• 16hh Dark Bay TB Gelding, born early 2001.
• Fabulous bloodlines:
• Dam Ring The Board – Ring the Bell x Happy Hostess.
• Sire Drums of Time – Nearco, Nasrullah, Princequillo, Man ‘O War.
• Lovely type of horse – very nice paces, naturally goes uphill and carries himself very well. Excellent attitude jumping – bold and clean but calm and rhythmical.
• Only been lightly worked as clearly has maturing still to do. Has responded beautifully to everything asked of him.
• Ready for someone to bring on and produce a lovely, easy talented eventer.
• More information about Arakai – a stunning performer
• Top Three-Day eventer ridden by Ian Stark (GB), who rated him one of the very best horses he had ever sat on.
• Arakai gave an excellent performance to finish 14th at Badminton 1997 (clear inside the time cross-country) when only eight years old and relatively inexperienced.
• He followed this with an outstanding performance at Burghley 1997 in the Open European Championships to finish 10th individually and in the winning British team.
• Happy Hostess, Dam to Arakai.
• Approximately 16.1hh Bay TB mare, 16yo.
• Excellent conformation, lovely temperament, viceless.
• Top jumping lines tracing back to Nearco and Princequillo. (In the 1997 International Symposium 'A Sport Horse for the Future', Hugh McMahon emphasised that five stallion bloodlines stood out in world-class jumpers, including Nearco and Princequillo. He also noted that in the previous world rankings for show jumping, nine of the top ten horses trace back to Nearco.)
• Sister to Secure Deposit who won the Auckland Cup (Group 1 race). A brilliant jumper, was still hunting when 20 years old.
• Top racing lines – her offspring are consistent winners on the race track.
• More info about Ring The Board:
• Full sister to Arakai (Happy Hostess and Ring The Bell).
• Approximately 16.2hh Chestnut TB mare, 10yo.
• Excellent movement, good conformation, lovely temperament, viceless.
• Sire: Ring The Bell (now deceased).
• Previously, the top eventing sire in the world. In the 1997 eventing world breeding rankings (previous year's results), he was the only sire to have three horses in the top 100, i.e. Aspyring (3rd), Arakai (26th) and Stunning (80th).
• Ring The Bell is also a renowned sire of steeplechases including the 1997 Aintree Grand National Winner, Lord Gyllene.

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Pedigree for Drums of Time

Olden Times (USA) 1958 Relic (USA) 1945 War Relic (USA) 1938 Man o' War (USA) 1917 Friar's Carse (USA) 1923 Bridal Colors (USA) 1931 Black Toney (USA) 1911 Vaila (GB) 1911 Djenne (FR) 1950 Djebel (FR) 1937 Tourbillon (FR) 1928 Loika (FR) 1926 Teza (FR) 1945 Jock (FR) 1936 Torissima (FR) 1937 Drumtop (USA) 1966 Round Table (USA) 1954 Princequillo (IRE) 1940 Prince Rose (GB) 1928 Cosquilla (IRE) 1933 Knight's Daughter (GB) 1941 Sir Cosmo (GB) 1926 Feola (GB) 1933 Zonah (USA) 1958 Nasrullah (GB) 1940 Nearco (ITY) 1935 Mumtaz Begum (IRE) 1932 Gambetta (USA) 1952 My Babu (FR) 1945 Rough Shod (GB) 1944

Pedigree for Ring the Board

Ring the Bell (NZ) 1977 Rangong (GB) 1965 Right Royal (FR) 1958 Owen Tudor (GB) 1938 Bastia (FR) 1951 Crepina (GB) 1956 Pinza (GB) 1950 Crepuscule (GB) 1948 Witchcraft (NZ) 1966 Mystery (IRE) 1959 Milesian (GB) 1953 Paleo (FR) 1953 Mygrid (NZ) 1955 Massowa (GB) 1939 Sigrid (NZ) 1939 Happy Hostess (NZ) 1982 Takearisk (FR) 1973 Baldric (USA) 1961 Round Table (USA) 1954 Two Cities (USA) 1948 Fall in Love (USA) 1962 Swaps (USA) 1952 Never Too Late (USA) 1957 Happy Return (NZ) 1963 Chatsworth II (GB) 1950 Chanteur (FR) 1942 Netherton Maid (GB) 1944 Gabanova (NZ) 1957 Gabador (FR) 1946 Rhythmical (NZ) 1947

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