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CAHAFRA INFERNO+ is an outstanding athlete with a superb temperament. He has been shown by amateurs and professionals with great success. His extensive show record includes 1996 U.S. Reserve National Champion Western Pleasure AOTR 18-39 and five regional titles in open and amateur western pleasure, as well as a regional title in hunter pleasure and ribbons in trail and dressage. This versatile athlete represents the best of American breeding. Significantly, both parents are linebred--his sire is double RAFFON++ and his dam is a double granddaughter of the 1947 desert import *MOUNWER, who sired just 22 registered get but who has had a significant influence on show ring performance winners far disproportional to the number of his offspring.

CAHAFRA INFERNO+ is by EASTER RAFFON. He is a paternal brother to CHF OVATION, dam of 2000 Canadian Reserve National Champion Western Pleasure JTR 13/Under and Top Ten Western Pleasure JOTR 13/Under PELAR. EASTER RAFFON is inbred to the great RAFFON++, one of only 2 stallions to be a U.S. National Champion in both open halter and english pleasure. He sired 65 champions, 17 of them National winners. Among his National winners are U.S. and Canadian Top Ten English Pleasure and six times U.S. Top Ten Stallion EL RAFFON++, Canadian Reserve National Champion English Sidesaddle RAFFOY, Canadian Reserve National Champion Sidesaddle and U.S. and Canadian Top Ten Trail HK RYFFONE++, Canadian National Champion English Pleasure AOTR and U.S. Reserve National Champion English Pleasure JOTR RAVON++, Canadian National Champion Native Costume BEAU RAFFON++, Canadian Reserve National Champion English Sidesaddle RAFFOY Six RAFFON++ sons sired National winners, and their get have won in park, halter, english pleasure, western pleasure, cutting, etc. including Canadian National Champion Gelding DARQ ASGAR and multi-U.S. National Champion Cutting KARONNE.

RAFFON++ is acknowledged as a major broodmare sire, with over 40 daughters producing champions. His best known grandget are both highly successful show horses and sires of major importance: U.S. Reserve National Champion Futurity Colt and English Pleasure HUCKLEBERRY BEY++ (sire of 104 National winners) and U.S. National Champion Stallion FAME VF+ (sire of 68 National winners), RAFFON++ is a son of halter champion GAZON, sire of 57 champions and 7 National winners. GAZON is by FERZON, sire of over 80 champions and 24 National winners including U.S. National Champion Stallion and Pleasure Driving GAI PARADA+++(himself sire of 20 National winners). GAZON's dam SCHERAFF (by INDRAFF) produced 4 champions. RAFFON++ is out of VADRAFF, dam of 6 champions. RAFFON++ is a full brother to U.S. and Canadian Top Ten Stallion and National Champion Sire GAZRAFF++ as well as to GAVADRAFF (dam of 6 champions including mutli-National Champion KHEMANCHE+++), and National Champion producer VAGAZELL.

EASTER RAFFON 's sire SILVER RAFFON is by RAFFON++ out of SHARLAH, a daughter of the Crabbet import *SILVER DRIFT.*SILVER DRIFT sired 59 champions and 18 National winners. His National Champion get include U.S. and Canadian National Champion Gelding and U.S. National Champion Western Pleasure SILFAUN+++, Canadian National Champion Mare JEWEL DRIFT, Canadian National Champion Gelding and Western Pleasure MEADOWLARK DRIFF++, Canadian National Champion Western Sidesaddle SILVER SCION+, and Canadian National Champion Show Hack ARGENTE. Over 25 *SILVER DRIFT get have produced National winners. *SILVER DRIFT is a full brother to halter champion *SERAFIX, the leading Crabbet sire of all time with 129 champions and 41 National winners. He is a paternal brother to British National Champion Stallion INDIAN MAGIC(a sire of National Champions in Britain and America) and a maternal brother to U.S. National Champion Park, Formal Driving and Formal Combination *ORAN VAN CRABBET(a sire of National winners in halter and performance).

SHARLAH is out of AFRICA, a paternal sister to champion producer AL'S ROSINA and a maternal sister to halter champion FELENE (dam of several National winner producers). EASTER RAFFON is out of National winner producer TAJRAFFONA, dam of 1994 Canadian Top Ten Western Pleasure TAJJUR. She is a daughter of National winner sire EL RAFFON++, who has six U.S. Top Ten Stallion titles as well as U.S. and Canadian Top Ten English Pleasure wins. EL RAFFON+++ is by RAFFON++ out of EL-LOUISA, dam of 5 champions and 3 National winners. TAJRAFFONA is out of TAJA-RADAMA, a paternal granddaughter of U.S. National Champion Stallion RADAMASON++. TAJA-RADAMA's dam HH CAROUSEL also produced 1977 Region 14 Champion English Pleasure and 1986 Region 16 Champion Western Pleasure JOTR LARRAC+ and Legion of Merit winner SURDAR++. HH CAROUSEL's full sister HH SESAME produced 4 champions and 1 National winner.

