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Lara with Sam
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(Lara)
by Gaigysyz out of
Garmoniya by Munir
pure-bred Akhal-Teke
born 2nd March 1997
metallic golden buckskin, 16hh
ELITE graded
Lara was bred at the Stavropol Stud, the best Akhal-Teke stud in the world.
Her sire GAIGYSYZ is probably the most successful Akhal-Teke stallion in
the last decade, being a sire and grandsire of innumerable breed champions.
(Click here for his full stud record.)
Importing horses from Russia isn’t easy. Lara’s
sale was agreed in summer 1999, but it was Christmas 2001 before she arrived
at Kyzyl Akhal-Tekes,
Herr and Frau Blatt from Biberach, Germany, having kindly found a place for
her on their own shipment of horses from Stavropol.
Lara won her class at the last Akhal-Teke Society Breed Show, her only time
shown. She has bred three foals: KYZYL KAZAN [Zak]
(2003) by Atamekan, KYZYL
DOUBLE or QUITS [Sam] (2005) by Welton Double Cracker, and XANADU [Xan]
(2006) by Atamekan.
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Lara with Sam |
Aug 2006
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Lara with Xan
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In 2004, between foals, she came into work for a few months and did some
pleasure rides with Claire Shepherd. Soon in foal again, she returned to
being a mum, which is her preferred occupation. Just as well, for following
an accident as a yearling she is blind in one eye and has damaged nerves
in her lower jaw, so it would be hard for her to become a competition horse.
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Lara with Roz at the S. Herefords Ride
photo by Goytre Photographic |
April 2007
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Her name gives rise to an extraordinary coincidence.
Ainur, the first foal bred here, was named for a little
girl in Turkmenistan, the daughter of Atamekan’s former owner. It was later discovered that
the name means “Moonlight”in Turkmen.
“Gulara” (who was named at birth, long before coming here) is
also a common Turkmen name for a girl. “Gul” = “Flower” and “Ara” = “Centre”.
However, Claire discovered that “Gulara” also
possesses a meaning in Australian Aborigine. The meaning?
“Moonlight”.
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