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Tempter was Strawberry Banks’ first great stallion. A leg injury as a weanling prevented him from having a show career, but the long-necked, upright grey stallion’s bloodlines are a mainstay in the Strawberry Banks breeding program. Tempter’s sire Cognac (*Bask x *Gdynia, by Comet) and Tempter’s dam, Tonki (*Bask x *Boltonka, by Arax), were performance champions. Since *Bask himself was out of an Amurath Sahib daughter, Tonki fulfilled – and helped perpetuate - the formula of taking back to a sire the best blood of his dam. Ericca (unanimous U.S. National Mare and unanimous U.S. National Champion English Pleasure Jr. Horse) was Tempter’s first foal to gain national acclaim, but there are others following in her footsteps. A Temptation, by Tempter, is one of Strawberry Banks’ most exciting stallions. His first major victory was being named the unanimous 2000 Ohio Buckeye English Pleasure, Junior Horse Champion. Silvery-white and gifted, A Temptation was then chosen the unanimous 2000 U.S. National English Pleasure Champion, Junior Horse. He went on to become the U.S. National English Pleasure Champion Horse in 2002.
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