ASCENDANT L has a successful halter show record including 1996 Region 7 Champion Mare AOTH. She is a full sister to multi-halter champion APOCALYPSE L, who also has ribbons in halter as a sporthorse in hand.  ASCENDANT L is a BARBARY+++ daughter out of a WIZJON daughter. There have only been 5 BARBARY+++ get out of WIZJON daughters. Of those, 4 are champions and 1 is a National winner. The other two champions are multi-regional reining winner BORN TO DANCE and DEBT TO PLEASURE+/, who has 7 National titles: 3 U.S. Top Tens in country pleasure with a junior rider, U.S. Top Ten Sidesaddle JTR, U.S. and Canadian Top Ten Country Pleasure Driving, and U.S. Top Ten Country Pleasure Driving JTD.  BARBARY+++ has also sired DANCING RAIN X+//, a 15 time National winner including a multi-National Champion in country pleasure, show hack and country pleasure driving, and multi-regional winner in halter, western pleasure and sidesaddle BARBAROSA T out of the WIZJON granddaughter DANCING MELODY.  The BARBARY++ grandson MILLENIUM LOA+ has sired 2 National winners in halter out of the WIZJON daughter ULANA.

ASCENDANT L also represents a second successful nick: that of BARBARY+++ on a daughter or granddaughter of the Polish mare *BUFA. ASCENDANT L’s second dam BH POLLINA is linebred to *BUFA as her sire is a double grandson of *BUFA. Successful horse of the BARBARY+++/*BUFA nick include National winner and National winner producer BEGUILED, National winner producer BACHARAH, U.S. Top Ten Informal Combination and Pleasure Driving and National Champion sire NDL HERMES+ (sire of multi-National Champion in show hack MAF EASY STREET+//), and Canadian Top Ten Mare and U.S. Top Ten Pleasure Driving and Country English Pleasure BALANDRA+ (dam of 9 time regional winner in country pleasure and pleasure driving BALOVED).

ASCENDANT L is by BARBARY+++, who has 7 National titles including Canadian Reserve National Champion Park. He is one of the breed's leading sires of halter and performance winners. BARBARY+++ has sired over 150 champions, 72 of them National winners including NDL PERICLES+//, a multi‑National Champion in hunt pleasure, english sidesaddle, show hack and country pleasure, who has more National titles than any other purebred ever shown (a total of 60). BARBARY+++ get have won National Championships in halter, formal driving, pleasure driving, informal combination, park, english pleasure, country pleasure, english sidesaddle, hunt pleasure, show hack, native costume, many of these won with amateur or junior riders.

BARBARY+++ is also an exceptional broodmare sire, as 44 of his daughters have produced National winners through 2006 (10 BARBARY+++ sons have sired National winners including National Champion in english pleasure, show hack and pleasure driving).  Their offspring include Canadian National Champion Stallion EQYNOX, ELIZA LA+/ (who has 15 National titles including multiple National Championships in english pleasure and country pleasure), multi-National Champion western pleasure SWEET ADELAIDE, multi-National Champion Pleasure Carriage Driving PATAGONIA X, Canadian National Champion English Pleasure Junior Horse THE FIRELORD+ (who has 5 National wins in english pleasure), multi-National Champion Country Pleasure CELEBRATION PLUS, U.S. and Canadian National Champion Stallion and National Champion sire MILLENNIUM LOA, already a National Champion sire. The 2003 Canadian National Champion Junior Mare, MILLAYA LOA (who is also the 2006 U.S. National Champion Country Pleasure JTR 13/Under), is double BARBARY+++ as she is by his grandson MILLENNIUM LOA out of his daughter NDL HARLOW. BARBARY+++ is by BAY-EL-BEY++, sire of 96 champions and 34 National winners. His National Champions include BARBARY+++, U.S. Reserve National Champion Stallion BEY SHAH+, U.S. Reserve National Champion Futurity Stallion and English Pleasure HUCKLEBERRY BEY++, and Canadian Reserve National Champion Stallion MOONSTONE BEY V. 36 of his get are National winner producers. BAY EL BEY++ is out of *NAGANKA, an imported Polish mare. *NAGANKA has produced four champions, among them BAY EL BEY++'s full brother, U.S. National Champion Park MIKADO++(himself sire of national champions in english pleasure, park, and pleasure driving).

