Gulastras Splash 443514

Chestnut Stallion foaled April 21, 1988
Bred by Robbi Pruitt, Redmond, Oregon June 12, 2005, age 17. Anne Blount photo. Redmond, OR

Gulastras Splash had a long and successful endurance career. From 1993, when he was 5, through 2003, when he was 15, he competed in some 90 rides, going a total of 4,920 miles. Today, some endurance people seek his sons and daughters.

However, Gulastras Splash has much more going for him than his very credible endurance record, and his record as a sire of endurance competitors. He is also an attractive horse of merit in areas of conformation, legs, and Arabian type, and further boasts a rather extraordinary pedigree, partly because of the 21st century closeness of some horses foaled a long time ago, indeed, and partly because of the importance to the Arabian breed of many of his ancestors.

As can be seen on his pedigree, Gulastras Splash is a topline grandson of Gulastra, one of the great American-bred Arabian sires in history and still of significant influence today (in 2007). Of course, being a grandsire makes the Gulastra influence in Gulastras Splash more immediate than in individuals whose pedigrees show Gulastra farther back. Gulastra was foaled in 1924 - that was 83 years ago (in 2007) - and there are not many living Arabians who can claim that one of their grandparents was foaled so long ago as that.

The rest of Gulastra Splash’s pedigree contains an impressive roster of “who’s who” horses of yesteryear.

His four great-grandsires were: *Astraled (by Mesaoud), Indraff (by *Raffles), Balastra (by Gulastra), and Khalek (by Ferseyn). It can be seen, then, that Gulastra’s Splash was double Gulastra. It might be well to point out that the Gulastra son Balastra in this pedigree means something special. Although not as well known as some other Gulastra sons, Balastra was undoubtedly one of the best. He is correct, extremely stylish, and very beautiful - and his dam was the great broodmatron Bazrah.

The four mares in the great-granddam positions in Gulastra Splash’s pedigree were: Gulnare (by *Rodan x *Ghazala, she the only mare bred by Ali Pasha Sherif ever brought to the United States), Nafri (by *Nasr), Mailat (by Farana), and Jacobs Sheba (a double granddaughter of *Ferdin).

Gulastras Splash lives up to his illustrious pedigree. He not only proves that well bred Arabians “can do,” but he also has many desirable individual attributes. He is a well balanced horse with good shoulders and withers, a good strong back, strong loins, and good depth through the heart. He has excellent bone, joints, and feet. His legs stood up exceedingly well through all of his endurance work.

Gulastras Splash is owned by his breeder, Robbi Pruitt, of Redmond, Oregon.

With Permission from the Author,
Carol W. Mulder.
Copyright © 2007 by Carol W. Mulder

Pedigree for Gulastras Splash

Sire line: Barq
Family: *Wadduda 30

Sire ROH BETA GULASTRA 10216 c 1955 B. Tankersley Dist. Columbia	GULASTRA 521 c 1924 W. R. Brown New Hampshire	* ASTRALED 238 n 1900	MESAOUD	AZIZ II
				YEMAMEH I
			QUEEN OF SHEBA	desert bred
				desert bred
		GULNARE 278 g 1914	*RODAN 258	HARB
				*ROSE OF SHARON 246
			*GHAZALA 211	IBN SHERARA
				BINT HELWA
	AL-MARAH AASABA 5352 g 1949 Bazy Miller Illinois	INDRAFF 1575 g 1938	*RAFFLES 952	SKOWRONEK
				*RIFALA 815
			*INDAIA 813	RASEEM
				NISREEN
		NAFRI 2010 g 1941	*NASR 889	RABDAN EL AZRAK
				BINT YAMAMA
			KEDEM 1164	KATAR 724
				HORMA 636
Dam DJOMACA 29569 g 1964 R. F. Barnard Utah	MALASTRA 2687 c 1943 R. J. Jackson California	BALASTRA 1590 b 1938	GULASTRA 521	*ASTRALED 238
				GULNARE 278
			BAZRAH 378	*RODAN 258
				BATHSHEBA 280
		MAILAT 1487 b 1938	FARANA 708	*NASIK 604I
				*FARASIN 615
			FAHM 956	STAMBUL 575
				FADIL 563
	DJOUHERA 10465 g 1955 M. E. Rogers California	KHALEK 7175 g 1951	FERSEYN 1381	*RASEYN 597
				*FERDA 596
			SHANGRI-LA 2230	RODASR 1591
				*SABIGAT 672
		JACOBS SHEBA 2536 c 1942	BAHRDIN 1053	*FERDIN 613
				BAHREYN 603
			FASALINA 989	*FERDIN 613
				FASAL 330