Message from Lari Shea . FW: Russian Orlov crosses

[Steph Teeter <step@fsr.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From:	Lari Shea [SMTP:larishea@www.horse-vacation.com]
Sent:	Monday, January 05, 1998 12:05 AM
To:	step@fsr.com
Subject:	Re: Russian Orlov crosses

(Hi Steph....here's the other posting I need put through to the listserve
for me....thanks again....Lari)



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<Also, if Lari is keeping up with this, maybe you can give me some
<iinfo.  My daughter and I dropped in to Lari's ranch last fall to
<share our Rhodesian Ridgebacks and meet hers.  Lari was not there,
<but Fuchsia said we could go back and look at the horses, my
<daughter wanted to see an Akhal Teke.

<What caught my eye, being partial to greys were two absolutely
<gorgeous BIG greys, a gelding and mare, that I am guessing were
<Orlav/Arab crosses.  They were wonderfully put together, with long
<sloping shoulders, and I think over 15.2 hands.  They were in with
<the bay Akhal Teke mare, in the back.  Lari, do you know which two
<of your horses that sounds like?

<Karen

Hi Karen,

There are actually three grays Russian Orlov cross geldings and one gray
mare in the corral with the Akhal-Teke mare (as well as two bay Orlov cross
geldings)  The 5 year old endurance mare Nature's Ricochet is 15.3, out of a
15hh Tezero arab mare.  One bay is 17.2hh, out of a 15.2 Thoroughbred.  The
1/2 arab Sungari is the other bay, standing 15.2.  The three grays geldings
are Nature's L'Chiam, a spectacular moving 16.2hh dressage horse who also
jumps 5 foot fences, out of a 15.2 Thoroughbred;  and two horses still in
their first year under saddle, Nature's Fantastic,  16.hh also out of a
Thoroughbred, and Nature's Zhivago, 15.3 out of an arab.  All are sired by
Nature's Ballet, my deceased 15.3hh Russian Orlov stallion who completed
Tevis 5 times (and the Ride and Tie Championships once.....I didn't stop to
think that folks don't usually ride stallions on Ride & Tie....but "Blue"
was a perfect gentleman, as always, even when mares were left tied to the
same tree).  I froze Blue's semen, but am not selling it any more.  His sire
was 17hh, and Blue threw height.  Nearly all of his babies also inherited
his tremendous length of stride, huge bone and fabulous disposition.

Now I'm waiting to see how my two Akahl-Teke stallions' progeny turn out.
The first foals, out of Arab mares, all look extremely promising.  And, by
the way, a litter of Rhodesian Ridgebacks sired by my 120 lb. Maji Moto will
be born in late February, ready for sale the first week of April.

Lari



Lari Shea                          	       http://www.horse-vacation.com
Ricochet Ridge Ranch	       Riding Vacations on the Mendocino Coast with	
24201 North Highway One	       Lodging at Unique B&B Inns; International Riding.
Fort Bragg, CA 95437	       Akhal Teke and Russian Orlov/cross horses
707-964-7669ph/ 707-964-9669 fax   At stud: RRR Stolichnaya & RRR Russia



Lari Shea                          	       http://www.horse-vacation.com
Ricochet Ridge Ranch	       Riding Vacations on the Mendocino Coast with	
24201 North Highway One	       Lodging at Unique B&B Inns; International Riding.
Fort Bragg, CA 95437	       Akhal Teke and Russian Orlov/cross horses
707-964-7669ph/ 707-964-9669 fax   At stud: RRR Stolichnaya & RRR Russia