CAHAFRA INFERNO+ is out of KISHTEE LISA. She is also the dam of 2 National winner producers. Her son STORMSON sired 1997 U.S. Top Ten Hunter AOTR SILVER INVASIA. Her daughter LUTISA is the dam of U.S. Reserve National Champion First and Second Level Dressage THE NOMAD. KISHTEE LISA is a full sister to MOUNLIS, dam of Legion of Merit winner MOUNS MITOR++. She is a rare double granddaughter of the desertbred stallion *MOUNWER, imported in 1947 by W.R. Hearst and used with great success on his CMK mares.

*MOUNWER sired just 22 registered get, but among them are a National winner and 3 producers of National winners. KISHTEE LISA is by his son MOUNRI, a 1961 U.S. Top Ten Stallion, sired U.S. Reserve National Champion Native Costume and Top Ten Western Pleasure KISHTEE TIMP. MOUNRI has two daughters who produced National winners. The other is RILIS, dam of U.S. Top Five Novice Cutting YATZEE and Legion of Merit winner MOUNTEZ++. RILIS' daughter TEZEE is the dam of U.S. Top Ten Stock FAHRS. MOUNRI is also the maternal grandsire of the great broodmare NOMADS MYSTIC MOUN, dam of 5 National winners, all by different sires!. Her National winning offspring include Canadian Reserve National Champion Park AOTR and English Pleasure Junior Horse MARTI GRAS, twice U.S. Top Ten English Pleasure AOTR BASJONS BERNARD, Canadian Top Ten Western Pleasure AOTR 18-39 MOUNSTRUCK+, twice U.S. Top Ten Show Hack AOTR MOUNLIT BEY+, and 7 time National winner SAVWA FAIRE, whose titles include U.S. National Champion Western Pleasure JTR 14-17 and U.S. and Canadian Top Ten Western Pleasure. NOMAD MYSTIC MOUN has two daughters who have produced regional champions in the last two years: MYSTIC MOUNBEY (her only foal to date is 1999 Region 13 Champion Sweepstakes Colt PSYCHIC MOON) and MOUNLIGHTING (dam of 2 offspring, both regional champions: 2000 Region 13 Champion English Pleasure Junior Horse NAVAJO MOUN and 2000 Region 18 Champion Western Pleasure Junior Horse ADOBE MOON).

MOUNRI's dam RIBAGH is also the dam of HEKMA, whose daughters SURAYA and LALAHNA DRIFT are both National winner producers. KISHTEE LISA is out of MUHLIS, also dam of champion producer MOUNLIS and of KISHTEE PRIDE. KISHTEE PRIDE is the maternal granddam of BINT JABAR, dam of U.S. and Canadian National Champion English Pleasure and Pleasure Driving JA RAVE REVIEW. KISHTEE PRIDE is also the maternal granddam of U.S. Top Ten Pleasure Driving LAKOTA SUN++/. MUHLIS is a 3/4 sister to MOUNIGHA, dam of 2 National winners and 3 producers of National winners. MOUNIGHA is the dam of U.S. Top Ten Western Pleasure EL NIGAHZ and of U.S. National Champion Trail PICO MOON+/ (dam of U.S. National Champion Trail EL BEY MOON+). MOUNIGHA's daughter ZAMIGA produced 5 champions including U.S. Top Ten Jumper and halter champion AMAZON OF PICO and U.S. Top Ten Native Costume and Sidesaddle and National winner sire PICO BAY BEE. MOUNIGHA's son RAHMOUN sired 5 National winners including U.S. National Champion Futurity Filly BINT DIANA and two winners in jumper competition. He is the grandsire of U.S. National Champion Jumper LAMOUN and U.S. Reserve National Champion Hunt Pleasure CW MAGNOM. Two other National winners are out of MOUNIGHA granddaughters: U.S. Top Ten Jumper PICO LENAH and U.S. National Champion Show Hack JUNO PICO+/.

MUHLIS is a paternal sister to MOUNLIS, grandsire of U.S. Top Ten Country Pleasure JTR CANADIAN PATRIOT. She is also a paternal sister to MAYADIN, dam of 2 National Champions: U.S. and Canadian Reserve National Champion Stock DARODAN and Canadian National Champion Western Pleasure and Western Pleasure AOTR and National Champion sire DARGARIO, whose get have won on the national level in hunt pleasure, cutting, and working cow horse competition. Thus, the *MOUNWER influence has been a powerful one, in spite of the few foals he sired.

MUHLIS is out of the predominantly Crabbet GHANIGAT, who has three other daughters with National winning descendants. Her daughter ROANIGA is the dam of National winner sire OTEZ. Another daughter, NIGHA, produced National winner sire WITEZRO. Her daughter GHAGHARI is the dam of National winner producers GAZILA and KAPRIS JALLABIYAH. GHANIGAT is by RIBAL, also the maternal grandsire of BINT SAHARA (dam of 11 champions and for many years the breed's top champion producing mare) and of WIRDIH JAMEEL, the only mare to produce both a U.S. National Champion Mare (FAME++) and a U.S. National Champion Park Horse (THE JUDGE). GHANIGAT's dam GUEMURA is a maternal sister to GULNARE, dam of the great sire GULASTRA.

A good breeding stallion must have a strong tail female line, and CAHAFRA INFERNO+ comes from an exceptional one.