Multiple National Champion in reining and western pleasure PA MARCO holds the honor of being the first son of World and National Champion Stallion *MARWAN AL SHAQAB to be named a National Champion under saddle. He combines the beauty of *MARWAN with the proven athletic heritage of his predominantly Russian dam, whose dam line has produced performance champions for five generations. PA MARCO’s tail female traces back to the iconic Russian mare *PANAMA OF TERSK, dam of 3 National winners and 5 National winner producers including multiple National Champion Western Pleasure and National Champion sire ARIUS SS+/.

*MARWAN AL SHAQAB has sired 96 North American National winners as well as multiple World Champions in halter. *MARWAN AL SHAQAB get have won National Championships in halter, western pleasure, reining, sport horse under saddle, and sport horse show hack. His get have also won Top Ten titles under saddle in western sidesaddle, hunter pleasure and dressage. His sire, World and National Champion *GAZAL AL SHAQAB, was on lease to Poland for several seasons where he sired winning racehorse as well as the U.S. National Champion Dressage *TA MONET+/ and World Champions in halter. *MARWAN AL SHAQAB’s dam LITTLE LIZA FAME was a National Champion in both halter and western pleasure, sired by U.S. National Champion Stallion FAME VF+, whose get have won National Championships in western pleasure, hunter pleasure and dressage.

PA MARCO’s dam, regional western pleasure winner CASSANDRA SS, is a maternal sister to a hunter pleasure champion and to 2 National winner producers. Her maternal sister CAMARIELLA is the dam of 2016 Canadian Top Ten English Trail, Western Trail and Western Trail AOTR CR MUSCAM. Her maternal sister ROHARA RADIANCE produced 2013 U.S. Reserve National Champion 2 Year Old Sport Horse Colt LH VIVACE, also a regional winner in working hunter, hunter hack and sport horse under saddle.

CASSANDRA SS is a daughter of U.S. National Champion Stallion *PADRON. His 58 get with National titles include National Champions in halter, western pleasure, English pleasure and dressage and Top Ten winners in reining. *PADRON get have produced National Champions in halter, English pleasure, western pleasure, hunter pleasure, reining and dressage.

CASSANDRA SS is out of the straight Russian mare HK CAMAYA, a full sister to regional western pleasure champion and regional dressage winner CAMPAAIGN+/, sire of U.S. Top Ten First Level Dressage SHAMPAAIGN+. Her sire, U.S National Champion Stallion *MUSCAT, is the all-time leading Russian sire of champions and is noted for siring National level reining horses. Both the 2013 U.S. National Champion Reining Horse NOBLES TOP GUN and Reserve National Champion Reining IM THE REAL DEAL+/ are *MUSCAT grandget. HK CAMAYA’s dam *CAMAAY is a daughter of Dutch National Champion Stallion ANTEY, sire of multiple National Champion Dressage MIRACLE  LADY.  *CAMAAY is a maternal sister to twice U.S. Top Ten Hunter HESITATIONN (who is sired by a *MUSCAT son).  *CAMAAY is out of *CAMILLAA, a daughter of Dutch National Champion Stallion and National Champion sire *MUSLIN (3/4 brother to *MUSCAT). *CAMILLAA’s dam is the highly influential National Champion producer *PANAMA OF TERSK. With such a strong dam line, PA MARCO should be a consistent sire of athletes in his own image.

-Arlene Magid
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