Arabian Stallion :: Baske Afire

Leading sire of National winners...
Baske Afire

ional championships, 30 reserve national championships and 148 Top Ten awards. The Half-Arabians,

Scottsdale Champion Pleasure Driving

The Baske Afire Effect
September cover of the Arabian Horse Times
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Cover Story: Baske Afire

by Mary Kirkman

From the time Baske Afire’s sons and daughters hit the show ring, he has been a sensation. Each year has polished that reputation, as step by step, he has built a record that has propelled him into the highest ranks of Arabian sires.

Baske Afire’s pedigree is rich in national champions. His sire and dam, as well as his grandsire and grandam, were national champions and producers of national champions. Most of his champions at the major shows now are divided equally between halter and performance, with nearly all of his performance champions in the English and country English pleasure divisions. In 2008, he was Top Five on 13 of the 18 AHT charts for U.S. Nationals.

The sheer magnitude of Baske Afire’s achievements tells his story. At Scottsdale in 2009, he was the Arabian Horse Times Leading Sire of Half-Arabian Halter Winners, more than 100 points ahead of his nearest competition. In addition, he was second on the Leading Halter and Performance Sires of Purebred and Half-Arabian Winners ranking.

As of August of this year, Baske Afire’s record of success reflected a total of 92 purebred champions, 20 national winners (with 46 total national wins) and six national and reserve national champion purebred offspring. At Canada 2009, the trend continued, with five national championships added, along with three reserves and 15 top tens.

In addition to winning at the national level, Baske Afire offspring also command a solid return on investment for breeders. In addition to private sales, the yearling filly HA Sahara Afire, bred by Michelle Harris, changed hands for $120,000 at the 2008 Cedar Ridge Select Sale.

Baske Afire’s significance continues to grow in Arabian show ring. His presence on the leading sire lists both by points and number of winners proves salient facts: He offers not only a high percentage of champions and reserves, but also a wide range of successful representatives—not just a few stellar individuals.

For Baske Afire, Strawberry Banks has adopted the philosophy that now is the time to write history. The farm has announced that at the end of the 2009 breeding season, the stallion’s availability to outside breeders will be limited. A total of 150 breedings are now offered for purchase, and when those have been sold, Baske Afire’s public book will be completed.

Arabian Horse Times Leading Sire Lists

At U.S. Nationals:
Top Five Leading Sire Of Arabians In Halter (By Number Of Winners And Points)

Top Five Leading Sire Of Arabians In Performance (By Number Of Winners And Points)

Two-Time Leading Sire Of Half-Arabians In Halter (By Number Of Winners)

Three-Time Top Five Leading Sire Of Half-Arabians In Halter (By Number Of Winners)

2008 Leading Sire Of Half-Arabians In Halter (By Points)

Two-Time Top Five Leading Sire Of Half-Arabians In Halter (By Points)

Yearling Breeders Sweepstakes:

Four-Time Top Five Leading Sire Of Arabians (By Number Of Champions)

2005 Top Five Leading Sire Of Arabians (By Number Of Winners And Points)

2009 Canadian Nationals Results

RH Big Time (x Lakeview’s Savoir Faire)
2009 Canadian National Champion HA English Pleasure Junior Horse

CP Marquis (x CP Princess)
2009 Canadian National Champion Hunter Pleasure Junior Horse

JB Hometown Hottie (x Petite Sweet)
2009 Canadian National Champion HA Saddle/Pleasure Halter Mare

Mariachi WA (x Brooklyn Bey)
2009 Canadian National Champion Country English Pleasure Junior Horse

Sommelier (x CL Bay Love)
2009 Canadian National Champion English Pleasure JOTR 17 & Under
2009 Canadian National Top Ten English Pleasure
2009 Canadian National Reserve Champion JTR 17 & Under

All Revvved Up (x El Milagro’s California Capers)
2009 Canadian National Reserve Champion HA Saddle/Pleasure Halter Gelding
2009 Canadian National Reserve Champion HA Saddle/Pleasure AAO Halter Gelding

Bonfire ROF (x Sing For Joy)
2009 Canadian National Top Ten Country English Pleasure

Proficient Fire (x Pro Mahogany Lady)
2009 Canadian National Top Ten Country English Pleasure

JB Surfs Up (x Petite Sweet)
2009 Canadian National Top Ten HA Country English Pleasure Junior Horse

JB Day Dreamer (x Petite Sweet)
2009 Canadian National Top Ten HA Country English Pleasure AAOTR 18-39
2009 Canadian National Top Ten HA Country English Pleasure AATR 18-39

GA Clio Dulaine (x Flameworthy)
2009 Canadian National Top Ten HA Futurity Filly

A proven producer... Scottsdale 2009

# 1 Leading Halter Sire of Half Arabian Winners By Points
# 1 Leading Halter Sire of Half Arabian Winners By Number of Winning Get
# 1 Leading Halter and Performance Sire of Half Arabian Winners
By Number of Winning Get
# 1 Leading Halter and Performance Sire of Half Arabian Winners By Points

In The Line Afire

Baske Afire took center stage at the 2009 Scottsdale Show, both as a show horse and as an important sire of Champions. The leading siring son of leading sire, Afire Bey V won both the Pleasure Driving class and the Pleasure Driving Championship, but his wonderful appearance in Scottsdale as a show horse paled beside his magnitude as a sire of winners.

