know.