BARBARY+++ is out of the pure Polish *BASK++ daughter BALALINKA, dam of 7 champions, 4 National winners, and 4 producers of National winners. BALALINKA is by U.S. National Champion Stallion and Park *BASK++, the breed’s all time leading sire of champions, National winners and National winner producers. Her dam *BACHANTKA produced 6 champions and 6 producers of National winners.  Among them are BALALINKA’s ¾ sister BACHISTA V (dam of 7 champions, 2 National winners and 4 producers of National winners including U.S. National Champion Pleasure Driving BUCHAREST V, sire of U.S. and Canadian National Champion Stallion MILLENIUM LOA+, who is out of a BARBARY+++ daughter).

ASCENDANT L is out of the pure Polish mare WIZJONS LOVE SONG. She produced 2 champions and the regional winner producer PRO LYRIC, dam of 3 champions including halter champion TA ALABAMA BEY, 1999 Region 1 Top Ten Sweepstakes Colt TA N TICING (also a ribbon winner in reining), and 2000 Region 2 Top Ten Sweepstakes Colt TA N KHONTROL.

WIZJONS LOVE SONG is by halter reserve champion and National Champion sire WIZJON.  WIZJON’s 5 National winning get include Canadian National Champion Reining BLACK N STYLE+/ (who has 12 National titles in competition reining),  U.S. Top Ten Western Pleasure Junior Horse HEAVENLY WIZJON, Canadian Top Ten Futurity Gelding DEY NIGHT VALEZ and Canadian National Champion Country Pleasure FIZJON+/ (who has 7 National wins in country pleasure and native costume). WIZJONS LOVE SONG represents a successful cross of WIZJON on a *BUFA related mare (her dam is linebred to *BUFA). This nick has also produced multi-regional hunt pleasure winner BALIZJON (by WIZJON out of a *BUFA daughter) and WIZJONER (by WIZJON out of a *BUFA granddaughter),  a nine time regional winner in hunt and western pleasure and National winner sire (his son FGA WIZJON HEIR+/ has 5 National wins in western pleasure).

WIZJON is best known as a broodmare sire.  9 of his daughters have produced National winners, and 6 of those have produced National Champions. His National winner producers include DANCING VISION, dam of multi-National winner DEBT TO PLEASURE+/  by BARBARY+++ and also of National Champion producer DANCING MELODY (dam of 21 time National winner IBN PROMOTION+// who has National Championships in show hack and english sidesaddle and of 15 time National winner DANCING RAIN X+// by BARBARY+++). The WIZJON daughter GALIZJA OF ROHAN is a  National Champion producer and a granddam of 2 National winners. She is .the dam of 4 time National winner METALLICC+++ (a Canadian National Champion Futurity Gelding) and of Canadian Top Ten Futurity Filly GENEVIEVE C (dam of U.S. Top Ten Futurity Filly PSYERRA and of U.S. Reserve National Champion Futurity Colt ARBITEUR). Another daughter, CANDY HEARTS, is the dam of 2 National winners and a National winner producer. Her National winners are Canadian Top Ten Country Pleasure JTR and Country Pleasure JOTR EA CARABELLA (herself a champion producer) and Canadian Top Ten Hunt Pleasure JTR 13/Under EA FLAME .  CANDY HEARTS also produced National winner producer EA CANDYS STAR (dam of EA SWEET HONESTY who has 2 National wins in country pleasure with a junior rider). The WIZJON daughter KITTIWYNK is the dam of 2 National winners in english pleasure-KAMANDER-IN-CHIEF and HL CALICO KITTI.  Another WIZJON daughter who has produced 2 National winners is ULANA, dam of U.S. Top Ten Sweepstakes Colt SR ULTIMATE and Canadian Top Ten Futurity Filly SLR ULTRESS (both by the BARBARY+++ grandson MILLENNIUM LOA+).  SERENA SA is the dam of 19 time National winner SABIEN SA, whose titles include National Championships in country pleasure, country pleasure driving, english sidesaddle and show hack. BRIGHT WIZJON is the dam of ZODIAC RISING L +/, who has 22 National titles in country pleasure and show hack. ELECTRA WMF produced U.S. National Champion Park JTR AF MEDALIST.  FIONA VF is the dam of Canadian National Champion Gelding and Reserve National Champion Futurity Gelding FIERRO VF, who has 4 National wins in halter and is also a regional champion in hunt pleasure.