Baske Afire offspring took home 11 Championships and 7 Reserve Championships at this year’s Scottsdale Show, plus 20 Top Tens, 14 first place awards, and 18 additional ribbons in classes during the course of 11 days.

Champions included Baske Is A Genius (x Winning Asset) HA Pleasure Driving Champion, CF Badras Symphony (x Sweet Day Dream) Junior Champion HA Saddle/Pleasure Colt/Gelding, Chick Magnet (x Ring Girl) Champion HA Saddle/Pleasure Gelding AAOTH, The Way She Moves (x Heavenlei) Champion Country English JTR 14-17. Elle Yes (x Showtimes Daddy Girl) Champion HA English Pleasure AAOTR, and Mary Mary (x OCV Red BMW LLC) Junior Champion HA Saddle/Pleasure Halter Filly. Pop Rocks (x Precisely Poppy) Champion HA Country English Junior Horse, also won the HA Country English Junior Horse 5-Year-Old and was Reserve in the HA Country English AATR 40 & Over Championship. She Be Adiva (x She Be Jammin) Champion in both the HA Filly/Mare Halter JTH and the HA Saddle/Pleasure Halter Mare AAOTH, and Reserve Champion in the HA Saddle/Pleasure Senior Mare, was Baske Afire’s biggest Halter winner at the show. His top performance horse was In The Line Afire (x El Milagros Calif Capers), who won the HA English Pleasure JTR 14-17 and the JOTR 17 & Under, and was Champion in both those classes by the end of the first weekend. Among the Reserve Champions were GA Clio Dulaine (x Flameworthy) Reserve Champion HA Filly/Mare Halter JTH and second in both the HA Saddle/Pleasure Mare Halter 3-Year-Old and the 3 & Older AAOTH. Mariachi WA (x Brookyln Bey), winner of the Country English Pleasure Junior Horse 5-Year-Old, was also Reserve in the Country English Pleasure Junior Horse Championship. Pop Rocks full sibling, Rated R (x Precisely Poppy), was the Reserve Junior Champion HA Saddle/Pleasure Halter Filly and a Top Ten in the Yearling and Two-Year-Old Halter AAOTH. ROL Dancyn Fire (x Xtacy) was the Reserve Champion in the SSS English Pleasure Maturity (5-Year-Old) and Turn It Up (x Morgan Le Fay) was Reserve in the very competitive $100,000 English Pleasure Futurity.

Turn It Up
AEPA $100,000. Futurity Reserve Champion

The 20 Top Ten winners were almost equally divided between Halter and performance; Half-Arabian and purebred. In the performance competition nearly all of the Top Tens were in the English and Country English Pleasure divisions, with solid representation in the Junior Horse, $100,000 English Futurity, Amateur and Junior to ride.

2008 National Show Horse Championships
Baske Afire get win the Weanling Fillies and Colts

$3,750 NSH Weanling Fillies
Champion ~ Mary Mary, Owned by Carol Curran, TX

$3,750 NSH Weanling Colts & Geldings
Champion ~ Drambuie Louie, Owned by Dr. Ron Detwiler, OH
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2008 Buckeye Show

AEPA Buckeye Yearling In-Hand Futurity Class

Congratulations
Champion HA Sahara Afire
Shown by Andrew Sellman, Owned by Claire and Margaret Larson

Top Eight
Best Of Baske VA
Shown by Rodney Eckenrode, Owned by Victoria Arabians

MD A Sensation
Shown by Rob Bick, Owned by Marilyn Gannon

Sommelier
Champion English Pleasure Jr. Horse

In The Line Afire
Champion Half Arabian English Pleasure Jr. Horse

Cinco De Maya
Champion NSH Fillies Weanling & Yearling District Championship

She Be Adiva
Champion NSH ATH Mares District Championship
Champion NSH Fillies and Mares Two and Over
Champion Half Arabian Mare

Baske Afire
A Proven producer...
2007 Arabian English Performance Futurity

Champion- Sin City
owned by Joseph Kinnarney winner of $40,000

Reserve Champion-Sommelier
owned by Elvin Berkheimer winner of $20,000

Top Ten winners of $5,000
Bel Aire V- owned by Varian Arabians
Skywalker SMA - Joanne Grossman