Bandos (horse)

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Bandos
*Bandos[a]
BreedArabian horse
SireNegatiw
GrandsireNaseem
DamBandola
Maternal grandsireWitraz
SexStallion
Foaled1964
CountryFoaled in Poland, imported to the United States in 1982
ColorGray
BreederJanów Podlaski Stud
OwnerDavid Murdoch[1][2]
Record
2/12{3-0-3-3}

Bandos (1964 – September 1987) was a gray Arabian stallion with Crabbet ancestry.[3] He was sired by Negatiw, a Tersk bred stud, out of Bandola, who was known by the title of "Queen of Poland".[4] Bandos was a sire in Poland for 11 years, and in 1982, he was imported to the United States.

Life and career[edit]

Bandos was foaled at Poland's Janow Podlaski Stud in 1964. He was sired by Negatiw, who was by the Skowronek son, Naseem, and out of the Polish-bred mare, Bandola. His dam was a full sister to Bask, a sire of significance.[1] Bandos himself, at a young age, was nicknamed the "King of Janow".[4] Bandos was considered to be one of the most influential Saglawi-type stallions. Those who knew him described him as, "Very pleasant and quiet in the stall, however, when brought out, full of fire and very animated."[2] Bandos stood as a Janow Podlaski stud for seven years, moved to Michalow Stud for another two years, then Kurosweki Stud for another year. For the 1981 breeding season he was returned to Janow.[2]

In September 1982, Bandos was sold for $806,000 to Ventura Farms of California during the Polish Prestige Sale at Janow Podlaski Stud.[4] He was imported to the United States by truck and plane and spent the rest of his life there until his death in September 1987.[3][4]

Offspring and legacy[edit]

Bandos sired 129 foals during his years in Poland, many of which went on to become champions themselves.[2] They were sold over a three-year period at the Polish Prestige Sales for an average price of $49,000. He went on to sire three Derby winners and ten Polish National Champions.[2][3] One of his most notable offspring was Eukaliptus, whose dam was Eunice, the daughter of Comet.[2]

Pedigree[edit]

Naseem, Bandos's grandsire, was a Skowronek son who in 1936 was sold to Russia by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud.[5] A few of Bandos's ancestors, including Enwer Bay and Gazella II, were requisitioned by the Russian Army during World War II.[6] Also during World War II, Bandos's grandsire, Ofir, was among some of the horses taken during the Soviet invasion of Poland. Ofir was of the desert-bred stallion Kuhailan-Haifi who was foaled in 1923. Kuhailan-Haifi was imported from the Jauf region of the Arabian Peninsula by Prince Roman Sanguszko of the Gumniska Stud.[7]

Pedigree of Bandos[3]
Sire
Negatiw
Naseem Skowronek Ibrahim
Jaskolka
Nasra Daoud
Nefisa
Taraszcza Enwer Bey Abu Mlech
Koalicja
Gazella II Koheilan
Abra
Dam
Bandola
Witraz (PASB)[b] Ofir (PASB) Kuhailan-Haifi (PASB)
Dziwa (PASB)
Makata (PASB) Fetysz
Gazella II
Balalajka (PASB) Amurath Sahib (PASB) 35 Amurath II
Sahiba
Iwonka III (PASB) Ibn Mahomet
Lysa

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ An asterisk in front of an Arabian horse's name indicates that the horse was foaled outside of the United States and imported to the U.S.
  2. ^ Polish Arabian Stud Book

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Bask Stadnina koni Albigowa". Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "BANDOS Tom Arabians". Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bandos Arabian Pedigree". Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Bandola Tom Arabians". Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Negatiw Ancestry Line". Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Karlsson, Helena. "Kuhailan Haifi OA part I: Wielki Szlem, Wind and *Witez II."". Athenaarabians.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2019.