WIZJON is the son of two National Champions in halter: U.S. National Champion Stallion *BASK++ and U.S. National Champion Mare *WIZJA. He is a maternal brother to Canadian Reserve National Champion Country Pleasure and National winner sire WARRANTY.

WIZJONS LOVE SONG is out of BH POLLINA, a paternal sister to  2003 U.S. Top Ten Sporthorse Show Hack and Prix St Georges Dressage HS PAGENO+/, who has 14 regional wins in sporthorse competition under saddle and in hand, including regional championships in halter and dressage.She is by  BIRCH HILL GAZAL, a son of U.S. Top Ten Stallion and National Champion sire *HAL GAZAL, who sired at least 10 National winners in halter and performance, and his sire *ELEUZIS was a Canadian Reserve National Champion Stallion, sire of 5 National winners in performance and a full brother to U.S. National Champion Stallion *ELKIN++.

*HAL GAZAL's dam *BUFA is a significant producer and foundress of a highly successful femal family. She is a full sister to Canadian National Champion Stallion *BUSZMEN, a sire of National winners in halter and performance and to National Champion producer *BUSOLA (dam of 2 National winner producers).  *BUFA’s daughters include regional winner producer NDL BETTINA (dam of  National Champion producer SMS FOREVER BAY, dam of 2006 U.S. National Champion English Pleasure Futurity VEGAZ)  Another daughter, regional champion producer NDL BOKARA, is the dam of National winner producer BEGUILED by BARBARY+++ (dam of 16 time National winner TR BRAZEN+//, a multi-National Champion in country pleasure), of english pleasure junior horse champion and National winner producer BINT BOKARA (dam of 2005 Canadian Top Ten Country Pleasure and Country Pleasure AOTR 40/Over BRAZEN AFIRE) and of National winner producer BACHARAH by BARBARY+++. BACHARAH is the dam of U.S. Top Ten English Pleasure Junior Horse BRANDIE AFIRE and of National winner sire BACARDI AFIRE and National Champion producers MATTABACH (dam of 3 National winners) and BAILEY DGL.  A third daughter, National winner producer HAL BALERINA, has produced 4 champions including the National winners NDL HERMES+ and BALANDRA+ by BARBARY+++ as well as National winner producer NDL BELLE, dam of 4 champions including JB HALEYS COMET, a three time National winner in english pleasure. By BARBARY+++ NDL BELLE has produced 2 regional champions. One is National winner sire PA SMOKE SCREEN, a five time regional winner in country pleasure and show hack who has sired U.S. and Canadian Top Ten Country Pleasure Junior Horse PA SILKSCREEN. The other is multi-regional english pleasure champion PA POETRY.

BIRCH HILL GAZAL is out of HAL BELLE, a regional winner producer and dam of 2 National winner producers. Her son HALAS+/  has 17 regional titles in hunt and western pleasure.. Her daughter, BIRCH HILL HASNA, produced 3 champions, a National winner and a National winner producer. She is the dam of U.S Top Ten Hunt Pleasure JTR 14-17 BULGOTZ+. who has 17 regional wins in hunt pleasure as well. She is also the dam of multi-regional dressage winner BH TORNADO, who also completed two endurance rides.  BIRCH HILL HASNA’s daughter, western pleasure reserve champion and National winner producer BHF ELLUSIVE, is the dam of FLASHPOINT EE, who has 3 National titles in native costume with a junior rider. HAL BELLE’s sire *HARBIT also sired U.S. and Canadian Top Ten Mare HAL EVE. HAL BELLE is out of *BUFA, making BIRCH HILL GAZAL a double *BUFA grandson.

BH POLLINA's dam GAY POLLY also produced SIVKA, dam of Canadian Top Ten Futurity Filly SABRINA AA (whose daughter KHOUNTESS had 3 US National titles in western pleasure in 2005) and of U.S. National Champion Western Pleasure Junior Horse SEPTER. She is by U.S. Top Ten Stallion and National winner sire *GAYPOLKA++, whose dam *CALIOPE produced 7 champions including U.S. Top Ten Western Pleasure and National Champion producer CARINOSA+/, one of the breed’s all time leading broodmares with 10 champion offspring.

© ARLENE MAGID
PEDIGREE RESEARCH