In The Pedigree

In case you haven't gathered, I love sporthorse breeding. In particular, I like to find the patterns of the less popular lines. Edward comes from less popular lines. The biggest name up close in his pedigree is Aram, who is still used now and again via frozen. Ed's sire, Faram, is the son of Aram and one of only three approved sons he had out of countless breedings. And, Faram lost his breeding license, despite completing the 100 day test. Yes, in Europe, studs can lose their license to breed. In particular, I find it interesting why: lack of consistency seen in his foalcrops. Some of his get were great, but some weren't so good. So, Faram lost his license. Could you imagine the uproar if a stallion lost their license here?



Faram as a 3 yo.

Given this, there are only a handful of Faram offspring out there, including Edward's full, 1995 brother, Narom. Narom competed up to Level 2 dressage in the UK and then competed up to 1.05m jumpers here in the US. That is all I know. Chances are, his name has changed just like Edward's name changed from Malon to Goldie to Edward to Mazaire upon importation. Poor thing. CASE IN POINT, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY 1995 BAY 17h FARAM SONS, THAT IS ED'S FULL BROTHER!!! I would love to find him!

Back, back to Faram babies in general. The most famous one would probably be Tim Lips' Oncarlos. He has competed at numerous 3 and 4 stars, and has represented the Netherlands at the 2007 European Championships, 2008 Olympics, the 2010 WEGs, the 2011 European Championships and is set for the London Olympics as a 17 year old.







In the US, there are only 3 FEI competing Faram babies, all of them sons. The first one and probably the second highest performing Faram son in eventing is Call On Me whom is out of a Irish mare. Highlights include a win at Wayne CIC2*, a member of a 2* NAYRC team, and a 15th place finish at Bromont CCI3*.







The second brother is Conyer and he is the odd one out of the group since he is a Combined Driving horse! I, personally, think that is really, really cool. And, what's more, is that he has represented USET in combined driving a few times and seemed like the go to horse for his driver. What's even more, the guy was competing up until last year in international competition at 20 years old after being "retired" for all of 2 months! Apparently, there were some soundness issues with his other replacements, causing Conyer to be the faithful go-to guy once again. He is the dark bay.





Of course, the last one is Edward. For consistency's sake, I'll include a picture and video. Plus, it's my blog and no one is going to complain about it. I know for Edward, a lot of his quality comes his strong damline (Rinaldo x Prince Jack xx). Perhaps Faram just meshed well with only a few damlines?





Maybe a few years down the road I can do one for Yves' siblings... Hopefully they are actually proving their worth by then!