We started breeding Arabians on our farm in 1982, with a stallion called HAZ SARIF (bred by Mr. Mario Conforti) and three Ayerza brood mares acquired at the traditional “Exposición Rural” in Buenos Aires. They added a few carefully chosen Thoroughbred mares to the stud, to breed Anglo-Arabians as well. Not long after, HARAFE, a stallion of the Ayerza lineage, was acquired from the prestigious “Har
as La Catalina”, whose owners, Georgina Pelham and her family, became very close friends of ours. They greatly stimulated our enthusiasm for the Arabian horse. In the year 1987, we purchased a Polish stallion called SIR WM PAKASO, from Count Federico Zichy Thyssen, adding to our breeding program the virtues of his bloodline, which we had been studying closely in international publications. His extraordinary movement, conformation and incredible docility enthralled us. His numerous offspring have given us many satisfactions in riding contests and the beginnings of endurance competitions in Argentina as well as on the racetrack. We proudly remember RO ZADRA and RO SADAT at the racetrack, RO DALAL, RO DAKAR and RO TOPAZ in the riding and endurance competitions, and RO SETH and RO MUGAMIR in the various mounted games. Between 1991 and 2000, we made a very careful selection of mares and imported many from Brazil. Our aim always being Polish-Russian genes, good conformation and movement, united to the unmistakably beautiful Arabian type. Amongst these mares, we are proud to mention: DAY LOVE (EUKALYPTUS & EASTER LOVER), PRAVDA DSA (PADRON & TIGRESZONA x PRINCE RAFFDAZON), KHADJANE (PADRON & KHARASUL x IOVANHOE TSATAM), BASADRON (PADRON & BASKSHEBA x BASK), A SPECIAL FEATURE (GDANSK y WINDFEATURE x FIREWIND), PACIFIC FLEET (COGNAC & A SOUTH PACIFIC x ALADDINN), NORAYHA-NA (EL SHAKLAN & PADRONS NANTASHA x PADRON), PADRONS NANTASHA (PADRON & NANTASHA x NIGATT), HAFATI BARBARA (RSD DARK VICTORY & SINGULAR SENSATION x GOLD KRUGERAND), PROMESSES KEPT (PADRONS PSYQUE & ALLISHAH x BEY SHAH), BALLYMOSS (NAJSAD & TIARAAA x MAG), TOUCH A SPICE (DWD TABASCO & BASK CARESS x BASK), EWITA (ETAT & ESPAZADE x ESPARTERO). Today we have many of their daughters on our farm and they in turn are breeding fourth generation females. In 1992, after long commercial dealings, we imported WAGRAM from Poland. It was love at first sight the moment we saw this stallion at the Young-Horse Show on the Warsaw racetrack. WAGRAM, with his combination of Polish and Russian genes, definitely shaped our criteria in breeding athletic Arabian horses. WAGRAM gained for Los Estribos the international recognition it enjoys today, through three of his offspring, in endurance competitions in the United Arab Emirates: RO NILO (alias SUPER), RO SAAD and RO FABIOLA, all world speed records. Later, we imported the well-known Polish stallion ETAT, in society with Haras Cal Ramon. This Polish-blood stallion had an outstanding turf campaign in Poland and was father of many important horses in Europe and in the United States, where his daughter PERLA, was American National Champion. With ETAT, our stud began exporting frozen semen. In the year 2000, we imported one-year-old MAGICS MARK CAF from the United States, also with the idea of injecting a new packet of genes into our stock and complement the Polish-Russian line. He was classified Reserved Grand Champion Stallion, Palermo 2002, and he also won several Ridden Championships. In the year 2001, we imported from Brazil Aladdinn Torch (US), continuing with the Polish-Russian blood. His outstanding pedigree, based on chief sires as Aladdinn and Muscat, leaved us son with very good sport careers as RO Citrus, RO Nepal and RO Casanova, among others. Sadly, he died a few years after of a chronic respiratory disease. In 2009, unexpectedly died our main stallion, Wagram (PL), of a massive heart attack. Replacing him, his son RO Centurion, with a winners dam line and full brother of the famed RO Fabiola; with excellent conformation and temper. His endurance career is outstanding, as also is his print at passing his good traits to his offspring. In the year 2016, seeking to open or genetic pool, based on Wagram´s daughters (as guarantee of athletic ability), we added the young stallion SI Palenque (CH), bred at San Ignacio breeding farm of José Miguel García, who is our partner in this new project. His Russian and French bloodlines as Persik and Djelfor and with half-brothers having great results in their sport careers in Europe and United Arab Emirates, has us full of expectations for his offspring.
