January Calendar Feature: Gitar MF
by Christa Beeler
If you are looking for a stallion to breed to your mare, Gitar MF (Afire Bey V x Gitara PASB) is a good bet for ribbons and roses in the future. “We’ve seen some incredibly talented offspring come from breeding Polish mares, El Ghazi daughters, and AA Apollo Bey daughters,” states Cathy Vincent, the owner of Adandy Farm, Greenwood, Del., where Gitar MF stands. Passing on his high neck, laid-back shoulders, and powerful hind end to his offspring has helped make all of this success possible. His babies have also inherited some of the other traits that attracted Vincent to Gitar MF over 10 years ago. When she first spotted Gitar MF, his type and correctness were evident. However, it was the many other intangible qualities that wooed her. His show ring presence and charisma, solid work ethic, eagerness to please, and inner strength were indescribable. (It was Gitar’s inner strength that served him well when in 2006 he made a complete recovery from colic surgery and a subsequent staph infection in late 2006-2007. “He weathered the storm of his surgery really well and looks better than ever,” says Vincent.)
During the 2011 show season Gitar MF had several English and country English pleasure winners in the show ring, not to mention all of his amazing winners from the past. “Gitar’s foals have his ability, presence and type, but they also have that extra special something that makes them stand above the rest. His foals are also very trainable with easy temperaments and a willingness to work; that’s something you can’t buy,” Vincent states.
Vibrato G (x Starlite Flite) 2011 U.S. National Country English Pleasure Junior Horse Reserve Champion 2011 East Coast Country English Pleasure Junior Horse Champion and Country English Pleasure Horse ATR Champion
Independence G (x Starlite Flite) 2011 East Coast Country English Pleasure Open Champion Pretentious CA (x Precocious AF) 2011 East Coast English Pleasure Champion 2011 East Coast English Pleasure AOTR Champion
Scarlet O Butler (x AF Ellenai) 2011 U.S. National Country English Pleasure Horse Top Ten 2011 Youth National English Pleasure Horse JTR Top Ten 2011 Youth National English Pleasure JOTR Top Ten 2011 Region 14 English Pleasure JTR Champion 2005 U.S. National English Pleasure AOTR Champion with Oma Hodges
JAS Gibson (x Matadora) 2011 Sport Horse National Gelding In Hand Reserve Champion, owned by Jim Hay and shown by Martha Murdock
The 2012 show season is going to be an exciting one for Adandy Farm. Electric Gitar (x MS Scarlet Ohuck), owned by Kristin Harkins, is still winning the ribbons in the Half-Arabian country English pleasure division, and they will be debuting Opinionated AF (x AE Town Token) in Half-Arabian country English pleasure junior horse, who is owned by Wendy and Arielle Fisher. Also, look for Gibson Gitar (x Ghazimia) in the English pleasure junior horse division, owned by Rebecca Thomas, and Air Guitar AF (x AE Town Token), a very talented, Half-Arabian, 3-year-old that is looking to hit the ring at U.S. Nationals in the English futurity.
In the halter division the exciting, Half-Arabian, 2-year-old She Be A Rockstar (x Callaway’s Epiphany) will be shown by Phillip Wolfe. New to the show ring and owned by Alayna Mala is AF EddieVanHalen (x Young and Hot), who will be shown by Phillip Wolfe as well in the Half-Arabian yearling sweepstakes classes.
“Every day we have with Gitar is a blessed day, because it’s a miracle he lived through his colic surgery and infection several years back,” says Vincent. “To see his legacy in all of his amazing progeny, who are winning in the show ring, and also in his breathtakingly beautiful offspring still on the farm is truly a dream realized.”
